Cucumber Mine — Accidents

Total: 71 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee plastered a stopping with block bond and allowed this material to stay in contact with his bare forearm. He later experienced irritation and blistering of his forearm.
05/09/2007 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Cont Mining machine was loading the 2nd shuttle car. A crack in the coal face began producing water. Water flow increased, pump & discharge line installed. Water built up over approx 2 crosscuts in 2...
04/17/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was walking from power when he slipped on wet mine floor and twisted his right knee.
04/14/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting rubber off of roof bolter cable to make a splice. The utility knife slipped, cutting the tip of his left ring finger.
04/10/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was riding in a diesel rubber tired mantrip. As the mantrip made a right hand turn the end of his right foot was momentarily caught between the rib and the canopy support post.
03/27/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was usning a utility knife to cut a rope-type cable hanger. The knife slipped and he cut his left thigh.
03/24/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On March 24, 2007, on the west mains section, the continuous miner,while cutting sandstone and shale top, generated frictional heat allowing a piece of cap coal to start burning in the no. 9 entry. It...
01/13/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK FATALITY Fatal Two MRS operators were in No. 3 entry approximately 35 feet inby survey station 1037, when a piece of rock approximately 8 feet by 8 feet fell without warning out of the middle of the entry causing fa...
01/13/2007 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 39d lost This employee alleges that he is suffering from emotional trauma from running from an accident scene as well as repetitive motion trauma from running. He reported this condition to management on 1-18-...
01/13/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK FATALITY Fatal Two MRS operators were in No. 3 entry approximately 35 feet inby survey station 1037, when a piece of rock approximately 8 feet by 8 feet fell without warning out of the middle of the entry causing fa...
01/06/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was prying on a piece of bent metal on top of the contiuous miner. The slate bar he was using slipped and his hand struck the machine frame.
12/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof material fell on the continuous miner while mining a push out. The material that fell was not caused by a coal or rock outburst. The 7000-1 is submitted for the sole purpose of abating citation 7...
10/23/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was standing on the operator's side of the roof bolting machine near the inch tram controls when a piece of roof rock approx. 28""x38""x4""to a feather edge fell from between the bolts an...
10/15/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the conveyor belt in preparation for a splice. The knife slipped and cut his left hand between the thumb and forefinger (two stitches).
09/14/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was drilling a roof bolt hole. The hole was drilling crooked so he stopped drilling and was lowering the drill pot. The drill steel came out of the drill chuck under tension and sprang again...
08/28/2006 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 248d lost Employee was tramming a roof bolting machine towards the face and turning into a right crosscut. He had his right hand outside of the deck area and when the machine turned his hand was caught betwee...
08/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to retrieve a piece of drill steel that had become lodged in the drill pot of the roof bolting machine. When he pulled up on the steel with both hands, the steel suddenly came loos...
08/15/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 207d lost Employee experienced pain in his back while operating his shuttle car. He jarred against the seat and canopy as he traversed over rough bottom (i.e. holes, ledge, etc.). This is a recurring pain for...
06/05/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was holding onto drill steel with his right hand as he attempted to start a hole in the roof. He ""bumped"" the rotation and his glove was caught on the rotating steel. This caused his hand t...
03/13/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was using a cutting torch to remove a primary scraper from an old 42"" belt drive. He cut one side loose, and while cutting the other side, the scraper swung back and struck his left knee.
01/30/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 345d lost Employee was on a step ladder hanging a cable when the ladder became unstable and fell over. He fell on top of the ladder.