Cumberland Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,517 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/10/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 36d lost, 90d restricted Employee was assisting with threading a drill steel and got his hand wrapped up in the steel.
06/01/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator serving #6 Portal was unavailable due to a malfunction in the door lock. The door lock was repaired and the elevator was put back in service at 1:30am on 6/2/2009.
05/19/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a routine inspection the governor for the #6 elevator was found to be defective. The elevtor was down from 12:55 p.m. to replace the governor.
05/05/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Injured was struck on the left knee when a jack used to bend rails slipped off the rail being bent and struck him.
05/01/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 83d lost Employee began missing work on 5/1/09 for what was originally thought to be a personal injury. After further review of tests & medical evidence it was concluded the condition was caused by repeated tr...
05/01/2009 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 153d lost, 118d restricted Injured had walked the escapeway from the section when he began to experience pain in his right knee and sought medical attention the next day. When he was seen on 5/4/09 it was discovered he had dege...
04/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Lifting a piece of 80# rail that had a guard rail attached to it with a co-worker. He strained his lower back. Injured was off work from 4/30/09 until 5/6/09.
04/25/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a 60 day inspection it was discovered that there was a kink in the slope car hoist cable. The cable was cut off, re-socketed and re-attached to the car. The slope car was unavailable from 10:00...
04/22/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Injured was struck by a piece of rock approx. 5' wide x 6' high x 6"" that fell when a rib popped. He continued to work until 4/30/09, when he was taken off work by after a re checking with a dr.
04/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 164d lost, 101d restricted The injured slipped while walking up steps in the Prep plant. When he caught himself he felt pain in the right shoulder. The injured has had surgery to this same shoulder in 1991. The injured continue...
04/18/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was drilling and trammed hammer into rib, causing a rock to fall and strike hand.
04/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Removing belt structure while standing on a ladder. He fell off and landed on his right side. He continued to work until 5/1/09 at which time it was discovered he had fractured several ribs.
04/16/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Injured was walking around a diesel mantrip doing a pre-operational inspection and slipped on a piece of coal. He fell and landed on his right hand fracturing it.
04/07/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Injured was operating a shuttle car and it struck a hole. He strained his neck.
03/25/2009 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 280d lost Injured was in the process of shutting of a discharge waterline valve and was struck by block from a pier that was used to support a stopping. The pier came loose from the stopping and fell over. The...
03/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Injured was walking and stepped in a rut straining right calf muscle.
03/02/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 11d restricted Injured was raising the drill head to put steels in drill chuck. Steels bent toward mast jack catching right middle finger. The finger was fractured and lacerated.
02/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured was removing cable from a shuttlecar cable snub. He caught his left index finger in the shock absorber cylinder of the anchor fracturing it. Injured was off work from 2/26/09 until 3/2/09. He...
02/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 1d restricted Injured was traveling through a mandoor and felt pain in his lower back and left leg.
02/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee pulled a broken measuring tape from the muck pile and cut his finger.
02/17/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 347d lost Victim was directing miner operator who was slabbing a new longwall face. The miner bits contacted the wood of a fold out bridge mat constructed of six inch timbers. Injured was thrown against the min...
02/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Victim was taking down ventilation tubing and was struck on the right side of the face by a piece of slate, 4"" long X 2"" wide that fell from the roof. This resulted in a laceration that required six...
02/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Injured was stepping off a ladder and stepped on a piece of concrete block, straining his right ankle. He began missing time on 02/16/2009.
02/12/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 11d restricted Injured was riding as a passenger in a 9 ton mantrip facing opposite the direction of travel. Another employee inadvertently left a track swith thrown for a track chute. The mantrip traveled into the...
02/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee smashed finger in muck bucket.
01/29/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Victim was walking between scoop and rib and tripped on scoop bucket, falling to the mine floor. He broke one tooth off an dloosened two other teeth in the front of his mouth. This is a medical treatm...
01/18/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Getting out of mantrip, operator's compartment, in an area where the track was up high from the mine bottom. As he stepped down, he twisted his lower back. Injured began losing time from work on Frida...
01/16/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator serving the #6 portal was unavailable due to a malfunction in the door close switch. It was put back in service at 9:10a.m. on 1/16/09 after the switch was changed out.
01/12/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 29d restricted Victim was struck on the right side of the head by a piece of rib that fell. As he jerked to avoid the material, he strained his lower back. He began missing time on 1/16/09.
12/18/2008 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was pulling shotcrete line and a chunk of shotcrete fell from roof striking employee.
12/15/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 58d lost, 26d restricted Injured was taken off work by an orthopedic surgeon when it was discovered he had degenerative signal in both menisci of the right knee. This is a work related illness.
12/15/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The slope car was taken out of service to repair the outby wide brake on the master slope brake car. The car was back in service at 6:00 pm on 12/15/2008.
11/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 141d lost Injured was unloading six inch aluminum pipe from a scoop bucket onto a flat car. He was pushing the pipe and felt pain in the left shoulder. He was off work on contractual time until 12/8/2008 when h...
11/29/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting a broken beam when beam broke loose from side sheet (bolts were cut off) and pinched his right index finger on bottom deck stringer that was above the beam being cut. The laceration required f...
11/26/2008 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 102d lost, 35d restricted Injured felt pain in left knee. After seeing a physician it was found he has degeneration in his left knee.
11/11/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped from backhoe and struck leg.
11/05/2008 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 83d lost Injured has a history of knee problems and claims to have arthritis in both knees. On November 6, 2008 he began losing time. No diagnosis has been obtained from the doctor. An MRI is scheduled. It is...
10/30/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The speed switch was found out of adjustment during normal testing and the slope car was out of service from 11:10 am until 7:00 pm. The speed switch was replaced.
10/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 27d restricted Lifted ATE box to put on top of vacuum breaker and received an umbilical hernia. Injured continued to work until 10/31/08.
10/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost Employee tripped laying out a mat of rebar.
10/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 27d restricted Carrying a ladder from sump to haulage and stepped out of a scoop tire rut in walkway (old workings) and felt pain in left calf.
10/14/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall was discovered in north mains in the number one entry at 67 crosscut. The area fell between cribs and on cribs in an intersection. It measured 15' wide by 12' long & approximate...
10/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 59d restricted Taking down a metal stopping and a 24""x10"" filler piece fell from 12 feet above and struck him on the right forearm causing a severe laceration.
09/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Placing the bottom half of a screw clamp under a conveyor belt and caught his left index finger between the clamp and a crib. He received a comminuted fracture of the left index finger. This is a medi...
09/30/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Tramming shuttlecar and it struck a hole. He was jostled in the operators compartment and struck the seat and injured his back.
09/30/2008 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Pushing a wheelbarrow of muck up an overcast ramp and felt pain in his right calf muscle.
09/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Turned on a high pressure line to water down tram roads and the hose and shut off valve came out of his hands striking him on the left side of the head and the right hand lacerating both areas.
09/19/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 206d lost Employee was diagnosed with degenerative changes at the right acromioclavicular joint of his right shoulder that resulted in severe pain. He was taken off work by a surgeon.
08/29/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator servicing #6 shaft became inoperable when the limit switch malfunctioned. The switch was repaired.
08/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Changing scoop tire, it started to fall over, he tried to stop it and felt pain in lower back. Note: Employee continued to work until 8/27/08 at which time he was taken off work by a physician.