D-14 Stillhouse — Accidents

Total: 190 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was pulling 10/3 cable at # 8 belt. The cable hung up on something. EE jerked the cable it came loose and knocked his safety glasses and hat off. The cable also hit his right eye.
01/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was building a super crib, when a timber from about five foot fell hitting his lower left leg.
12/04/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roofbolting in the #3 RT crosscut. Employee was pushing up a roof bolt when the bolt wrench broke. The bolt wrench hit the employee on the left side of his face cutting a place about 1""...
12/03/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Had a roof fall in an old, abounded area of 1 left off 7 east main, area was already timbered and dangered off approx 40' inby spad #7320 in the #5 entry it has a travel way around it and did not effo...
11/16/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 20d restricted EE went to foreman and told him that his right shoulder was hurting. EE is a roof bolter operator. EE stated that his shoulder started hurting while putting up a roofbolt. The foreman asked the EE if...
10/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost Employee was in the surface warehouse & picked up 2 buckets of roof drill bits. When the employee turned around, he felt a pain in his back but didn't think any thing was wrong. The employee went unde...
08/21/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding bolt heads on planetary hub on miner, when EE got flash and burnt his eye's. Doctor at Whitesburg ARH removed a piece of metal from the EE's eye.
08/20/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall located by Federal mine inspector, fall is approx. 140' long and 4' high. No injuries.
08/19/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was working on a continuous miner in the #2 entry on 003 sect. The employee walked to the opposite side of the machine and ran into a roof bolt plate hanging below the roof. When employee ran...
08/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE was working on overcast, EE was stacking blocks when he picked up a 8"" block he turned to the left to place the block on top of a 48"" overcast when he said he hurt his back. Accident occured 3 br...
08/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing safety chain from tongue of trailer. Tongue fell mashing his left ring finger requiring 6 stitches.
07/24/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was plastering on overcast wall outby section of Rt. Mains. EE had to adjust safety glasses and slid them down on the nose to un-fog. EE was putting plaster on underside when the B-bond plaster spl...
06/24/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EE was raising drill head, when fast feed lever stuck causing drill steel to bend, striking his left hand.
06/08/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Walking from #2 to #1 entry, when his foot slipped causing him to twist his ankle.
06/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 43d lost, 2d restricted The EE was lifting a piece of belt that covered the suctin hose on the roof bolter. The belt covering the suction hose had some rope bolts laying on belt. When the EE started to lift the belt, he felt...
05/28/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting on a piece of cable when his belt knife slipped cutting his upper right leg. Required gluing cut back together. Employee was on 003 section when injured.
05/13/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 1d restricted EE was on 003 section roof bolting in the #4 entry. EE moved drill head next to the rib to put up a roof bolt. When drilling, a piece of the coal rib fell off, injuring the EE's right elbow and should...
05/07/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Putting up roof bolt next to rib, when rib rolled out. Hit him on the back and left leg from the knee down.
05/04/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Fall was found during exam. It is on the old abandoned 1-LT panel on 003 section. The fall is in the # 6 entry approx 15 - 20' inby survey station 7297 & extending approx 175 ft to survey station 7306...
02/16/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 348d lost EE was exiting scoop deck. As he was turning, his foot slipped, cauing him to twist his left knee.
02/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was building super cribs in intake. He was lifting an 8' timber up to another EE when he dropped it. Timber struck his left knee as it fell.
01/14/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was installing bottom belt rollers in belt when the employee felt his shoulder pull hurting his muscle on the right shoulder.
01/01/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was roof bolting on 002 section. While drilling the hole in the roof, the drill steel bowed out, twisted, kicking around and hitting employee on the right hand.
12/29/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting on 003 section. A piece of drill steel was hung together with the drill steel inside the drill hole. While the employee was trying to get the steel apart, the two pieces that...
12/09/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE hit top with canopy of shuttle car, dislodging a piece of rock, which fell into deck and stuck left arm and left leg. EE did not go to doctor until 12/29/08 to have knot on left elbow drained. EE d...
10/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was shoveling belt conveyor. He came upon a large piece of coal that was to heavy to lift upon belt conveyor. He hit the large piece of coal to break into small pieces. When breaking large pi...
09/20/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was roof bolting in the no. 5 Rt on mmu no. 3 section when a piece of the coal rib fell out pushing him into the roof bolter, knocking the breath out of him. Employee was taken to the hospita...
08/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE was stacking 6"" hollow concrete blocks, EE turned with a block in his hand when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
07/28/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 24d restricted While putting up roof bolts, employee's hand slipped off causing the bolt to strike his right hand.
07/26/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost While roof bolting, coal rib rolled out hitting employee in back of legs pushing him up against the tray on the roof bolt machine. Employee hit the tray with his right rib area.
07/23/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We had a rock fall in the old abandoned 002 section in a crosscut between the no. 2 & 3 entries between spad no. 6072 & 6073. It does not block any airways or travelways. This fall is from 2' to 7' hi...
07/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was weighing down a curtain with a rock. The rock slipped out of his hand and mashed his finger.
06/09/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted While roof bolting, a piece of draw rock fell striking his left forearm & wrist.
05/29/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While tightening top of drill pot, the wrench slipped, causing EE to strike pot with his right hand.
04/24/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While driving a shuttle car, a nail fell out of his pocket into the seat and the employee sat on the nail.
04/09/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 13d restricted Employee walked into a cable bolt hanging off roof bolter and it hit him in groin area. * Employee started missing work due to this injury on 4/29/08.
03/25/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Fall had been dangered off & cribbed off for 3 months. When we drove through the area it was laminated sandstone with pressure from block of coal left in the room above the pressure causing the lamina...
03/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up roof straps and a sharp end of the strap cut his right wrist.
02/21/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 11d restricted EE was loading belt into scoop, when the scoop ran over his right foot.
02/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was taping out drilled hole when the tap pin broke. EE's right hand fell on broke tap, resulting in laceration.
02/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was loading supplies with forklift. When finished loading, he stepped out of loader into thick mud. He turned to walk to scoop and twisted his left knee.
01/23/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was cutting mesh with razor knife. He was pulling knife down, knife slipped and he cut into his left forearm.
01/16/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 26d restricted Employee was tramming miner to the face. The miner pan got caught in some broken sandstone in the floor causing the miner to shift quickly to the right catching him between the miner tail and rib.
01/07/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding, arc of welder flashed his eyes, causing burn to both eyes.
12/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Emploee was putting oil bath on beltdriver. His right hand got caught behind bath and was cut when the bath struck the frame of the belt drive
10/29/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was caught between a Mac 3 and a scoop causing a bruise to his right leg.
10/02/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a roof bolt thru a roof mat. While pushing on the roof bolt, he slipped and hit the roof mat with his mouth causing a cut to his lip and loosening 2 teeth. The cut required 3 s...
08/29/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating shuttle car when rib rolled out pinning right arm aganst shuttle car. Employee received 16 stitches to righ forearm.
08/23/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was knocking a lock off with a hammer when a piece of metal from the hammer went into his thumb.
07/31/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While hanging curtain, EE put a ladder up against the rib. A piece of coal fell from the rib, striking EE on the left hand, index finger requiring 5 stitches.