Darby Mine — Accidents

Total: 241 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/19/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall occurred on 3-North-2 main return at crosscut #75 in the #2 entry. The fall measured 25' by 25' and was 8' in thickness. The fall area was previous...
11/18/2014 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The roof bolter was backed out into the #3 entry at crosscut #12 and employee was on inby side of bolter changing a coupling of a piece of drill steel when a loaded ram car came out of the heading and...
07/29/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting another worker install a roof bolt. When the mast was lowered, it caught his right hand between the drill pot and mast base causing multiple fractures to the hand and the loss...
07/10/2013 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 228d lost While operating a ram car during loading from the face, an undetermined object was propelled into the employee's left eye, resulting in the loss of sight in the eye. The employee was wearing eye prot...
03/19/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost As employee was traveling through a water hole he twisted his right knee. On 5/9/2013 he had surgery on the knee to repair a torn meniscus and it was determined that it was related to the work injury...
08/21/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost While employee was tramming the miner, a piece of draw rock (25"" X 18"" X 0-7"") fell striking the employee on the left foot causing a hairline fracture to the second metatarsal.
10/23/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall was located on the Slope beltline from break 43 to 44. The fall measured 20' wide by 100' long and was 2-5 feet in thickness. The fall was cleaned...
08/26/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost The injured employee was using a slate bar while working with a crew to repair a breaker car. The bar slipped and struck him in his right forehead. This resulted in a laceration that required medica...
08/24/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall was located in the L8-Right Panel in the #1 entry, #28 crosscut. The fall measured 15' by 20' and was 8' in thickness. The area was originally supp...
08/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall measured 80' in length, 18' wide, and was 10' in thickness. The area was originally supported with 5' Hi-tech bolts and 12' cable bolts. Ventilatio...
08/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall measured 18' wide, 20' long, and was 10-12' in thickness. The fall was located #1 entry of l-& Right at crosscut #13. The area was originally suppo...
08/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall measured 18' by 150' and was 10' in thickness. The fall was located in the #1 entry of the L-7 Right at crosscut # 63. The fall was originally supp...
05/27/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While locking down a band while splicing a water line, the employee hit is right index finger with a hammer resulting in a fractured finger.
03/07/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee had his right foot partially out of the mantrip when his foot struck a timber on the roadway. He suffered a laceration to the right big toe and the tip of the toe had a non-displaced fra...
03/02/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall was located in the #1 return entry on 7-Right at crosscuts #37-38. The fall measured 100' by 20' and was 10-12' in thickness. The fall was dangered...
02/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on this date. The fall was located on 3-North Mains at break #70 in the #6 entry. The fall measured 25' by 20' and was 10' in thickness. The area was previously supported with...
01/17/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The foreman was watching production activities when a piece of rib rock fell striking him causing him to strike his nose against a mobile bridge unit. The employee continued working and sought medica...
01/03/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred while retreat mining was taking place. The fall was located just outby the MRS units on the 005 working section. The fall was located inby crosscut # 54 in the #4 entry and meas...
07/07/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While he was tightening a roof jack, a piece of draw rock fell striking the employee on the left arm, causing a laceration that required 3 sutures.
05/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting, a small piece of draw rock fell striking the employee on the left ear, causing a laceration requiring sutures.
03/27/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee reported that while traveling on man trip ride with other crew members, he bumped his head on a low area of the top. There was no visible injury but he c/o dizziness and was taken to Harlan A...
02/06/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall was located on MMU-005 in the #3 entry at break #49. The fall measured 20' by 20' and was 8' in thickness. The area was previously supported with 5...
01/13/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall ocurred on 003 section during retreat mining. The fall ocurred inby the 65th x-cut in the pillar block extending out over the continuous miner. The size of the fall was undetermined and...
12/15/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall has occurred on the 005 Section. The fall measured 50' by 20' and was 5' in thickness. The fall in the number 3 entry at crosscut #72. The area was previously supported with 5' Hy-Tech...
10/09/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall measured 60' by 20' and was 6' in thickness. The fall was located on the 3-North Return in the #1 entry between crosscuts #51 and #52. The fall did...
08/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee had been lifting belt structure during his shift on 8-18-09. At approx. 5:00 A.M. he complained of severe pain to his lower back and was taken to Lonesome Pine Hospital for evaluation. He was...
08/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee tripped over a rock and fell at approx. 1:30 A.M. Later that day he went to a local clinic for an x-ray & treatment due to pain in his index & middle fingers of his right hand. The x-ray was...
06/19/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the Slope Roadway at break #58. The fall measured 20' by 20' and was 4' in thickness. The fall was cleaned up and re-supported. No equipment or employees were involved.
06/01/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall was discovered on this date on 005 section. The fall started near the gob line during retreat mining and extended outby into the intersection at CC #51 in the #4 entry and extended into t...
04/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was pulling a fork on a Lo-Trac when the fork came off and struck the employee's left ankle resulting in a fracture.
04/14/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While roof bolting, the employee was adding the second piece of steel to the starter steel when the bolter head moved, catching his right thumb between the two pieces of steel. This resulted in a lac...
03/25/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tramming a roof bolter a piece of rib fell, striking the employee on the head and neck, causing a laceration to his forehead that requiried sutures. The rib material measured 3' by 2' and was 4...
12/23/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 65d lost, 38d restricted While pulling a piece of conveyor belt with a pair of vice grips, the vice grips slipped off the belt causing the employee to fall backwards onto his right foot resulting in a fracture to his lower ri...
10/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 50d lost, 19d restricted While crossing a bridge while carrying some roof bolt plates, employee felt something pop in his left shoulder. He started missing work on 2/16/2009 to have surgury on the shoulder.
09/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 6-East Intake # 7 Break # 5. The fall in # 7 Entry was 60' long and 20' wide and 7' thick. There was no equipment involved or any injuries. The fall was cribbed and dangere...
09/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 6-East intake, Entry # 8, Inby Break # 5. The fall in #8 Entry was 30' long and 20' wide and 6' thick. There was no equipment involved or any injuries. The fall was cribbed...
04/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As the injured EE was hooking up a supply car to a scoop, he raised up, striking his right ear on a sign that was hanging from the mine roof and caused a laceration to the ear which required sutures.
04/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost Employee was loading retriever links from a flat car to a battery ride when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He started missing work for treatment on 5-23-08.
03/26/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 6-East #1 Entry at break #23. The fall was 25' long by 20' wide, and 6' in thickness. There was no equipment involved, or any injuries. The fall cleaned up and the roof re-...
03/08/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 199d lost, 9d restricted EE was cleaning out to access the crawler take up on the miner, a small piece of rib/coal fell from the lower rib striking him in the lower leg. EE suffered a fracured tibia and a laceration to the l...
03/03/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None As retreat mining was taking place the left side MRS unit was being trammed forward after the #9 cut. A fall occurred in the #9 cut, coming out into the entry trapping the MRS units. The area was orig...
12/21/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall is located in 8-Right, Break #9, in 2-Left crosscut. The fall measured 18' X 20' and was 6' in thickness. The roof was previously supported with 5' Hy...
10/15/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost A welder cable fell on the tram pedal of a mechanic's buggy causing the buggy to move forward. The buggy struck the injured employee pinning his leg against a coal rib. No one was operating the buggy...
08/23/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was bolting top when a bolt he was attempting to anchor dropped approx. 9 feet and struck his right thumb. He was treated and released at the local ER. He required stitches to close a lacerat...
08/09/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date in the #6 entry on the 3-North Intake at break #67. The fall measured 20' by 20' and was 8 feet in thickness. The roof was previously supported with 5 foot Hy-T...
06/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After the employee cut a timber with a hydraulic saw, he took a step and tripped over the piece of wood he had cut from the timber, causing him to fall onto the timber and the saw lacerating his left...
05/24/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 235d lost Employee stated that while disassembling belt structure, he reached too high & his left shoulder ""popped out of place"". He said he was able to ""pop it back in place"" and continued work until his s...
03/28/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on this date. The fall was located in the #2 entry of the 7-right panel off 3-North #2 in the #5 crosscut. The fall measured 20' x 20' by 5'-6' in thickness. The area was or...
03/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 317d lost As employee was helping move a pump to re-install the flexible water line, he slipped and fell straining his back. The conditions were wet and muddy. He sought medical treatment after his shift on 4-9...
01/27/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted As employee was installing a boom jack on a mobile bridge unit, the jack fell off the jack bracket pinching his left ring finger between the jack and the bracket. He suffered a laceration and a fractu...