DC-36 — Accidents

Total: 90 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/22/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pulled hard to open a track switch, switch opened easy causing him to pull a muscle in his left rib.
11/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None In the process of building a brattice; the ee was placing a block when another ee tossed him another block-catching the injured ee's finger between the blocks, resulting in a fracture to the tip of th...
08/07/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The ee was injured while spot bolting one-break outby the #6 heading. The bolt rotated when the ee attempted to place the bolt into the drilled hole. His little finger was caught between the bolt and...
05/28/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost The ee was injured as a result of a man bus derailment. In an attempt to re-rail the man bus a ratchet type jack was placed under one corner of the man bus and two crib blocks were placed under the ce...
03/17/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The ee was installing a roof bolt and lifted his left hand to hold the plate in position. His left middle finger was caught between the plate and mine roof. The ee received a laceration to the finge...
03/13/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost The ee was struck in the face with a 4"" water line. The empty discharge line was struck by the shuttle car and in the turn hit the ee in the face. The ee was dazed but stated that he was ok and compl...
02/18/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 343d lost The ee was in the process of tramming miner and the machine became fouled. The ee de-energized the miner and was traveling on the right side of the machine when a piece of rock measuring 12"" X 11.5""...
12/10/2012 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee has been diagnosed with Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis(CWP) Dominion Coal was notified of this illness 12/10/2012. Employee is current off work for other medical. Dominion was notified by a...
10/19/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered on U-section at Survey station 9755. The fall area was approximately 6' in height, 20' in width and 20 plus feet in length. The fall area was mined in 10/1997 and was suppo...
10/16/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 5d restricted The ee had traveled by scoop to T-Section intake to retrieve conveyor belt to supply a belt move on another section of the mine. The ee inserted a chain through the layers of belt that were on the mi...
09/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 49d lost, 4d restricted A belt person uncoupled a 2"" waterline on the off-side of the #7 main line belt. He placed the 20' joint of water line across the belt to the track side to reconnect the line. The injured ee slid acr...
08/04/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The supply tram had derailed and the ee was in the process of rerailing the tram using a hydraulic jack to lift the arm. A pin in the jack bar bracket inadvertently came out of the jack resulting in i...
07/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An electrician was working on an airlock door located near the portal of the mine. The electrician was dismantling the guard for the roll-up garage type door used as the outby airlock door. The guard...
05/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted A third shift utility crew was dismantling a conveyor belt take-up unit. The ee attempted to block up the unit to allow a scoop bucket to be positioned under the unit. The take-up inadvertently slid o...
01/25/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The 3rd shift utility crew had locked-out the R-2 belt & were removing slack from the belt. The day shift section crew stopped at the R-2 drive & found the belt was locked-out. The day shift electrici...
12/13/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The ee was positioned in the operator's compartment with the driver of manbus. The bus traveled near break #36 the mine height changed from 72"" to 54"" quickly resulting in the belt man's head contac...
10/31/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the intake air course of the #2 entry of the mains section at survey station #1156. The roof fall did not affect the ventilation or the passage of miners. The fall measured 30...
10/19/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The roof bolter operator had completed drilling a 5 ft. test hole that required using 3 sections of drill steel. As the operator removed the lower section of drill steel the 2nd section fell on the d...
10/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The ee was attempting to remove a rock from the chute of the #1 belt dump over point that had gobbed off. As the ee moved the rock - a piece of metal band that could not be seen by the ee cut through...
07/16/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Due to an accumulation of water in the #4 heading the bolter crew was experiencing vacuum problems on roof bolter. The employee changed the dust bags and was cleaning the mud and coal particles from t...
06/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cutting a plastic band from a bundle of roof bolts using a Schefield lock-blade knife. He had placed the knife under the plastic band and was pulling toward himself when the knife str...
06/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was helping the continuous miner operator move the machine. After pulling the miner cable pull rope and hooking the rope to the miner, he began having lower back pains. The employee finis...
06/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee (contractor) was working with a belt mechanic installing skirts in the tailpiece at the T-1 belt drive on the #5 belt. The employee was crossing the conveyor belt at a crossover for addit...
04/22/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The CM was loading in #6 entry in right pillar cut when a methane ignition occurred near head of machine. Contributing factors to accident are unknown due to accident not being reported by hourly ee t...
04/08/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted The section crew was in process of pulling back the section power center and the employee was helping configure the high voltage cable as the cable was being pulled by a scoop. The employee's left le...
03/02/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the drift mouth of the No. 2 Entry (survey station No. 2) on the old CJ & L mine portal. This mine is now a part of this active mine. The fall measured app. 15' wide X 15...
02/24/2011 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None The cont. miner on the 004-0 (""U"") section accidentally cut into an active gas well in the face of the No. 4 entry. The gas well had not been plotted on the mine map at the mine. No gas escaped into...
02/11/2011 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None During the preshift of the 001-0 MMU, T-Section, at approximately 5:50 a.m., the preshift examiner encountered an explosive mixture of methane in the range of 5% in the #1 entry and 3.8% in the #2 ent...
01/28/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was a passenger on a little mac personnel carrier when his belt-wearable SCSR contacted a fallen rib and pushed his SCSR into his right side resulting in bruising of his side.
12/15/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The employee was installing a 5' torque-tension roof bolt in a 40"" mining height which required the bolt to be bent. The operator had started the bolt into the mine roof and was attempting to straigh...
08/28/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The crew was on the manbus and stopped to raise an air-lock door. The employees riding on the inby end of the manbus changed from laid down position to riding on their knees. As the bus traveled throu...
07/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had drilled a 10' hole to install a cable bolt. As he was bringing the drill steel out of the hole; the pusher steel and the first extension stuck together. As he was pushing & pulling the st...
07/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee was walking from the No. 4 entry to the No. 3 Entry on the 001-0 section on a slight downhill grade. His right foot slipped and he fell on his left foot, fracturing his left lower leg and an...
03/30/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The CONTRACTOR ee was riding a track vehicle to examine beltlines. The vehicle derailed in a switch at the No. 4 Drive. The injured was using a hydraulic jack to raise the vehicle & pull it over onto...
03/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After replacing belt in a belt line, the ee was using a chain hoist to pull the belt together to splice. The crew had loosened a top roller and the ee placed his arm at that roller while operating the...
03/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The employee was loading rock dust onto a rock dusting machine in a scoop bucket and strained or sprained his lower back.
03/11/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured, a contractor employee, & a company employee finished making a belt splice. After loading the belt splice equipment on the personnel carrier, they boarded the ride to go to the section. Th...
02/12/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 32d restricted The employee was bounced in the shuttle car while traveling to the feeder. He stopped the shuttle car to reposition himself. He grasped the bottom of the operator's deck and the shuttle car drifted b...
02/04/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was bolting in the No. 2 heading & had installed th first row of bolts in the cut. He had installed the first bolt in the second row & was moving from the drill controls to the tram controls...
02/01/2010 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted EE removed an empty oxygen cylinder from its storage area at S-1 Drive. He laid it down behind him & sat down while waiting on the track signal to turn green. After the signal turned green, he reached...
10/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE was installing a replacement water line over the section tailpiece where the feeder dumps into the beltline. EE stepped off of the tailpiece when a shovel that was laying upright against the tailpi...
10/09/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL occurred in the last open crosscut of the No. 6 heading on the 001-0 section, in the interesection & fell right & left into the crosscuts. The fall was composed of laminated sandstone & wa...
09/27/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL was discovered on the 001-0 section during preshift examination. The fall measured app. 4' thick X 20' wide X 65' long. The fall occurred in the crosscut from the No. 5 to the No. 4 headin...
04/29/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 16d restricted Emp. took a load of rock dust in with the track mounted rock dusting machine attach. to rock dust belt lines. He went to get more rock dust arriving at Bratt. No. 65 on No. 2 belt line, one of the st...
04/23/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The mantrip had stopped to re-hang a water line that was across the track. The op. got off the vehicle to help and hit the dump valve for the parking brake. The dump valve didn't fully relieve & in th...
04/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting with the loading of a 1000 ft. piece of conveyor belt. The roll was on a stand/ the steel band holding the belt had been cut. Employee was pulling the steel band from the be...
01/08/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Piece of draw rock fell, striking EE on right hand while shoveling belt. Rock size 17"" long, 8"" wide and 1' thick.
11/21/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred on the active pillar line on 001-0 Section while 3-cut pillaring. The cont. miner was completing right hand cut in pillar between Nos. 5 & 6 headings when rock fell fouling the hea...
05/05/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in an area of known roof conditions. The fall measured approx 60' long x 20' wide x 4'-10' thick. Fall occurred in the #7 entry (intake) at survey station # 5629. The fall h...
09/25/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee had come out of the mine after working a couple of hours late. As he was traveling down an inclined walkway from the mine shop to the bath house, his foot slipped in some loose gravel.