Deep Mine 41 — Accidents

Total: 316 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/14/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was holding steel in hand while bolting. Came down with the drill pot and pushed the steel into top of boot causing steel to puncture left foot. Resulted in fracture and stitches.
01/27/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 91d lost, 33d restricted Employee was standing in the walkway of the roof bolter preparing to bolt in the #2 heading. A rock 69"" x 21"" x 0-8"" thick fell from the roof and struck EE. EE received lacerations to the left fore...
01/23/2023 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 1/23/2023.
01/16/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was moving a mantrip and as they exited the permissible ride they let go of the steering wheel. When they let go, the steering knob on the steering wheel swung around and struck their right i...
01/12/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Employee was walking and tripped on a piece of pallet causing them to fall hurting their right shoulder. Employee continued to work until 1/20/23 when they were taken off work by a doctor.
12/22/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that they were starting on first bolt when a piece of draw rock fell striking their right hand pushing it down against the drill pot. This resulted in 5 stitches.
12/07/2022 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 12/7/2022.
11/14/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was preparing to install roof bolt, when EE turned to install it the roof bolt pan struck the canopy post and recoiled and hit EE in the mouth chipping a tooth.
10/30/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting a finger splice
10/25/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor was bolting #2 heading and got steel hung up and ran head up to get steel and pinched middle finger on chuck. This resulted in a laceration requiring stitches.
07/24/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall that measured 20' long, 20' wide, and 12-14' high occurred on the 004 MMU, Spyder Panel4, #5 entry (break #7), primary escapeway. The fall was isolated to the intersection of th...
07/13/2022 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 7/13/2022.
06/16/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up I-beam when binding strap struck their forearm resulting in a laceration requiring stitches.
05/25/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee came in contact with scoop causing a laceration to the back of EE's lower right leg.
04/19/2022 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 4/19/2022.
03/31/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall that measured 8' long and 8' high occurred on Spyder Panel 3, in the #4 entry at break 25. The fall was isolated to the #4 entry at the active pillar line. The release of suppor...
03/21/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling the 2nd bolt in 2nd row of cut in #2 entry. EE finished drilling hole and brought steel down and it wouldn't separate at coupling. EE held starter in left hand and flipped pusher...
02/21/2022 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 2/21/2022.
02/21/2022 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 2/21/2022.
01/27/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 4 pound hammer trying to take link off the conveyor chain of the continuous miner when a small piece of metal broke loose from the link and penetrated EE's right leg approx. 2"" a...
12/21/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Contractor was in the process of hanging curtain with a pogo stick when an undetected piece of draw rock fell from the mine roof striking them resulting in a fracture to their back.
09/30/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 182d lost Contractor stated that they raised the lid on scoop batteries and when they went to let them down, they wouldn't close. Another employee raised the lid back up and when EE did EE stuck EE's hand in to...
09/02/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall occurred on Northeast Mains, #3 entry, Break #26. The fall was isolated to the intersection of #3 entry intersection extending approx. 8' into the left xcut toward #2. The entri...
09/02/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for EE on 9/2/2021.
08/30/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE stated EE was spotting a roof bolt. The EE placed the new bolt in the hole. EE was holding the new bolt, plate and pan against the bottom of the damaged plate and pan to attempt to push them both t...
07/22/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall that measured 12' long, 12' wide, and 8' high occurred on Spyder Panel 2, in the #4 entry at break 9. The fall was isolated to the #4 entry at the active pillar line. The releas...
07/01/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 7/1/2021.
07/01/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 7/1/2021.
06/22/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was assisting bolting partner retrieve the steel out of a rib bolt hole when a piece of loose rib fell and struck EE's thumb against the drill mast. This resulted in 13 sutures.
06/07/2021 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was in the process of exiting scoop, right foot was on the ground and when employee placed left foot on the ground employee felt pain in lower back.
05/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Employee went to the back of drill and picked up approx. 20 pans. Employee turned to walk to the front of the drill and when they turned they felt a pain in left shoulder. Employee worked up until Jun...
05/03/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee states: was bringing steel out of hole when employee got down to the last two pieces employee pushed up and jerked down when the steel came out and caught employee's right pinky finger betwee...
04/22/2021 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a hole to install a cable bolt in the last row of the cut. They reached to take the 3rd piece of steel out of the chuck. When they put their hand out to take the piece of steel f...
02/16/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost Employee was in the process of scaling draw rock in the intersection of the #4 entry when an undetected piece of draw rock dislodged from above a piece of wire mesh and fell striking the employee on t...
01/25/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee had installed inside bolt of second row and was in the process of drilling the hole for EE's middle bolt. EE's steel had stopped up and EE removed the bottom piece to clear it out. EE re-inst...
01/07/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was installing rib bolt and had left hand resting on the bottom of the outer mast. EE dropped the mast down and left middle finger got pinched between the inner and outer mast at the bottom....
01/05/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 1/5/2021.
12/29/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was putting last piece of steel together and pushed up on the chuck. The steel became fouled against lip on chuck causing it to bow, dislodge and strike them on the web of left hand resulting...
12/17/2020 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 12/17/2020.
12/11/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 125d lost Employee bent over to pick up a pogo stick laying on the ground near the installed vent curtain. A piece of draw rock dislodged from the mine roof with height of 8'2"" hitting employee's right hand re...
11/16/2020 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine operator is submitting this 7000-1 for an alleged water inundation under duress due to citation No. 9210702 being issued for 50.10 on November 19, 2020 and in order to comply with MSHA regula...
10/27/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Employee thought that had lost suction to the drill head and EE placed hand on the drill chuck to check for suction. When EE placed hand over the chuck, EE's drill steel that was left hanging in the h...
10/21/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was standing on EE's platform of the drill, swung out to put up EE's middle bolt. The platform hit a rock and pushed EE up into EE's canopy, causing pain in EE's upper back.
09/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee was loading bag dust from a pallet when EE alleged that EE felt pain in lower back.
08/20/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee on 8/20/2020.
08/19/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost EE was operating a mini trac lifting the belt up to prep for a move. The suspended belt dropped approx. 16"" when the machine pushed on a rope attached to the belt. The dropping belt made contact with...
08/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated EE was in the process of lifting the forks up on the AL Lee mini trac for the purpose of adjusting them to make a wide base for moving materials. As EE lifted the fork, EE moved it too...
08/10/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall that measured 50' long 19' wide and 10' high occurred on Smith Ridge Panel 8, in the #6 Entry at break 29. The fall was isolated to the intersection of break 29 in between the b...
07/08/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee was loading top roller on trailer and stepped in a hole rolling EE's ankle causing EE to fall. Became LT on 7/10/20.
04/24/2020 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was in the process of changing batteries and was connecting the battery bell to the charger when they felt heat in their glove from an arc that resulted in a minor burn to fingers. Employee w...