Deep Mine 41 — Accidents

Total: 316 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/15/2018 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for EE on 5/15/2018.
05/15/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost Employee stepped up onto concrete incline at belt take up on stacker belt to grab hold of a piece of belt when one end flipped up causing employee to slip and lose balance. When employee lost balance...
05/10/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a hole for a roof bolt when an undetected piece of rock fell striking employee's lip resulting in a laceration and a chipped tooth.
03/20/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was attempting to take a fuel filter off of mini trac. The filter was tight so when EE jerked on the filter wrench EE felt pain in lower back.
03/13/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was loading structure. As EE loaded the first piece of top structure EE felt a burning pain in EE's back. EE stopped and waited a minute then loaded 3 more top structure and then went back to...
02/26/2018 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury ignition occurred at this mine in the face of the #7 heading. After investigation, it was determined that the machine had 16 dull or worn bits out of the 71 available. Due to the worn bit...
02/26/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of changing the hydraulic pump on a shuttle car in the shop. While pulling hydraulic hoses to be able to access the pump, EE felt a strain in EE's right shoulder down to EE...
02/22/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Employee was bending over corner of bundle of wire mesh and cutting metal band. When the band broke loose it hit EE, knocking hat and safety glasses off. This resulted in a cut to EE's eyebrow and eye...
02/08/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost While employee was installing a 5' roof bolt after drilling the hole, a piece of draw rock fell, hit the pan on the bolter, then fell and hit employee on the left foot. This resulted in a cut to the l...
12/27/2017 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee had pinned the belt together for the belt move and crawled out from under the belt structure. As employee was straightening up to stand employee felt pain in lower back and left leg down to k...
12/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Employee stated that employee lifted tubing to raise and level when employee felt a sharp pain in neck on the right side down through shoulder and midway down side.
10/31/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee was loading shuttle car when ee completed the car ee turned to back the miner up to set over and a piece of draw rock fell and struck right hand resulting in a fracture. Employee continued to...
10/27/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking from the #4 entry to the #3 entry when a piece of rock fell striking employee's left arm causing a laceration resulting in stitches.
09/28/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Miner was on the blind side of the entry when a shuttle car traveling down the entry contacted the miner, apparently rolling EE, and causing EE to fall down. The injured miner did not lose conscious...
08/30/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee put 1st bolt up, swung over 13"" to drill test hole, drilled 3' starter, was taking starter out of chuck after drilling. Rock came loose sliding down and striking employee on index finger cu...
08/08/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was changing bit when an undetected piece of material fell, sliding down from the canopy striking employee in lower back resulting in a bruise.
06/14/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost Employee was knocking stopping with scoop bucket then went to get out of the scoop and an 8"" hollow block fell hitting employee on left hand. This resulted in a hairline fracture and 8 stitches to cu...
06/01/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Employee was changing tire on right rear of man trip. When employee attempted to pick the tire up to put on man trip employee said employee felt pain in employee's lower back. Employee continued to wo...
04/03/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was helping hang miner cable when ee felt pain in left groin area. This resulted in a hernia.
02/08/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Employee started to step down from a ladder The ladder shifted and pulled rivets from the inside of the ladder that did not appear to have been previous damage. The employee fell from the second step...
02/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 20d restricted Employee was attempting to load wire mesh that was leaned against the coal rib, onto the Fairchild scoop when the mesh fell and restrained the employee between the mesh and the back of the scoop. This...
12/15/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 7d restricted Employee was putting up a rope bolt when undetected material slid from the canopy striking ee on the right shoulder.
12/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tossing crib block into a scoop bucket when ee caught fingers between side of the scoop bucket and crib block. This mashed right ring and pinky fingers resulting in stitches to both finge...
11/30/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost Employee was helping hang tube in #2 heading. When ee pushed tube up to top to hang it, ee felt pain in right shoulder.
11/28/2016 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was cutting on curtain side. EE loaded 2 cars. As ee was waiting for a car to come back ee was cutting, filling ee pan. A piece of sandstone came back from the face at the miner head and stru...
11/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee stated that EE was in the process of moving a tool box that had a weight of approximately 45 lbs. to set it on a tool sled when EE felt pain in EE's lower back. This was a non-witnessed event...
10/05/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A pillar fall occurred on the active 002 Pillar Section that entrapped a Mobile Roof Support. Two MRS units were located in the No. 2 Entry and were blocked when rock fell from the left pillar lift an...
09/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging feeder cable and the cable slipped out of hand striking employee in the mouth resulting in a chipped and loosened a tooth.
08/26/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cut leg on a piece of rock.
08/25/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None P&P Construction was installing inside cable bolt. Drill steel extension & finisher were stuck together when withdrawing drill steel from cable bolt hole. Operator proceeded to flip extension to break...
07/11/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was taking down a piece of tubing. When it came down it struck the ladder EE was standing on causing EE to fall off the ladder and EE hit left arm on the tubing resulting in a strain to left...
06/16/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was installing the finisher steel in hole. The steel got stuck so EE pulled it out some then tried to shove it in the hole. When the steel got stuck again EE felt a pop in left shoulder and e...
06/08/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee had pulled walk thru roof bolter in #6 entry to bolt and set the T-bar on the roof bolter. The employee had grabbed a couple of bolts to lay in the bolt tray. EE placed the bolts down in the...
05/25/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was helping pull the head shaft out of the feeder. The right side slid and came out sooner than the left side causing the right side to drop suddenly and the left side to rise up. The event p...
04/20/2016 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee.
04/18/2016 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee. Employee was termed on 11/20/15.
04/13/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking the PLM high voltage coupling loose from the section power center. The employee pulled the spanner wrench toward EE to loosen because of a metal guard that was on the back of the p...
03/29/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee alleges that while operating the scoop on the travelway towards the surface, EE hit EE's head on the canopy. The employee has missed work, however this alleged incident is under investigatio...
03/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted EE alleges while hanging an empty 2 inch waterline EE felt pain in EE's lower back. EE has not missed work, EE began working restricted on 4/12/16. Alleged incident is under investigation. Due to the...
03/15/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost Employee was tramming out by in a scoop to pick up rock dust when the scoop's front tire hit a hole in the bottom causing EE to bump EE's head on the canopy of the scoop. This resulted in a strain to...
03/04/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee. EE last worked on 3/20/14.
02/11/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis for EE.
01/19/2016 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost Employee was helping move the emergency sled when a timber fell off. EE bent over to put it back on the sled, in the process of replacing the timber the sled set down on EE's right foot. This resulted...
01/14/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was walking out by the miner when EE's legs got tangled up in the miner cable causing EE to twist EE's left knee as EE fell. This resulted in a fracture in EE's knee cap.
01/07/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee. EE was termed on 7/21/15.
12/15/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 11/20/2015.
12/14/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 12/14/15.
12/11/2015 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp.
12/07/2015 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 11/20/2015.
11/24/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost While working on a brattice, employee turned to get some cap wedges when he tripped over a plaster bucket. As he was falling his body made a twisting motion causing severe pain in his lower back conti...