DEEP MINE 44 — Accidents

Total: 75 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/19/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was closing lid on duster. While pushing hinged lid down, mashed right pinky finger between the lid and the frame of the duster. This resulted in a fracture to the tip of EE's finger and 5 st...
03/18/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 113d lost Employee and coworker were in the process of hanging the miner cable to the mine roof when EE felt pain in left arm and shoulder.
01/13/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the #6 entry of the active retreating 002 MMU. A high angle slip fell in the entry above the anchorage zone. There were no injuries.
09/04/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee had hooked up a rope and had trammed the continuous miner approx. 60' and was about to stop to drop the miner cable that was hung across the entry when the cable came down striking them on th...
05/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was pushing a rock into the conveyor of EE's car because it had pulled down some cables. When the weight of the rock shifted into the car, EE's finger was caught between the mine roof and the...
04/01/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis on 4/1/2019.
02/23/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee alleged that while making the turn into the xcut from the #4 to #5 entry, the car slid into the rib trapping arm between the shuttle car deck and the coal rib. EE continued to tram freeing ar...
02/01/2019 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 2/1/2019.
01/29/2019 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 37d lost Employee states ee was backing out of 4 heading when drill cable quit taking up. EE states ee turned reel off and reached to grab cable to throw on back bumper. The cable tightened catching fingers be...
11/01/2018 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was drilling the hole when a portion of the coal rib rolled out behind the line curtain. The very end of the rib struck them in the left calf causing their leg to buckle and they rolled the l...
10/18/2018 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was coming up 12 belt line on a Mac-3. Employee states employee hit a hole causing the steering wheel to twist catching left hand resulting in a cut to the index finger requiring 3 stitches a...
08/28/2018 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost Employee was backing the continuous miner when the cutter head of the miner contacted the coal rib on the right side causing the corner to become loose. Employee was unaware of this and went to the cu...
08/26/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall was found on the secondary escape way on the Spraddle Branch Mains at spad #1236.
07/11/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall occurred on the 002 section, #2 entry in the secondary escape way at spad #1614.
04/04/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was standing beside of drill when a piece of draw rock fell out between bolts striking EE on top of the hard hat. This resulted in a sprain to EE's neck area.
03/19/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost While raising the belt with a mini-trac to make a belt set up, the belt slid off and came down on employee's head. This resulted in pain in employee's neck and lower back. Employee continued to work u...
09/27/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was found on the 002 section at intersection spad #327. The roof fall occurred in the #1 intersection on Panel 1A and measured about 8' in height and approx. 20' wide.
09/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 8d restricted Employee was adjusting forks on mini track. While pushing fork, employee felt a pop that resulted in pain in the lower part of employee's back.
01/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost After removing rub rail pin, the rub rail fell on victim's left foot.
01/07/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The transformer in a belt power center became grounded and caught fire.
11/04/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a hearing loss diagnosis for EE. No % disability at this time.
10/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 196d lost Employee was operating Fletcher walk thru roof bolter installing roof bolts in 4 right xcut. He had drilled hole in roof, inserted resin and started bolt into hole. He had bent the bolt due to low hei...
10/01/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 143d lost, 1d restricted Employee had drilled hole for 10 cable and installed resin. He reached to get cable bolt to start in hole. As he reached for the bolt he heard a ""pop"" in his left shoulder and felt pain.
07/28/2015 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received a CWP diagnosis for Employee.
04/07/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bates Contractor was installing roof bolts with truss bolter and had the canopy raised and was drilling a hole. The collar on the canopy shell had raised up with canopy. He had his hand on the joy sti...