Deskins Mine — Accidents

Total: 16 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was in the process of opening the first set of airlock doors at the mine portal, when he got his right hand pinched between the doors. This caught between injury, resulted in a fracture to hi...
01/14/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost While making a belt move, the crew was positioning the tailpiece and applying tension with the scoop to align the belt. A chain broke that was hooking the scoop to the tailpiece, which allowed the ta...
12/09/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was dicovered on 12-09-2008 at apprx 7:00 am. The fall was located 2 breaks outby spad 743 near the #5 beltline. The fall measured apprx 18'W by 50' long. All entries of the roof fall a...
10/01/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine foreman and the safety director were traveling to the section when they noticed the top working near #7 belt/track entry in the nuetral airway. The men cribbed the area off then the top fell...
09/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was removing a piece of rock from the left side continuous miner on the 1st right section. The rock broke causing his right hand index & middle fingers to come in contact with the sharp edges o...
08/28/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Section foreman noticed that the rib needed scaled where work was being performed on a shuttle car. He scaled the rib and was rolling a large piece of rock from the work area when another piece of roc...
08/20/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Miner was moving the left side miner on the Mains section so he could scoop the 2nd right intersection. While tramming the miner the boom was swung to the right and miner was struck by the boom. Miner...
08/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost EE was installing a rub rail on the right side continuous miner of the mains section when the rail slipped off the miner, falling on his left foot causing a fracture.
08/04/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was walking to the section when he stepped in a hole just inby the power center causing him to strain his knee. He finished his shift and went to the dr. The dr gave him a full release to work but...
07/24/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The superintendent was walking the returnes and discovered a roof fall. The fall measured approx. 6' in height and included an area about 18 ft wide by 18ft long. The fall in the returns off of the ma...
11/08/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a roof fall discovered on the old mains section between spads 701 and 721. The roof fall measured approximately 90'L x 20'W x 10'T.
10/25/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall measuring approximately 60 feet in length by 8 feet high was discovered on the old second left section.
10/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing roof bolts from on top of roof bolter and lacerated his right index finger on a roof bolt plate.
08/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Was carrying a timber past a mantrip. Foot slipped and fell forward onto mantrip.
07/26/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was operating a roof bolter with his right leg outside the operator's compartment. The roof bolter came in close proximity with the mine rib. Employee's right knee was pushed into circuit pan...
07/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall measuring approx 110'l x 20'w x 10'-17' h at spad #649 from break 100 to 103.