Dotiki Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,075 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/29/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was splicing a shuttle car power cable with a belt knife. As he cut into the cable his hand slipped, he cut his left leg with the belt knife causing a laceration.
03/23/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing behind the roof bolter, as the cable reel engaged he was pushed into the roof bolter supply tray (metal) striking his right ear on the tray, causing a laceration.
03/07/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a continuous miner, as he was sumping the continuous miner into the face a piece of metal came from a cutting bit and struck him in the right arm causing a laceration.
02/29/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was splicing a main line belt. As he crossed over the belt, he stepped on uneven mine floor twisting his left knee. He continued to work, but his injuries consisted of torn medial meniscus....
02/29/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping supply the roof bolter with roof bolt boards. As he reached to lift a few boards a piece of draw rock fell from the mine roof striking him on his right hand causing a laceration.
02/20/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 1st N.E. Parallels x-cut 23 #7 entry outby section, 17' length by 16' width by 8-9' height.
02/15/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a roof bolter, as he reached to install the roof bolt a piece of draw rock fell striking him on his right arm causing a laceration.
02/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a roof bolter. He was in the process of cleaning off the top of his bolting canopy of loose material. As he pushed the material with his hands, he received a laceration to his...
01/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting a cross over pad from the back of the bolter. A loose metal band struck his left forearm. He did not see the metal band when he lifted the pad. His injury resulted in a lacerat...
01/20/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Dotiki 4 escape hoist rope revealed a suspected area from our x-ray examination. Immediately the escape hoist was shut down (removed from service), the complete hoist rope was replaced with a new...
01/17/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 8th N.E. Mains x-cut 96 10B supply road, 40' length by 19' width by 5-6' height.
01/03/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a belt knife to cut a zip tie, when his hand slipped and he cut his left thumb. Injury resulted in a laceration.
12/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a piece of draw rock from the mine roof. After prying on the rock, he attempted to push the loose rock away from him with his hands as it was resting on a roof bolt board. His...
12/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking from the shower to his basket. A water bottle fell from an adjacent basket causing him to jump back, he slipped and fell, striking his head on the bath house floor. A laceration...
12/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a continuous miner when a piece of draw rock fell from the mine roof striking him on his right hand, causing a laceration.
12/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost Employee was adding tension to the conveyor chain on the unit feeder. The injured employee was positioned at the tail shaft of the feeder when the tail shaft cover broke free from the feeder frame, s...
11/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the S.E. LOM Parallels C x-cut 367 #2 entry. 19' length by 19' width by 5-6' height.
11/17/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 1st N.W. Sub Mains old 36A x-cut 15 #3 entry old supply road. 19' length by 19' width by 5-6' height.
11/17/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 1st S.W. Sub Mains 4B x-cut 21 #3 entry primary escapeway. 19' length by 19' width by 5-6' height.
10/30/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 1st 54 S.E. Mains crosscut 56 between the supply road and brattice. 30' length by 18' width by 6'-7' high.
10/24/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a belt knife to cut a curtain at the unit air lock. He was cutting in a upward motion, the belt knife slipped causing a laceration to his right forearm.
10/14/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was operating a continuous miner, the shuttle car was loaded and left the miner. Employee stepped behind the miner to check his site line on the mine roof. The shuttle car had to back up due...
10/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 5th NW Panel #4 unit #5 entry x-cut #8 inby tailpiece. The fall measurements are 10' length by 19' width by 5' height.
10/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was building a brattice. He pinched his finger between two (2) concrete blocks, causing a laceration.
10/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was lifting supplies (T-3 channels) from a fork lift to the roof bolter. As he lifted from a squatting postion, he felt pain in his groin area. He continued to work and during the next few we...
10/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping install a ATRS pad on the roof bolters ATRS. While installing the pad he pinched his finger between the pad and the metal on the ATRS. This caused a laceration to his left pinky f...
10/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 9th SW mains between cross cut 2 and 3 (1A supply road). The fall measurements are 50' length by 20' width by 7'-8' in height.
10/03/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a concrete brattice wall, as he was stacking the block a piece of draw rock fell striking him on his right arm causing a laceration.
10/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 3rd 54 c-cut 187 S.E. Mains supply road this is not a escape way. The fall measurements are 15' long by 20' wide by 4' height.
09/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was drilling a hole into the mine roof to install a roof bolt. A piece of draw rock fell striking him on his right hand. Infection set up into his hand/arm. He started missing work on 9-26-20...
09/07/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a roof bolt into the mine roof. As he applied boom pressure pushing the bolt into the roof with a one (1) foot wrench, the wrench bent. As he begin to rotate the bolt, the wren...
09/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 9th 54 x-cut 370 SE LOM Mains C, between the secondary escapeway (supply road) and brattice line. The fall did not block the escapeway. The fall measurements are 20'...
08/23/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling into the mine roof to install a roof bolt. A loose piece of foreign material fell striking him on his left arm, causing a laceration.
08/18/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a cutting torch. His operating hand lost control of the torch, the torch fell striking him on his left hand causing 1st and 2nd degree burns.
08/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to remove a ten (10) foot cable bolt from the center section of the roof bolter. He was pulling to dislodge the cable bolt from other cable bolts, he struck his right forearm a...
08/16/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing on a ladder to do overhead repairs. He lost his footing and fell from the ladder striking the prep plant floor with his body/head. This fall caused a laceration to the back of hi...
08/02/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a portable grinder, while he was putting pressure down on the grinder it slipped and came in contact with his right lower leg.
07/28/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 44d lost, 5d restricted Employee was hanging a roof bolter cable, he lost his footing stepping into a hole, twisting his left knee. Employee was placed on restricted duty starting 7/29/2011.
07/26/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 23d restricted The employee was standing next to a roof bolter when the operator advanced the bolter up to install the next row of pins it pulled up on a rock that came down on the top of his foot. The employee was...
07/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof occurred at crosscut 580 on the 12th 54 limited intake in the #6 entry in the South East Life of Mine Mains C. The fall measurements are 15 ft. in length by 17 ft. wide by 4 to 5 ft. in...
06/24/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost The employee was pulling a water car with a wagmen when the car came loose. The employee was trying to hook the car up when the tongue of the car fell on his foot. The employee continued to work until...
06/21/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof occurred on the #1 unit in the last open crosscut in the 4th S.E. panel at crosscut #27 in the #6 entry. Personnel nor was there any equipment affected. The fall measured 19' by 19' by...
06/14/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cutting a piece of curtain with a belt knife, when the knife slipped cutting his thumb.
06/14/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The eye on the jack that operates the brakes broke causing the cage to stop on the bottom of the shaft.
06/10/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted The employee was rock dusting at the face when he stepped in a hole and twisted his knee. The employee continued to work and was placed on restricted duty on 7-11-2011 to the present due to swelling i...
05/21/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cleaning mantrips when a lid was lowered and hit a hilti shot which went off and hit the employee in the right hand. Causing a laceration.
05/09/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was helping the unit mechanic work on some battery leads. While using a belt knife it slipped and cut three fingers.
04/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was starting his steel in the roof when a piece of draw fell out and hit him in the arm.
04/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was lifting a full reel of leaky feeder line in low mining conditions, he was in a bent over squatting position and as he lifted, he experienced pain in his lower back. The employee continued...
04/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost The employee was bolting a place when a piece of draw fell out and hit the employee in the hand. The employee continued to work until 7-14-11.