Dotiki Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,075 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/19/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost The EE was helping move a roof bolter the operator was hung up into a cable,the ee stopped to get the cable off of the ATRS. While the operator was removing the cable from the ATRS the other employee...
08/12/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was operating a roof bolter when some material fell off the canopy and struck him in the mouth, breaking his front tooth out.
08/11/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was pinning a punch, when a rock fell out and hit him on the knee.
08/11/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost The employee was backing across the run with supplies in his bucket for the roof bolter, when he ran over something that threw him up in the air. The employee reached to grab something to brace himsel...
08/10/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost The employee was hanging a cable up on a roof bolter when the reel locked up causing the cable to be pulled down. The cable caught the employee's foot and leg twisting it. The employee continued to wo...
08/10/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was scaling rock on the supply road when a small piece of material came in conatct with his left arm. He received 14 staples.
08/07/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking to the face when some material came in contact with his left arm. This happened on #2 unit. The employee received 6 stitches. His hard hat knocked loose material down on arm.
08/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was wiping the sweat from his forehead when a piece of material come in contact with the employee's head on the #5 unit. The employee received 8 stitches in his forehead.
08/04/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a roof bolter when some material came in contact with his arm causing a laceration to his upper arm. EE received 5 stitches in upper arm.
08/04/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost The employee was handling the cable on the miner when he felt a strain in his lower back. The employee continued to work until 4-8-2010.
08/03/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was walking around the bolter, when he ran into a pin and board that was hanging down, jamming his neck.
07/29/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of material fell and struck the ee's middle finger on his right hand cutting it. He recieved 8 stitches in his finger.
07/25/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking across the run when he stepped on a band and the band popped up hitting him in the lower leg. The employee received 2 stitches in his lower leg.
07/01/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was come-alonging two trailers together to hook them up, when the hook slipped off coming back hitting the employee in the mouth busting his lip. The employee received 3 stitches in his l...
06/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost The employee was lifting a bucket of plaster up to put on top of the jeep, when he felt something pop in his shoulder.
06/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred in the #5 unit in the 11th southwest mains in teh #3 entry inby, the tailpiece at X-cut #5. Length was 35', width 22' and thickness was 6'. Ventlation, personel nor equipme...
06/08/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost The employee was bent over when a piece of material hit him in the back (middle). The employee continued to work until 8/7/09 when we sent him to see a specialist. An MRI was done on 8/13/09. We did n...
05/29/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the 1st NE submains at x-cut # 11 on 4B supply road. Approx. 50 ft long, 18' to 18.5' wide and 6' to 8' thick. Ventilation, personnel nor equipment were involved or affe...
05/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had his hand laying on the side of the boom, when some material fell off the top of the canopy, striking him in the hand and cutting his left ring finger. The EE received 3 stitches in his finger.
05/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding the center section in place when another employee was trying to put a 70 lb pin in the center section when he dropped it on injured's thumb. The employee's thumb was broke in 3 pl...
05/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost The employee was pinning a place when he went to put the pin in the roof he felt pain in his stomach. He continued to work until he heard from a specialist. The employee started missing woth on the 26...
05/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was unloading timbers when he dropped the timber it landed on a pin board that flew up and hit him in the chin. The employee received 4 stitches in his chin.
05/06/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the employee was letting the bolter cable down, another employee hit the reel for cable to pickup. When the cable pickedup, it pushed the employee's arm into a pin plate which cut the employee's...
04/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the employee was putting up a curtain he bent over to get another role of curtain, when he raised up, his head hit the rock knocking it loose and it came down on his back.
04/17/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost The employee was swinging the boom of the roof bolter out so he could clean his dust box. While swinging the boom out the operator caught his foot between the boom of the bolter and coal rib. The empl...
04/09/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the foot occurred in the 1st South East Sub Mains (# 4 Unit) Inby the tailpiece in the # 1 Entry throught the x-cut to the # 2 Entry.
04/08/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee started his second steel when a rock came out of the ATRS and came in contact with the employee's arm. The employee received 10 stiches in his upper arm.
03/27/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 140d lost The employee was backing a load of supplies into a crosscut, while looking over his shoulder he ran into a pin board that was hanging down, jamming his neck. He didn't start missing work till Dec. 14,...
03/11/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was pulling a water hose to the pump when a rock hit his elbow and cut it. The employee received 6 stitches.
03/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was drilling a hole in the roof when he dropped his 2nd steel. The EE layed his hand on the pot while he bent down to pick up his 2nd steel. The 1st steel fell out of the roof, hitting his righ...
03/09/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occured on the south east life of mine mains parellels at crosscut # 31 #7 Entry. Ventilation, personnell nor equipment were involved or effected.
03/09/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing a pin when a rock slid off the boom of the bolter cutting the employee's arm. The employee received 15 stitches.
03/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was plastering a brattice when he got some plaster in it.
03/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was taking the leveling arm off the bolter when the pot fell on his finger. The employee received 8 stitches in his finger.
03/05/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was starting his steel when a small piece of draw fell out on the canopy and slid off on the right arm of the operator. The employee recieved 6 stitches in his arm.
02/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost The employee was lifting a set of batteries out of a scoop when he felt pain in his right shoulder. He continued to work until he had surgery on 6/11/09. 6/11/09 is when he started missing time.
02/20/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was holding a punch hammer to remove a pin from a dozer. When another employee hit the punch with sledgehammer, a fragment broke off the punch and hit the other employee in the left hand....
02/12/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was putting up a pin, when some material came off of the boom on the opposite side of the bolter, cutting his arm. The EE received 20 statples in his arm.
02/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost The employee was attempting to pull a curtain off of a coal rib in a jerking motion. After two or three attempts, her left shoulder began to hurt. The employee continued to work until March 27, 2009....
02/09/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was rock dusting when he ran into a pin board with his head.
01/27/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was traveling out of the mine on a bus. The bus dipped down into a hole and struck a piece of track iron in the road causing the bus to come to a sudden stop. The employee received 12 sti...
01/25/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost The employee was operating a ram car when he hit an arch causing it to break loose coming down on the employee. The employee received 2 cracked ribs.
01/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof occurred two crosscut outby the dotiki IV bottom in doors in the 6th south west sub mains. There were no equipment, ventilation nor personnel involved.
01/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost The employee had been hanging a curtain when he went to walk off he felt pain in his lower back and right leg. The employee did not start missing work until Sept 8, 2009
01/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee removed a hitch from a trailer to unload the trailer, when he went to replace the hitch, he felt a pain in his lower back.
01/06/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was jacking up the belt when his jack slipped off and landed on his left hand.
01/05/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fell of roof occurred in the south east lift of mine C at x-cut 512. Ventilation, personal nor Equipment was invlved or effected.
12/31/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was drilling a hole, he lost his suction. The EE dropped his boom to work on it. The steel stuck in the roof, when he put his hand over pot, steel fell out hitting him in the hand. Result was...
12/30/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was getting off the seat when a rock fell out and hit the ATRS, then hit the employee in the left foot just below the ankle. It broke one bone in his foot.
12/23/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was welding on a wiper when he got a piece of metal in his eye.