Dotiki Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,075 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost The employee was taking a scoop off charge when he fell into the scoop canopy striking his head. The employee had bruising.
12/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was shoveling a belt line when he felt a pain in his lower back. The employee continued to work until 1/5/09 when his condition worsened and he began physical therapy.
12/13/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing his steels from his pinner pot when a piece of material fell off the canopy hitting him in the finger. The employee received a broken finger.
12/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was clearing some rock off the miner, when his hand slipped, causing a laceration to his arm. The EE received stitches in his arm.
12/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost The EE was installing a roof bolt, when he was pushing on the pin to straighten it out, he felt pain in his groin area. The EE did not start missing until 2/23/09.
11/26/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall occurred on the 7th 54 belt line at crosscut # 174 in the S.E. L.O.M Mains C. There was no personal, ventilation or equipment involved (just belt).
11/21/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was standing with his hand placed on canopy of pinner when some material fell from roof hitting his left hand.
11/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was putting drill steels together, the insert was not seated. When the employee applied pressure the steels popped striking his right hand. The result of this was a fracture to the thumb and...
10/28/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the #6 unit supply rd. in the 1st N.W. submains. The length of the fall was 20' long x 20' wide and 10' thick. There was no equipment involved in the fall. The ventilation was...
10/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was lifting a coupler from a Getman, felt a burning pain in his stomach. Employee continued to work. Employee went to doctor where his diagnosis was found to be a hernia. A surgery was schedu...
10/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was standing in #5 entry fiving a safety talk when a piece of material cut his left forearm. The employee received 7 stitches.
10/14/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of material pushed the employee's head into the boom of his equipment causing a laceration to his ear. The employee received 16 stitches.
09/26/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was running the right miner when some material hit his arm. He received 11 stitches in his arm.
09/18/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was lowering his canopy when it hung on a pin board hitting his forehead. The employee received 6 stitches.
09/17/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee was standing along the side of the bolter when a piece of material pushed him into one of the trays on the bolter. The employee's jaw hit the tray causing a fracture to the jaw.
09/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost The employee was moving the miner cable over next to the rib. While he was pulling the cable over by hand he felt something pull in the back of his calf muscle. The employee did not start missing time...
09/08/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 202d lost Employee was putting belt back together when he slipped straining his right knee. MRI later showed a torn meniscus. The employee did not miss any time until December 2, 2008 when he had surgery on his...
08/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was putting two pinner steels together, when the employee put too much pressure on the steels and bowed them apart. The steels popped hitting the employee in the hand, pinching the employ...
08/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was driving a pin out of a splice with a hammer when a piece of the hammer chipped off and hit him in the arm. The employee received 4 stitches in his arm.
08/18/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was splicing the miner cable when the belt knife slipped, causing the employee to cut his thumb. He received 5 stitches.
08/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee had picked up a steel to get it out of the road way. He went to throw it into a cross cut when the burr on the end of the steel cut his ring finger. The employee received 6 stitches in hi...
08/15/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking to the phone when he ran into a pipe, striking his forehead just below the bill of the hard hat. The employee received 7 stitches.
08/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was bending a pin and hit his elbow on the head of another roof bolt that was in the tray of the bolter. The employee received 7 stitches.
08/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was installing a roof bolt. A piece of material slid off of the boom striking his left forearm resulting in the employee receiving 16 stitches.
08/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing a 10' cable bolt. When he put the end of the cable bolt in the hole, he reached back to get his wrench and the end of the cable came out of the hole striking the employee i...
08/04/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating a miner when some material came off the miner striking the employee in the left forearm. He recieved 7 stitches.
07/30/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured on the #3 unit in the 3rd NW sub panel one break outby last open x-cut in the #1 entry. Ventilation, Personnel or equipment was not affected.
07/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing belt framing when a piece of framing smashed his thumb resulting in stitches.
07/27/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the #3 unit outby the tail piece in the #5 entry in the 3rd nw sub panel. Ventilation, personnel, nor equipment was involved. Length 20' x width 19' x thickness 6'.
07/27/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the #3 unit in the 3rd nw sub panel in the #6 entry outby the tail piece. Length of fall was 90' x width 19.5' x thickness 5'. There was no equipment involved in the fall. Vent...
07/23/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None 1B supply Rd. 1st SW submains between x-cut 10 and 11. 60= cross cuts outby #1 unit. 45Lx20Wx7T. Ventilation, equipment and personal were not effected.
07/18/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof occurred on #6 unit in the x-cut between the #4 and #5 entry in line with the feeder. Length 50' x width 20' x thickness 5' to 8'. Ventilation, personnel, equipment was not affected.
07/15/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof occurred #6 unit #3 entry 1 x-cut behind tailpiece blocking escapeway. Escapeway was re-routed. Cribbed and timbered around. Length 120' width 19.5' thickness 5'. There were no personne...
07/11/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Fault project: old #5 supply road at x-cut 652. Lenght of fall 20' by 19' wide by 10' thick. There were no personell affected by the fall nor was equipment or ventilation affected. This fall was on a...
07/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the old #5 unit. Fault project suppy rd. Length was 25' by 19.5' in width by 10' in thickness. Personell, equipment and ventilation was not involved. X-cut 655.
06/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing a pipe that was feeding the 31A screen bowl dryer when the pipe shifted and set down on the left index finger of the employee. The employee ended up with a broken finger and...
06/23/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a pry bar prying on something when it slipped and the end of it hit him in the head, resulting in a cut on his head. The employee received 3 stitches.
06/19/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on #3 unit supply reach at x cut 18 of the 2nd ne panel. 20' length x 20' width x 8' high. Personell, equipment, ventilation was not involved.
06/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was loading a belt roller on his golf cart when he dropped the roller on his right ring finger. The employee ended up with a broken finger.
06/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was getting off the seat of the bolter. Whe he rose, his right arm struck the piece of rock that was on his canopy. He received 3 stitches in his right arm.
06/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was pulling on a piece of belt, when he felt something pop in his shoulder. MRI was positive for a small tear in his AC joint.
06/02/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was driving a spade into the rib to hang a cable, when he struck his thumb with a hammer. The EE suffered a broken thumb.
05/23/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating a miner. When a rock that was lodged on the miner slid off striking him in the leg into above his right knee. The result of the caused the employee to received 9 stitches.
05/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was timbering as he walked down the entry he tripped and fell causing 2 laceration to his right forearm (2 lacerations on e required 6 stitches, one required 3 stitches).
05/13/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 4d restricted Employee was driving a golf cart when he struck the back corner of a mantrip causing him to hit his rib on the steering wheel resulting in a fracture to his ribs.
04/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE was rock dusting on 3rd shift when he hit his head on the mine roof slamming his neck, the EE went to the Dr for an x-ray and result was (neg) EE continued to work, his pain came back and EE went t...
04/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The ee was cleaning his boom off. when he cut his hand on the loose rock that was on the boom. He received 4 stitches in his hand.
04/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cleaning rock off his miner when the rock broke and cut his finger middle finger right hand. He recieved 3 stitches in his finger.
03/20/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the roof occurred on the northwest sub main panel, #3 unit one Break in front of the feeder. The fall measured 30 x 20 x 8-10 feet. No ventilation, equipment or personnel was affected.
03/17/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was loading his plate tray, he cut the wire off of the plates, when some rust went into his eye.