E4-2 — Accidents

Total: 267 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/14/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the surface shop and bumped a hand against a circular saw blade causing a cut on right hand. The cut was on the knuckle between the index and middle finger. Employee was taken to a med...
03/30/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost Employee was on the operator side of roof drill installing roof strap. It was the first row of bolts in #4 entry, and employee was installing outside bolt and was trying to install strap to hold loose...
03/25/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee was struck by a piece of draw rock 3' long by 2' wide 4 to 6 inches thick. The rock glanced off the employees hard hat and struck right hand. Employee felt pain in neck and right hand.
11/09/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Brake stopped working had to run new wiring.
07/15/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost While installing a roof bolt, a piece of rock dislodged from the roof and struck IE in hand. Incident was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
04/02/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using hand to steady the drill steel and got glove causing in a rotating steel. Employee's finger twisted around the steel causing injury.
12/23/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rockfall Occurred between breaks #67 & #68 of the 1 West Mains
11/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Rub Rail of Continuous Miner Fell on Employees Right Foot
10/09/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rockfall was found by second shift at break 67 on 1 West Mains.
07/31/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 244d lost Employee was in a scoop bucket going to the batteries first and the breaker knocked on the scoop which in turn locked up the park brake striking EE up against the ejector blade.
05/28/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was helping wash slope when employee fell on foot hurting ankle.
04/25/2019 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Employee bent down to check water line coupling when EE stood up the left knee popped and EE felt pain in knee. However EE came back to work the following day and worked 5 days before starting to miss...
04/05/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was cutting a hole in a bit bucket. Knife slipped and cut employees left hand.
02/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee taking vent pipe down from old charger barn and when employee went to pitch vent pipe the edge cut through employee's glove and cut the palm of the hand.
02/01/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting top when glove got caught in the drill steel, twisting hand.
01/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was throwing roof bolts off of the bolter toward the unbolted face when employee felt pain in lower back.
12/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was unloading jacks from supply cars when the jack got hung in jacket pocket twisting employee's arm causing pain in left shoulder.
11/16/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was pulling conveyor chain over apron assembly when ee felt sharp pain in back and legs.
11/15/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was shoveling V wipe at 2B head drive. They had right hand on the belt rail when a piece of draw rock fell from the top and hit the hand mashing their two middle fingers.
10/17/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was walking and draw rock fell and hit employee in the back as employee was walking toward the LoLo the equipment was backing in the hole and caught softline against Lolo causing softline to...
10/14/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist car was down due to broken brake band.
10/09/2018 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 179d lost Employee was walking up belt entry when employee hit head on brow in a dip causing pain in neck and down back.
09/25/2018 HOISTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee got right index finger caught between coupler on slope car.
09/14/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 106d lost Employee was making EE's weekly fan exam, when EE got off EE's buggy to get an air reading and once returning to EE's buggy EE slipped and fell.
09/05/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Slope car was down due to brakes.
08/21/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Slope car was down due to sensor malfunction.
07/30/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was tightening outer drum bolts on a continuous miner head, after completing this task EE then went and sat on a personnel carrier, after sitting for a while EE got up and stated back was sti...
07/13/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist car was inoperable due to an electric solenoid malfunction.
07/13/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist car was inoperable due to an electric solenoid malfunction.
06/25/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee lifted a belt rail up, twisted around and felt pain in EE's lower back.
06/06/2018 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Pneumoconiosis award date 06-06-18. Last day worked 12-19-14.
05/21/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee was pulling bolter cable and as EE was hanging it EE felt something pull in the right shoulder.
05/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was moving a water pump when ee felt pain in lower back.
04/05/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping splice 1A belt. EE was checking brads, rubbing fingers across the buckled when EE's coworker struck EE with a 4 pound hammer.
03/16/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was putting top roller in section belt at the back of the lolo. When EE lifted the roller to put it in, EE felt pain in EE's lower back.
03/01/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 176d lost Employee was shoveling and when EE turned, EE twisted knee.
02/19/2018 MACHINERY ACCIDENT ONLY None Tracking system was down due to a grounded reader.
01/12/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 165d lost Employee was crossing a crossover at 3A tailpiece. Employee was dusting around 3A drive backing off of cat walk and fell. Employee was complaining about stomach, right elbow, right leg, low back, and...
11/18/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost Employee was getting into the mantrip and twisted knee.
11/06/2017 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was letting pressure off fire valve and when employee shut it off the hard line blew apart, knocking employee's feet out from under employee causing employee to land on employee's left elbow...
11/01/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 163d lost Employee was putting primary scrapper on 1D drive. EE was in a tight spot in between the back board and nose roller when ee strained the right side of low back.
10/31/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was shoveling on 3A belt when they felt pain in the lower back, right side.
10/27/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist car was down due to faulty batteries.
10/24/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While loading timber into scoop bucket, the timber slipped on employee's hand, cutting their left small finger.
10/18/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was pushing lolo back and when they turned around they felt pain in the right lower leg.
10/10/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was strapping a kettle bottom when employee pulled a muscle.
10/05/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost Employee was scattering structure for belt setup. Top was low and employee was bent over carrying structure. Employee then put structure in place during belt setup. Employee started missing 04/02/...
08/13/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist car was down due to mechanical failure.
08/07/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee was walking up 1A belt and hit their head on the head of rope bolt. This caused their head to snap back and resulted in pain in the neck and pain and numbness in the left arm and hand. Emplo...
08/03/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting tape off of wires in head drive junction box when knife slipped across left wrist.