Elk Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 588 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Injured employee was attempting to lift a trailer coupling that was on the back of wagman hauler. When he felt a pain in the middle of his back.
07/29/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 227d lost Injured employee was cutting #9 left, in the 11 seam # 1 unit, when a rock fell on the miner. Employee backed miner out and was using a miner cable strap to pull the rock off the miner. The rock swung...
07/29/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was riding in a covered mantrip facing forward in the seats located behind the right side. The mantrip ran over a roof bolt, causing it to strike him below the left eye. This resulted in a la...
06/20/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None #11 Seam, DBT Bolter, injured operator was placing starter steel into the top, when a piece of rock or coal fell striking him on his left index finger. The injury resulted in 9 stitches to his index f...
06/14/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Injured employee was setting in the rear seat operators side of an A.L. Lee 10-Man ride. When the employee decide to put on his long sleeve shirt, while the ride was moving going under an overcast st...
06/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Injured employee was in the sitting position with right leg under him, left leg out straight. He went to get up using his right leg, as he got up his ankle rolled he lost his balance and fell back on...
05/31/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall was discovered in the 11 seam, 1ST. N.W. Main, #7 Entry, xc-10 (spad 7+00) Approx width = 20' Approx length = 40' Approx height = 10' to 12'
05/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at the 4 O panel, entry #7, xc-22, spad 14+56. The approximate size of the fall was length 33ft, width 19ft, height above 6ft.
05/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Employee was sitting in a low trac when a rock fell out between two pins striking employee on the right arm and shoulder. He returned to work with out restrictions his next scheduled shift. He sought...
05/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dropping H/V down to reclaim and while in the process of letting go the H/V hanger caught him between his pointer and middle finger on his right hand causing a laceration that received 12...
05/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was reaching for a roof bolt when a rock fell striking the top of his hand pushing it downward. His hand was smashed between the rock and bolt causing the laceration. He received...
05/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3rd North East Sub-Main, between entries #9 and #10, xc-11, spad# 9+10. The approximate size of the fall was length 19ft, width 16ft, height approx 6ft.
05/02/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 4 O panel, # 3 entry, XC-19, spad #12+64. The approximate size of the fall was length 25ft, width 18ft, and height 6ft.
04/25/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 1Z panel xc-13, spad #9+10 between #5 and #6 entries. The approximate size of the fall was length- 40ft, width- 18ft and height 8ft plus.
04/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A rock fell and struck injured employee on his left calf. The injury resulted in four sutures.
04/06/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3rd Northeast Submain #4 entry, xc-24 spad #19+60. The approximate size of the fall was length-30ft, width-18ft and height-6ft.
04/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 2nd Northeast Parallel xc-51 spad #35+70 between #5 and #6 entry. The approximate size of the fall was length-30ft, width-18ft and height-61/2ft.
04/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 1st Northwest Mains xc-2 spad #2+31 between #3 and #4 entries. The approximate size of the fall length-35ft, width-18ft and height 61/2ft.
04/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 4P panel xc-11, spad #7+10 #4 entry. The approximate size of the fall was length- 19ft, width- 20ft and height- 61/2ft.
03/31/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3rd Northeast submain #2 entry, xc-20, spad #16+80. The approximate size of the fall was length - 35ft, width - 35ft and height - 6 1/2ft.
03/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 33d lost While pulling a cable using a rope and stinger ride, the injured employee caught his left thumb between the rope knot and stob on the ride. The injury caused his left thumb to be amputated from the po...
03/16/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3rd Northwest mains at xc-30,#3 entry spad #21+00. The approximate size of the fall was length-16ft,width-22ft and height-6 1/2ft.
02/28/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was struck by the seat of the roof bolter he was bolting on. This resulted in a laceration to his left leg and required three sutures.
02/16/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 4N panel at spad #16+10,#4 entry, xc-23. The approximate size of the fall was length-22ft, width-18ft and height-6-8ft.
02/11/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee dropped his pinner steel, while reaching to pick it up, a rock fell and struck him in the back part of his head. This resulted in a laceration and he received 7 staples.
02/08/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost The injured employee was roof bolting, while in the process of swinging in to put the middle bolt up a piece of rock fell and struck his left hand. This accident bruised his left hand. He was released...
01/31/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3rd Northwest main xc-96, spad # 78+10 in the intersection of #7 entry and between #7 and #8 entries. The size of the fall was approximately length- 30ft,width- 19ft...
01/27/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3K panel #7 entry, xc-34, spad #22+95. The approximate size of the fall was length-19ft, width-19ft and height 6 1/2 ft.
01/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The injured employee was in the process of straightening out a roof bolt, when the bolt spun, causing him to strain a muscle in his back.
01/10/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost The injured employee was in the process of putting his cable bolt wrench into the chuck of the bolter, when a piece of rock struck his left arm. This resulted in a fracture to his left wrist. The empl...
01/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of installing a roof bolt when a piece of rock hit his lip and mouth. This resulted in a laceration to his lip and he received four sutures.
01/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost The injured employee was installing a roof bolt. While in the process of straightening out the bolt he felt discomfort in his left upper rib area. The injury resulted in a fracture to his rib.
12/29/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3rd Northwest submains xc-39 between #3 and #4 entry spad #29+10. The approximate size of the fall was length - 40ft, width -18ft and height 6ft plus.
12/20/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was using a hammer to drive a spad nail into the coal rib when he inadvertently hit his left thumb. This resulted in a fracture to his left thumb.
12/16/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 1st North Mains #5 entry, between spad #3 + 80 and #4 + 50 and xc-6 and xc-7. The size of the fall was approximately length - 30ft, width - 16ft and height - 6ft plus...
11/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost The injured employee was adjusting a jack pipe for the tailpiece. In the process of doing this, the jack pipe fell and struck him on his back. This resulted in a fracture to a rib.
11/25/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While in the process of unhooking a shuttle car from a wagman tractor, the injured employees left index finger was caught between the wagman and a hitch pin. This resulted in a laceration to his left...
11/23/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 3L panel xc-17 #9 entry at spad #11+05. The fall was length - 17ft, width - 19.25ft, and height 6ft plus.
11/09/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at the 3rd Northwest submain #6entry,xc-74 and spad #60+30. The size of the fall was length-20ft,width-19ft and height-8ft.
11/08/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof was discovered in the 3L Panel in the #4 Entry at cross cut #13. The fall was approximately 20ft long x 28ft wide x 8ft high.
11/06/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof was discovered on in the 1st North West Mains in the #4 Entry at cross cut #37. The fall was approximately 70ft long x 19ft wide x 8ft high.
10/29/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost The employee was in the process of extracting coal with a continuous miner when a kettle bottom fell from the roof causing him to immediately jump up and fracturing his ankle.
10/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost Employee was getting out of a scoop and lost his balance, he hit his head on the rib. This caused him to sprain his neck. He began to miss work on 10-29-2010.
10/25/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was sitting in a shuttle car when a piece of coal popped off the rib and struck him on his left elbow. This resulted in a laceration on his elbow and required 14 sutures.
10/23/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was cutting a string off of a plastic bag and cut the palm of his left hand. This resulted in 5 sutures.
10/13/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 2nd Northeast Parallel in the #2 entry xc-18, spad #12+60. The fall was width-19.5ft,height-8ft,and length 24ft.
10/06/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof was discovered in the 3rd North West Mains at cross cut # 79 in the # 1 entry. The fall was 1 cross cut outby the section dumping point. The fall was approx 18ft wide x 18ft long x 6 pl...
09/28/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of roof was discovered in the 1st South East Mains in # 4 cross -cut in between #2 and #3 Entry. The fall was approximately 18ft long x 18ft wide x 8ft high.
09/28/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the 1A submain between #1 and #2 entries, xc-9 spad # 6+50. The fall was length-20ft,width-19ft and height 6ft plus.
09/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 10d lost In the process of reclaiming high voltage cable,the high voltage cable was being pulled with a cloth rope and shive wheel. The injured employee put his hand on the rope while it was being pulled and h...