Emerald Mine No 1 — Accidents

Total: 1,154 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/08/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was manually operating a GOAB switch when an overhead porcelain insulator broke into multiple small pieces. One piece fell and knocked off the employee's hard hat. A second piece fell and...
02/11/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel, requiring surgical repair. Surgery on the right wrist has been completed. The left wrist is unscheduled at this time. **Left wrist scheduled for su...
01/15/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in a cross cut of the slope track extension.
01/08/2016 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Emerald #1 Elevator went down at 10:25am on Jan 8th due to a broken buffer switch. The elevator was down until aprox 6:30pm when the issue was corrected and the elevator was back in service.
10/22/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist car went down at 1:40am and was put back in service at 2:15am. The ""E"" stop was in and needed pulled out.
10/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing 2' by 2' plate on raw coal screen and strained back when the plate slipped. The employee required physical therapy. This is being turned in as a medical treatment incident.
10/08/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 182d lost Walked through gate encountering cobwebs and large spider which alarmed employee causing him to instinctively react in swatting motion. Struck elbow on post of fence. Was later treated at hospital f...
10/01/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Walking slope belt and slipped. Grabbed rail to catch himself and pulled his shoulder. He required Physical Therapy (which he began attending on 10/13) and is being turned in as a medical treatment.
09/23/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #9 Escape capsule was inoperative due to a bad transformer. This was found during regular scheduled electrical checks. Miners were notified and all mining was stopped until the transformer was repla...
09/22/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #1 Elevator was taken out of service due to suspected beam wear
08/20/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking and slipped, causing him to fall against and onto NM belt. The incident resulted in a laceration needing stitches.
08/15/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Emerald hoist car reported out of service at 11:18 pm. Hoist rope overlapped itself. Both agencies were notified. Back in service at 11:57 pm.
08/09/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 Portal Elevator was reported out of service at 1:51 AM. There was a processor fault and had to be reset. Mon Valley Integration has been contacted to re-program processor. Elevator back in serv...
08/07/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 Portal elevator was reported out of service at 10:06 PM. There was a processor fault and had to be reset. The elevator was back in service at 10:49 PM.
08/04/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was passenger in mantrip that was bumped by a motor. Employee had some pain in back at time of incident. Did not seek physical therapy until Sept 8th. Has not missed any days work but will...
07/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employees left pinky & ring finger were struck by a jack bar while helping another employee jack on the Rockdust tanks
05/30/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Emerald #1 elevator went down at 4:03 am on 5/30/2015 due to a PLC fault. The elevator was down until 5:18 am when the PLC fault was cleared and the elevator was put back in service.
05/19/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Felt pain in left knee and hip while working on locomotive. Diagnosed with moderate degenerative changes of posterior horn medial meniscus. Had surgery on left knee 4/4/16
05/17/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost The injured was lifting a bucket of bits for the LW shearer and felt pain in his right groin area. He was diagnosed with a hernia and scheduled for surgery. He is a lost time accident.
05/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost The injured was lifting his tool bag when he felt pain in his lower right back. The injured was diagnosed with a lower back strain. The employee continues to work but is receiving chiropractic treat...
04/25/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost The injured was cutting off a motor from the slope car. He told slope operator to pull slope car out of mine but the motor did not uncouple. When slope car pulled up it took the motor with it. The i...
04/15/2015 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was removing a plug from a hydraulic cylinder on a longwall shield. When he removed the staple, the plug shot out under pressure and struck the injured in the left hand causing a lacerati...
04/12/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was unloading a timber jack and felt pain in his lower back. This is being reported as a medical treatment because the injured received Physical Therapy.
04/12/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was tightening the brake adjustment on the slope hoist. The wrench he was using slipped off the nut and the injured fell back and struck his head. He received a laceration that required...
03/24/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The slope hoist was down from 11:00 am till 5:30 pm on 3/24/2015. The auxilary brake on the hoist gear box was sticking. This condition was repaired and the hoist put back in service.
03/09/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Motor ran into mantrip.
03/09/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Motor ran into mantrip.
03/09/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Motor ran into mantrip.
03/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 252d lost The injured was lifting a power cord on the longwall face and felt a pain in his back. His first day off work was 3/06/2015
03/02/2015 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None The injured was pushing a drill steel into the roof while roof bolting and felt pain in his abdomen. The injured was diagnosed with a hernia. His first missed day was 03/04/2015.
02/28/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was traveling as a passenger in a jeep. As they pulled up over a hill in the D1 section a mantrip was parked which the operator of the jeep did not see in time to stop and the jeep collid...
02/28/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was traveling as a passenger in a jeep. As they pulled up over a hill in the D1 section a mantrip was parked which the operator of the jeep did not see in time to stop and the jeep collid...
02/28/2015 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None The injured was traveling as a passenger in a jeep. As they pulled up over a hill in the D1 section a mantrip was parked which the operator of the jeep did not see in time to stop and the jeep collid...
02/27/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While hoisting the LW shearer out of the mine on a dolly the shearer shifted and came partially off the dolly 800 feet from the top of the slope. The shearer was re-secured to the dolly and hoisted t...
01/27/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator at Emerald #1 mine at #1 portal went down at 3:50 am on January 27, 2015 and was repaired and running by 6:15 am that same shift. The midnight electrician found a stuck buffer switch and...
01/19/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking to throw a switch the injured sprained his ankle when he stepped on a wedge. The injured continued to work and has not missed work. He is receiving Physical Therapy for his injury as o...
01/09/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Emerald #1 Elevator went down when ice which had accumulated in the shaft broke loose and damaged two buffer switches. Schindler Elevator arrived at 1:45 PM and replaced the buffer switches and t...
01/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was hanging the continuous miner cable when he felt a pop in his left shoulder. The injured has continued to work but has started receiving Physical therapy on 2/6/15 and is now being rep...
12/30/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost The injured was lifting the continuous miner cable when he strained his back. The injured's first day off was 1/2/2015.
12/29/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Emerald mine has been notified that an employee has filed claim that he suffered a work related hearing loss from working at the Emerald Mine. This incident is being filed as an occupational illness...
12/29/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Emerald mine has been notified that an employee has filed claim that he suffered a work related hearing loss from working at the Emerald Mine. This incident is being filed as an occupational illness...
12/15/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Emerald mine has been notified that an employee has filed claim that he suffered a work related hearing loss from working at Emeralld Mine. This incident is being filed as an occupational illness due...
12/01/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The injured was making up a roof bolt along side the continuous miner when a piece of coal (10"" by 11"" by 8"") fell and struck him in the wrist.
11/30/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost The injured was carrying a dust bar and he felt pain in his left bicep. An MRI revealed a full thickness tear of the anterior portion of the supraspinatus w/associated tendinosis (tendinosis is chron...
11/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost While loading a glue pump into a jeep the back end of the pump fell on the injured' s right wrist.
11/22/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 elevator was removed from service at 12:35 am for a bad DBG Roller on the car. The roller was replaced and the DGB was adjusted. The elevator was tested and returned to service at 3:23 am.
11/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost While putting a scoop on charge the injured dropped the battery lid on his left thumb.
11/20/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 Elevator was reported out of service at 9:22 am. There was cut cable to the bottom overtravel limit switch and a broken slow down vane. Both were repaired and the elevator put back in service a...
11/19/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 elevator was reported out of service at 7:49 pm. A buffer switch was found to be damaged by falling ice. the buffer switch was replaced and the shaft was checked for any additional ice. The...
11/17/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a 60 day safety test on #1 The elevator did not pass the governor test and was taken out of service at 11:20 am. Repairs were made and the car was returned to service at 12:20 pm.