Emery Valley Mine — Accidents

Total: 138 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/15/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned Roof Fall was found by MSHA, in 2nd West Return XC #17.25 to #18.5 of Entry 7. Approximately 20' wide and above the anchorage point. No one was injured or entrapped. It is not in a regula...
11/03/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost A miner was injured when they walked into the Red Zone of a High Voltage Skid that was being moved. Their foot was caught between the High Voltage Skid and the mine floor. They sustained a contusion t...
09/30/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned Roof Fall occurred in Main West Intake XC #19.5 (#2 Entry - Primary Escapeway). The cave is approximately 10 by 10 and 4 high. No one was injured or entrapped. Preliminary diagnoses; 2 su...
09/28/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned Roof Fall occurred - 1st West Pillar Section between XC 17 & 18 - #9 Entry, inby the loading point. Approximately 17 by 20 and 4.5 high. No one was injured or entrapped and no ventilation...
09/22/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned Roof Fall occurred in the 1st West Pillar Section, in the #5 Entry - Intersection of crosscut #19 (Pillar Line). The fall is 20'x20'x 8' high. No miners were injured or entrapped. No vent...
09/21/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost A miner was injured when they were handling a belt structure Top Roller. Miner tripped & fell to the mine floor. The roller they were carrying struck them on the left shoulder as they fell. Miner sus...
08/13/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost A miner was injured when a chunk of coal, approximately 3' tall by 10' long & 6' thick, slid vertically down the rib and tipped forward striking miner's left leg and knocking miner down. Miner sustain...
07/27/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost A roof bolt operator was injured when placing EE's drill steel into the drill box chuck. EE inadvertently hit the rotation control lever while holding the drill steel. The glove on EE's left-hand stuc...
07/26/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Three miners were team lifting a steel I-Beam. When lifting, one felt a pain in EE's lower back. EE has a pre-existing back injury. EE was diagnosed with a back strain/sprain.
06/30/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unloading material from off of a trailer, a miner was injured when the miner slipped on the muddy mine floor. Miner struck right elbow on a sharp piece of stopping material that was on the trail...
06/08/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned Roof Fall occurred at an unknown time in the West Mains Section between XC 17 & 18 in the #6 Return Entry. The cave is approximately 18.5 ft. wide by 30 ft. long and 8 ft. high. No one w...
06/01/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned Roof Fall occurred in the 3rd North Section, in the intersection of #6 Entry and crosscut #9, outby area. The area that caved is approximately 20 sq. ft. and 9 ft. high. No one was injur...
05/20/2021 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost A miner was injured when they accidently bumped against the mine rib causing a chunk of coal, approximately 5"" wide by 4"" tall & 8"" thick, to slide vertically down the rib. The piece of coal struck...
05/11/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost A miner was injured when miner was bent down looking for a lost drill bit that had fallen under the boom of the bolter. When miner began to stand up miner's foot was stuck in the mud, making miner's l...
04/09/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee was laying on the mine floor, repairing the transmission of a pick-up truck. The transmission was accidently shifted into gear and the rear tire ran over the employee's stomach & the rear axe...
03/12/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 11d restricted While installing belt structure, a miner lifted a 48"" bottom roller into place and felt a pop in the back of EE's right hand. Soon after EE's middle fingers went numb. An X-Ray on day of injury was n...
03/11/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Roof Fall occurred in 2nd West in the intersection of XC #33 in Entry 5, and extends inby & into the XC towards Entry 4. No one was entrapped and no ventilation was interrupted. It affected approxim...
01/06/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 84d restricted A miner was injured, due to a fall, while EE was carrying supplies. EE fell when EE stepped on a piece of conveyor belt fabric that was wet and lying flat on the mine floor. EE's left leg sustained...
12/16/2020 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A water inundation originated outby XC36 - #9 entry of 1st West Pillar Section. The water has inundated the bottom of 2nd West starting at XC38 and continuing inby through XC40. The water prohibits tr...
11/04/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall occurred 2nd West, #2Entry @ Intersection of XC #35 (Outby area). Appears 20' x 20' & 7' high. No one was injured or entrapped and no Ventilation was interrupted. The diagnoses are that the...
10/15/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Roof Fall occurred in 2nd West @ the Face-Intersection of XC #40 in Entry #4. It appears to be about 7' height, 19' wide and 35' long. No one was injured or entrapped and no ventilation was interrup...
04/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While installing belt structure, the miner lifted a 48 inch Top-Roller cluster and felt a ""pop"" in the left shoulder. Soon after EE felt left hand and fingers go slightly numb.
03/07/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall in 1st West at the Intersection of #6 Entry and XC #23. It is about 38' L x 19' W & domed up to 19.5' H. Water is pouring out of 2 places & dripping in others. It appears the excessive water...
02/24/2020 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None High wind caused a suspended ground monitor wire to come unattached from a pole. The winds caused the wire to swing close enough to conduct power from 7200-volt lines above it. This allowed power to b...
02/06/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Fall was found in 2nd West in the #6 Return Air Course, between crosscuts #10 and #11. The area is approximately 36' L, 18' W and domed up to 6 ?' H. No miners were injured or entrapped. No Ventil...
10/15/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None When working on a Continuous Miner, an employee had the top Rub-Rail next to the Scrubber swung out. Employee was raising the Scrubber cover with the hydraulic controls when the Scrubber Lid hit the R...
10/13/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 53d restricted Employee was recovering belt structure from an old belt line. While removing a bottom roller, they pulled on the roller handle and as the roller fell downward it struck a 4-inch water pipe. The employ...
07/29/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Fall occurred in 1st Right - Crosscut 10 between entries #5 & #6. It is approximately 18' wide, 60' long with 2' to 7' of top falling. No one was injured or entrapped. No Ventilation was interrupted...
12/11/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Roof Fall occurred in the Main West #1 (Return) Entry, just inby crosscut #18. The fall is 16 ft. wide by around 60 feet long, and around 6 ft. high in the highest spot. No one was injured or entr...
11/19/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Roof Fall occurred in the Main West #2 Entry, in the intersection of Crosscut #18. The fall is 20' Sq. with 1' to 5' of top falling. No-one was injured or entrapped. No Ventilation was interrupted...
10/27/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 2 miners were building a block stopping. 1 miner was on a ladder placing the blocks on the stopping while the other was on the ground shaping the block to fit. The miner on the ground bent over to pic...
10/26/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 29d restricted While lifting a 5 gallon can of fuel a miner felt a pain in the groin area. EE was examined at a Medical Clinic and told EE may have a small hernia. They set up an appointment to see a specialist and...
10/02/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A Roof Fall in the GOB area of the 2nd East Retreat (Partial-Pillar) section occurred that damaged, or knocked-out, as many as 37 Ventilation Controls, (Stoppings, Regulators & Overcasts). This caused...
08/27/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 2 miners were stacking ventilation tubes in a cross cut. 1 of the tubes became caught. 1 miner pushed one end while the other lifted the other end. The tube moved smashing the lifting end miner's fing...
07/25/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were installing outrigger pads for placement, as they were taking the pads out of the racks on the crane the employee placed their hands under the pad instead of using the designated handles...
05/08/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fireboss conducting a weekly examination found a roof fall in the 5th west section between #46 and #47 x-cut # 4 entry. The roof fall measured 30'L x 16'W x 7'H. while investigating the fall a secon...
04/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured stopped to fill the make-up tank on a Wagner LST-5 scoop, while removing the cap the air pressure that was built up inside the tank caused the fill cap to blow off striking the exhaust filter...
12/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was reported on 12/01/2011. After further investigation of dangered off areas 5 falls were reported. All five falls had been dangered off with a physical barrier and were assumed to be ina...
12/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None While traveling in the mine a roof fall was found in the croc cut # 20 between #3 and # 4 entries in the 2nd Right section. This fall is a continuation of an area that had been cribbed and dangered of...
08/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 71d lost, 5d restricted Employee was walking belts doing his weekly exams. He slipped causing his right leg to slide forward. His left leg folded under him putting his full body weight on it. He felt pain is his left knee an...
12/15/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Injured was installing roof bolts when his drill steel became lodged and bent as he freed the steel and lowered it from the roof he reached in to grab the still and inadvertently bumped the bolters co...
11/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Emery Mine experienced an intentional fall in the pillar line (GOB) on 11/22/2010 MSHA has requested that we file a 7000-1 report for this incident, we do not agree that this is a reportable accident...
11/21/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fireboss during a preshift examination found a roof fall measuring 100' L X 20' W X 6' H in the 5th West 8th South connection # 1 x-cut # 3 entry. The roof fall did not effect escapeways or air curr...
11/04/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Emery Mine experienced an intentional fall in the pillar line (GOB) on 11/04/2010, MSHA has requested that we file a 7000-1 report for this incident, we do not agree that this is a reportable accident...
11/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Injured was kicking with his foot a 8""x8""x3' crib block under a fifth wheel trailer so he could un hook it from a prime mover truck. He missed the crib block with one of his kicks and felt a sharp p...
11/01/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost Two bolter operators were re-bolting an area that was breaking up. They had bolted to a simplex jack. They decided to manually remove the jack. While one bolter started to let the jack down the other...
08/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was lifting a cylinder out of the truck without sufficient help. The cylinder was greasy causing it to slip from the employees grip. When the cylinder slipped, it lacerated and smashed the...
08/19/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During a preshift examination by a fireboss he found a roof fall in the 1st North section at #3 entry x-cut #9. The roof fall was approximately 15' x 15' x 6' high and the area had been bolted with 6'...
08/08/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the plastic bands on a pallet of resin when he slipped and cut his left forarm with the belt knife that he was using. The laceration required 7 sutures.
07/26/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Firebosses were pre-shifting the mine for the midnite shift on Sunday night in 5th West entry #2 at x-cut 47-48 when they found a roof fall. It was dangered off and reported to shift foreman and MSHA....