Emery Valley Mine — Accidents

Total: 138 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/08/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 07/08/2009 the firebosses found an unintentional roof fall in the 5th West section at x-cut 46-47 in the #5 entry (return). The roof fall measured 30-40 feet long by 12 feet wide and was 5-6 feet h...
06/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was rock dusting the return at a breaker row when he stepped over and thru the check curtain and tripped falling off of a four foot lip that had been left from mining floor coal in the entry....
03/18/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying a crib block on his left shoulder when his feet slipped out in front of him on the muddy wet mine floor. When he landed on the mine floor he put his hands back behind to catch hi...
02/09/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a roof bolt when he leaned the bolt against the drill head and was inserting tube of resin in hole when he pushed up on the mesh and the bolt tipped over striking him in the mo...
01/07/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 11:35 am the belt went off in 12th West. A roof fall was found at 21 x-cut in the belt entry that measured 10'L x 20'W x 4'-4.5'H and had cut the remote line shutting the belt off. Th...
01/06/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall in the 6th West bleeder 100' inby MPL #1 at x-cut 3-4 was found by a weekly examiner and reported to the Safety Supervisor. Shift foreman went to determine if it was reportable and it's si...
12/17/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Weekly examiner found a roof fall at 8th South right return #6 entry at #6 x-cut. There had been a previous roof fall in the x-cut 6-7 and the intersection fell in approx. 20' x 15' x 7-8 feet high. T...
12/10/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 1:35 am the belt crew was moving belt when they heard a roof fall. Supervisor immediately went to the last open x-cut in #8 entry at #23 x-cut of 12th West section and found a roof fa...
10/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was pulling on miner cable to get slack to hang to the mine roof and felt a burn in his lower left abdomen.
09/23/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 11:25 am Mine Foreman called out to me that he had found a roof fall in the 6th West bleeder at x-cut 22 in the intersection of the #2 entry that measured 30' x 25' x 6'-7' high. Five foot resin bo...
06/17/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating Joy shuttle car and pulled behind the Joy Miner when the boom contacted the mine roof and shot a piece of coal into the shuttle car cab striking the employee in the head and nec...
01/02/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found at 1:52 am by the midnite shift firebosses in 6th West at x-cut 14 in the #3 entry. The fall is approx. 20' wide x 30' long x 8' high. The fall has been dangered off on all sides...
12/26/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found at x-cut 62, #4 entry, in 4th East. This is an outby area of the mine and is not an escapeway or travelway. The roof fall is not impeding ventilation. It has been dangered off an...
10/02/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding slag off of a piece of metal that he had cut when the 9"" grinder he was using caught on the slag. The grinding wheel cut his right forearm that required stitches. Employee was w...
08/18/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was making a belt splice using a template pounding rivets with a 4 lb. hammer when the rubber handle grip came off of the hammer and his right hand continued downward hitting edge of template...
08/18/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was setting a timber (post) when another employee used an axe to tighten the wedge and the axe slipped out of his hand striking employee on the mouth causing a laceration that required suture...
07/25/2007 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was placing power center w/crane - crane boom not positioned in proper place. When lifted, power center shifted pinning employee's left foot into rock ledge.
06/25/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 6th West #2 entry at #8 x-cut in an adjacent intake entry that is not a manway, travelway or escapeway. The fall was measured at 25' by 15' by 8.5' high. There were no inju...
05/31/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None In 14th West Pillar section in the #5 entry a roof fall occurred at approximately 12:45 pm. It fell 18' wide x 31' long x 6' high. 5' resin bolts were installed during development. The cave buried tw...
07/10/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall ocurred in the 5th West section in the #2 entry to the face in the x-cut toward #1 in the panel 1 North neckoff entries to the right of 5th West. The roof fell in 5'-5 1/2' and took out 3...
03/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trimming a splice on the conveyor belt that had some loose buckles and slipped with his razor knife and cut the back of his left hand. The cut required 5 sutures to close the cut. Employ...
01/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was closing the door to the scrubber at the left discharge on the rear of the miner. He caught the end of his middle finger on his left hand between the handle on the door and the frame. It caused...
12/29/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 11:20 pm in the 1st South Pillar section, MMU 004-0 the roof fell on top of the continuous miner. There was a combination of top coal and rock that fell on the miner causing it to be...
07/05/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At x-cut 62-63 in 4th East in the #5 entry we had a roof fall that was 8' high x 80' long. It isn't an escapeway or travel way. It is in the intake. All access has been dangered off and supported. It...
02/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost EE was unloading some tires out of a pickup and heard a pop and felt pain in his right shoulder. He saw a doctor at the Medical Center and was released back to work. He continued to have pain and re...
01/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 186d lost EE was pulling miner cable when he felt a pain in his groin. He told the miner operator and worked his full shift. He worked the next day and was in a little more pain at the end of his shift. He tol...
12/23/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 119d lost Rick was walking down the belt entry and felt an achy pain in his right foot. He was rockdusting and patrolling the belts.
12/09/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 1d restricted EE was dragging water hose when they stepped on the miner cable, that had some oil and water on it, slipped and fell face down. Landed on both elbows, his hip, and knees causing them to hyper-extend i...
11/30/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Employee was loading B.O. belt rollers into the bucket of a scoop (LST-5S). He picked up a bottom roller & slipped on some wet rock dust which caused a sudden movement & strained his lower back. He st...
09/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 185d lost Employee was loading a trailer with belt structure when he lifted a bottom roller and felt a pop in his left shoulder which resulted in a ruptured bicep muscle. This occurred on the surface.
09/07/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was lifting a roll of electrical cable thru a man door and strained his groin area. He stayed on the job and saw a doctor on 09-14-2004. He saw a surgeon on 09-16-2004 and was diagnosed with...
07/25/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EE WAS CARRYING HAND TOOLS AND WALKING TO THE FACE TO WORK ON THE ROOF BOLTER. WHILE WALKING HE HAD HIS HEAD TIPPED TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE OF LOW MINE ROOF. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT, INJUR ING HIS...
06/30/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INSTALLING A CAT SEAL ON A PLANETARY OF A CONT MINER. THE SEAL SLIPPED CAUSING A CUT TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
06/12/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE WHICH WAS TIGHT & HAD TO STRAIN SOME TO HANG IT. WHILE HANGING HEARD A POP IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER & FELT LOTS OF PAIN WHEN TRYING TO MOVE ARM.
05/05/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None HELPING TO START A TRUCK & OPENED THE HOOD TO LOOK UNDER WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STARTING THE ENGINE. WHILE TRYING TO START THE TRUCK, IT ROLLED FORWARD CAUSING HER TO HAVE A LACERATION TO MID. FINGER ON...
04/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN THE CURTAIN WHEN HEARD POP IN LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING PAIN.
12/18/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost MINER CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. ONE PIECE INOPERABLE THE OTHER TRAMMING THROUGH CURTAIN INTO AN INTERSECTION.
01/22/2001 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INDIVIDUAL CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED OVERHEAD POWER SUPPLY LINE WHEN REPLACING THE COVER OVER THE BREAKER BOX AFTER RESETTING SUB STATION BREAKER.(SURFACE BOX)