Enlow Fork Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,235 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/17/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE was operating tail locomotive, flat car came off track, stopping EE's locomotive causing EE's left shoulder and head to come in contact with the locomotive controls. EE was diagnosed with mild conc...
11/03/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE was assisting with a motor change out in G5 longwall section, the EE was using a small pry bar hold back hose and cables through an access panel when right hand was caught between the shearer frame...
10/02/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2 South Mains, 25' inby 38w to 15' outby 39.5w, in the #0 entry. The fall was approximately 10' high x 16' wide x 100' long. The immediate roof consisted of...
09/17/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2 South Mains 97w to 98w in the #1 entry. The fall was approximately 9' high x 16' wide x 100' long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type mat...
08/28/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2 South Mains 49w to #50w in the #1 entry. The fall was approximately 12'high x 16'wide x 84'long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type mater...
08/24/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2 East Mains 66w, #4 to #5 entry. The fall was approximately 8'high x 16'wide x 40' long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type material. Adve...
08/21/2025 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An alleged face ignition was reported in the 2 South Right Mains section while mining in the #10 entry inby 99w. An investigation revealed that a sulfur ball was present in the face, 60 inches from th...
07/31/2025 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking beside the loader to the face at the start of the shift when EE's left forearm came in contact with a pie pan that caused a laceration to EE's left forearm. Employee received 8 su...
07/17/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2 South Mains #3 entry, 47 crosscut to 47.5 crosscut. The fall was approximately 10 high x 16 wide x 80 long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale...
07/11/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in 2 East Mains at 69 Wall, #4 to #5 Entry. The fall was approximately 8' high x 16' wide x 40' long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type material;...
07/08/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in 3 North 113 Wall #9 Entry. The fall was approximately 16' high x 16' wide x 50' long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type material; Adverse geol...
06/18/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist rope attached to the slope car at Oak Springs was found to be damaged 24ft from the car. The car was taken out of service and 24ft of cable was removed and the cable re-terminated by Ketchem...
06/12/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was walking on uneven bottoms in the track entry of the G6 HG mining section and twisted a knee. Employee was diagnosed with a right medial meniscus tear on 06/24/2025.
05/24/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a belt splice. While pushing some belt slack together to line up the splice to put in the pin, the employee slipped in the mud causing injury to shoulder area.
04/08/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trimming excess belt from a splice with a utility knife. The employees utility knife slipped from the belt and cut the employee on the right thigh. Employee received three sutures.
03/09/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost The accident happened because roof plate and pie pans were picked up by the magnet and employee was working under the magnet and someone was checking the power and turned off the power to the magnet t...
02/25/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was loading supplies onto a roof bolter and felt pain in their back. Injury was not witnessed, and after an investigation, it was decided on 3/19/2025 that this could not be attributed to any...
02/19/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The employee was standing at the ATRS controls on a continuous miner when the employee was struck by a rock in the head and neck area. The employee received 13 sutures to the left ear lobe.
02/02/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was hosing out a chute on slope belt and there was a pressure change in the hose. Employee got knocked off balance and accidentally tripped over some belt structure and landed on the ground...
01/29/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was carrying a crib on the longwall teardown face. They stepped into the panline and slipped, catching a foot in the chain. Initially, EE was diagnosed with a sprain and released to work. On...
01/29/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost The employee was hanging a cable in the G6 Headgate continuous miner section when EE felt pain in EE's left bicep. The employee was diagnosed with a torn bicep.
12/19/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assembling a miner bolter station when they were using their right hand to hold a pin in place and striking the pin with a hammer in their left hand. Employee missed the pin striking thei...
12/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was removing rock from the continuous miner head when they felt tightness in their back. Employee finished their shift and informed the safety department the next day that their back was stil...
12/08/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost EE placing crib block along the side of head gate gearbox. The shield hydraulic was activated causing the shield to push against the cribbing. The EE's right thumb was pinched/smashed between cribbing...
11/23/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost The employee was using a chop saw to cut collar pipe. When employee raised the blade after making the cut the guard snagged employee's glove pulling right thumb into the blade (at the knuckle).
11/18/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost Employee was attempting to clean structure with a wedge. The wedge accidentally got pulled between the top belt and wing roller causing their arm to be caught between the top belt and wing roller cau...
11/08/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting mechanic lift a shuttle car sideboard. The mechanic needed to reposition themselves when they went to place the sideboard down the employees right middle finger was caught under...
10/20/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist rope attached to the slope car was found to be damaged 16ft from the car. The car was taken out of service and 23 1/2 feet of cable was removed and the cable re-terminated on 10/20/24.
10/15/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 347d lost Employee was helping offload relay bar extensions and some were on ground. The duck bill was tipped down and on top of one of the bars. The spotter told the scoop operator to tip up and there was a mi...
10/07/2024 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 297d lost Employee was dropping ventilation tubes in the 2 South Mains section when an object bounced off the tube and struck the employee in the right eyeball. The employee was diagnosed with an open globe eye...
09/17/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 269d lost Employee was attempting to use the scoop winch rope to hook up to the chain of the water buffalo. The hook was tightened up against the frame of the scoop bill. When operator winched out, the rope w...
09/09/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee was carrying wooden posts a distance of 11 blocks and felt EE's shoulder pop. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
08/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 290d lost Employee was rib bolting on the continuous miner in the 2 south right section. EE was assisting in hanging a ventilation tube when EE felt a sharp pain in left shoulder.
08/23/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 259d lost Employee was performing a service on a microtrax in diesel shop. Employee and helper were sliding top cover back onto machine when it slid to the side and pulled employees left shoulder. Employee was...
08/14/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 215d lost Employee was throwing a track switch and felt pain in shoulder. This employee did not miss work because of the incident until 9/13/2024. Employee was placed off work at that time.
07/22/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 232d lost Employee was fire bossing slope belt 50' outby tail slope when employee lost EE's footing causing EE's left knee to bend back and underneath self while falling. The employee suffered a knee sprain and...
07/18/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost A set of supply cars, that were chained down to the track, accidentally became uncoupled from a motor and shifted forward towards the end of the track. At the same time, the injured employee reached f...
07/13/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 144d lost Employee was working on a tailgate sprocket in H3 longwall. Employee was struck by a rock on top of their head while standing under 257 shield. Rock was 8""x8""x6"" and believed to have came from the...
07/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hosing slope and coal was building up around a piece of guarding. EE adjusted the guarding in order to hose around it and it hit the belt and it accidentally sprung back and hit EE's fin...
06/14/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was putting in a bed rail in the structure and employee's hand was too close to pin when another employee hit the employee's thumb with a hammer when trying to set the pin on the bed rail.
05/24/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 288d lost Employee was side bolting on the miner in the H5 section when a rock dislodged from the mine roof striking the employee on the top of left shoulder. The rock measured 8""x8""x4', no broken bones or te...
04/16/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was carrying a crib bag on EE shoulder and, when they went to drop it, it caught on their mine belt twisting EE left knee. This incident did not involve any aspect of compliance with rules an...
04/04/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 373d lost Employee suffered a compound fracture to the right forearm in the H4 section. They were cleaning up the coal pile when employee was injured by a piece of mining equipment. The exact location and cause...
03/27/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working with crew loading track switch parts onto the scoop. Employee was loading the straight lead and it hit a piece of rail which accidentally caused it to move. Employees finger got...
03/05/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of spotting structure on the slope. EE was dragging a belt cradle when it accidentally tipped over. EE tried to catch it and got a finger caught between the cradle and th...
02/21/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a sledgehammer to remove blocks from a K-door when the employee got a finger caught in between the sledgehammer and the frame causing injury.
02/09/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee was center bolting in the G5 section, employee was installing 16' foot cable boot into a drilled hole when EE felt a pop in their left wrist. Employee was diagnosed with a fracture on 2/13/24...
02/01/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was conducting maintenance and loosening a bolt on the miner. The wrench slipped causing employee's finger to be struck against a panel on the miner causing injury.
01/29/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the G3 longwall section 1-2 crosscut at 6 wall. The fall was approximately 16' high x 16' wide x 60' long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type m...
01/20/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the G3 longwall section 2-3 crosscut at 7 wall. The fall was approximately 16'high x 16'wide x 80'long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type mate...