Enlow Fork Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,235 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/31/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 45d lost Diagnosed with bi-lateral carpal tunnel syndrome.
10/19/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Enlow Fork hoist elevator was down for more than 30 minutes due to bottom door contactor malfunctioning.
10/15/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None The mine has experienced a death in the 1 East Bunker Control room. Employee was sitting in a chair in the bunker control room when his lost consciousness and stopped breathing. EMS was notified, tran...
10/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point in area F-21 (tailgate). No injuries resulted, no affect to ventilation and no damage to equipment.
10/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point in 3North Left, #1 entry intersection at 45.5 wall. No affect to ventilation, no injuries and no damage to equipment.
09/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 169d lost F-22 HG section, track entry, 3 1/2 to 4 Cross cut, employee was helping to spot a track rail when the rail slid off the scoop, bounced, striking him below the left knee. Left Patella avulsion fractur...
09/20/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with bi-lateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and company notified on 9/20/2011. No surgery has been scheduled. Employee is currently working as scheduled.
09/09/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The cover preventing water from coming into contact with the inspection remote was not in place. This allowed water to contact the electrical components and shut the hoist elevator down. The hoist ele...
08/26/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point on the C-track at 63 wall. No injuries, no affect to ventilation, escapeways not affected and no damage to equipment.
08/22/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While attempting to seat a bearing into a scoop articulation plate, the bearing did not seat properly, he struck the bearing with a hammer. A piece of metal sheared off the bearing and lodged in the r...
08/19/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee previously complained of pain in finger of right hand while operating a weed/grass trimmer. He was promoted to a job with no vibration and stated that he again had pain in the finger so he so...
08/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost While taking the slack out of the Joy Continuous Miner conveyor chain, he was standing on the conveyor deck between the flights at the back of the boom. He was hitting the conveyor link with a 3 lb. s...
08/02/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point at 115 wall in #10 (return) entry. No injuries resulted from the fall. No affect to ventilation. No damage to any equipment.
07/27/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 174d lost Employee was walking down F-15 intake overcast ramp when he slipped twisting his right knee
07/27/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall above the anchorage point occurred in the #2 entry at 17 wall in area 3 of the mine. No injuries resulted from the fall. Ventilation was not affected. No damage to equipment.
07/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred on the E-22 Longwall Headgate. The convergence extended from the #1 shield outby approximately 30 feet the entire width of the #3, belt entry. The longwall face is sitting at approx...
07/20/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall above the anchorage point occurred on the 1 North #2 Mother Belt in #5 entry. No injuries resulted from this fall. Ventilation was not affected. Damaged equipment included belt structure.
07/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stood up on the bench in the bathhouse to put his boots on top of his locker, lost his balance and grabbed the inside of the open locker. His left hand slid door down the side of the locker a...
06/28/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While hammering the split set driver off steel rod, piece of hammer broke off and embedded into left inner forearm.
06/16/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Employee on top of CM cleaning off rock when he slipped, caught himself with arm against rib.
06/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Carrying a return roller along 3N#2 Beltline when stepped awkwardly on right foot resulting in a distal fibula fracture of right ankle.
06/10/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall above the anchorage point occurred on the 1 North #2 belt at #40 crosscut in #5 entry. No injuries resulted from the fall. Ventilation was not affected. Damaged equipment included belt s...
06/08/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The worker attempted to lift the pump in order to relocate it, and a loose part of the pump flung up and struck the worker on the right side of his face. The area was wet and muddy with an uneven b...
06/08/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was using a cobra drill when the dust discharge line became blocked, employee removed discharge hose and tried to clear the blockage in the discharge port with his finger, fellow employee holding the...
06/07/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Re-railing a coal car used for trash with an air bag. With car up in the air, the injured hit the trucks on the car with a 4 pound sledge hammer and felt sharp pain in left shoulder. did not miss work...
06/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was carrying roof mesh along the left side of the continuous miner, when he stumbled and caught his left hand between the rib and the continuous miner rib protector. Resulted in a fracture to...
06/03/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Enlow Fork hoist at the #1 portal was down for more than 30 minutes due to a programming malfunction.
06/03/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Enlow Fork hoist at the #1 portal was down for more than 30 minutes due to a programming malfunction.
05/17/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 202d lost, 128d restricted EE and another employee was carrying a sand prop when ee lost his footing and fell, in the event to catch himself he run his left hand across the flat sharp edge of the prop he was carrying. EE suffer...
05/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Crew was moving rail with pull straps (4 men) employee fell and pulled rail onto his right foot.
05/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was changing bits on the tailgate side shear drum on the E-22 longwall section. Rolled drum and his left ring finger was caught between the bit ring lug and the face. Resulted in 10 sutures.
05/03/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist elevator at the Enlow Fork Mine #1 portal was out of service for more than 30 minutes. The programming system was not communicating with the hoist to allow the elevator to move up or down th...
04/21/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The scissor hinge on top of the Pleasant Grove elevator / hoist door weld broke loose and fell down the shaft. This allowed the elevator / hoist door to open while in use. Elevator / hoist immediately...
03/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost While dragging a ventilation tube around a corner he rolled his left ankle and fell to the mine floor.
02/28/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost While turning off water on longwall shield spray hose, a rock fell striking him on his left hand and wrist. Result in fracture to carpal bone.
02/13/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Pleasant Grove elevator was stuck at the bottom of the shaft and would not respond when activated. The DC contactor went out on fault. DC Contactor replaced to return to operational capacity.
02/11/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 77d lost While walking along the longwall face and using the handrail, a rock fell from between the sheilds striking him on the left ring finger. Resulting in amputation just below left ring finger, finger nai...
02/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying two 1/2 ton come alongs, fell forward, striking his lower lip and jaw. This caused him to bite through his lower lip. Resulted in six sutures. Employee returned to work next sche...
02/04/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost After raising jock on canopy of bolter, he got in the operator compartment to tram machine. When he began to tram the front of the canopy slipped off the chasis and fell striking him in the right shou...
02/01/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The East Finley Elevator was down due to the door hold button Malfunction. A wire came off and the unit would not function properly. No damage to the elevator and no one was on it at the time of incid...
01/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pulling on water and air hose on steep slope - (Oak Springs). There had been light rain and the temperature was cool - 37 degrees F.
01/23/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The slope hoist blower motor quit running thus taking the slope hoist out of service. This prevented personnel from being hoisted out of the mine. No injuries as a result of this incident.
01/10/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A scoop was being hoisted out of the Enlow Fork mine slope. The scoop was secured to dollies and the chains broke at the 1200 foot mark. The scoop slid off the dollies and continued to slide to the 18...
01/07/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The latch on the outside door at the bottom of the elevator shaft would not latch in order for the elevator to be operational.
01/06/2011 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Miner entered the elevator, when he pushed down button, a power failure occurred (power company lost grid). The elevator drifted upward 2 to 3 feet above normal stopping point. The elevator lost it's...
01/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 12:05am on January 5 2011, an unexpected roof fall was reported to mine management. The location of this fall was #63 x-cut, mother #3 beltline in area 2 of the mine.
01/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 12:20 pm on January 5 2011, an unexpected roof fall was reported to mine management. The location of the fall was 1 East return, #1 entry between 16 and 17 wall. There was no effect t...
12/12/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Pleasant Grove portal elevator would not move from top landing due to doors not closing with door switch. The switch was cleaned by mechanics and operations resumed at 6:55 A.M.
12/07/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was the left side miner rib bolter. Stepped up on the left rear corner of the continuous miner. Miner operator dropped the tail boom. Boom came down on employees right big toe. Resulted in a...
11/20/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 58d lost, 4d restricted Lost footing in loose rock and dirt, injured ankle.