Enlow Fork Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,235 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/13/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing vertical pin on the H3 longwall face. Employee used a pick hammer to set the pin fully in place. When the employee was striking the pin the employee struck right middle finger...
12/26/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the G3 longwall section 2-3 crosscut at 8.5 wall. The fall was approximately 16'high x 16'wide x 72'long. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale type ma...
11/27/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was installing 16' rope bolts, 50' inby ribline in the #2 entry in H4 section. While applying up pressure and slowly rotating bolt the stiffener tube bent, during the rotation the bent tube s...
10/25/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 168d lost Employee was climbing off of the headdrive in the G3 longwall. Their feet were not touching the ground, employee reached up to grab mesh to pull themselves and felt a discomfort in their shoulder. Emp...
10/17/2023 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 173d lost Employee was walking in a seal rehab area, stepped into a hole obscured by rock dust, and felt pain in right calf. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
10/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was pushing a hanging roll of belt and the lifting device came out of the roll of belt and hit employee in the left side of face.
10/14/2023 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While moving a cabinet down a set of steps at the Oak Springs second floor warehouse. The dolly shifted causing the dolly to drop catching EE's left middle finger between the dolly and step. Employee...
10/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was controlling DAC phone to stop face chain at #7 shield. A rock was jammed at the headgate while trying to remove rock the rock spun pushing up against removable handrail. Handrail broke fr...
09/22/2023 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 296d lost Employee was side bolting off the miner at approximately 7+00 survey station in the H3 section. The upper portion of rib became dislodged striking the employee in the head and shoulder area. The rock...
09/07/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in 2 East 4 to 5 entry at 96 wall. The fall measured 6' high by 35' long by 11' wide. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale material. Adverse geological c...
08/29/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 1d restricted Employee tripped on water hose while washing the floor in the foreman's locker room. They landed on their right side and experienced a cut on knee and bruise on elbow. Employee stated that whole righ...
08/18/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost While rib bolting, a rock fell striking employee's hand resulting in laceration and causing them to fall and either striking their lower leg or causing them to fall resulting in a fractured ankle.
08/11/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost While installing a 16' cable bolt, drill steel became stuck, employee stepped up on drill head to remove steels. When EE stepped down EE strained EE's left leg.
08/05/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping bolt and was in the process of adding another drill steel when the drill steel in the top accidentally fell out and came in contact with employees wrist causing an injury.
07/27/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was side bolting on the Joy Miner in the #2 entry of 2 South Left when a rock fell striking the employee's left pinky finger. Employee was diagnosed with a fracture. Employee returned to work...
07/19/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was bolting on the left side of the Joy miner at 13+28 in H4 section. A rock that measured 3""x4.5"" up to 8"" thick fell and landed on the rib protector door, sliding down and hitting the em...
07/11/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees was attempting to change a pin on the slope tail circle conveyor when some debris came in contact with the employee's upper lip causing injury.
06/10/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee threw a track switch. As EE was backing up to a manhole to clear the track to allow a mantrip to pass, employee stepped on a loose piece of coal and fell, twisting right ankle.
06/02/2023 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A face ignition occurred in the H3 section while mining in the #3 return entry. MSHA cited five cutting bits on the miner head, and failure to maintain ventilation tubing used in the #3 entry. No inju...
05/16/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 252d lost Employee was sitting in a parked mantrip on 2 East Track 57 wall when it was stuck by unattended slag cars. The Employee received 5 staples to the head and cracked spinous process C7 vertebrae. No oth...
05/16/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was sitting in a parked mantrip on 2 East Track 57 wall when it was struck by unattended slag cars. The Employee received 3 staples to the scalp. No other part 50.20-5 criteria apply.
05/16/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None GMS Employee was a passenger in a mantrip that was traveling in between a set of airlock doors when the mantrip was accidentally struck by slag cars causing injury to the employee.
05/10/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 160d lost Employee was rib bolting off the miner at approximately 24+40 survey station. Upper portion of the rib became dislodged striking the legs of the employee, as a result they fell hitting their head on t...
05/02/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to unhook the winch hook while offloading supplies. The operator accidentally winched in instead of out causing the employee's finger to get caught between the winch hook and...
04/22/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was bolting on the miner. The drill steels were plugged, while cleaning steels the drill bit fell off. EE bent down to retrieve drill bit, placed right hand on rib door .At the same time the...
04/16/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing on #4 shield using that shields PMCR to pull in #2 shield. A rock became dislodged and fell between #3 and #4 shield. Striking the employee on the left pinky finger resulting in...
04/14/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None One person was entrapped due to a tripped governor slack rope switch fault located on the Sparta elevator. The employee was entrapped for approximately 52 minutes. The mechanics shortened the governor...
04/07/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 285d lost Employee was center bolting the #9 entry in 2 South Right @ 59 crosscut and positioning bolter to install left side stitch bolt. Canvas was hung in entry to ventilate face; employee did not realize EE...
03/16/2023 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A face ignition occurred on the G4 section while mining in the #2 track entry. MSHA cited four worn bits on the right side of the miner head. No injuries occurred.
03/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee experienced irritation on lower legs after helping to fill in water holes on section.
03/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee experienced irritation on legs after working to fill in a waterhole.
03/12/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was center bolting and experienced suction problems. Employee was checking suction with left hand when the drill steels in the roof released, striking EE's left thumb. Employee was diagnosed...
03/03/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 330d lost Injured employee got out of cab of scoop and walked toward the bucket end. IE stepped in a hole and tripped, landing on their right arm, dislocating right shoulder. Injury was not the result of a trai...
01/25/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was caught between the operator's side pan wing and rib. Employee was in the process of checking the bits on the C.M. Employee started the pump motor to raise the head to better see the bits,...
01/13/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on the surface crib site to check the pump flow meters and dust got behind EE's contact lens in the right eye. This incident did not involve any aspect of compliance with rules an...
11/04/2022 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was roof bolting from right side of the miner at approximately 80+20 survey station. The upper portion of the rib became dislodged striking the employee on the back. The rock measured 9'longx...
11/04/2022 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was rib bolting from the right side of the miner at approximately 80+20 survey station. The upper portion of the rib became dislodged striking the employee on the neck. The rock measured 9'lo...
10/31/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was bolting on the left side of the miner. Rib bolter was swinging out the rib drill to install rib bolt when the drill encountered the roof bolters drill steel. Dislodging the drill steel fr...
10/12/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting on the left side of a CM Miner. Employee was standing behind the rib protector door, after starting the miner head, a rock flew out over the pan and struck the employee's left che...
10/06/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was attempting to remove a keeper pin from a dog bone using a pick hammer. Employee hit the dog bone with the pick hammer and a piece(s) of metal broke off causing injury to EE's eye.
09/28/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was standing on the axle of a scoop between the batteries and the pivot point. After disconnecting the charging cables from the batteries, employee slipped on the axle and right foot was caug...
09/28/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2 East #5 entry at 99 wall. The fall measured approximately 14 high x 25 wide x 30 length. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale material. Adverse...
08/17/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was walking to throw the 2 East Mains switch, while employee was walking the employee rolled an ankle. Resulting in an avulsion fracture. It didn't involve job skills, proficiency, training,...
08/02/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost While building a stopping, employee felt pain in the right shoulder. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
06/13/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was bent over stacking block along the rib in preparation for building a stopping. Another employee unfastened the hooks holding the miner water supply hose. The hose fell down and struck the...
06/13/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging a crib bag with a pogo stick and cut EE's right pinky finger on a metal roof strap. Received 2 sutures. This incident did not involve any aspect of compliance with rules and regul...
03/20/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was traveling along a belt drive and stepped on a roller causing them to slip and fall onto the roller causing injury to an arm.
03/14/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee was throwing frogs into coal car and got finger caught between frog and garbage car.
02/25/2022 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost While employee was stepping off the platform of a track mounted bolter and struck EE's knee against a piece of guarding. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
02/20/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Employee was handling a piece of steel grating near the slope tail, and unexpectedly, the grating struck employee in the mouth/head area causing injury. The injury did not involve PPE issues, protect...