Enlow Fork Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,235 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/18/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost Employee was bolting on the left side of a CM miner, and experienced suction problems. Employee was cleaning the lower seal on the dust box, when EE's hand was struck by the dust box door. Suffered fr...
02/16/2022 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An alleged face ignition was reported on the H2 section while mining the #3 Return entry. During the investigation Sulphur balls were found in the face area. MSHA cited two missing/worn bits on the ri...
01/31/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist was descending when mantrip went off track due to ice buildup along slope track. The rope had slack when mantrip derailed causing a kink in the rope. Rope was re terminated, and ice removed. No...
12/23/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was standing on the #7 shield located in the H1Headgate Longwall face. The shearer was cutting back into the snake, when #8 shield advanced it snagged the spare ram jack that was being stored...
12/17/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost Employee was bolting on longwall face and injured hand on the mast while handling drill steels.
12/13/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was bolting on longwall face and injured finger while handling a drill steel.
11/21/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying tools from the stage loader on the tight side, when a rock fell from rib striking EE's left foot. Rock Measured 25"" L x 5 ?"" w x 4"" thick. EE finished EE's shift and worked fo...
11/18/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2 South Mains at 16 wall in the #11 return entry. The fall measured approximately 16 high x 16 wide X 16 length. The immediate roof consisted of laminated sh...
11/12/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While ascending the slope track, the slope car struck a crib causing derailment and damaging the brake. The brake was repaired, and the hoist returned to normal operations. No damage to the slope trac...
11/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 17d restricted Employee was pumping cribs and came in contact with the concrete mixture. Chemical burns on both feet and calves.
11/03/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was pumping cribs and came in contact with the concrete mixture. Chemical burns on both legs.
11/02/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck on the face by a rail causing injury.
10/18/2021 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A face ignition was reported on the H2 section while mining the #3 Return entry Survey Spad #66+78. During the investigation Sulphur balls were found in the face area. MSHA cited two missing/worn bits...
10/15/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was helping pull hoses off from a turntable on scoop and was struck by the scoop bill causing injury to foot.
10/03/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were cutting bolts off belt structure. When employee hit the bolt with a hammer, the bolt flew off hitting another employee in the face causing injury.
09/23/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the G2 Longwall inby 11 crosscut #3 entry, approximate spad 122+10.52. The fall was approximately 15' Long X 8.5' Wide X 16.5' height. The immediate roof consist...
08/31/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was placing spreaders on bottom forms when the one they were standing on twisted causing them to fall four feet.
08/12/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the H1 Tailgate Continuous Miner section in the #3 return entry located at 49.5 wall intersection. The fall measured approximately 6'1' high x 8' wide x 30' long...
07/30/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee tripped on track tie and struck knee on a spike puller causing injury.
06/26/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was mucking at the Enlow 2 South #1 Airshaft Site. During the process of switching lifting hooks from one muck bucket to another employee slipped on the wet shale and rock. This caused a ro...
06/16/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost Employee was side bolting on operator side of Continuous Miner located in the H1TG section. The employee had next 6' bolt to install resting up against rib protector door. When reaching for said 6' bo...
06/10/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was rolling a rail when the rail rolled back causing the slate bar to hit employee in the chest/ear.
05/28/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was side bolting along the Continuous Miner located in the H1HG CM Section. EE was in the process of hanging rib mesh when a rock 1x2x2 fell from the top striking the injured on the nose. EE...
05/09/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 274d lost Employee was drilling when a Rock (Fire/Clay/Mud Mixture) fell from below Panning tin and struck EE on the hard hat and glanced off EE's left shoulder. EE was done collar piping and was drilling on th...
05/03/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 284d lost While working along the left side of continuous miner in the H1TG section #1 entry. Employee was in the process of supplying miner when a rock slid from where the rib and roof meet striking the injure...
04/22/2021 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An alleged face ignition was reported on the H1HG section while mining the #2 entry. An investigation revealed that small areas of pyrite and Sulphur balls were found in the rib and face areas. During...
04/19/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost EE was pushing the drill rig arm forward while setting a collar pipe in the hole EE just drilled. EE's foot slipped and right shoulder popped out of place. EE had the collar pipe in left hand and was...
04/17/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 559d lost Employee was on the face at the G2 longwall section at around #4 shield, when a rock approximately 2' long x 1 ?' width x 6"" to 12"" thick fell between #3 shield and #4 shields, reflecting off the he...
04/16/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the G2 Longwall section 2-3 crosscut at 39 wall Spad# 107+10. The fall was approximately 16' wide x 50' long x height unknown. The immediate roof consisted of l...
04/12/2021 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 36d restricted Working from aerial lift truck to hang a 24-ft wooden, cross arm. Bolted the cross arm to the pole and went to move away. Cross arm slid and struck right hand which was controlling bucket. Hand moved...
04/05/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the H1TG section at 49 wall in the 1 to 2 crosscut into #2 entry migrating into 2 to 3 entry. The fall measured approximately 66 Long x 24 Wide x 16 High. No inj...
03/04/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 2 persons were entrapped as a result of the Pleasant Grove elevator automatic door linkage that connects to the motor pulley when it had broken due to standard normal wear. They were entrapped for app...
03/02/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee was leveling a belt line at nine and half block. EE was using a Hi-Lift jack. EE was releasing the jack and EE's hand slipped off of the handle and hitting EE on the right side of face, resul...
01/28/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Employee was operating Shearer in the G2 longwall. EE's left hand was resting on the handrail. A rock came up the pan line from the tailgate contacting EE's left hand. When EE attempted to move hand o...
01/14/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 3 North Mains at 187 Wall 2 to 3 Crosscut. The fall measured approximately 16' high x 16' wide x 35' length. The immediate roof consisted of laminated shale...
01/07/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None One of the trailing cables became dislodged due to normal wear and was pulled out from the mid-shaft junction box. This cable was replaced in its entirety and re-entered in the mid-shaft junction box...
12/22/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the Oak Springs Bottom area located in #1 Entry at 119 Wall. The fall measured approximately 35'X16'X16'. There were no injuries as a result of this incident. Co...
12/09/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was repairing a loader chain link located in the 2 South Mains. While using a hammer, a piece of metal broke off the chain striking and puncturing EE's right leg above the knee. EE is schedul...
12/03/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The H1 Tailgate section experienced a face ignition in the #3 Entry Survey Station #108+79. During the investigation MSHA cited 3 sprays inoperative in the 5-spray block located top right-side cuttin...
10/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was in the process of unloading belt rollers located in the 2 East Mains 37 wall, when employee's fingers became caught between two rollers, resulting in laceration. Employee received ten sut...
09/21/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee was pulling a beam into the scoop, slipped, and the beam fell on EE's arm.
09/16/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost While performing fireboss examination employee was climbing over gob plate located at the G1 longwall tail, employee slipped and went to catch self, got arm caught and felt pain in right shoulder. Inj...
08/28/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was riding in the mantrip and hit EE's head on the SCSR cache causing injury
08/14/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 310d lost Employee was performing EE's fire boss examination on the slope belt, when EE slipped and fell. Causing injured to land on EE's M-20 Self Contain Self Rescuer and injuring EE's lower back. EE was diag...
04/14/2020 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking the 109 seals employee struck head on a roof strap, causing EE's hard hat to dislodge. As injured began to stand up EE struck head on same roof strap causing a laceration to the head. EE...
02/26/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 146d lost While traveling through a mandoor located at 1 South Belt, employee's foot caught on the door frame. When employee caught self from falling, the door impacted employee on left knee causing it to bend...
02/10/2020 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 3 persons were entrapped due to a faulty VFD firing card located on the Pleasant Grove elevator. They had been entrapped for approximately 5 hours and 38 minutes. The Mechanics replaced the VFD firing...
01/30/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred in the E32 Continuous Miner section, located in the #2 Entry at Survey Spad# 101+34. During the investigation MSHA cited missing/worn bits on the continuous miner head that may ha...
01/25/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 171d lost While switching out cars located in 1 South 4 wall track switch, the injured employee thought the switch was thrown for the strait. The cars unexpectedly went into the switch, made contact with the em...
01/19/2020 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding rip clips on the bottom of the belt with angle grinder for approximately 30-40 minutes. Employee was wearing safety glasses during operation grinding. Employee and Supervisor b...