Federal No 2 — Accidents

Total: 846 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/25/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Exposure to noise resulting in hearing loss.
06/25/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Exposure to noise resulting in hearing loss.
06/25/2014 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Exposure to coal dust resulting in black lung.
06/25/2014 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Exposure to coal dust resulting in Black Lung.
06/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was bent over to lift a floor plate from drainage ditch. Pulled lower right side of back.
06/20/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While carrying two, five gallon buckets of garbage from the Motor Barn to the Mainline track, the employee rolled his ankle at the de-rail. Employee sprained his right ankle causing him to fall. The e...
06/20/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was on tail piece crossover when he stepped down off and twisted his left ankle.
06/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was removing a lid from an electrical box when the lid slipped and caught his left thumb resulting in a laceration requiring sutures to close. The operator was not notified of this incident...
06/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was assisting fellow employees in removing belt structure on the 8 right longwall. While lifting a bed rail for the conveyor belt he felt pain in his back.
06/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was operating #37 jeep coming out of the rock dust hole on the mine bottom when the trolley pole came off the wire. As a fellow employee placed the trolley pole back on the wir...
06/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Individual was installing ventilation tubing to the face of the 9 right section. While bending to lift the tubing he felt sharp pain in his right groin area. A hernia resulted from this incident. The...
06/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that the motor crew was picking up garbage along 9right track. At 5 block employee was pulling on a piece of curtain about 10 ft. long. He felt pain in his lower back.
06/02/2014 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Over exposure to coal dust resulting in lung disease.
05/28/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee tripped while pulling rock dust hose down the 1 North belt line causing him to fall landing on his right arm and back.
05/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee stated when lifting and taking down mono-rail he felt something pull and pain in his right groin area. Pain existed the entire remainder of the shift. Employee was diagnosed with a hernia. Em...
05/23/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee stated that while roof bolting on the left side of the Sandvik continuous miner on the 9 Right section the roof bolt that he was inserting into the hole started to bend. Employee then attemp...
05/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor was laying a block stopping, he was knelt down reaching for another block out of the cube when the band from the cube cut his arm/wrist. The laceration required five sutures to close.
05/19/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee was operating the roof/rib bolter on the Sandvik miner on the 1 North Mains Left section in the crosscut #4-5. As he retracted the rib protector a large flat piece of rock from behind the ri...
05/13/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing loss caused by over-exposure to noise.
05/12/2014 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 6:12 AM the 8 Right Longwall intersected a gas well at 135 shield. MSHA and WVOMHST were notified.
05/05/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was riding out on a mantrip, the mantrip derailed at 9 block. Employee was getting out of the bus and stepped in a hole. Employee was complaining of soreness and stiffness in his lower back....
05/02/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Injured employee was in the process of connecting a finishing steel to a starter steel while roof bolting when a fellow employee at the center of the roof bolting machine attempted to reposition the h...
05/01/2014 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Exposure to dust.
04/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Injured employee was walking from the continuous miner on the section to the auxiliary fan when the ventilation tubing fell striking his head and neck.
04/18/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Injured employee was struck on the knee by a shuttle car cable. The shuttle car was stuck in the mud on the section and the scoop was being used to attempt to pull it out. The employee was standing be...
04/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Contractor/mechanic was putting covers on a miner when one of the covers slipped smashing his finger on his right hand.
04/10/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was operating a shuttle car and while attempting to turn into a left crosscut he struck his left arm on the rib causing a sprain/strain type injury to his left shoulder.
04/09/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured employee stated that while walking by the loading machine he tripped and fell on coal spillage causing him to strike his right knee on the loading machine resulting in a bruise.
04/08/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Injured employee was roof bolting on an overcast ramp when a piece of rock fell from the top and struck the 4-hole strap to be installed causing the injured employee to fall into the roof bolting mach...
04/03/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee stated that as he parked and attempted to dismount company #73 jeep just inby the rock dust hole switch he struck his head on an installed roof bolt causing him to fall from the jeep resultin...
04/02/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 62d lost, 79d restricted Injured employee and hourly mechanics were working around a continuous miner. While walking around the machine, injured employee struck knees with another employee causing him to fall. He continued...
04/02/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Employee was walking from the 1 North Elevator to the 1 North Spur track when he struck his head on the door frame of the second regulator in the walkway causing pain in his neck.
03/31/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee sustained a laceration to the left side of his face while using a hand-held grinder to cut a roof strap along the 8 Right belt when the grinder kicked back and struck his face. The l...
03/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Injured employee was carrying a drill feed cylinder for approximately 4 blocks on the 1 North Mains section when he felt pain in his lower back. Employee continued to work until calling off under doc...
03/22/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing loss due to continued exposure.
03/22/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with occupational hearing loss.
03/20/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Injured employee was assisting fellow employees in carrying a tram speed reducer for a scoop from the bottom area of the mine to the track so it could be loaded onto a jeep when he sustained a straine...
03/20/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Injured employee was attempting to lift a 6"" waterline off a scoop loaded with belt structure when the structure fell from the blade of the scoop and struck his right foot resulting in a sprained ank...
03/20/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with occupational hearing loss.
03/19/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured employee stated he struck his head on the mine roof while walking to a portal bus at the start of the shift resulting in a strained neck. Later in the shift, the employee again struck his hea...
03/13/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured employee was unloading 2"" x 50' hoses from a supply car. While standing on the possum belly type car and pulling on a roll of hose his hand slipped from the roll causing him to fall to the m...
03/13/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Injured employee stated that while walking out of the motor barn on the mine bottom he stepped in a hole in the mine floor created by a track derail causing him to trip and fall, twisting his right an...
03/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee stated that he was working over head removing belt structure and when he woke up the next morning (03/13/2014) his left shoulder and arm were hurting.
03/12/2014 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Injured employee states that a contractor physically pulled him from a portal bus causing him to strike his head against the top of the bus resulting in a strained neck.
03/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was raising the canopy on a roof bolter and felt a strain in his lower back.
03/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured employee stated that he noticed material falling from the mine roof conditions of the roof beginning to deteriorate as he was walking behind a scoop. While attempting egress from the area he...
03/10/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Injured employee stated that as he was walking into the Motor Chute on the mine bottom he struck his head on a roof bolt and header board causing pain in his neck. Employee was diagnosed with a bruis...
03/10/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned fall of the mine roof at or above the anchorage zone of the installed roof support occurred on the 8 Right longwall set-up face. The fall measured approximately 133' long x 23' wide. Th...
03/06/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee stated that as he stepped down from a walk through roof bolter on 1 North Mains while loading roof bolting supplies he sprained his right knee.
02/22/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 934d lost Injured employee was working in the #9 heading of 1 North Mains when a piece of rock fell from a rib and struck his left foot resulting in a fracture.