Foidel Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 595 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/02/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Shoveling gob onto belt. Shovel went under timber that was loose. Cap piece came off timber and hit employee/contractor on hard hat, jarring head, neck & jaw.
08/17/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 15d restricted Employee states while installing a roof bolt, the drill steel bent, pinching his left middle finger between the drill steel and the jaws.
08/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Employee states while unloading structure weighing approx. 70-80 lb. he stepped off a 2-foot ledge and felt a pop in his right knee.
08/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 224d lost Employee states the bottom roller bracket hit him on the right knee. The blow caused the knee to buckle sideways to the left. EE did not request medical attention until later and was scheduled to se...
07/30/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 226d lost Employee states he was measuring for a cover for the drill box on the bolter. As he stood up he banged his head on the bolter canopy jamming his neck. He did not seek immediate medical care then, bu...
07/22/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost EE states he was assisting rib pin a corner when a large chunk of coal fell from the rib and landed on his right foot. The injury resulted in two fractured bones in the right foot.
07/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Hanging ventilation tube with 2 other miners. Bent over to pick up dropped tool, and another miner lost grip on tube, dropping and hitting injury in the back of neck, resulting in neck sprain.
06/29/2009 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 29d restricted While feeling to verify that eyelets were lined up the injured employee had his fingertip pinched off when another employee lowered the inner link. The right index finger was pinched off between the b...
06/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee claims that he was hauling material through a mandoor with 3 other employees when his left knee went out. He continued to experience pain and recently underwent surgery
06/11/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost The TRS had lost pressure due to a leak. The employee was trying to find which hose was leaking by moving the hoses around. He told his partner to bump the lever, his hand was on the hose that was lea...
06/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee states he is experiencing pain in his left shoulder which he feels results from heavy lifting during the longwall move. Claim is being filed to facilitate medical evaluation and final decisi...
06/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Employee states he strained his left forearm while he was unloading a ram from a truck into a box car. He did not request medical care until 08/04/2009 and missed his first scheduled work day on 08/0...
06/07/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rib broke loose falling on employee and knocking him down.
05/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was filling a wet dust truck with water when the hose slipped out of her hands and hit her in the mouth. One tooth was chipped and the other was cracked. She went to the dentist and was tre...
05/25/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 8d restricted Employee states he was walking down grade in the mine in a muddy area and as he stepped in mud on tire track, he twisted and sprained his left ankle.
05/24/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Low angle slips and joints resulting from a fold along a synclinal axis, causing bedding plain and slickened sided surfaces.
05/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee states he and a co-worker were removing an old belt scraper from the Refuse Building. They carried it to the catwalk and slid it between the top and middle handrails. As the scraper was pus...
05/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 112d lost, 64d restricted Employee states he and 2 co-workers were removing an I-Beam from a trailer. As he was reaching away from his body and lifting he experienced a sharp pain on the right side of his lower back. Followi...
05/16/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee states he was walking around the side of the miner when he stepped on a slab of coal with his right foot which caused him to fall on his left foot. The fall resulted in a sprained left ankle...
05/07/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 7d restricted Employee and two co-workers were in the process of lowering a water line pipe to the ground. EE was using a drill steel to release the pipe from the chain when an s-hook failed, letting the pipe fall...
05/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Stocking bolt tray, standing on supply tray. Stepped across walk way to other side of tray, slipped and fell to walkway, hitting groin area.
05/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee states as he was carrying some structure, he tripped on a magnum hanger bolted to the floor. As he started to fall, he reached out and grabbed a hold of the load bed to stop his fall and fel...
05/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states he and a co-worker were loading roof supports and other material onto a trailer. When the material shifted his right ring finger was caught and smashed between the material and the he...
04/30/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Low angle slips and joints, folding synclinal bedding plain, slickened sided surfaces, and water seepage
04/27/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee states he was removing the boomer and chain from a load of lumber. As he was prying on the boomer it released and the handle struck him on the left wrist. The left wrist required surgery on...
04/24/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Water seepage associated with small low-angle joints and possibly higher than normal hydrostatic pressure.
04/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost The employee was rock dusting by. He was putting the empty bags on a piece of #9 wire to tie the bags together. The wire poked through his glove and went into his hand.
03/28/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states while he was operating a Scoop, the right tire of the scoop hit the sharp edge of a loader bucket. The impact caused the tire to blow, which caused coal and other debris to fly through...
03/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE states he was removing some pipe from the roof, when some coal dust fell and got in his left eye. He flushed out his eye and continued working. The next day his eye was red and swollen and he req...
03/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARD ROOF BOLTER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL AT THE SAME TIME THE BOLTING MACHINE OPERATORS LOWERED THE BUMPER OF THE BOLTER IN ORDER TO LOAD MESH ON TO IT THE EMPLOYEES LEG HAD...
03/16/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was splicing cable and had his thumb in the line of fire of his knife while doing so. The knife slipped and cut his left thumb.
03/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was pulling a broken piece of stageloader flight from the idle sprocket on the headgate cross-frame. The flight slipped out of employee's hand causing a laceration to left index f...
03/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted EE states while standing on belt structure lifting a cable and ring slipped causing the load to shift. EE was jerked backwards by the right arm holding the cable causing a pulling sensation on the ri...
03/05/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None After the fall occurred there was evidence of water in the upper layers of the rock strata that may have contributed to the failure.
02/19/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 110d lost, 7d restricted Employee was working an overtime shift and was returning to the Tipple to eat lunch. He tripped while he was walking away from the truck. He heard his ankle pop and was taken to the Hospital. He ha...
02/17/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee reports sigificant hearing loss in his right ear that he feels is related to his mining career working around loud running equipment Medical exam is consistent with accumulated noise trauma o...
02/13/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the weekly inspection a tear in the shaft lining interfered with lowering the escape capsule.
02/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost While employee and a coworker were lifting I-beam over the top of a conveyor belt, he felt slight discomfort in his lower back. He finished his shift and that week of work but called the next day 02/...
02/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Hanging roof tube in #2 entry, slipped and twisted back.
02/03/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee reported bi-lateral hearing loss he felt was related to his 30 year mining career working around loud, running equipment. Medical exam is consistent with accumulated noise trauma over time....
01/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee stepped in a hole on the belt line with his left heel causing it to get stuck in the mud. When he tried to step forward his knee locked up, hyper-extending and straining his left knee.
01/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost The employee states that he was lifting a piece of iron and hurt his back. On his next shift, 02/03/2009, he was in a uniloader and when he went to get out, he felt pain in his lower back. He receiv...
01/19/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The roof in the LW headgate entry deteriorated over a period of time and fell above bolt anchorage.
01/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost EE was examining a plugged raw coal sample system when the primary cutter gate made a pass, catching his left index and middle fingers between the guide wheel and guide beam.
01/10/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 6d restricted Ee was Firebossing when he slipped and fell striking his left knee in beltline.
01/08/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall at the anchorage zone where 6 foot bolts were in use. The fall is approximately 15 feet long by 10 feet wide from the solid rib toward the center of the intersection of 7 Main...
01/07/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE states he lifted a tailgate weighing approximately 40-50 lbs and put it in the back of a pickup truck. He felt a slight strain at the time, but didn't think he had injured himself. The next day h...
12/22/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 27d lost, 2d restricted 12/23/2008 employee reported his back felt tight and went to a physician. Employee could not identify any specific incident that caused his discomfort, he was advised that his claim would not be acce...
12/20/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall at the anchorage zone where 6 ft. bolts are in use. The fall is approximately 20 ft. wide by 21 ft. long by 6 ft. high in 22 Right, Crosscut 115+14, adjacent to #1 Entry. No a...
12/17/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tightening a bolt with a wrench, the wrench slipped and hit employee in the left lip.