Foidel Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 595 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/21/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Operating roof bolter, attempted to pull bent drill steel out of roof, acidentally hit rotation lever, which caused drill steel to spin out of his hand, coming back and striking him on right wrist.
10/07/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee states that he was traveling down the number 2 entry of Main North @ x-cut 60+00 when a Dodge mantrip and a 3.5 Wagner scoop had a collision, front of mantrip to bucket of scoop, resulting in...
09/21/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE states while working on a skid steer, he was in a kneeling position, with the door to the engine compartment propped open with a drill steel. The steel was knocked out and as the door swung shut, i...
09/19/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee states as he was helping hang a ventilation curtain, several pieces of rib broke loose. It fell & struck him on the back of the head, shoulders & upper back. The force caused the employee to...
09/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee states as he was pulling on cm cable helping to position it against the rib, he felt a strain in his lower back. He was referred for physical therapy.
08/24/2006 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A conveyor belt support chain broke causing the belt structure to fall striking and breaking a 4"" water and 6"" waterline. The water caused debris to be washed down dip damaging two ventilation struc...
08/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 12d restricted EE states he has been experiencing pain in his right shoulder for the past 8 months. There has not been any specific incident that caused the pain, but rather he feels it from the amount of overhead...
08/07/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Abnormal roof and floor conditions due to excessive overburden pressure caused the roof support, can cribs, to fail allowing the immediate roof to fall impeding travel.
08/05/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 24d lost, 12d restricted Employee has been diagnosed with bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome which he feels is the result of the repetitive motion of roof bolting and other related tasks. Conservative care has not helped and he...
08/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee states as he was hanging pipe, he balanced it on the cab of a scoop. The pipe slid off the cab and smashed his left thumb between the scoop & pipe. Employee was on restricted duty 2 days.
07/31/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d lost On 7/31/06 employee reported that he was experiencing pain and discomfort in both knees which he feels is the result of 31 years of underground and surface coal mining. Claim was accepted as an occupa...
07/20/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 27d lost Employee states he is experiencing pain and discomfort in the left knee. He states he has not had any injury, but feels it is the result of his 25 years of underground coal mining. This claim was acce...
07/16/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None 4160x480 volt transformer secondary lug got hot. Wire burnt off and blew primary fuse; that in turn caused a surge in the system and faulted out the PLC chassis rack. This caused the PLC processor to...
07/12/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 5d restricted Employee states as he was dismounting a high voltage storage trailer, he stepped on either a chunk of coal or a rut in the roadway causing him to turn his left ankle. Employee missed two shifts and ha...
06/15/2006 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 3d restricted EE states he was transfering roof bolt plates from the back of th bolting machine when he slipped and his feet went between the drill boom platform and step located on the roof bolting machine. His l...
06/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted EE states as he was putting a block under the tongue of a trailer, his glove caught on the wood block and with the momentum,his finger was caught and smashed between the wood block and metal frame o...
05/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EE was hanging rib mesh turned to his left to step away from bolter. Slipped on loose coal and fell down on left knee. Continued working and then stepping down off bolter, felt sudden pain in left kn...
05/23/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire boss discovered a roof fall in the #2 entry escapeway. The fall was not above the bolt anchor but did impede passage.
05/19/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 49d lost Employee has sustained cumulative trauma to his right knee working in an underground coal mine environment for 28 years. Following medical exams, he went off work on 7/12/06 and surgery is scheduled f...
05/09/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee states as he crawled over the tail brake to install bolts in the tail brake, his foot slipped off the pipe and he twisted his left knee.
05/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES WHILE KNOCKING OUT A KENNEDY STOPPING, THE PANEL FELL BACK STRIKING AND CUTTING THE AREA BETWEEN THE LEFT THUMB & INDEX FINGER. THE INJURY REQUIRED SEVEN STITCHES.
05/03/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 11d restricted ee states as he was stepping over some belt structure, his right foot slipped on some loose material. As his right foot slid forward, his left knee hyperextended. Ee lost 2 days to due left knee strai...
04/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 22d restricted EE states he has severe discomfort in the neck area which he feels is from years of periodically hitting his head on the LW shields, catching his air stream helmet cord and twisting his neck, and gen...
04/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost ee was replacing bottom roller in 6mn takeup. Removed old roller-lifted new roller w/help on other side. Other side went in and stopped. Inj ee's side dropped down, catching finger between roller and...
04/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 19d restricted EE states as he was tightening a bolt on a drive line, he felt pain in his right shoulder. He continued to work; however, on 8/3/06 he advised he was still feeling pain and requested medical care. He...
04/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost EE states he strained his right elbow while throwing poly pipe over his head to avoid being caught between the pipe and rib. EE continued to have problems with his right elbow and had surgery on Octob...
04/13/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The distribution of excess weight onto the longwall face near the tailgate and adjacent tailgate pillars, preventing passage.
04/04/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A power outage at the substation caused a power failure to the Nordberg Hoist and entire site. When the back-up generator/emergency power was started the push button for the circuit breaker failed to...
03/31/2006 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 11d lost Employee reported on 3/31/06 that he had been experiencing pain for several years in his shoulders, primarily left, which he feels results from his many years of working in the mine lifting & carrying...
03/24/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A Fire Boss went down the elevator but was not able to open outside door without facing it. A trans'ducer was found to be deffective. The elevator was fully operational for someone to come out of the...
03/23/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Taking plates off a pallet to stock bolter. A band on the pallet cut his right forearm.
03/08/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 19d lost EE states he has experienced pain in his left thumb over the last 2-3 years, which he feels is the result of periodically hitting the left thumb with a hammer while doing belt maintenance. The repetit...
01/10/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF IN THE 18 RIGHT TAILGATE HAD FALLEN AT THE TAILGATE CORNER AND PULLED THE ROOF MESHING DOWN AS A BARRIER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE TAILGATE TRAVELWAY. TRAVELWAY BLOCKAGE RUN IMPLEMENTED AND CONDITION...
01/03/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 6d restricted A chain hoist anchor bracket failed causing the conveyor belting to fall striking and catching the right forearm between the belting and belt roller.
01/02/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE EAR BY A PIECE OF COAL. WOUND REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
12/12/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost Employee was assisting two fellow employees install rib mesh along the walkway side of conveyor belt entry. As he pushed the wire mash against the rib, a loose piece of rib fell pushing the mesh towar...
12/01/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE AND STRAINED HIS BACK RESULTING IN RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY STARTING ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2005.
11/28/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EMPLOYEE FELL AND BROKE A RIB.
10/20/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states he was using a hammer to knock the ring gear off an engine flywheel when a piece of metal flew off and hit him in the cheek. The sliver of metal was removed from his cheek and required...
10/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping hang vent tube. It fell and struck him on the head straining his neck. Employee reported that the orthopedic surgeon stated ""massage therapy"" was okay, but bills came in suggest...
10/01/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A correction made by the surveyors resulted in panel width to be 5' wider than required. When measures are taken to open mining to tailgate, excessive width occurs. This process requires implementatio...
08/25/2005 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 7d restricted THE INJURED PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE DRILL MAST, REACHED UP WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, AND GRASPED THE DRILL STEEL TO REMOVE IT FROM THE DRILL HOLE. DURING THIS PROCESS HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS EITHER...
08/19/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A TAILGATE BOUNCE OCCURRED DURING A DOWNSHIFT AND DISCOVERED DURING PRESHIFT EXAM. TAILGATE BLOCKAGE OCCURRED FROM COAL RIBS AND FLOOR HEAVE THAT PREVENTED PASSAGE, BUT DID NOT IMPEDE AIR FLOW. LOCATI...
07/19/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL ABOVE ANCHORAGE IN MAIN NORTH # 1 ENTRY CROSSCUT #17 AREA WAS MINED MARCH 1984 AND WAS NEAR AN INTERSECTION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHUT DOWN FOR OVERCAST CONSTRCUTION. HIGHT VOLTAGE LINE WAS UN...
07/15/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A samll roof fall occurred in tail gate of 17-rt longwall. this edges not affect the escapeway glanse longwall is mining at the bottom of the bowl and should start mining up out of the bowl in the nex...
06/17/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 34d lost EMPLOYEE STATES HE IS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF CTS IN BOTH HANDS, WHICH HE FEELS IS RELATED TO HIS WORK IN BELT MAINTENANCE OVER MANY YEARS. CTS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND EMPLOYEE IS SCHEDULED FOR CTS PR...
06/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ONSET OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS OCCURED AFTER THE MINER WORKED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE FOLLOWING MORING HE EXPERIENCED MUSCLE TIGHTNESS IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE STA...
05/03/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted WHILE ROOF BOLTING, EE INJURED HIS WRIST DURING THE PROCESS OF ADDING AND CONNECTING AN EXTENTION DRILL STEEL (STRUCK BY DRILL WRENCH).
04/09/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 12d lost, 14d restricted EE STATES THAT HE IS HAVING PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN RIGHT KNEE WHEICH HE FEELS IS THE RESULT OF A 1982 WORK RELATED INJURY AT ANOTHER COMPANY AND 30 YEARS OF TRAVERSING ON UNEVEN FLOOR CONDITIONS IN MI...
04/04/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 24d restricted EE STATES EE WAS PUTTING IN BELT HANGERS AND THE WRENCH WAS COMING OUT OF THE CHUCK. AS EE WENT TO GRAB THE WRINCH, THE STEEL CAME OUT OF THE ROOF AND EE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE WR...