Fork Creek No 1 — Accidents

Total: 215 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/26/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 76d restricted Employee States that while he was bending over to pick-up the miner cable to move it out of the roadway, the rib rolled off and struck him on the (R) leg and knocked him to the ground.
03/26/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE states that as he was tramming a rail ride through the air lock doors, one of them started closing on him. The rail ride caught one of the doors causing a cinder block to be displaced and fall. The...
03/05/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee States that he was changing the foot switch on the little Mac man-trip, he received a laceration to the top of his (L) hand.
02/25/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall was found in the 1st south east main return air course. 12,000' from the B&C sections. Heizman Jacks were already set in that area. The fall occurred behind the jacks. Travel w...
02/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was found in the 003 section return air course of the 2nd south west mains. Travelway is not blocked due to multiple entries. The fall was breakered off with timbers. Size o...
01/06/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 3d restricted Employee states that while bolting top, the drill steel got stuck in the top. As he was attempting to remove the stuck steel, the wrench contacted his hand.
01/06/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Weathered sandy shale roof separated above bolt anchorage.
12/17/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An un-intentional roof fall was discovered in the primary escape way of the 2nd southwest mains. Travel way was blocked but due to multiple entries the airway was not. Stopping line was set over to es...
12/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost EE states that while he was hanging mine phone at the old ""C"" section power center, as he was attempting to climb up on the power center his left knee hyper extended. EE finished his shift. Accident...
12/11/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered in the return course in the #1 entry of the 3rd SW mains of the 002 section. Traveling is not blocked due to multiple entries. The fall was breakered off with...
10/26/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered I the intake air course outby 4200' of the 001 section in the #7 entry. Travel way is not blocked due to multiple entries. The fall was breakred off with crib...
10/12/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee states he was bolting the #30 wall entry, a bolt was not fully up. He attempted to bend the bolt over by using the drill pot on the roof bolter. As he was bending the bolt, his right index fi...
10/12/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee states that he exited his electrician's ride to go to the dump end of the # 12 shuttle car. As he was coming around the end of the car, he stepped into a hole and jarred his lower back.
09/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 3d restricted Employee states that as he was unloading supplies from the bucket of a scoop he slipped and fell in the bucket striking his (L) lower back on the ram of the bucket.
09/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted EE states while installing a head shaft on the #2 shuttle car, the head shaft inadvertently came down and caused his thumb to be caught between the frame of the shuttle car and the head shaft.
09/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee states that while bolting top in the #3 entry some small draw rock fell in front of A.T.R.S. He withdrew from the entry and slipped/tripped on a rock beside the roofbolter causing him to fall...
08/20/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE states he was trying to cut a piece of curtain out of the conveyor chain on his shuttle car when the utility knife he was using caused a laceration to his right hand.
08/10/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered in the return air course on the 3rd south west mains of 002 section return. Travelway is not blocked due to multiple entries. The fall was breakered off with...
06/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE states that he was pulling shuttle car cable. As he was pulling it backwards, his feet slipped out from under him, causing his buttox to strike the ground.
05/16/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost EE was cleaning neutral entry beside B-1 blet, rib rolled off and struck EE. Rib struck EE in the neck and shoulder while in the deck of the scoop. EE was referred to a specialist, appointment 5/27/09...
05/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee states that he had bolts made up and staged along the rib. The bolts slid off the rib and the corner of the pizza pan struck his left forearm causing a 1"" laceration.
05/12/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was scooping roadway in wall # 10. When scooping outby corner, the corner broke off and came into scoop deck and smashed/cut employee's left thumb.
04/14/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had put up outside bolt & was swinging in to put wide bolt up. Stab jack struck bolt lying on ground and spun it around and the pizza pan struck his nose, cutting it.
03/24/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Loading high line sled in scoop bucket, pushed ram jack out and pinched hand between sled bucket.
03/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 8d restricted Injured was reaching to get a bottom roller, while on move crew, was pulling back and a top roller fell, striking him in the right side of back. He finished the shift, took the next day off, returned...
01/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Dropping miner cable that was hung across entry and pulled back muscle.
01/02/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had hung a backup curtain in #2 entry and was walking back to feeder when a rock fell from roof, striking him in right forearm causing a laceration.
12/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was plastering stoppings when he reached above his head and plaster splashed in his eye.
11/14/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Wet weathered shale seperated above roof bolt anchorage allowing roof to fall.
10/27/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was helping recover track rails when one of the track rails slipped in the scoop bucket and caused the other end of the rail to hit him in the right ankle.
10/09/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was helping to load high voltage cable into a sled. His foot slipped on a rock, causing his foot to slide under the sled. The sled was being pulled by a 35C Fairchild scoop.
09/18/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking through mud and twisted ankle.
09/15/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As EE pulled the curtain down in the #7 entry, a loose piece of coal rib came down with the curtain and struck him on the right ear.
09/09/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was operating a continuous miner on 603 section. He was backing the miner out of a right hand lift when a rib rolled off and struck him in the back, knocking him to the ground. The rock was measure...
08/01/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Foreman found roof fall while making weekly exams. Fall consisted of weathered stack sand stone shale mix. Roof control plan has been changed to use longer roof bolts when these conditions exist.
07/24/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was squaring the end of the belt for a splice. He was trimming off a piece of rubber, when his knife slipped, cutting his right leg above the knee. *Note: We were 1st notified of this incident by m...
06/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding bulk dust bag and was cutting with a knife a cut his right wrist.
06/25/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a roof bolter on C-section or 003 section. While drilling a hole in the roof, a piece of rock approx 6 X 10 X 1"" thick fell from the roof and struck EE in the nose. The rock had shar...
05/02/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was making up bolts 2 rosws back from unsupported top when a piece of draw rock measuring approx. 12"" wide by 24"" long and 3"" thick fell from between bolts and hit him in the left shoulder...
04/29/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered in front of the #5 seal, At #4 seal, this fall is 60' over from spad #1780, time of fall is unknown, but fell sometime between 4/22/08 and 4/29/08. THe size...
03/13/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The utility person on the section went to the miner to relieve the miner operator for a lunch break, when the right outby rib rolled out, which caught the utility person in the back of the legs. This...
03/10/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EE was in W28 face installing roof bolt, after tightening bolt, let pot down on his right knee.
03/03/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost While bolting in #6 entry, a piece of draw rock fell out and struck him on the left ankle. The piece of rock was about 24"" X 36"" X 1""-4"" thick. The rock fell ut between roof bolts. EE returned to...
02/29/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Busting rock along walkway with sledge hammer, piece of rock hit him in the left eye.
02/20/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Making up bolt went to throw ahead of bolter. Bolt caught on a bolt hanging over side of bolter pushing pan into arm.
02/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tossing a crib block under scoop to scotch up to change tire, smashing right pinky finger between crib block and frame of scoop.
12/14/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost Opening a set of airlock doors when manbus was going thru them. Victim tried to get in the manbus while manbus was in motion resulting in being pinched between the door and manbus.
12/02/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee was conducting a daily inspection of the slope hoist & found the hoist was inoperative. A co-worker happened by at about the same time. This was on a Sunday with nobody working underground...
11/12/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 99d lost, 50d restricted Installing roof bolt, after t bar was set, a piece of rock fell from between t bar and last row of bolts. Rock size was 48"" x 16"" x 6"". He was hit from front and knocked backward. He was struck on...
10/01/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE was operating the Mac 8 personal carrier when he ran over something, causing the steering wheel to spin out of his hand, hitting him on the left hand/wrist.