Fossil Rock Mine — Accidents

Total: 41 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/04/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removed a tee on a 2"" aqua line. Line sprung back at the injured breaking / chipping a front tooth.
11/30/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Bolter operator drilling roof. When adding pusher steel, stumbled / slipped and put uncontrolled feed pressure up while right hand was still around the steels EE was marrying. This caused the steels t...
06/12/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying 3 drill steels bound together, as they walked through a known slick area, they transitioned between solid floor and mud which caused them to slip and fall with steels in hand, th...
05/30/2025 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Tasked with pre-use inspection of a high voltage switch gear. Injured noticed dust on the receptacle and went to wipe with a rag. A capacitive discharge entered EE's hand and body. This resulted in a...
05/25/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning up a belt splice area and employee was lowering the rollout of the belt core. Hook came off end and the core fell which caused injury to their pinky finger
03/23/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost While building a Kennedy overcast, injured was kneeling on the solid, left for overcast crossing, over a 1-2' gap above the completed overcast wall below. The injured lost balance and slid between the...
12/08/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Unloading Richwood impact clusters off the cookie sheet of an M2 shield hauler. Unloaded two cluster without incident where one man would push and the other would pull. The injured pulled the third cl...
10/28/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hanging line brattice in xc20 between #4 and #5 entry with a insulated hook and when EE lowered EE's hand the end of the hook had caught EE's glove tearing into the back of EE's left hand, betw...
08/10/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 217d lost Employee was operating the left side of roof bolter, when the canopy got hung up in the roof mesh, they tried lowering the canopy and it would not come down, then they tried lowering the whole boom an...
04/08/2024 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Crew was walking out of the mine. Employee, without warning, fell to the ground. EE was immediately checked, and no pulse was found. CPR was initiated without success. Internal investigation has deter...
03/31/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost EE WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR EATING HIS LUNCH WHEN SOMEONE HIT THE FLOOR UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO JUMP OUTOF THE CHAIR & FALL TO THE FLOOR
03/28/2001 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EE WAS HELPING LOAD SOME MATERIAL ON A SCOOP. HE SIGNALED THE SCOOP OPERATOR TO STOP BUT THE OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE HIM SIGNAL AND KEPT COMING IN AN CAUGHT THE EE FOOT BETWEEN THE DUCK BILL A ND THE...
03/18/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DROPPING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE DOWN. WHEN HERELEASED IT FROM THE HANGER, IT SLIPPED AND FELLSTRIKING HIM ON THE CHIN.
02/26/2001 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE FACE WHEN A BOUNCE OCCURRED CAUSING COAL TO BE THROWN STRIKING THE EE ON THE RIBS.
01/04/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost THE EE WAS HELPING REMOVE MONO-RAIL WHEN A BOUNCED OCCURRED CAUSING HIM TO JERK, WHILE HOLDING A PIECE OF MONO-RAIL OVER HIS HEAD, HURTING HIS BACK.
12/10/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A COUNTER BALANCE ON A SHAKER. THEY HAD THE COUNTER BALANCE RAISED ABOUT E WHEN THE ANCHOR BROKE DROPPING THE BALANCE TO THE FLOOR CATCHING THE EE'S FOO T BETWE...
11/28/2000 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None THE MINER PARTICIPATED IN A MED EXAMINATION & ITWAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD A SUFFICIENT DEGREE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS
10/10/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A WASH DOWN HOSE TO CLEAN A SCOOP, THE HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE UPPER LIP.
10/06/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COUPLING A WATER LINE TOGETHER WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND COUPLING.
10/03/2000 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None AT APPROX. 2130, A BOUNCE OCCURRED ON THE TAILGATE OF THE LONGWALL. THIS BOUNCE BROKE A TORQUE SHAFT ON THE SHEARER AND HEAVE THE PAN UP TO A POINT THAT WE COULD NOT GET TO THE SHAFT TO CHANGE IT OUT...
09/19/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING IN A SHIELD WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM BETWEEN 2 SHIELDS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE.
09/14/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 141d lost EE WAS LIFTING A 60"" BELT ROLLER WHEN IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE KNEE.
09/13/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING AN OVERCAST GOING DOWN THESTEPS WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS LEG.
09/06/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE TRAILING SHIELDS DURING A LONGWALL MOVE WHEN THE ROOF COLLAPSED AND A PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE LEG CAUSIN G AFRACTURE OF THE FIBULA. THIS CA VE WAS AB...
09/06/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE & HIS PARTNER WERE MOVING THE ROOFBOLTER HIS PARTNER ROTATED THE MAST FOR CLEARANCE & HIS FINGERS WERE PINCH BY A STEEL THAT BECAME BOUND UP.THE INJ EE WAS HELPING FREE HIS PARTNERS' FINGER S WHEN...
09/05/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A POWER SUPPLY FOR LIGHTS ON SHIELDS, WHEN LIFTING IT UP HE HURT HIS BACK.
08/31/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost THE EE WAS TRYING TO PUT A ROPE CLAMP ON. HE WAS HOLDIN THE 2 ROPES TOGETHER WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROPE & THE ROCK CAUSING A LACERATION.
06/19/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A HOSE BETWEEN THE RIB AND STAGE LOADER WHEN A ROCK SLID OFF THE RIB LAGGING AND SMASHED HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE DRIVE FRAME AND ROCK.
06/19/2000 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None ON THE AFTERNOON SHIFT THE SHEARER WAS CUTTING INTO THE TAILGATE WHEN AN OUTBURST OCCURRED FILLING THE PANLINE FULL OF COAL AND ROCK FROM SHIELD 103 TO 116 CAUSING THE PANLINE TO STALL. THE OU TBURST...
06/14/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost THE EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEARER AND WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL ON THE SHOULDER.
05/06/2000 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE TO A LIFT JACK BRACKET ON THE SLOUGHING PLATE OF THE SHEARER. DURING THE WELDING OF THIS BRACKET A COUPLE OF SMALL METHANE FEEDERS WERE IGNITED AND EXTINGUISHED WITH A WASH DOW...
05/02/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN EE WAS MAKING THE PUMPS IN THE BLEEDER ENTRIED OF THE LONGWALL AND DISCOVERED THAT A CAVE HAD OCCURRED 100' INBY THE 7TH RIGHT ENTRIES. THIS CAVE WAS IN A X-CUT THAT WAS USED AS A WALKWAY, BUT THES...
04/18/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE SHEARER. HE WAS BETWEEN THE SHEARER AND THE FACE WHEN A BOUNCE OCCURED IN WHICH HE WAS STRUCK BY COAL ON THE BACK AND PUSHED INOT THE SHEARER WHICH FRACTURED 3 RIBS.
03/20/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 36d lost EMPLOYEE HAS DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL BY USING HIS HANDS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
03/17/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost THE EE WAS INSTALLING HOSES ON THE SHIELDS OF A LONGWALL, HE SLIPPED ON THE TOES OF THE SHIELDS AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
03/17/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REPAIR A BELT TRANSFER CHUTE. THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF CUTTING AND WELDING DURING THE SHIFT AND THE EMPLOYEE BURNED HIS EYES.
03/16/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 28d restricted THE EE STOPPED THE EQUIPMENT HE WAS OPERATING, GOT OUT AND WAS WALKING TO USE A TELEPHONE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A PLASTIC WATER PIPE.
03/03/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS LIFTING THE BELT HARDWARE WITH SOME COMALONGS, HE LOOKED UP AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.
02/10/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PULLING ON A WATER HOSE WHEN THE VALVE OPENED CAUSING THE HOSE TO FLIP UP AND STRIKE HIM ON THE FACE.
01/11/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TRASH OUT OF FEEDER BREAKER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS ARM AND SHOULDER.
01/06/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EMPLOYEE WAS SPOTTING SHIELDS BETWEEN 40 & 50 IN AN AREA WHERE THE FACE WAS HIGH. WHILE PULLING AND SETTING THE SHIELDS A BOUNCE OCCURED AND THREW THE BRETBY OUT OF THE PAN AND THIS STRUC K THE EM...