Freedom — Accidents

Total: 182 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/28/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the intake of the 1st room set-up off of the 3rd South Mains. The location of the fall is at spad #9+80 between entries 8 through 10 in the cross-cut. The fa...
09/20/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost The section foreman was marking up sight lines in #2 entry of #1 MMU001-0, when a piece of rock fell between pins and struck him in the back. The rock measured 4' x 4' x 2"". The foreman finished hi...
08/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EE was trying to remove a large rock from the tail of the Joy 14Cm15 by lifting the tail section to the roof and dragging rock off. A piece of the rock broke off and flew back 8'-10', striking the mi...
08/02/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in the 1st West Main Parallels at spad #41+20. The fall was in the crosscuts between #7 entry and #9 entry and included the intersections of #8 and #9 entries. The fal...
08/02/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in Panel 1-I at spad #21+70 in #2 entry and extending through the adjacent crosscut to #1 entry. The fall measured 70' long x 16'-18' wide x 8' high. No travel or ven...
07/19/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall was discovered at 7:30 am in 1-I panel at spad #21+70 in the cross cut between #5 and #6 entries. The fall started app. 10' from the rib line of #5 entry and extended into the...
07/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee was changing a cell in a Ram car battery with a come-a-long. The chain slipped and he felt a pain in his left shoulder. He has since been diagnosed with degenerative changes in the shoulder...
06/26/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 96d lost, 34d restricted Employee was driving through a back-up curtain on the supply road and felt a stinging pain in his left shoulder. He was later diagnosed with degenerative loss in his neck and shoulder.
06/24/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was reclaiming curtain in Unit # 2 Entry # 6 & #7 . Employee had his belt knife on his belt, blade out in lock position and pulled down on curtain and belt knife lacerated his arm 4"" distal...
06/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Individual was handling roof bolter cable when he struck his right elbow on damaged pin plate causing a laceration on his right arm above his elbow.
06/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in the 1st West Mains in #1 entry. The fall measured 15'wide x 16'long x6.5'high, partially blocking the travelway. The fall was discovered by the examiner during his...
05/19/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was bolting. He had drilled the hole with the top steel and when he let the boom down to add the bottom steel, the top steel fell out of the hole and struck him on the cheek and ear, causing a lac...
05/04/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None In May 2011, EE worked for Custom Staffing Industrial Services & provided temp. dispatching services to Ohio County Coal Co. On May 4, 2011, EE allegedly injured ankle while walking on floor of a buil...
01/28/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 2nd North Sub-Main in #4 entry inby the intersection of spad #5+60 to outby spad #7+00 due to a hidden slip in the area. This is an area of old workings, no one was in the...
01/17/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was installing a 6' glue bolt using a 2' wrench to push the bolt into the hole. The bolt bent and the wrench came off of the head of the bolt and struck him in the upper lip causing a small cut re...
10/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee has been diagnosed with inflamation of the sciatic nerve
08/24/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost EE was walking through a door in the shop and tripped on a fan cord, stumbled and broke a bone in his ankle.
08/02/2010 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None At 4:25 p.m. an abandoned non producing oil well casing was hit on the # 1 unit in the #10 entry. A hole was made in the casing by a miner bit. A 300' barrier was left around the oil well location. Th...
07/27/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE stated that while riding a 6 man diesel ride outside at end of his shift a piece of rodk fell striking nose and needing stitches.
07/20/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred on 7/20/10 in the 5th set of rooms off the 4F panel. The fall was in the intersection @ 9+10 in the #8 entry. The fall was 19 ft wide by 25 ft long by 7 ft high. The fa...
06/18/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred at spad #143+50 to spad #144+90 in the #8 entry of the 3rd North Mains. An unseen slip was in the area. The fall measured 140' long by 19' wide by app. 6'-7' high. Th...
05/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that while he was walking by the Joy CM-15, he tripped and fell into the miner. His right right left (upper thigh) struck a miner bit, which caused a laceration on his thigh.
05/25/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost EE was tramming a golf cart beside of #6 belt line while changing belt rollers. He drove through a low spot on the belt line and he and passenger tried to get lower in seat. EE's SCSR hung on timber...
04/14/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE carrying roof bolts to front of pinner, stumbled and fell into bolter. Pin plate struck left forearm, causing a small laceration that required 5 stitches to close.
04/07/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost EE helping to hang cables in front of feeder. After cables were hung, feeder was started and ram car operator told to dump. As car pulled forward, it hit EE in back as he was watching feeder run kno...
04/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee hanging pinner cable stepped into a rut and sprained left ankle.
01/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 11d restricted EE and two other employees were setting a new belt header. Header frame was sitting on a duck bill of a scoop. Employees were attempting to level the header frame when EE crawled under the boom. Th...
05/13/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was hand dusting a cross-cut when he backed into a roof bolt plate. The plate cut the back of his neck, requiring 9 stitches.
04/25/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was operating Joy CM-15 when a rock measuring 8'x 2'x 4""-10"" fell between the rib pin and rib striking him on his back. Injured back and spine.
02/11/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was operating a rib runner on the 3rd North Main when he ran into a parked 2-man diesel ride. The ride was parked against the rib, in a well lighted xcut, and also had reflective material on...
01/07/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walking beltline - struck roof bolt plate hanging down - 7 stitches.
12/21/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #6 entry at spad 19+30 to spad 20+10 on the 002MMU in the 7th sub-panel of the 2G Panel. This fall was due to a hidden slip in the area. The height ranged from 4' to 6' hi...
09/16/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While operating a Ram Car, the batteries hit the roof causing one of the battery locks to break off and go into the canopy, hitting him in the mouth.
08/29/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee was on the mantrip on the opposite operator's side in the midde seat with his foot on the middle rail. The mantrip came around #7 header on the supply road when his right foot was caught betw...
08/20/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was sitting on the mine floor behind the roof bolter when a piece of rock measuring 30"" wide X 2"" thick X 12' long fell out between the 7th and 8th row of bolts from the face in the #4 entr...
07/16/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost Injury was watching the miner in #4 entry on #1 unit cut coal when a piece of rock fell out of the roof between the rib and the pins stricking him on the right leg.
05/12/2008 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was in the process of helping get a pin steel out of the pinner pot. Another operator was helping him. The operator did not know where he was because he was concentrating on the pin a nd chuc...
03/12/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was attempting to dislodge a pinner steel that was hung in the roof. He for some unknown reason had his hand at the steel that was in the roof when he accidently hit his boom lever in the upw...
02/21/2008 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in the process of parking an oil trailer in a cross cut. He had trouble unhooking the trailer, he rocked the trailer, the trailer came aloose pinning his little finger between the trailer and h...
02/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall, approximately 10' high, 20' length, and 20' wide, has occurred about 40' inby the #4 intake portal after a significant rain event washed mud and rock through the roof.
01/22/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was going from #6 room to #5 room when he struck a roof bolt plate that was hanging down on a roof bolt that had been bent up and hanging down during the installation process. He contacted the plat...
11/15/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was helping move the miner from #3 entry to #2 entry. He was on the corner of the #2 entry, they had put the pull strap on the head/bit of the miner to push the cable up into the face when the bit...
10/29/2007 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 7:20pm in the #10 entry on #2 unit the miner cut into a hole that had water coming out of it. At that time it appeared to be a bore hole. At approximately 9:45pm the section foreman w...
09/25/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the weekly exam of the return aircourse in 1F Panel rooms in the 8th room set-up. Location #11 entry at spad #15+40 to spad #17+50. Size 20' wide by 175' long by 45"" to...
09/25/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the weekly exam of the return aircourse in 1F panel rooms in the 7th room set-up. Location #11 entry at spad #16+80 to spad #17+50. Size 20' wide by 70' long by 60"" high...
09/24/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost While the green ram car was positioning to dump, EE started across in front of the feeder. The corner of the ram car bed caught his right foot pushing him toward the feeder area. The ram car operator...
09/11/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was observed by mine examiner in the return rooms of #1 unit. Roof fall locations is in 5th room set-up of 2nd North Main return at spad #16+10 inby to 18+20. Fall is 210 feet long X 18 fe...
08/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost EE was in the process of setting up the miner to cut coal. After setting up the miner, he went back to move the cable out of the haul road. He pulled on the miner cable to get it out of the road & fel...
07/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee reported to his section foreman he twisted his knee at 7:30pm on 7/20/07, when he was hanging a cable in the #10 entry. He missed 3/27 & 28/08. He returned to work on 3/31/08. He started miss...
07/17/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred at spad #13+30 to spad #16+10. The fall is located in the 1-F panel in the 2nd room set-up in #2 entry. The fall is approx. 280' long and 45"" high.