Gateway North Mine — Accidents

Total: 112 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/29/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost IE walked over to check the CM that was down in E2 at 14+18. As the IE approached the CM, a rock measuring (2.5-4 W x 4 L x 5-1 T) fell out from between the roof bolts. The rock struck the IE's head...
05/17/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost IE was bolting in RM3 XCR at the 120' station. After IE installed 2nd bolt in the 5th row of the cut. The IE lowered the canopy to swing the boom towards the ATRS to install the last bolt. A rock mea...
03/08/2021 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost On March 8th, the IE was walking the Main East Belt. During the examination of the belt line, the IE stepped on a rock in the walkway slipping (pivoting motion) and felt a pain in the left knee as a r...
03/08/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 5d restricted IE was working on a brake issue on 135 belt truck. IE had to reach behind wheel to find a leaking brake line. When the left front air bag spring failed, this caused the frame to lower pinching the IE...
01/26/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 226d lost On 01/26/21 IE injured left shoulder while pulling a piece of curtain off top of scoop to put in dumpster. Unknowing to IE there were RB plates on the curtain that added resistance jolting the IE left...
01/07/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 44d lost Employee reported on 01/07/21 was seen by an orthopedic doctor who performed a nerve induction test on both wrists and diagnosed EE with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Employee worked up until 02/08/21, wher...
11/18/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was backing continuous miner out of right side of cut in room 2 at 2+10 on right side of unit 1. Section of rock fell from between bolts striking IE on top of head/right hand. IE was seen by physi...
11/04/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 147d lost Employees were moving up miner cable on left side of Unit 2. IE dropped down part of the hanging cable when the remaining cable came loose, falling on IE's right hand pushing fingers and hand backward...
10/19/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee stepped in a hole twisting left knee. Employee was diagnosed with a lateral meniscal tear.
09/11/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 62d lost Employee reported on 9/11/20 EE had pain in right shoulder, elbow and both wrists and has been experiencing this for a couple of months. There was no incident to trigger this, it's just repetitive use...
09/02/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was walking along slope belt examining when employee felt pain in right knee. Mine has been waiting on Dr. reports.
07/16/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 571d lost Empty coal hauler turned in outby of entry #6, continuous miner operator in the face of #6 entry moved behind the tail of the miner to check sights. Empty hauler proceeded to back towards miner for lo...
06/17/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 103d lost Employee reported pain in right elbow on 6/17/2020 to the supervisor. EE was diagnosed with Lateral Epicondylitis.
04/22/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 65d lost Employee has worked underground for 13 years. On 4/22/2020 employee was walking a belt line when employee felt pain in right knee. Employee had a right arthroscopy on 6/3/2020. Doctor's notes attached...
02/25/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 91d lost Employee has worked underground for 18 years with several of them as a roof bolter operator that requires a lot of repetitive motion. On 2/25/2020 EE reported to the safety department that EE was havi...
01/05/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost IE was pulling on a blown hydraulic hose on a slinger bucket duster. The hose was in a bind causing IE to pull harder and EE felt pain in the abdomen. IE continued to work up until 01/10/2020 when EE...
11/18/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost IE was standing beside a slack pile of roof bolter cable as it was being reeled up. The cable became tight and made contact with the top of EE's left hand and wrist. EE received a fracture of the scap...
10/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost IE was helping carry a sheet of hog panel up to their roof bolter. They felt pain in left shoulder. IE continued to work up until 12/20/2019 when they went in for debridement of the left labrum.
10/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost IE was removing a steel cover over the foot shaft on a belt feeder. The plate fell and struck IE on top of the left hand. IE received 3 closed fractures to the left hand.
09/30/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE was standing under EE's roof bolter canopy when bar slate fell out behind EE. The slate struck the roof bolter then broke up and struck EE on the backside of EE's lower legs. EE received abrasions...
09/11/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost An employee was attempting to remove a miner bit from a bit cone. As employee struck the bottom of the bit a piece from the bottom side of the miner bit broke off and pierced IE in the upper right qua...
07/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 5d lost IE and another employee lifted a ram car ejector cylinder out of the back of maintenance ride #710 and set it on the mine floor. Employee stated EE had pain in groin area. EE continued to work until 7...
07/16/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost IE was roof bolting pushing a roof bolt into the hole. The bolt head was not firmly seated into the drill chuck. EE reached towards the roof bolt and inadvertently hit the drill rotation causing the...
05/14/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 11:55am a loud noise occurred that alerted the office personnel. Upon investigation it was discovered the top of the surface bulk hydraulic oil tank had blown off. Investigation revea...
03/21/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost IE was loading supplies on the roof bolter tray when IE slipped on a berm/rock and twisted left foot and fell. IE received a fracture to the lower left leg. Left distal fibula fracture.
01/29/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 42d lost Employee is a roof bolter who does repetitive work daily. Employee reported to the safety department on 1/29/19 pain in left wrist and forearm. No specific event or incident was reported. Employee con...
01/23/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 240d lost EE is a repairman who slipped on a continuous miner cable and water hose on 1/23/19. EE reported to the safety department on 1/29/19 that EE needed to seek medical attention. Doctors reports and MRI r...
01/10/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost IE was struck by a rock that fell out between roof bolts. EE received a laceration to EE's left ear and a fracture to the second metatarsal of EE's right foot.
01/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost EE was hanging roof bolter cable. EE was hanging the cable above their head when they felt a pop in the left shoulder. EE continued to work until 8/8/2019 when they had surgery to repair a tear to the...
12/06/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 352d lost IE was working on a Mini Track using a pry bar. IE felt pain in IE's right shoulder. IE continued to work up until December 21st when IE was placed on restrictive duty for a right shoulder torn rotato...
10/23/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was installing roof bolts. As they pushed a roof bolt up into the hole the bolt bent causing pressure on the drill wrench. The drill wrench broke striking them in the mouth. Employee received 1 bro...
10/20/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was carrying a wooden curtain board. EE walked into the back of a roof bolting machine and the curtain board struck EE in the mouth. EE received a chipped right front tooth. EE had it repaired on 1...
09/10/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE stepped out of ram car and tripped over a curtain lying on the mine floor. EE stumbled and struck left forearm on a coal rib. EE received a laceration that took 5 sutures to close.
07/17/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost IE (Temporary Employee) was cleaning roof rock off of a parked coal hauler. A piece of rock approximately 3.5 ft. x 1-2 ft. x 2 in. fell out between the roof bolts striking IE on top of the left hand....
07/12/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost IE (Temporary Employee) was capping off a hollow block stopping. As EE reached for a wedge part of EE stopping blocks fell striking EE on the right leg. EE received a strain to EE's right knee and is...
06/06/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost IE was operating a boom hoist on the back of a maintenance service vehicle. As ee was retracting the hoist rope ee placed right hand between the rope and the hoist arm. IE had right middle finger pinc...
05/07/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred at x/c 4 of the Unit 1, #3 belt. The fall measured approximately 50' long, 20' wide, 4'to 5' thick. The area was bolted with 4' fully grouted roof bolts. Approximately...
04/12/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost IE had a piece of roof rock approximately 2ft. x 2ft. x 0-6in. fall out between roof bolts. The rock either hit the rib or the ground then made contact with EE's right foot causing EE to twist right...
02/07/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost IE bent down to pick up a battery jumper cable and felt a pop in IE's back. IE was transported out of the mine for medical treatment. IE has been diagnosed with an annular tear and disc herniation of...
07/13/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost IE was hanging high voltage cable. The cable got hung on itself coming out of the sled causing tension on the cable. This energy pushed IE into the sled twisting right ankle. Employee had scheduled va...
07/13/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE (Temp. Employee) was examining the roof on Unit #2 when a rock approximately 2' X 4.5' X 1-8"" fell out between roof bolts striking IE on the left upper arm. The laceration required 7 sutures to cl...
07/05/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost IE (Temp. Employee) was backing roof bolter out from the face using a remote when the IE was struck by top coal/rock on the top of the head and lower left leg. The top coal/rock was approximately 3ft....
05/11/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost EE was removing a top roller segment from a damaged belt rail. As EE removed the roller the belt rail shifted and struck EE on the front of the right thigh. EE received abrasions and a large contusion...
05/09/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost IE (Temp. employee) was roof bolting on the right side of Unit 2 in Room 2 at 1+20. EE was installing a roof bolt and reached up to rotate the roof bolt plate when EE got right index finger caught bet...
02/27/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 175d lost IE (Temp Employee) was changing the battery on the battery coal hauler. The plug wrench slipped and EE lost balance and fell onto outstretched left wrist. Fractured left wrist.
02/16/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT XC128, ENTRY 5, ON THE 1ST NORTH SUBMAIN. THE FALL MEASURED 30' LONG X 19' WIDE X 7.5' THICK. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' DOUBLE LOCK BOLTS. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAIN...
11/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee reported pain/discomfort in lower right abdomen on 11/2/2016 to the safety department. EE stated EE is not sure when the pain started but on 11/1/2016 EE was building a hollow block stopping....
10/11/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 71d lost Employee alleged Carpal Tunnel syndrome due to working in the coal mine on 10/11/2016 to the Safety department. EE has Carpal Tunnel in both hands and had surgery on left hand on January 13,2017.
10/05/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost IE stepped on a rock causing EE's left knee to buckle and pop. EE continued to work up until January 18, 2017 when EE had surgery to repair an acute lateral meniscus tear of the left knee.
09/07/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 54d lost, 60d restricted IE was partially struck by a rock that fell out between roof bolts. The rock measured approximately 7'x1.5'-3'x14"". EE received a laceration under right eye requiring 6 sutures and a sprained right a...