Gateway North Mine — Accidents

Total: 112 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/04/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was struck by a piece of roof rock. The rock approximately 6"" x 8"" x 0-2"" thick slid off the end of wire roof mesh and struck EE on the top side of EE's left forearm. This resulted in a lacerati...
07/14/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using their hands attempting to slide a rock forward off of wire roof mesh. As employee was doing this a piece of the rock broke off causing employee's left wrist to come into contact wit...
12/16/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost EE (Temporary Employee) was roof bolting when a piece of roof rock approximately 1ft. x 1ft. x 1-4in. fell and struck him on the right hand. He received a laceration and a fracture to his right ring f...
12/09/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 32d lost EE stated that his left knee was bothering him on 12/9/2015 as he walked. He reported this to his supervisor on 12/13/2015. He continued to work until he had surgery on his left knee on 3/1/2016. This...
12/09/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 3d lost, 4d restricted Employee alleged Carpal Tunnel syndrome due to working in the coal mine on 12/09/2015 to the Safety department. He had Carpal Tunnel surgery on his left hand on February 10, 2016.
11/16/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE EMERGENCY HOIST WAS ALARMING AT THE UNDERGROUND LANDING, UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND ONE OF THE ""SLAVE DRIVE"" UNITS HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE HOIST WAS MADE OPERATIONAL AND BACK IN SERVICE AT 6...
11/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE was hanging up a ram car battery jumper cable when the cable fell from an insulated hook and struck EE on the right knee. EE received a contusion to the right knee.
10/03/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost IE (Temporary Employee) was riding in a mantrip entering the mine. As the mantrip turned the corner at the bottom of the slope the IE's left foot was pinched between the steel plate on the arches and...
07/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was roof bolting when his drill steel plugged with wet material. He was striking the steel against his drill boom when he struck himself in the mouth with the drill steel/drill bit. 3 sutures to cl...
07/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was loading roof bolts plates onto a roof bolter. The top stack of plates slid off and struck him on top of his left wrist causing a laceration approximately one inch long. 3 sutures required to cl...
01/19/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was struck in the lower leg by a steel plate diesel scoop attachment. The employee was positioned next to the storage stand while spotting for the operator. He sustained a puncture wound...
10/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 16d restricted The employee was moving an air tugger down slope. The tugger wedged between arch structure and belt structure. The employee attempted to free the tugger with a pry-bar. The tugger shifted as the emplo...