Guyan Mine — Accidents

Total: 118 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 217d lost Employee tripped/slipped and fell while dismounting a portal bus in the parking lot, injuring his right shoulder. Note: Employee did not start missing work until 6/23/10. Full medical records were no...
02/13/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was installing boom back in saddle on the service truck, winching cable up when the hook caught on the bumper of the service truck, came loose and hit the EE in the head over top left eye.
01/03/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pinched his right hand in the drill entrance door, resulting in a laceration that required (4) sutures.
12/26/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee tripped on a small gravel pile and fell, resulting in a fractured bone in his left hand.
10/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Had hook up crane to engine and was getting down, stepped off torque and stretched lower left leg. It was burning. Worked next day, was going up and down loader and leg started swelling up.
09/29/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was diagnosed with an abdominal hernia.
08/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injury was climbing on 992 G loader. While he was climbing , he felt a pop in his knee. His knee was sore after this.
08/04/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee has been diagnosed with degenerative cervical discs.
07/26/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was operating a Dresser haul truck when the truck struck a hole in the road, jarring employee's lower back.
06/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was dismounting a loader to check his engine oil when his foot slipped causing him to fall approximately 6 feet down the boarding ladder, injuring his back and left forearm. Medical records w...
06/02/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee strained his left shoulder when his foot slipped while dismounting a D10 dozer. MRI results were not received until 6/19/09 and other medical records were delayed. This resulted in a reportin...
05/27/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee struck his right index finger on a sharp metal edge inside the loader cab, resulting in a laceration.
04/29/2009 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee alleges to contracting coal workers' pneumoconiosis as a result of his employment with Apogee Coal and was granted a 10% award by the WV OP Board.
04/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a file cabinet drawer when it fell on his right hand, resulting in a laceration requiring (5) sutures.
02/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 138d lost Employee experienced pain in his right shoulder while mounting a D-11 dozer. Employee did not begin missing work until 2/20/09. He was diagnosed on 3/4/09 with a rotator cuff tear.
11/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee was climbing over a dozer pusharm when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. The employee fell backward to the ground. Employee had a previous lower back injury that may have contib uted to...
11/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee was lifting a meg welding box (approximately 40 lbs) when he strained his right shoulder. Since this was his first shift of a new rotation, there were no witnesses and this is deer hunting se...
10/27/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee alleges to experiencing a repetitive motion injury of carpal tunnel syndrome as a result of his employment with Apogee Coal and was granted a 10% permanent disability award by BrickStreet Mut...
10/08/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee alleges to experiencing noise induced hearing loss as a result of his employment with Apogee Coal and was granted a 3.3% permanent disability award by Avizent.
10/04/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Walking to deliver part, he tripped and fell injuring left shoulder. Taken by ambulance to ER where dislocated left shoulder was put back into place. He was not admitted to hospital.
09/26/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee alleges to experiencing a repetitive motion injury of carpal tunnel syndrome as a result of his employment with Apogee Coal and was granted a 12% permanent disability award by BrickStreet Mut...
08/01/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's metal wrench slipped, striking him above the right eye brow, resulting in a laceration.
05/19/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee alledges to experiencing noise induced hearing loss as a result of his employment with Apogee Coal and was granted a 11% permanent disability award by Brick Street Mutual.
05/07/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee alleges to experiencing a repetative motion injury of carpal tunnel snydrome as a result of his employment with Apogee Coal and was granted a 12% permanent disability award by BrickStreet Mut...
04/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Blaster reportedly suffered an abdominal hernia while raking dry cutting back into blasthole with shovel. Incident happened near beginning of shift on his first day back to work (alternative work sche...
04/04/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Approx 10X12' section of haul road collapsed into an abandoned underground miner entry. The right rear tandem of EE's 730 E Dresser fell into void created by this collapse. Truck driver thinks that he...
02/14/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was in the process of dumping his 16th load of rock at dump area, when the truck bed fell approx 2'. The bed did not hit the truck frame but bounced back up to a fully extended position. Empl...
10/07/2007 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On Oct. 11 & 16, employee went to doctor complaining of constant pain radiating down both legs. In an effort to locate the problem, on Oct. 16 employee was told to have an x-ray but failed to do so. O...
09/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Mechanic was loading track pin into back of service truck when he dropped it on his left foot.
06/10/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost Stepped off catwalk of dozer while steam cleaning, falling to ground.
04/27/2007 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Pneumoconiosis
01/29/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was in back of service truck # 61548 to move heater when he slipped & fell.
11/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got his finger caught in platform step chain while trying to lower the step for dismounting. 2 sutures to close small skin flap.
11/05/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Driver exited cab, proceeded to hook up hoses to pump off fuel from tanker to storage tanks. Driver slipped and fell on wet leaves before he was able to retrive hoses from storage tray on tanker.
11/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE removed new rectangular 'Box Type' air filter (3"" x 5.5"" x 26"" long) from cardboard container. Before installing the filter he had to first remove the old one from inside dozer cab. As he was pr...
10/30/2006 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None EE was running a hydraulic power cutter, got his hand caught in the hydraulic cylinder causing amputation of left thumb and mutilated his index finger.
10/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was preparing to use a porta-power with ram and jack spacer to push bucket pin from 994 loader. He had leaned the jack spacer piping end-to-end against the loader frame when it fell on top of...
10/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost EE stated that while mounting the 'first step' of #518 dresser truck, he felt a pain in his left side. EE continued to work, but started missing work on October 27 to seek medical attention.
09/05/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Slipped and fell while mounting D10 dozer. Right elbow struck track on dozer.
06/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was opening the lever on a spring loaded fuel cut off valve while the lever was in down position The lever kicked open completely causing the empl- oyee's wrist to be pinched between the lever & th...
03/27/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Illness (Hearing Loss Claim)
02/14/2006 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 50d lost Employee was jarred around in truck. Removed from work pending results of medical testing.(MRI) Determined to be reportable after receiving MRI results on 2/27/06.
02/13/2006 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 8d lost Employee missed work on Monday, 2/13/06 to see Dr regarding back pain that he had been having for over a week. X-ray taken on 2/13 was negative so Dr ordered an MRI. Attached MRI findings (rec'd 2/20)...
12/13/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
11/02/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational hearing loss.
09/04/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was using a chisel to knock the bearing collar off pin on 992 loader. When he struck the chisel with a hammer a metal sliver broke off the chisel & went into employee's forearm.
08/08/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational hearing loss.
08/04/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING ON TRACK PIN WITH A 16LB SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN BROKE LOOSE. THE BROKEN PIECE HIT HIM JUST ABOVE LEFT KNEE, LODGING NEAR HIS FEMUR BONE. (NOTE: THIS WAS INITIALLY C...
05/25/2005 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ON 5/25/05 EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. ON 6/30/05, MRI REPORT WAS RECIEVED SHOWING SPINAL STENOSIS, SPONDYLOLYSIS AND DEGENERATIVE CHANGES HAD OCCURRED TO HIS BACK
04/09/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO REMOVE UPPER SEGMENT BOLTS ON D10 DOZER WHILE POSITIONING AN AIR TORQUE WRENCH SOCKET ONTO ONE OF THE BOLTS WITH HIS LT. HAND, THE TORQUE WRENCH TRIGGER INADVERTENTLY STRUCK...