Halfway Branch Surface Mine — Accidents

Total: 11 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/12/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee had moved a Cat. 992 loader out of the way of the pit. He walked over to his dozer (147 ft) and began his pre shift of the dozer. He had walked around the front of the left corner of blade w...
03/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee was raising a hinged cover on the highwall miner launch when the cover slipped out of his right hand and fell on his left hand and fingers resulting in a fracture and laceration. The highwal...
01/07/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WORKING ON TRUCK. 21/4"" SOCKET CAME OFF 3/4"" DRIVE IMPACT WRENCH, STRUCK HIS MOUTH CHIPPING TOOTH AND CUTTING BOTH LIPS. NO STITCHES, BUT TOOTH REQUIRED DENTAL WORK.
12/22/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was connecting blast holes. He was two rows away from highwall. Second employee was watching wall. A rock fell from top, hit a safety bench and bounced out. Hit ee on shoulder resulting in ha...
05/23/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee picked up a drive-line assembly without gloves, and cut his finger on a burr. He was taken to the E.R. where stitches were used to close the wound.
07/22/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CUTTING LEAD LINE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. TREATED (STITCHES) AT LOCAL E.R. AND RELEASED.
03/26/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 307d lost MEMBER WAS BUSTING COAL IN PIT #7. THE COAL IS HARD, MEMBER ROLLED THE LOADER BUCKET AND PRESSED HARD. WHEN THE COAL BROKE, THE LOADER BOUNCED. THIS JERKING INJURED THE MEMBER'S LOWER BACK.
11/24/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGHWALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.
11/24/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGH WALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.
07/23/2003 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE. THE HOT COAL WAS REMOVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.
10/22/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A BACKHOE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A CHIP TO HIS LEFT ELBOW.