Hance Mine No. 1 — Accidents

Total: 15 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner operator was moving continuous miner, stopped, and ran into a truss bolt. he fell to the ground and got up and continued to work. He has had no type of medical attention and has continued to wor...
11/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost The employee had left the face area and was walking to get on the mantrip. The employee slipped and fell hitting on both knees. There were no witnesses to the accident and the employee failed to rep...
04/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 30d lost, 170d restricted Employee was helping move the continuous miner from one place to another. He bent over to move the miner cable, raised it waist high when he felt a sharp pain through his right shoulder, neck and arm.
08/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 207d lost The injured party was working at the #35 crosscut of the number 2 belt. He was attempting to throw a wooden pallet across the belt and felt a pop in his back. He completed this shift and returned to...
05/29/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 84d restricted A piece of draw rock measuring 53 inches long, 35 inches in width, from 0 to 4 inches thick struck a miner. The injury caused a broken leg and dislocation from the left foot.
05/21/2012 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Walking in No 3 entry and bumped head into mine roof. Having pain in neck and left arm. Accident not reported until 5/29/12.
06/28/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was drilling starter hole and lost his drill bit in the hole. Employee put a roof bolt in the hole & spun it to push the bit up in the hole. While in this process a burr on the roof bolt caug...
05/10/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mashed index finger left hand on canopy post
03/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE picked up cable went to throw it against right rib and twisted on the ground.
02/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE slipped and fell tried to catch himself with his left hand bent his thumb back. EE sprained his thumb.
07/26/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Putting up first bolt, a piece of rock (hand size) came down bolt and hit nose, cut across nose.
07/22/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 235d lost Hose loose on rotation motor, operator started rotation, shot oil in right eye.
07/21/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Strained left shoulder while taking lugs off.
06/22/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 256d lost EE sat down at corner of intersection to eat lunch on mine floor. Cap coal fell on EE while proped up against rib.
04/05/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Roof bolting operator was installing rope bolts in intersection and steel got hung, section foreman was helping pull drill steel with rubber gloves on and drill steel grabbed glove and twisted wrist.