Harrison County Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,079 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/30/2012 IMPOUNDMENT FATALITY Fatal While operating a dozer on the Nolans Run slurry impoundment saddle, the ground on which he was working suddenly and unexpectedly gave way, causing the dozer to fall into the water. The victim was una...
11/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost While standing along 2 ballast cars, he noticed that the couplers were not aligned to couple. He reached in to align one of the couplers and while leaning back, he was caught between the edges of the...
11/08/2012 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost While operating a battery wheelbarrow, the employee's left thumb got caught between the wheelbarrow and the side of a scoop resulting in an avulsion - laceration to the thumb.
10/15/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The roof in the tailgate entry for the longwall had begun to deteriorate on the midnight shift. The travelway would have required supplemental support - posts or jacks at that time. During the course...
10/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing roof screen while he was bolting alongside the miner. His right hand slid down along side the sharp edge of a roof strap, slicing through his glove resulting in a lacerati...
09/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost The employee had his arm resting on the handrail of the pan line while observing the installation of cribbing material under the toes of a shield, when the shield shifted causing a drive cover brace t...
09/05/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered during a weekly exam by employee during his exam on 9/5/2012 at approximately 3:00 AM. The roof fall is in the entry between 279 and 280 blks of the 6 North right return ai...
08/29/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee right leg got caught between the coal rib and a section of ventilation tubing when the end of the tube was struck by an on-coming shuttle car. The resultant injury was a laceration of the...
08/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While moving cribs across the 19A longwall face, the employee felt pain in his low back.
08/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost While filling a fan rock duster with bagged rock dust, the employee felt a pain in his low back. The incident became reportable when the employee began missing work on 08/20/2012.
08/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While walking across the 19A longwall face, the employee stepped across a relay bar and twisted his right knee.
07/29/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury ignition occurred at approximately 1:15 pm during cutting-repair operations on the face conveyor (panline) on the 19A at #222 shield.
07/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 212d lost While walking along side a parked shuttle car, the employee slipped on some loose material causing him to fall onto his left hip. The employee continued to work. The incident has now become reportab...
07/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost The employee continued to work following the incident. The incident became reportable when the employee began missing work on 9-24-2012. Employee was emptying rock dust bags into the hopper of the s...
07/19/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost The employee was installing a roof bolt from the right side of the continuous mining machine. Employee was installing an additional bolt in the roof strap at an angle when the bolt wrench and the roof...
07/06/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None This 7000-1 is being submitted in response to citation #7116747 issued on 7/10/12. Following an investigation, the operator is not in agreement with MSHA that an immediately reportable methane ignitio...
06/11/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost This report is being generated to meet the requirements for the reporting of a gas ignition which occurred on the surface. While taking measurements at a surface de-gas hole, a gas ignition occurred...
05/30/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None While mining from the tail towards the head, an alleged ignition occurred while cutting bottom on the tail drum of the 19 A longwall face.
05/18/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost While walking around a parked shuttle car, the employee stepped on some loose material on the mine floor, causing him to shift his weight. He felt pain in his left knee which got progressively worse.
05/04/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost On January 14, 2013, the mine's safety department was notified that the employee had began missing work. The employee had twisted his left knee as he was getting out of a personnel carrier on May 4,...
04/05/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The portal passenger elevator went down at approximately 8:50AM. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate the occurrence and correct the problem. The elevator was returned to service at appro...
03/23/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The mine's safety department was notified on 4-27-2012, that the employee had received an occupational hearing loss permanent partial disability award.
03/06/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The portal passenger elevator went down at approximately 10:15 AM. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate the occurrence and correct the problem. The elevator was returned to service at app...
02/08/2012 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning inside the Prep Plant elevator shaft, the employee was struck on top of his head by a falling object (2"" victaulic coupler) that was used in the area to secure the elevator door in th...
02/07/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost The employee was walking when he stepped in a rut and twisted his right ankle. The accident became reportable when the employee began missing work on 02/13/2012.
01/11/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee got trapped on the portal passenger elevator at approximately 9:42 PM. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate the occurrence and correct the problem. The employee was freed an...
01/06/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On February 23, 2012, the Mines Safety Department was made aware that the employee had received a compensation award for a permanent impairment from noise induced hearing loss.
12/09/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking, the employee's left ear caught an edge of a section of roof wire screen matting resulting in a laceration to the upper portion of his left ear requiring 7 sutures.
12/05/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was unloading hay from truck when he fell off back of 1 ton dump truck 9 ft up. Left leg & right shoulder.
11/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost While attempting to get on top the #3 CMI to perform maintenance on the upper discharge fins, the employee lost his balance, slipped and fell to the floor. The resultant injury was a fracture to the r...
11/18/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The portal passenger elevator went down at approximately 7:05 AM. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate the occurrence and correct the problem. The elevator was returned to service at appr...
11/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 155d lost The injured was unloading belt structure when he felt a ""pop"" in his left knee. The incident became reportable when the injured began missing work on 12/30/2011.
11/01/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While assisting another mechanic - electrician indicated that his right hand slipped over the cable and into an open razor knife, that was in the hand of the other mechanic. Electrician was wearing gl...
09/08/2011 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Thirteen employees got trapped on the portal passenger elevator at approximately 12:53 am. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate the occurrence and correct the problem. The employees were...
08/29/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 71d lost The mine's safety department was notified on 10/3/2011 that the employee was diagnosed with an occupational illness (Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome).
07/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stated that as he was walking from the train loadout control room to an outside landing, he tripped and fell over a section of conduit laying in the walkway. The resultant injury was a la...
07/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost As the employee was attempting to add a section of drill steel, the top drill steel fell out of the roof striking the employee's left gloved ring finger resulting in a laceration and a fractured finge...
07/04/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE was working at Robinson Run No. 95, EE was cutting stainless steel flat bar with a chop saw. EE started to cut the saw bounced back striking his left knee. EE was taken for medical treatment for la...
06/24/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost The employee was struck in the rear of the upper left thigh by a section of rib drill steel which sprang free from the rib bolter as the drill steel was being removed from the drill hole. The employe...
06/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was assisting another in moving a lw ram jack when he slipped in the mud around #1 shield and his right knee twisted when he planted his right foot. The employee continued to work and the in...
06/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost The employee stated that as he was cleaning up a rib roll along the belt, a piece of coal/rock he was handling bounced back off the belt striking the employee in the ring finger of his left gloved han...
06/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost The employee was struck by a small section of head coal which fell from permanently supported top. The material struck the employee about the head, neck and shoulders. This event became reportable wh...
06/05/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Following a routine maintenance by Schindler Elevator service, 2 employees were briefly entrapped on the mine' s passenger elevator. The elevator was lowered to the bottom where the employees got off...
06/02/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None While mining from the tail to the head, an alleged ignition occurred while checking the head coal thickness at the head shearer drum located near 195 shield on the 18A panel
05/09/2011 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two employees got trapped on the elevator at approximately 5:11 AM. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate the occurrence and correct the problem. The employees were freed at approximatel...
04/17/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost The employee was in the process of using a hand drill to repair a plastic guard when his left gloved index finger was caught by the spinning drill bit when it passed through the material. Medical evi...
03/26/2011 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee got trapped on the portal passenger elevator at approximately 9:44 AM. Schindler Elevator Service was called to evaluate the occurrence and correct the problem. The employee was freed and...
03/24/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee stated that he was struck in the upper right facial cheek by a loose end of a flexible ventilation tube. The side shield of his eyeglasses appear to have caused a laceration to his cheek....
03/10/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A cc located at 44 blk, 6 North between an int. air course and belt had been previously dangered off due to 2 potted out areas along each rib. The area is between a arch support and a permanently dan...
02/24/2011 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A leak in the J tube of the cooling line allowed a section of fire wrap to ignite. The small flame was immediately extinguished. The flame reappeared and was successfully extinguished with water. Th...