Harrison County Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,079 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/29/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was at the bottom of the Margaret Slope waiting on the Slope car to ride out. EE stepped down from the waiting area to see where the car was at and rolled left ankle. Employee didn't slip/tri...
03/17/2022 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Mine received notification on 3/17/22 that this employee has been awarded 0.2% PPD award for occupational hearing loss. Employee was enrolled in a Hearing Conservation Program & is properly trained in...
02/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was removing a broken belt roller for replacement on the 3 West Belt. As EE was removing the roller, a piece of the broken roller can contacted EE's right forearm causing a laceration...
02/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Injured employee was walking along the 4 West Track haulage at 95 block. EE was carrying a crib block to 96 block when they tripped on the track rail and fell, pinning right hand between the crib bloc...
02/18/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost Employee was using a ratchet & socket to loosen a bolt on the infrared shield initiation sensor mounted on the longwall shearer so EE could adjust it's position. As EE was applying pressure with the l...
01/29/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 163d lost Injured employee was walking to a pick-up truck parked behind the Prep. Plant Office and slipped on the snow covered ground. Employee fell and landed on right shoulder causing pain & soreness. Off wor...
01/21/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was setting in the dinner hole outby the 7 North Mains CM Section eating lunch. A piece of head coal fell from between roof channels and struck their hard hat, knocking it off. As the...
01/05/2022 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured was exiting loading machine to hang a trailing cable and struck head on the loader canopy, resulting in a neck strain. Occurred in 5W #1 entry turning right crosscut #2-3. Employee was wearing...
12/22/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was trouble shooting an oil pump. When EE turned the air supply on the pump, plunger piston moved and contacted EE's right thumb resulting in a laceration requiring 7 sutures.
12/16/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While removing belt structure on 3W belt conveyor, employee swung a hammer to hit a bedrail pin, missed, and hit their thumb. This resulted in a bruise to the left thumb. Employee was wearing required...
12/03/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 205d lost Injured employee was operating a CM as part of the ""mucking"" process at the Raised Bore Intake Shaft drilling site. EE was standing at the rear of the CM when a rock fell from the shaft and ricochet...
11/15/2021 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While operating a diesel locomotive the injured employee stopped to open a set of haulage doors. When IE stood up to get out of the locomotive IE hit their head on guarded high voltage cable. IE again...
11/12/2021 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 33d lost Employee was installing roof bolts from the right side of the continuous miner. EE was holding a drill steel in place with EE's right hand and was attempting to press the lever to dump EE's dust colle...
10/21/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Notification was received on 10/21/21 that this retired employee has received a 10% award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis. This incident was caused by the employee's failure to wear appropriate respir...
10/07/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The mine received notification on 10/07/21 that this employee has been awarded 0.18% PPD award for occupational hearing loss. Employee was enrolled in a Hearing Conservation Program and was properly t...
09/29/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee was parking EE's mantrip on the 7 North Portal Bottom, 11 blk. spur. As EE entered the spur track, EE pulled on EE's brake lever and locked up EE's brakes and slid into a parked mantrip. Empl...
09/15/2021 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Injured employee was stepping out of the operator's compartment of a diesel locomotive to throw a track switch. As employee stepped off the locomotive onto the mine floor, left knee gave out causing p...
08/30/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 178d lost Employee was lifting high voltage cable overhead in an outby track haulage area when EE felt pain and burning in the left shoulder. Employee is off work awaiting an MRI to determine the extent of the...
08/28/2021 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee working within subframe of the unfinished belt drive for 7 North #2 belt at 50 block. When employee stepped over the subframe employee's right foot landed on a bag of sack crete and employee...
08/05/2021 INUNDATION DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was operating a continuous miner removing material from the bottom of a previously drilled shaft. As the material was being removed, an unexpected release of water caused the material to wash...
07/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured Employee was supervising repair of the longwall shearer. As the shearer was being repositioned, a cutting bit contacted a shield and a small piece of metal broke free & traveled approx. 30' &...
07/26/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was taking a bag of trash out of the bath house facility to put in a dumpster. After throwing the bag of trash in the dumpster, EE stepped in a small hole in the gravel parking lot and twiste...
07/15/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Notification was received on 07/15/2021 that this retired employee has received a 10% award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis. This incident was caused by the employee's failure to wear appropriate resp...
07/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking down a set of steps 3 blocks high when one of the steps moved causing them to fall against the edge of a sump wall. Right shin contacted a rock causing a laceration which required...
07/14/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Employee was walking to the scoop charging station on the 3W-B future longwall set-up area, when they stepped on the top of a tire rut and it broke loose and gave way under left foot causing left knee...
07/13/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee was loading a 5 gallon can of oil into the back of a pick-up truck when EE experienced a burning sensation & pain in EE's left shoulder. Employee began missing work on 7-16-21 due to this inj...
07/13/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was standing in the last open cross-cut near the headgate area of the 3W Longwall, waiting for the face to advance before EE entered the area. As EE was standing there, a piece of coal fell f...
07/12/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost Employee was crossing over an idle longwall conveyor belt. Employee stepped off the belt onto the mine floor and twisted right knee. Employee experienced pain & swelling in the knee by the end of the...
06/18/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Injured employee was stepping through a man door left foot first. As they were bringing right foot through boot caught the door frame knocking off balance & shifting all weight onto left knee causing...
06/08/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 297d lost Injured employee was getting out of the operator's compartment of a parked scoop when EE's right foot slipped on the floor causing EE to fall out of the scoop doorway. EE twisted and strained muscles...
05/13/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Injured employee was lifting longwall hoses off a supply car when EE felt pain in EE's lower back & burning in EE's abdominal area. Employee continued to work until 5/28/21 when EE began missing work...
05/13/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Injured employee was walking through a door to the shop when their coat got caught on the door latch. Employee reached behind them with right hand and grabbed the coat and began pulling on it to free...
05/05/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was roof bolting on the right side of the CM when a large piece of ""head coal"" fell out from 2 roof channel straps and struck EE on the head, neck, shoulder. Employee was briefly knocked un...
05/03/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was walking alongside the left side of the CM when EE tripped on loose coal/rock and fell. EE fell into the side of the CM and hit EE's right wrist against a step on the CM. Had pain and swel...
04/30/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received notification on 4/30/21 that this employee has been awarded 0.92% PPD award for occupational hearing loss. This employee is enrolled in a Hearing Conservation Program and is trained in the us...
04/28/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was using a steel rod to knock loose rock that had caused a rock jam in the 2E longwall panline. As employee was jabbing the rocks with the bar employee smashed a finger between the b...
04/19/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Injured employee was lifting a section of longwall monorail off of the 2W longwall belt and felt pain in EE's lower back. Employee sought treatment after EE's shift and was diagnosed with a lower back...
04/15/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Injured employee was a passenger on a diesel mantrip seated on the enclosed inby end. The mantrip operator failed to slow down for a kink in the rail at 83 1/2 blk. on the 3W section track haulage cau...
03/30/2021 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Injured employee opened the 3W Section track switch for a mantrip. EE then closed the switch and started to walk toward the mantrip. As EE walked away EE stepped on the switch tie/bracing causing EE's...
03/28/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured employee was installing a set of pinch rollers at 3W belt drive. Had roller tower secured with scoop bucket and cribs. Employee was preparing to climb onto the top belt to assist another emplo...
03/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Three employees were hanging mono-rail cables in cable hangers for a future Longwall section. As they were hanging the last cable, the weight of the cables overcame the hangers causing them to fail an...
03/22/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost Injured employee was working on the 3rd floor of the Prep. Plant changing a de-slime screen. EE lifted the metal framework for the screen and felt pain in left shoulder. Employee continued to work and...
03/05/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee was installing Tensar roof screen at the face of the 4W CM section during mining. As employee was raising roof jack against the screen, right pinky finger got pinched by the screen causing a...
03/02/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was traveling an intake aircourse with an MSHA Inspector when EE tripped and fell to the mine floor. EE has pain and soreness in right & left shoulder, neck, an abrasion on right elbow, and p...
02/25/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Notified on 2/25/21 that this employee has been awarded 2.2% PPD award for occupational hearing loss. Employee was enrolled in a Hearing Conservation Program & was properly trained in the use & areas...
01/26/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Injured employee was lifting a small pump out of a sump inby the 4 West #1 Belt Drive when they felt pain in right shoulder. Employee failed to use good lifting practices, over exerting shoulder. Did...
01/08/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was installing a rib bolt from the left side of the continuous mining machine. IE was attempting to guide the scroll style drill steel into position as IE pushed the feed lever; howev...
12/30/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured employee was helping another employee carry an old roller cradle to put in a trash car when the injured employee lost balance and fell to the floor. Tried to catch fall and overextended left s...
11/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Injured employee was removing roof channels from a scoop to load on the continuous miner. As IE was lifting 2 straps off of a stack, the stack shifted and tipped up contacting IE's left thumb. The edg...
10/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Injured employee was dragging ventilation tubes on the 3W CM Section when EE felt a ""pop"" in the back of the right knee. Has pain in leg. Was later diagnosed with a pulled hamstring muscle. Employee...