Harrison County Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,079 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 225d lost Injured employee was taking down sections of mono-rail on the 2W Longwall headgate area and stacking them on top of the stageloader for removal. After picking up a section from the mine floor, EE turn...
09/23/2020 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 152d lost Injured employee was directing a scoop operator into position to unload supplies. Injured was standing behind a Longwall shield that had been prepared for transportation off the 2W Longwall tear-down...
08/17/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Injured employee was walking around a parked roof bolting machine when EE rolled right ankle and fell. EE's body weight came down on the ankle causing a strain/sprain. Employee did not violate any rul...
08/14/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was using a knife cutting conveyor belt in two for removal. Employee was cutting toward self when the knife slipped from the belt and across employee's upper right leg causing a lacer...
08/07/2020 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Injured employee was getting out of the operator's compartment of a scoop. As EE stepped out EE hit EE's right shin against the edge of the frame causing a laceration/puncture wound. Employee has trai...
08/03/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured EE was operating a shuttle car on the 3W CM Section. As EE was driving into the #3 entry they hit a ""pot hole"" causing the shuttle car to bounce & the seat became dislodged from the mounting...
07/31/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An alleged face ignition occurred on the 3W CM section while mining at the face of the #3 entry. Investigation revealed a missing spray in the bottom center spray block of the CM, which caused the ent...
07/16/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was advancing shields on the 2W L/W face while mining toward the tailgate end. Piece of rock fell from the gap between the shields and struck employee's left thumb while hand was on t...
07/16/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Injured employee was pulling on the 3W section feeder cable so it could be plugged in the section power center. As employee was pulling on the cable employee slipped and fell straining lower back. Emp...
07/15/2020 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Notification was received on 07/15/2020 that this employee has received a 10% award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis. This incident was caused by the employee's failure to wear appropriate respiratory...
06/15/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost Injured employee was operating a diesel locomotive on the 3 West Haulage pulling 5 empty shield carriers and 1 rockdust supply car when they lost control of the trip and began sliding. Slid down the 3...
05/30/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured employee was descending the operator's compartment of the pan employee was operating. As employee stepped on the ground employee slipped and grabbed one of the machine steps to prevent fallin...
05/05/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The 7 North Portal Hoist began to operate at a very slow speed. The hoist was removed from service and upon inspection, it was discovered the leveling switch had been dislodged. Two small welds that s...
04/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was supervising the installation of a longwall tailgate winder on the 2E set-up face. The winder was positioned & EE was inspecting the bottom mounting plate when it unexpectedly shif...
04/29/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 152d lost Injured employee was driving a 745 Haul Truck on a haul road from the Prep. Plant to the slurry cell when EE hit a rut in the road and felt pain in neck. Injured employee continued to work for 4 month...
04/20/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 520d lost Injured employee unexpectedly drove a diesel mantrip into a track spur and collided with a parked mantrip. The spur switch was in the open position and employee admittedly failed to check the alignmen...
04/13/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Injured employee was hanging up a shuttle car cable to the mine roof. As EE finished, EE stepped backward, stepping on a loose piece of rock and rolled left ankle causing a sprain. Employee has experi...
03/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost Employee was shoveling spillage at a feeder in the Prep. Plant. As EE was shoveling coal fines onto the belt EE twisted and felt a ""pop"" in the left side of EE's abdomen. EE later discovered a knot...
03/23/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Injured employee was walking from the 7 North Mains section to the supply cars at the end of the 7 North track. As EE was walking alongside the cars, EE's ankle unexpectedly gave out and 'rolled"". Em...
03/04/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 253d lost Injured employee was carrying a joint of 6"" pipe through water in front of a personnel door. As the injured employee was pushing the end of the pipe through the door, they slipped and fell against th...
03/04/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Injured employee was installing roof bolts from the right side of the continuous miner while slabbing part of a belt trench. As EE started drilling a bolt hole, a piece of rock approximately 2 inches...
03/04/2020 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost Injured employee was getting out of a diesel mantrip and hit EE's left knee against the side of the opening for entering/exiting the mantrip. Developed pain and swelling in EE's knee 2 days later and...
03/03/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost The injured employee was stepping out of the operator's compartment of the diesel locomotive just parked at the slope bottom. When they stepped down with the right foot onto the mine floor they rolled...
02/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 17d lost IE was assisting with the installation of a roof channel on a continuous miner. EE advanced channel toward the head as the CM operator was retracting the CM head. As the head came back it hit the inby...
02/26/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Injured employee was roof bolting on the right side of the continuous miner. As the miner was advancing a vent tube fell out of the holder and employee tried to catch it and strained their back. This...
02/14/2020 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Notification was received on 02/14/2020 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...
01/27/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Injured employee was removing belt cradles from a scoop bucket. Five cradles were banded together with plastic bands. Employee began cutting the bands while holding the bundle with left hand. When the...
12/28/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 12/28/19 at approximately 10:15 am, an elevator guide roller adjustment bolt was found broken on the Camp Run Elevator during inspection. The elevator was removed from service and the guide roller...
12/19/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Injured employee was observing rail sections being drug along the longwall power car from the corner of an adjacent cross-cut. Chain was connected to a nylon rope being used to pull the rails with a w...
12/03/2019 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Received notification on 12/3/19 that this current employee has been granted an award of 10% for Occupational Pneumoconiosis. This incident was caused by the employee's failure to wear appropriate res...
11/27/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The mine received notification on 11/27/19 that this retired employee has been awarded 1.83% PPD award for occupational hearing loss. The employee retired on 2/26/19. EE was enrolled in a Hearing Cons...
11/27/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Injured employee stacked a roll of plastic hose on top of another roll in a cross-cut and when EE turned away, the roll of hose fell, landing on EE's left foot. Employee suffered a fracture to EE's le...
10/31/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was loading roof bolting supplies from a scoop bucket onto the continuous miner when EE felt a pain in right shoulder. EE was examined and was told EE pinched a nerve/strained a muscle. EE retuned...
10/28/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hanging a trailing cable for a roof bolting machine out of the roadway. As EE was hanging the cable in the hanger, the cable moved forward catching EE's right hand and pulled it into the hook o...
10/28/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was installing roof bolts in an overcast brow when a rock fell striking the right side of EE's head/shoulder causing EE to fall to the mine floor. Piece of rock also struck EE's left ankle. EE was...
10/24/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 512d lost Injured employee stepped out of the operator's compartment of the diesel motor the injured employee was operating. Stepped onto the mine floor and rolled left ankle. Has pain and swelling in ankle. Em...
10/21/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 520d lost Injured employee was sitting in the operator's compartment of a diesel mantrip at a track switch waiting for a coworker who was tramming the diesel track bolter to the switch. A tram motor on the outb...
09/25/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was installing roof bolts outby the #2 Face on the 2-W CM section. While using the machine head to push a bolt up into the previously drilled hole, the bolt became stuck. When EE applied extra forc...
09/07/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 317d lost Employee was checking the diesel fuel storage tank in the supply yard, stepped back into a small ditch twisting left knee and fell to the ground. EE has pain in knee and lower back. Began missing work...
09/03/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The mine received notification on 9/03/19 that this employee has been awarded 4.4% for PPD from noise induced hearing loss. The employee was enrolled in a Hearing Conservation Program and was properly...
08/28/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable at 27 block 6 North haulage. The outby brow fell of an overcast, approximately 15' long, 15' wide and 8' high. The fall was caused by gradual degradation abov...
08/27/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 107d lost The injured employee(ee), was walking into the 17-A track spur when EE stepped on loose material, lost EE's balance and stepped into a rut, hyperextending EE's right knee. EE didn't violate any rules...
08/23/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in an out-of-service belt entry at 8 block intersection of the 6 North #1 Belt entry. The fall is approximately 20 ft. wide x 16 ft. long x 8 ft. high. There were no injurie...
08/13/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee strained the right side of neck, shoulder and upper arm pulling on rockdust hose along the 4 West #2 Beltline. EE was attempting to remove the hose from the walkway when EE felt pain down the...
08/12/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost The injured employee was loading an empty cable spool onto a flat car when employee's right bicep began to burn and became painful. Employee did not violate any rules or regulations and was wearing re...
07/31/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was preparing to mount an electrical panel & was using a hammer drill to make hole in front of panel. The drill bit caught & pulled EE's hand into the edge of the metal panel. The panel has...
07/24/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost While walking down #3 entry of 1 West Tailgate (carrying airline past pumpable cribs), near 75 block, the injured slipped on pumpable crib slurry that was spilled on the mine floor, causing them to in...
07/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured employee was hanging the continuous miner cable up in a hanger from the mine roof in the #1 entry of the 2-W CM Section. As they were hanging the cable, they lost balance and stepped backward...
07/17/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured employee was assisting in changing out a leaking 8"" waterline coupler on the 4 West Belt at 34 3/4 block. While reaching/lifting overhead, EE felt pain along the right side of neck and right...
07/12/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Injured employee was walking quickly along the 7 North Track at the 1-W section switch to intercept another employee arriving at the switch. As EE was hurrying, EE tripped & fell. Has pain in back & l...