Henderson County Mine — Accidents

Total: 790 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/08/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None SLOPE BRAKE CAR - PIN WORKED LOOSE FROM ELECT. BRAKE, WHEN DISCOVERED REMOVED FROM SERVICE, PIN REINSTALLED AND ""KEEPER"" WELDED ON END OF PIN TO SECURE IN PLACE TO PREVENT REOCCURRANCE.
08/05/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCKFALL ON #4 UNIT BELT LINE AT XC #5- 40'X 7'X 20'.
08/04/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCK FALL IN #2 ENTRY - #4 UNIT AT 22 + 50. 5' X 25' X 20'.
08/04/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCK FALL IN #6 ENTRY ON #3 UNIT - 48 + 95. 25' X 5' X 19'.
08/03/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCK FALL IN #2 ENTRY AT 13 + 50 ON #4 UNIT. 70' X 20' X 6'.
07/30/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None MINER WAS NOTIFIED BY MSHA THAT THIS EE HAS BECOME A PART 90 MINER (SUSPECTED EARLY STAGES OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS).
07/26/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCK FALL IN #2 ENTRY - #4 UNIT AT 18 + 10. 6' X 20' 100'.
07/26/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE GEAR FOR THE LILLY SPEED REDUCER STRIPPED - HOIST.
07/21/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCKFALL ON #4 UNIT SUPPLY ROAD XC-#5-#7 6'X20'X150'.
07/16/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost THE BELT CREW USES AN 6' X 2"" STEEL BAR TO RAISE THE BELT WHEN INSTALLING BELT ROLLERS ONTO BELT STRUCTURE. HE WAS LOADING THE MATERIAL. WHEN PICKING UP THE STEEL BAR HE EXPERIENCED A BURNING SENSATI...
07/02/2003 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal ON JULY 2ND, 2003, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE NECK BY A PROJECTILE WHILE CUTTING COAL WITH A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SUGGEST THE VICIM WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM...
06/30/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EE REPORTED: STANDING ALONGSIDE HIS DIESEL RIDE PARKED ALONG THE MINE TRAVELWAY REVIEWING MAINTENENCE ORDERREPORTS WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 1""X1""X2' FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STR IKING...
06/27/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE OPERATION OF THIS HOIST IS MONITORED ELECTRONICALLY. A PLC FAULT OCCURRED FOR THE DRUM BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH, CAUSING THE HOIST SYSTEM TO SHUT THE HOIST DOWN.
06/26/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED HE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE CONTINUOUS HAULAGE UNIT BELT LINE, TRIPPED ON SHOELACE OR SOME OTHER OBJECT, & FELL ON AN UPRIGHT METAL BRACKET FOR A ROLLER. THE EDGE OF THE METAL CAUSED A LACERAT...
06/19/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE REPORTED: STANDING ALONGSIDE A FCT ""DMU"" UNIT THAT WAS BEING PULLED UP. THE WIRE ROPE BROKE, FLEW OVER STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM, LACERATION TO HIS ARM.
06/14/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 146d lost EE REPORTED: MOVING A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS FROM BACK OF MACHINE TO THE FRONT, SLIPPED ON DAMP DRAW ROCK, TWISTED LOW BACK.
06/13/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost EE REPORTED: OPERATING FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER, WHEN INSERTING A ROOF BOLT INTO DRILLED HOLE, THE BOLT BENT, SPUN AROUND, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. THE FORCE OF THE BOLT RESULTED IN A HAIRLINE FRAC TURE TO...
06/12/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCKFALL 6'X 20'X 30' IN #4 RETURN - #1 ENTRY AT 6+30.
05/23/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE REPORTED: STANDING IN AN AREA WHERE THE ROOF HAD BEEN CUT OUT FOR AN OVERCAST, WHEN INSPECTING A DAMAGED PLACE ON A ROOF BOLTER CABLE A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL APPROX. 12'HIGH STRIKIN G HIS R...
05/17/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE REPORTED: WORKING AS OFF-SIDE ROOF BOLTER, STANDING ALONGSIDE THE MACHINE, THE OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE FORWARD CATCHING HER RT. FOOT UNDER THE EDGE OF THE MACHINE'S FRONT TIRE. SHE WAS UNAWARE T...
05/16/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: OPERATING ROOF BOLTER IN FACE AREA, SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG RESULTING IN AN ABRASION. DUE TO THE INJURY WAS A CONTUSION TO FATTY TISSUE OF THE CAL...
05/14/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE REPORTED: AFTER COMPLETING THE TASK OF BUILDING A BRATTICE, HE SAT DOWN - REMOVED MINE CAP AND WAS WIPING SWEAT FROM BROW WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 2'X 2'X 1"" FELL STRIKING HIS FO REHEAD...
05/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE REPORTED: WHEN LIFTING BAGS OF 40 LB BLOCK BOND FROM THE MINE FLOOR INTO A SCOOP BUCKET EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LOW BACK (POSSIBLE STRAIN TO THE LUMBAR SECTION OF BACK).
05/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: PERFORMING JOB AS MINER OPR HELPER, ATTEMPTED TO THROW WATER HOSE AGAINST RIB LINE, EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THIS WAS SAME SHOULDER HE HAD INJURED WHEN LIFTI NG WIEGHT...
05/05/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 291d lost EE REPORTED: HE & CO-WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO ADD BELT STRUCTURE IN NEW BELT EXTENTION. HE & A CO-WORKER USING A BAR WERE LIFTING THE RUBBER BELT TO ALLOW AN ADDITIONAL WORKER TO INSTALL BELT IDLER....
04/30/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None HAD ROCKFALL IN AN IDLE AREA OF THE WEST PANEL OFF OF SUB NORTH. 22'X18'X8' AT 13 + 65
04/29/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE FCT BELT, HE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS THE ""CROSSOVER""WHEN STEPPING DOWN TO THE MINE FLOOR HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HIS LEFT FOOT LANDED IN A WET/ MUDDY A REA R...
03/27/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT AN INTERSECTION IN THE NO.2 ENTRY AT SPAD 18 & 95, IN THE 1ST ROOM SET OF THE 6TH PANEL WEST. THRERE WERE NO INJURIES, EQUIPMENT DAMAGES, OR DISRUPTIONS TO VENTILATION.
03/18/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE REPORTED: HE AND COWORKERS WERE WORKING MOVING UNIT POWER CABLES ON THE NO. 2 UNIT. EE WAS PERFORMING THE TASK OF LIFTING, MOVING AND HANGING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN TO...
03/15/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost OPERATING A FORK LIFT IN THE SUPPLY YARD, WHEN STEPPING OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE GROUND, EXPERIENCED PAIN AND DISCOMFORT TO HIS LOW BACK. PAIN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT. THE EE HAS A HISTO RY OF L...
03/06/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE REPORTED: RIDING AS A PASSENGER IN A 14 MAN DIESEL MANTRIP, THE MANTRIP BECAME HUNG UP WHEN THE OPERATOR PULLED INTO A CROSSCUT ALONG 2-A SUPPLY ROAD. ANOTHER WORKER, USING ANOTHER D IESEL VEHICLE,...
03/01/2003 NO VALUE FOUND ACCIDENT ONLY None FAIL SAFE CIRCUIT OF BRAKE CAR MALFUNCTIONED, ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WOULD NOT OPERATE. REPAIRED CAR PUT BACK IN SERVICE AT 6:00 A.M.
02/28/2003 NO VALUE FOUND ACCIDENT ONLY None BATTERIES BECAME DEFECTIVE ON BRAKE CAR FOR THE HOISTING EQUIP., THE BATTERIES WOULD NOT PROPERLY CHARGE ( NEW BATTERIES INSTALLED), PUT BACK INTO SERVICE AT 2:30AM.
02/25/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE REPORTED: HELPING COWORKER MOVE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE FROM WORK AREA OUT TO PARK IN A CROSSCUT. THE COWORKER WAS AT CONTROLS (BACKING MACHINE), THE INJURED WORKER WAS ALONGSIDE THE MACHINE S TORING...
02/21/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None BATTERIES BECAME DEFECTIVE ON THE BRAKE CAR FOR THE HOISTING EQUIPMENT, THE BATTERIES WOULD NOT PROPERLY CHARGE (NEW BATTERIES INSTALLED, PUT BACK IN SERVICE 9:00 A.M.)
02/15/2003 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None BATTERY WAS LOW ON SLOPE CAR, BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING SUPPLOY CAR TO COME LOOSE, THUS RESULTING IN TONGUE OF SUPPLY CAR BECOMING WEDGED AGAINST THE SIDE OF SLOPE.
02/13/2003 MACHINERY NO VALUE FOUND None EE REPORTED: HE AND A COWORKER WERE OPERATING A FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER DRILLING REQUIRED TEST HOLES ON THE NEW NO. 1 UNIT. HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE MACHINE AS THE OPERATOR WAS TRAMING FORWARD. THE OPE...
01/21/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE ALI MAK ELEVATOR ELECTRICAL OVERLOADS DE-ENERGIZED THE ELEVATOR WHEN IT WAS CALLED TO GO UNDERGROUND FOR TRANSPORTING EES TO THE SURFACE. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. IT WAS FOUND TH AT THE...
01/17/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None TWO EES RODE THE ELEVATOR INTO THE MINE. THEY REPORTED TO THE MINE FOREMAN THAT THE ELEVATOR MADE AN UNUSUAL SOUND WITH SOME VIBRATION (STARTING AT ABOUT 75' DOWN FROM THE SURFACE). THE MINE F OREMAN...
01/08/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL X-CUT 177 IN PILLAR LINE BETWEEN OLD BELT ENTRY AND SUPPLY ENTRY. APPROX 20' LONG 18' WIDE 4-6' HIGH.
01/03/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 376d lost HE WAS OPERATING A RAM CAR POSITIONED UNDER THE BOOM OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. SUDDENLY WATER BURST THROUGH THE FACE. THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER PULLED HIM FROM THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. THE V OLUME O...
01/03/2003 INUNDATION DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost HE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER CUTTING INTO NEW RETURN AIR SHAFT. A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER (EXCESSIVE PRESSURE) BROKE THROUGH THE COAL FACE WASHING HIM ALONG THE ENTRY FOR APPROXIMATELY 220' . HE ST...
01/03/2003 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None CREW WAS MINING INTO RETURN AIR SHAFT, THE WALL OF COAL RUPTURED, FOLLOWED BY WATER FLOWING FROM THE SHAFT INTO THE ACTIVE WORKS OF THE MINE.
01/03/2003 INUNDATION DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost SUPERVISING A CUT TOWARD RETURN AIRSHAFT, HE WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 40' IN BEHIND CONTINUOUS MINER. WATER BURST THROUGH THE COAL FACE. THE VOLUME OF WATER WASHED HIM APPROXIMATELY 220' DOW N THE E...
11/25/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE ALI-MAK ELEVATOR HAD BEEN RIDDEN TO THE SURFACE BY SOME DAYSHIFT EMPLOYEES AND WAS SENT BACK TO THE BOTTOM FOR OTHERS. NO PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD WHEN THE ELEVATOR STOPPED ABOUT 75' SHORT OF THE BOTT...
11/16/2002 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AT APPROX. 7:30 PM, ON SAT ONE CREW WAS WORKING IN THE SLOPE AT 8 FT AND ONE CREW WAS WORKING AT THE PORTAL OF THE SLOPE INSTALLING THE KNUCKLE ROLLER ASSEMBLY WHILE POSITIONING THE ASSEMBLY A T THE P...
11/14/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 155d lost EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF CONCRETE PAD AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
10/24/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT XC 13 OF THE 3RD SME BETWEEN THE SUPPLY ROAD & BELT ENTRIES. TWO OLD S&S JEEPS WERE COVERED BY THE FALL (OLD AREA, NO PERSONNEL AROUND). THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO VENTILAT ION CON...
10/23/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost WHILE HOOKING CHAIN TO SCOOP, EE WAS STANDING INSCOOP BUCKET, SCOOP BUCKET FELL TO MINE FLOOR CAUSING EE TO COME DOWN HARD ON ANKLE.
10/20/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 162d lost EE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A BOX OF LAGGING BOLTS-STRAINED BACK.