Henderson County Mine — Accidents

Total: 790 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was operating a diesel Getman. He dismounted the Getman to unhook from a loaded supply trailer. His glove became saturated with oil. When he attempted to mount the Getman his hand slipped str...
02/19/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Stated: Employee was examining the 4C belt line. He was driving a golf cart. As he was driving through an area where clearance between rib and belt structure was limited, one of his front tires hit s...
02/14/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was operating a remote controlled Joy continuous miner in #6 entry when a piece of draw rock fell from between roof bolts & struck him on the head.
02/12/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Stated: Employee was shoveling off the ramp at the end of the lo-framing when a rock measuring 42""Lx30""Wx1 1/2""T fell from between bolts and struck his right shoulder. Evaluation at the ER reveale...
01/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Stated: Employee was helping hang miner cable across XC. They were pushing up on the cable to tie it close to the bolt plates. He felt a sharp pain in his lower right abdomen. He continued to work. As...
01/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost Employee stated that while hanging a spool of wire rope to the mine roof he felt a pop in Rt hip and lower back.
01/21/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was standing with his hand tray when a rock fell from between roof bolts & struck his right hand causing a contusion to the Rt hand & thumb.
01/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Stated: Employee was coming through mandoor by MN belt toward slope bottom. One large equipment airlock door, toward the slope bottom, was open. As she stepped through, someone opened the mandoor on...
01/17/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost Stated: Employee works on operator's side of bolter. The bolter had stopped at the intersection of 5 and 5L to load supplies in trays on booms before pulling up to face. A rock measuring 17'Lx40""Wx...
01/13/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Stated: Employee was steering a 4 man ride being towed to bottom. A pinner steel was lying on the ride. As they turned a corner one end of the steel became lodged in something causing the other end...
01/09/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee stated that he was attempting to drill into the mine roof while operating a roof bolter. While holding the drill steel the drill steel was placed against the mine roof. This dislodged a piece...
01/03/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee stated that he tripped over a metal band that is used to bundle concrete blocks together. This caused him to fall down and land on a pile of concrete blocks.
12/20/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Stated: Employee was drilling a hole to install a roof bolt when a slab, 12""w x 34""l x 1""t, fell from the roof. It came down in a hinged motion and when it broke away from the roof it struck his r...
12/04/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Stated: Employee was walking toward rear of bolter when he tripped over a rock. He caught himself with his hand against the bolter. He was taken to the ER where x-rays revealed two broken metacarpa...
10/11/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Stated: Employee was driving golf cart toward bottom when his steering malfunctioned. His golf cart ran into the rib and he hit his head on the steering wheel and his left leg on the dashboard. He...
10/11/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred in XC13 on the 1st main W off main N between entry 7 and entry 8. The fall is 17,000' outby the loading point. It is between two overcasts providing a limited intake aircourse to tw...
10/09/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the intersection of entry#7 and XC11 on the Main E. travel road The fall is 11,860' outby the loading point.Meas.25'L.X 35' W.X 10'H.There were no injuries and no interruption to ventilat...
10/02/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost Stated: Employee was driving scoop to charging station. He hit the panic bar and had to exit the scoop to reset breaker. He reset breaker and fell from the scoop injuring his foot and back. He did...
09/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Stated: Employee was loading pin plates in scoop and got foot tangled in plastic. He tripped and fell on the pin plates, cutting his arm. He received stitches and remains off work.
08/21/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 113d lost Submitted under protest to abate citation #8511176. EE struck head on a scoop canopy on 8/21/12. Missed no work until 9/14/12 diagnosed with a normal CT scan and released to RTW with no lite days. Did...
08/20/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Stated: Employee was driving golf cart on travel road and ran over a butt off a timber. The butt lodged under the golf cart and in the road, causing the golf cart to swerve sideways and wreck. It thr...
08/03/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Stated: Employee was drilling hole for roof bolt. He drilled in his first steel and dropped the arm to connect the second steel to the first. He raised the arm to continue drilling. He did not notic...
07/24/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine hoisting system inoperative due to electrical problem. Electricians had problem corrected at 1:05 PM
07/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Stated: Employee bent over to hook up a chain to a belt drive. He felt pain in his lower back as he stood up. He continued working. He went to the doctor on 07/20/2012. He was treated with medic...
07/16/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred at xc16 on the 1st Main East off the Main North between entry 5 and entry 6. The fall is 11,100' outby the loading point. The fall measures 50'L x 18'W x 10'H. There were no injur...
05/25/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: Employee was walking along beside the bolter when a piece of rock fell from between roof bolts and struck his upper back between his shoulders. The rock measured 19""X23""X1 1/2"" thick. It...
05/09/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the intersection of entry #6 and xc 29 in the 1st Mains North off 2nd West off Main North. The fall is 50 x-cuts outby the face. There were no injuries, no equipment involved a...
04/24/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the Intersections of entry #3, entry #4, and cross cut 19+96 in the 1st Main East off the Main North. The fall is 9,400' from the face. There were no injuries, no equipment inv...
03/31/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in XC #21 between entry #1 and entry #2 of the 1st main north off the 2nd main west, unit #6 MMU-067-O, spad #12+64. the fall was from the edge of the XC in entry #1 and measured...
03/28/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Stated: Employee was installing a 6' bolt. He had part of the bolt in the roof and was bending the bottom half back to finish the installation. As he was pushing on the bent bolt, it spun in the hole...
03/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Stated: Employee was hanging roof bolter cable when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He did not finish his shift and remains off work.
03/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Stated: Employee was moving miner cable slack out of the path of the ram cars through the cross cut. He was pulling the loops over by hand. He finished his shift and worked the rest of the week. He...
03/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Stated: Employee was moving miner cable and water line, trying to untangle it. When he threw it over, he felt a pain in his lower back. He finished his shift but sought medical treatment the next d...
03/09/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Stated: Employee was bolting #12 entry when a rock fell out from between pins and struck his right shoulder. He finished the shift. MRI ordered on 3/14/12, scheduled for 3/28. Sent for Ortho evalu...
02/09/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine hoisting inoperative due to electrical problem. The problem was diagnosed and repaired and the hoisting system was operating again by 11:45a.m.
02/09/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #9 entry of the 1st main north angle off the 2nd west, unit #6 MMU-067-0, spad #31+24, in the intersection. The fall was in a bad area, already cribbed out. The fall was ap...
02/08/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #4 entry of the 1st main north off the 2nd west, unit #6, MMU-067-0, spad #15+84, in the intersection. The fall was approx 8""H x 18'W x 18'L. There was no equipment involv...
01/28/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine hoisting system inoperative due to electrical problem. Battery on slope brake car not charging properly. Electricians had problem corrected at 11:20 PM.
01/14/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 209d lost Stated: Employee was attempting to climb onto FCT when his foot slipped. He came back down and landed on his left leg, twisting his ankle. He continued to work until 3/20/2012 when he sought medica...
12/29/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Stated: Employee was walking between road grader and rib to access cab of grader. Waterline was hung at 5' off mine floor at this location. Employee hit head on waterline coupling, slipped and rolle...
12/17/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #2 entry of the 1st Main North off the Second West from 25' inby XC 18+24 to 10' outby XC 20+64. There were no injuries or disruption to ventilation. The fall was approxima...
11/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: Had started to put his outside pin up, and his first section of pinner steel was 1 inch in the roof when a piece of rock broke loose from the top and struck his hand
11/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #3 entry of the 1st main north angle off the 2nd west, Unit #6 MMU-067-0, spad #23+14. The fall was approx. 20'L x 20'W x 12'H. There was no equipment involved, no injuries...
11/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #3 entry of the 1st main north angle off the 2nd west, unit #6 MMU-067-0, spad #13+14, just inby last open cross cut, up to face. The fall was approx. 40'L x 18'W x 6'H. Th...
11/02/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Stated: employee had just tightened a jack pipe on a tail piece. As he stepped down, he twisted his left knee. Due to waiting on MRI results, 14 days, and movement of safety personnel, this report wa...
10/22/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee stated: Holding a belt knife with his left hand. He was hanging a line curtain , while attempting to cut the curtain he cut his left forearm with the knife and received 6 sutures. The employe...
10/17/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Stated: the employee was riding in man trip with curtain covering wet seat. Part of the curtain was hanging out and caught on a bundle of bolts around a fall area. The curtain pulled and twisted his k...
10/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 1st main west supply road in the #7 entry. No people or equipment was involve there were also no disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx. 15' H. 20'W. 20' L. It occ...
10/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 1st Main East, #8 entry at XC 32 no injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx. 18' long - 18' wide - 8' high. The fall was discovered around 1:00 AM. Ther...
10/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 183d lost Stated: Employee was swinging boom in to install next pin when he slipped and fell. He caught himself with his right arm and overextended his wrist. Initially diagnosed with fracture. Cast removed...