Henderson County Mine — Accidents

Total: 790 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/19/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The power was off due to a blowed fuse on the K.U. line side, has to wait on bucket truck from Madisonville, KY to come down. The hoist was down from 10:20 am to 11:25am
09/09/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Stated: He was getting out of a scoop to hook up a chain. He took a step towards the pinner he was hooking up. He stepped on a large lump of coal. He twisted his knee. The accident happened on 09/0...
08/31/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: The employee was cutting the metal bands on a bundle of roof bolts. He had cut the first band and as he cut the second band the first one sprung back and struck his left upper arm. It lacer...
07/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred at approx 2:38 AM in the Main East at x-cut 30 spad #18+52 in the #9 entry to #10 entry. No injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx 100' long x 20' wide x 8' h...
06/21/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee stated: He had been cutting bottoms for a new belt drive. He was beside the miner when a piece of coal rib sloughed off. He had cut 2' of bottoms but had not undercut the coal. The piece w...
06/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #6 entry in the 1st panel North off the 2 Main West spad #12+24 measuring 18 ft wide, 18 ft long, 10 ft high. The fall was discovered at 9:45 pm.
05/25/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: The employee was removing a nail holding the end of the belt to the roll. While using one hammer to drive the claw end of another hammer behind the nail head, a sliver of metal flew into his...
05/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: Employee was helping take down the rod used to hang a roll of belt for a belt extension. As another employee took the nut off the end of the rod to remove the collar used to hang the bar, EE...
04/25/2011 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 89d lost Stated: Employee was bolting in the #5 entry in unit 3. He had drilled his first steel, had his bottom steel in the chuck and was attempting to join the two when his index finger on his right hand was...
04/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Stated: Employee was hanging cable across the 3rd left XC when he slipped and twisted his left ankle. The mine floor had a 4"" displacement with loose material at this location. The bolter cable wa...
04/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 295d lost Sub. under protest to abate cit. #8504175. EE alleges that he was ent. though mandoor on out-by airlock doors when he caught his foot on top of mandoor frame causing him to fall striking his shin and...
04/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee stated: while putting belt dogs on the belt, his left toe caught on a rock lying on the bottom. This caused him to fall on his right arm. He was working in the splicing hole at the 3B driv...
03/04/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Emp. stated he drilled hole with top steel then inserted bottom steel into the top steel. When putting the bottom steel in the chuck it stuck on the edge and popped his right hand as it went into the...
02/23/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee stated he was running to avoid falling rock and struck the pin tray in his rib area.
02/12/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #8 entry of the 2nd main west old #1 unit. No injuries or disruptions to ventilations. The fall was approx 55' long X 19' wide X 8' high. The fall was discovered at approx...
02/05/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Stated: After falling on ice felt pain in his back.
01/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the supply road of the 2nd main west - old, #1 unit, no injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx 82' long, 18 wide, 8' high. The fall was discovered at appro...
01/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee stated: He was opening a set of airlock doors at the slope bottom. He opened the first half and had his hand on the second half when someone opened the mandoor to the golf cart parking. Th...
01/11/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None a roof fall occurred in the supply road of the 2 main west old #1 unit. No injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx 18'long x 18'wide x 8'high. The fall was discovered at approx 10:...
12/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Stated: While reclaiming belt rollers (48"" top), was pitching roller on top of pile and felt a pop in his right shoulder. He had been loading rollers for approximately two hours.
11/28/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:00 pm a roof fall was discovered by an examiner on the Main North Belt Line at XC 38. There were no injuries or witnesses. Also no disruptions to ventilation or passage of personnel.
11/24/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing 5' from the head of the miner while the operator was changing bits. He was struck in the chest by a piece of metal. He was wearing a Kevlar collar, it went thru the collar. He wa...
11/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: The employee was installing a roof bolt. The roof bolt plate had a curtain hook on it. He was holding the plate to keep the hook on the correct side of the plate while keeping upward pressur...
10/26/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Stated: The employee was moving the bolter cable while the bolter operator was backing the machine up. The operator turned on the cable reel, jerking the cable out of his hand and causing pain in his...
10/06/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated: He was installing 8' bolts for the refuge chamber. He had drilled his first steel and left it in the roof. He put his second steel in the pot. They did not line up. He was pullin...
10/01/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine slope car/hoisting system inoperative due to moisture in e-stop connection in middle slave car. Moisture was producing nuisance tripping of e-stop. Found and repaired.
09/21/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 2:00 a.m. a roof fall was discovered by an examiner in the old works of old #4 unit in the # 9 entry of #6 panel near the last cut thru from the 5th to 6th panel. There were no injuries or witnesse...
09/21/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:00 a.m. a roof fall was discovered by an examiner in the Main West Intake at xc 160 between #7 and #8 entries. There were no injuries or witnesses. Also no disruptions to ventilation or passage o...
09/20/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 7:22 a.m. a roof fall was discovered by an examiner in the Main East at xc 83 at old 4A header between #5 and #6 entries. The fall measured 18' W X 30' L X 8' H. There were no injuries or witnesse...
09/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Stated: EE was cleaning off #17 roof bolter. The top lids were slid off to the side. He was trying to push the lids back onto the top & into place. While pushing on one of the lids, he strained his r...
09/16/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 12:45am the hoist was not working properly. At 12:47am EE examined the hoist and changed a battery. At 12:48am EE called MSHA with the information. At 1:22am the hoist was back in operation.
09/14/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: Employee was operating continuous miner. He looked over his left shoulder to check his clearance as he backed out of a cut. When he looked back, a rock 1'X 1'X 1"" thick fell from the roof...
09/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: Employee was cutting high voltage guarding with a utility knife when the knife slipped causing a laceration to his right knee. He was holding the guarding down across his right leg.
09/01/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Two roof falls were discovered at 1:30 PM in the 4th Panel North in #1 entry (old works). The first is between XC 2-4 at spad #28+08. There were no injuries or witnesses. Also no disruptions to ventil...
09/01/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Two roof falls were discovered at 1:30 PM in the 4th Panel North in #1 entry (old works). The second is between XC 7-9. There were no injuries or witnesses. Also no disruptions to ventilation or passa...
08/20/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at 5:55a.m. on the #1 unit intake 3 crosscuts outby the tail piece in the # 9 entry. There were no injuries or witnesses. Also no disruptions to the ventilation or passage o...
08/16/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at 2:30 pm off of the Main North Travel Way by an examiner. The fall was located in the #7 crosscut between the #4 and #5 entries. There were no injuries or witnesses. Also...
08/14/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was installing roof bolts in the #7 entry of unit #4. As he was raising the boom, he lost his balance. He placed his left hand on the boom to steady himself and continued the upward movemen...
08/11/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at 10:40am on the main north. The fall was located at x-cut 23 between #5 & #6 entry at spad 16 & 32. The fall was 50'L X 18'W X 8'N. The were no injuries (or witness), or d...
07/22/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EE drilled a bolt hole to the depth of the 1st drill steel & then joined the 2nd steel to the 1st one. He raised the bolter's boom to meet the lower end of the 2nd steel. He did not have the lower end...
07/13/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Stated that he was walking beside his parked scoop when he stepped onto a piece of round rock. The size of the rock was between a golf ball and a tennis ball. Stepped onto the rock with the arch area...
07/12/2010 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 148d lost Employee had an MRI performed on 7/12/2010 revealing degenerative disc changes in the cervical spine area. He continued working (including through the vacation period) until 7/14/2010, when he began m...
06/16/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist would not work when called. The hoist was down from 2:15 a.m. to 6:35 a.m. At 2:32 a.m. the warehouse was notified regarding the hoist. At 2:33 a.m. MSHA was called with the information. The...
06/11/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost The employee stepped down off a 4 foot ledge onto loose rock. The rock scooted out from under his foot causing him to twist his knee. The injury occurred in June. He has had steroid injections and phy...
05/29/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall - main north at spad #4100, intersection #6 (belt entry) approx 19'wide X 19'long X 9'high
05/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost EE stated he and 6 other EE's were reclaiming a belt structure. The EE bent down to remove the roller off of the chain that was securing the load and a co-worker dropped a belt side rail onto his left...
05/25/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stated: Employee was operating a continuous miner. After finishing the cut, he backed the miner up with the cutting edge engaged to trim the roof. While doing this, a piece of material struck him on t...
05/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE stated that he was roofbolting in #6 entry, and was partially under the canopy when he was struck by a piece of rock (2'X 3'X 2"". The rock struck the canopy then rolled off the edge of the canopy....
05/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE stated: He was shoveling in the area near the 3B header/3A tailpiece. He attempted to use his shovel to pick up 1/2 of a kettlebottom that he estimated at a weight of 10 lbs. He said that the floor...
05/06/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist would not work when called. Power pack went out on hoist and was replaced. The hoist was down from 12:25 am to 1:18 am.