HOPEDALE MINE — Accidents

Total: 250 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/21/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted While walking in the neutral B entry of the 5 left off 4 north section, the EE heard a cracking sound in the roof. As he turned to observe a piece of stone fell and struck him on the left leg fractur...
11/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting old rollers into the backend of mantrip when he hit his left hand with a roller against the frame of the mantrip fracturing his left middle finger,
11/15/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While observing the roof bolters bolting a cut, the supervisor laid his on top of the bolter near the mid section to rest himself. A piece of stone approx. 12"" X 12"" X 2"" fell and struck his right...
11/12/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting in our 5 North Section when a stone fell out of the top striking his R hand and wrist, cutting his middle finger and ring finger and also cutting his R wrist. A total of 11 s...
11/01/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The belt examiner found a roof fall 20'l.x 25' w.in the W. C return in the B entry at spad#21& 40 which damaged a return stopping. The area had been bolted with 6' fully grouted bolts. The area was da...
10/11/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 2:05 p.m. a roof fall occurred in the D entry of the 2 right section. The roof fall was approx. 20' x 20' and the height unknown. There were no injuries. The roof fall was dangered off on a...
10/10/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall 20'W. x 40'L. X 16'H. occurred at approx 9:32 a.m. on the 2 right section causing the entrapment of two miners. The roof fall was in the E. entry at spad#21+35. The miners were rescued at...
09/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling a piece of stone off of the top of the continuous miner, the stone slipped in the employees hand causing a laceration on the right little finger requiring four stitches.
09/06/2012 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 12:10pm we mined into an uncharted oil well on the 2 right off 4 left section in the #5 return room airleg 5 to 1 at spad #1+85. There were no injuries or property damage. The well has been...
08/17/2012 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While helping set miner bits, the employee was resting his right hand on top of the shovel of the CM, when a piece of stone slid off the top of the CM and struck him on the right little finger causing...
07/08/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE just finished bolting a cut when he went to set down on the bolter he heard a cracking sound as he looked up a stone fell from the roof and hit him in the face, which caused a laceration to the bri...
05/17/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was helping his foreman bolt a cut and when he swung his drill head out to install his first bolt a small stone slid off of the canopy and struck his Rt. hand cutting his middle and ring finger...
05/17/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 11:35 PM a roof fall above the anchorage occurred in the main west rooms @ the 2+50 of the #3 room intersection. The fall was approx 17' X 20' and 6 ft high. The area was dangered off. Ther...
04/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 59d lost, 9d restricted While getting on the Damascus personnel carrier the employee had a drill auger in his hand and put the auger on the machine against something solid and when he attempted to get on the machine his auge...
04/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While dropping the miner cable out of hi-line hooks, the miner moved and he caught his right index finger between the cable and the hook lacerating his finger. It required 7 stitches to close the woun...
04/19/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 9:25 PM a roof fall above the anchorage was found in the E entry of the 3 right off 4 left off 4 North section. The fall was about 30ft long X 18ft wide and 6-7 ft high. The area was danger...
04/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While securing a block stopping, he was hitting a wooded wedge cap when it split and a piece of it hit him in the upper lip which required 4 stitches to close the laceration.
03/28/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 3:05p.m. a roof fall above the anchorage was discovered in the old #4 room of the 4 left off 4 North section return side. The fall was 17' W. X 300' L. X 8' H. The area was dangered off on...
02/18/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:10 AM a roof fall above the anchorage occurred inby the tail piece of the 3 right off 4 Left off 4 North section in the A entry intersection at survey spad #9+35. There were no injuries or proper...
02/01/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall above the anchorage occurred in the neutral E entry of the west C mains at spad # 10+67. This area had been belted with 6ft fully grouted bolts. The area was dangered off and cribs set. Th...
01/20/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting the bolter operator put his first auger against the roof and hit his rotation. A piece of stone broke off and struck him lacerating his lip and chin requiring 5 stitches.
01/02/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bringing augers out of a drilled hole a piece of steel got embedded in his rt little finger which required 3 stitches to close the wound after removing the piece of steel.
12/29/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 8:10 AM a roof fall above the anchorage was found in the old #4 room and extending to the #2 room of the 4 rt. off 4 North Section. The fall measured approx. 150' long by 18' wide and 7' hi...
12/07/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting wire ties with a utility knife he cut through tie while holding other end of tie and cut his left hand which required 3 stitches to close the cut.
11/29/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 4 right/4 left North Return side rooms above anchorage point of roof bolts in the first intersection at 0-150 of the #2 room. All approaches to the intersection were danger...
11/08/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 4:30 pm a roof fall was discovered in the 3 Left/1 East section above the anchorage point of the bolts. This fall was in the old set of Return Rooms at 1+00 intersection of the #4 Room. This Room w...
10/17/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a hand grinder a piece of material flew under his safety glasses and struck him in the left eye.
10/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None While kneeling down a stone fell out from between the bolts and hit him on the back and knocked him to the ground.
09/29/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall above the anchorage was found in the 4 South intake escape way. The area was dangered off and the escape way was rerouted. The area had been bolted with 5' resin and 12' cable bolts. The f...
09/19/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None On 9/19/11 at 10:25 a.m. we had dust and or methane ignition on our 4 right/4 north section in the first x-cut 4-5 room at 0+50.
09/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While releasing the rope come-a-long it flew back and hit him on the (L) cheek bone causing a laceration which he received 5 stitches.
09/11/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None wHILE TALKING TO CO-WORKER THE INJURED PERSON HEARD A CRACK IN THE TOP AND HE TURNED AND LOOKED UP AND A STONE FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK AREA AND LACERATING HIS CHEEKBONE WHICH...
08/25/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 3:00 p.m. a roof fall above the anchorage occurred on the 8 south section in old #5 rm. The fall is in old works and was dangered off on all sides. No clean up on the fall will be done.
08/13/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 8:00 am on 8/13/11 a possible ignition occurred in the A entry of the Rt left section off the 4 left north section. There were no injuries or property damage.
08/10/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall above anchorage in 4North main intake at spad 2 & 80 approx. 18 x 18'.
06/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted While trying to hold the shuttle car cable the shuttle car was energized - the cable pinched his hand between the cable and the frame of the shuttle car lacerating his right middle finger.
06/23/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While roof bolting EE was adding drill steel to first auger and didn't get steel down into drill chuck, then raised drill head up. the steel caught on chuck which caused the steel to bow. He released...
06/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Climbing out of the kitchen of the Fletcher roof bolter when he twisted his right knee - originally diagnosed as a sprain. But got worse with time and then on 10-06-11 had to have surgery to repair kn...
03/19/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall fell above anchorage in 4 south intake escapeway at # 2 & 50 of #3 room. Approx 16' x 18'.
02/24/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping scoop operator supply roof bolter when his hand was pinched between the scoop car and ejector blade and side of the bucket. Employee received 3 stitches to the back of his hand.
02/14/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was helping splice a cable. The knife slipped and cut his left little finger, requiring 4 stitches.
01/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 5d restricted Employee was suppling roof bolter when he backed away from the bolter rear tire and struck a 12"" strap and hit the employee under left arm. Requiring 2 staples.
11/19/2010 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None While tramming a loaded shuttle car away from the face the car hit a bump and roofed out causing the operators head to strike the canopy.
11/17/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee while bolting roof fall, swung his drill head out to install outside bolt, placed his left hand on the top of the roof bolter canopy and crushed his hand between the canopy and the brow of th...
11/10/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall 6 South Rooms (intake) 2 Room at 1+50 intersection adjacent to 19+28 F Entry. 17 ft wide, 20 ft long, 6-7 ft high.
10/05/2010 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator's control cable was damaged entrapping 2 miners.
09/10/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fallat 32 & 45 B entry, west B return.Size of fall was 8' High X 25' Long X 20' Wide. Ventilation was not affected.
08/29/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost The continuous miner operator was struck in the back by a shuttle car while checking his sight in the belt entry.
07/16/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall 3 left 4 north 21+80 off of entry in return side rooms. Fall is approximately 8 feet high, 17 feet high and 30 feet long. First intersection in the No.3 room 0+50. 5 foot fully grouted resin...
04/24/2010 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 6:05 am on 4/24/2010 I was told that our elevator went down with 1 employee stuck on it. He was able to get off at approx. 8:30am. The problem was a short in a door switch due to a bad trai...