Imperial Mine — Accidents

Total: 78 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/21/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing a bit insert on the cutter head of the number 4 continuous miner. He was striking the bit insert with a hammer when a sliver of metal came from the metal insert and lodged behi...
01/09/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall discovered 1/9/08 during weekly inspection. Fall located in No. 11 Zone, 18 Block, Xct 8-9 one block inby station 680, No. 9 entry. Fall previously supported with 6' full gro...
01/08/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was roof bolting. As he began to drill a piece of rock fell from the area of the drill steel and struck the canopy then struck the employee on the right shoulder.
12/07/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was platering a stopping. He stopped to get a drink from his dinner bucket. When he returned to the work site to complete the plastering of the stopping a rock approx. 18"" long x 10"" wide x...
12/07/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was tramming a Joy 14cm-15 radio remote continuous miner into the face of #6 entry. He stopped the miner and bent over to handle the miner cable when a rock approx. 19'w x 30""l x 1/2"" to 2...
11/28/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted Employee was walking in an entry where a shuttle car was parked. As he began to cross the shuttle car cable by beginning to step on the cable, the shuttle car operator simultaneously started the pump...
11/26/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was cleaning the #8 entry with scoop. He got out of the scoop to roll up a line curtain when a rock appr. 2' by 2"" fell from between the right rib and the 1st bolt on the right side, strikin...
10/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to hang a line curtain on a previously installed curtain hanger nail that protrudes from under a roof bolt plate. The top was high so he placed the line curtain in his hand and jumpe...
10/18/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted The operator started to tram forward and at the same time he steered the scoop to the left, which caused the injured's lower legs to be caught between the batteries on the scoop and the batteries on t...
09/25/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall discovered on 9/25/2007. Location of fall is Old North top end, block 82, #6 entry, Station 703. Fall measured approximately 60'LX17'8""WX7'H. Area was previously supported...
09/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping unload supplies from a scoop onto a roof bolter. When he placed the oversized plates across the roof bolter they came in contact with long boards already laying on the bolter and...
09/19/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was unloading roof bolter supplies from scoop onto the roof bolter. As he reached for some roof plates his arm came in contact with a piece of metal banding that he had cut from a bundle of roof bolts...
09/17/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall discovered. Location of fall is old North Mains No. 1 Section, 73 Block, 3 entry through 5, station 564 and 565. Fall measured approximately 100'L X 18'W X 6'H. Previously s...
09/17/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall discovered. Location of fall is old North Mains No. 1 Section, 63 Block, 5 entry, station 473. Fall measured approximately 30'L X 18'W X 6'H. Previously supported with 6' fu...
07/26/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall measuring 18'W X 80'L X 12'H. Previously supported with 6' full grout resin bolts. Mined on or about 3/10/2007. Cover approximately 267'. Fall to be cleaned up, bolted, and...
07/14/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was operating a scoop, scooping an idle entry when the front wheels of the scoop suddenly went down in a hole causing him to strike his head against the top of the scoop canopy which was padd...
06/18/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee and co-worker were beginning to bolt first cut out of crosscut. Employee was on helper side of roof bolter. ATRS was set lightly against the roof. Injured asked operator to back bolter up...
06/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was putting plastering material on a stopping. To reach the top of the stopping, the employee was standing on two (2) eight inch cinder blocks. The employee slipped off the blocks causing a...
05/23/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was in an upright position operating a radio remote controlled continuous miner, when a rock fell from between two roof bolts and the right rib, striking him on the left thigh causing a contu...
05/22/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional Roof Fall on #2 Track, #4 Entry, 19 block, Station 2055. Fall measured 30'L X 17 W X 6'H. Fall not initially reported due to believing it was an extension of a fall in #3 entry.
05/17/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall discovered while traveling return airway. Fall pulled 4 roof bolts. Top previously supported with 6' full grout resin bolts. Area mined at or about 1/15/07. Fall measured a...
05/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Drill Steel came out of check and hit left hand.
05/08/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional Roof Fall. #11 Belt, 29 Blk, Spad. 925. Area mined Feb. 07. Cover 240'. Previously supported with 6' full resin grout, hinzman beam, cribs, and Xbars. Fall measured approx. 18'W X 1...
04/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was handling a metal track stop-block at the end of the track when a burr on the stop-block contacted his finger, through his leather gloves, causing a laceration. Employee was taken to St....
03/28/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall discovered on the above date and time. Fall measured approximately 110'L X 18'W X unknown H. Area previously supported with 72"" full grout resin bolts. Fall located one blo...
12/20/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was bolting wire screen to mine roof. He placed a bent drill steel against the top while his hand was on the drill steel. He started the drill rotation and the steel bent and struck him on the...
12/13/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall occurred on the North Mains Section, MMU 001-0, in Xct to the right of Station 731, #5 Entry, 86 Block. Fall measured approx. 8'H X 30'L X 18' W. Area mined on 12/12/06. Ove...
08/23/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was in an upright position roof bolting. He had completed drilling the rib side hole in the roof and was reaching back to get his roof bolt when a piece of rock measuring 25""LX18'WX2""T fel...