JV 18 Mine — Accidents

Total: 47 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/05/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 349d lost EE was hanging miner cable and MRS cable in #7 Entry. While EE was holding the cable up so a co-worker could tie it, EE's knee gave out on EE and EE fell to the mine floor. EE went to the power center...
01/23/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was hammering on tail roller shuttle car and a piece of metal went into EE's hand.
10/17/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None This former employee was terminated at 4:20 PM on this date. As they were leaving they asked another employee who was unaware of the termination for a radio. At approx 4:40PM they used the radio reque...
07/12/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading scoop bucket w/cinderblock when EE's thumb got caught between blocks injuring EE's right thumb.
03/19/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was making a splice with knife & knife slipped & cut left hand between thumb and pointer finger.
12/02/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting heel from boot with a knife. The knife slipped & cut wrist. EE received 1 stitch & returned to regular shift later that night.
11/06/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE pulled scoop up to load & turned scoop off & dropped bucket on ground. When exiting scoop began to roll back causing ee to twist and fall. EE complained of pain in left knee. EE has not returned to...
10/12/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost walking behind machine & it slewed left & edge of canopy hit EE in the chest. EE's momentum placed EE close to the canopy. EE was briefly pinned against the rib.
07/14/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During on-shift exam of the section, the employee noticed a substantial piece of draw rock hanging in the #6 entry. They pulled the rock down with slate bar. As rock fell, sharp edge of rock caught/st...
07/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost EE & another employee were replacing top roller at mainline #4 belt drive. EE bent over attempting to lift roller up on belt rail when EE strained EE's back. EE went to local hospital and was diagnose...
07/07/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was re-hanging cable on off-side(blind spot) of shuttle car in face(#4 entry cut), when the loaded shuttle car moved & bumped them. They did not seek medical attention until 07/10/2017, stati...
04/17/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking guard off scoop charger w/help of another employee. They were trying to lift it off when injured employee dropped EE's end catching EE's 3rd finger on left hand between guard & cha...
09/17/2016 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was traveling from #3 Break to the continuous miner area when a coal/rock rib roll occurred. The roll struck the employee about waist high, pinning employee down to the mine floor. Rock was a...
08/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Putting panel board cover on electrical box on section Joy Continuous Miner #2, cover was caught & employee pulled on it, heard something pop & felt pain in lower back & right leg.
03/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was moving miner cable and injured EE's back.
01/19/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 25d restricted Employee was pulling miner cable slack. A shuttle car came around the corner catching EE's left ankle between the shuttle car and a small rock.
04/08/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The roof bolter operators left hand was caught in a pinch point when the offside operator engaged the control to lower the ATRS. This resulted in fractures to the ee's left hand.
06/26/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 6/26/13 Dominion Coal received notification from MSHA that the ee had exercised his option to work in a low dust area.
02/01/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The Human Resource Department received notification from the U.S. Dept. of Labor that the ee had participated in a medical examination authorized by the Federal Mine & Safety Act and this examination...
01/14/2013 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The superintendent was given letter of correspondence by employee from the dr. on 1/14/13. The employee has been diagnosed as having CWP.
07/05/2012 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 7/5/2012 Dominion Coal received notification from MSHA that the ee had exercised his option to work in a low dust area.
01/12/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The tram stopped at the #4 belt drive to give the belt man a ride to the #3 drive. As the tram left the #4 drive the hood of the belt man's jacket caught on a roof bolt & he was pulled over the back o...
08/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost The ee alleges an injury to his back while dismounting a personnel carrier. On August 18th the ee denied any event that caused injury. The ee left the mine and mine property on his own without medical...
07/28/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred at the continuous miner in the face of the #1 heading on B-Section. The miner operator was cutting on the left side of the heading when he observed a flash near the right side of...
07/18/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 237d lost The employee was using a scoop to transport his tool box to a different location. The incident has been investigated and the employee has been interviewed but the cause is unknown. The ee was taken t...
06/09/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee had been called out early to repair an electrical problem. When he arrived the shift elect. had repaired the problem. He began working on the communication & tracking cable when he called for...
06/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted The steel cable for the B-2 belt drive take-up unit had traveled outside of the wheel guides. The injured employee was attempting to return the cable into the guides when the trapped cable became free...
05/05/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 48d restricted The employee was checking the amount of supplies on the truss bolting machine. He was positioned on the operator side of the machine with his left foot near the front tire. As the bolter was trammed f...
04/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was closing a swinging air lock door when the ventilation current pulled the door from his control resulting in the employee twisting his knee.
02/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 48d restricted The section mechanic had completed repairing the water supply line to the continuous miner which was located in the #4 right crosscut. As he was traveling through the crosscut to the #5 heading to ret...
09/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 18d restricted Employee was uncoupling hitch from supply car. When the coupling pin was removed the hitch caught the employee's finger between the hitch and the supply car-resulting in a laceration to his index fin...
07/26/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A 7X16X2.25 deteriorated section of the roof strata became dislodged around the permanent roof bolts and fell on the manbus trackway. The area had been bolted in the mid 90's using 6 foot conventiona...
01/20/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 281d lost The emp. was operating a track manbus traveling to the #4 Belt Drive to begin cleaning belt. Approaching the track switch at the #4 belt drive, another emp. was at the switch to throw it when the inju...
12/18/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost EE trammed the dual head roof bolting machine from No. 6 heading to No. 5 heading. He backed the machine up into No. 5 heading to turn around & take bolter to No. 1 heading. As he was backing up the...
08/28/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost The fan blades on the exhaust mine fan broke out. A piece of a fan blade came through a small opening between the fan housing shroud & the connecting tubing & struck the contractor employee on the le...
06/15/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted High voltage cable was being pulled back and loaded into a rubber tired flat car. The car was being pulled by a scoop and as the car was moved forward, the EE had his left foot in front of the wheel a...
04/29/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was roof bolting back area. Installing roof bolt and had to bend the roof bolt to place bolt into the head of the roof bolter. Holding the roof bolt he raised the head up to the bolt. As he p...
04/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was helping another employe put a compartment cover back on the roof bolting machine. The cover had been removed to wash the compartment out. The employees lifted the cover back on to the...
01/09/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE performing a preshift examination of section & observed a loose rib in the #4 heading near the pillar line. He obtained a pry bar & took down the loose rib. Additional material came off the rib beh...
12/13/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE as positioned approx 2-3' from the coal rib, when a section of the rib collapsed and struck him on the back. The EE continued to work and perform his normal job duties. He went to the doctor on 12/...
12/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While performing a belt conveyor move the employee was attempting to route a flexible water line under the conveyor when his rescuer became hung on the belt structure of the idled belt conveyor. While...
11/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The EE was bolting the No. 2 left crosscut and had drilled the last roof bolt hole in the place. The coal height was too low in the area to put the 42"" resin roof bolt in the hole. As he was bending...
02/29/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost EE was shoveling belt with his foot, positioned between two plastic water lines,when he twisted his right knee.(EE had returned to work on 4/3/08 from an accident on 2/29/08 concerning his knee,worked...
09/18/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The production crew was leaving the section at the end of the shift. As they were traveling to the end of the track in the bucket of a battery powered scoop, the employee apparently lost his balance a...
08/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted The EE was attempting to put a wheel unit on a shuttle car. He was pulling the wheel unit onto the shuttle car with a come-a-long, when unit turned over. He placed one end of a 48"" piece of drill ste...
01/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 6d restricted Employee was putting a conveyor chain on a shuttle car when a piece of metal came off the chain and went into his left hand.
10/28/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was bolting the top and the bolt slipped off the head and hit his left hand.