King Coal No 1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 13 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None EE was helping put a lid on Power Center and his finger got mashed between the box and lid.
01/19/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Piece of rock fell from roof hitting employee on the left hand and arm causing bruise rock measured 1""x3'x5"".
04/14/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stepping off the #2 bolter onto the mine floor and twisted his right knee.
03/06/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was wearing safety glasses and a scarf around face while grinding on tailpiece. He had quit grinding. With scarf & glasses still on, he coughed blowing debris from scarf under glasses into hi...
01/29/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Fall was found by mine foreman and MSHA inspector while traveling airways in worked out area.
10/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost The coal truck was coming down the hill and met another truck coming up the hill. The driver got over too far and ran into the ditch causing the truck to turn over against the bank. As the driver was...
09/21/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lowering the canopy on the roof bolter, EE had his right hand on top of the lever that lowers the jack. The canopy was lowered down on top of his hand. EE was looking away while lowering the can...
09/10/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE was walking from power center towards the face, when he tripped on a piece of rock laying on bottom and fell. rt knee was bruised.
08/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting in scoop. Stated he had hold of scoop canopy and was stepping into deck of scoop. Felt pain in Rt shoulder as if it dislocated.
08/21/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was putting hand up on cable that was hung from roof. Said he felt rock and looked up and was hit with a small piece of rock in the face.
06/11/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 3d restricted While bolting top in the #6 entry, a piece of rock approx 2' X 1' X 5"" thick fell and hit the operator side of the canopy. The piece of rock glanced off the canopy and hit the off side bolter operato...
04/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted While the employee was rolling up fly pad, the fly board broke and hit him across the nose cutting it and possibly breaking it (not likey).
02/13/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 210d lost Miner was in 6 Rt, while cutting middle band of rock, the continuous miner started to bounce. The miner boom was bouncing up and down, causing the load-lock retrieve valves to release and let the boom...