King I — Accidents

Total: 73 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/10/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The employee was cleaning the feeder, when shuttle car came to dump. There was a cover hanging down off the side, the rear hit feeder with cover, causing cover to pop off; hitting the employee in the...
11/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While moving the rock duster on 488 scoop, the employee's finger was caught between the duster and the scoop light; smashing his left ring finger.
11/03/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was walking in a low part of the section and walked into a piece of mesh. The corner sheet was hanging down. Employee had a zero hood on buttoned up under his chin. The mesh caught on his rig...
09/11/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 9d restricted Employee was roof bolting, swinging boom out. Got caught by head of bolter and rib, causing injury to right knee.
07/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Complained of neck pain after cleaning out belt overcast. Initial doctor visit was released for full duty; visited doctor a second time and was put on restrictions. Released for full-duty 8/11/2008.
10/01/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was preparing for start of shift when she stepped off sidewalk in front of bathhouse. She lost her balance and fell to the ground. Upon impact she smashed and cut her little finger on her r...
09/12/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 6d restricted Pulling belt control box into 935 bucket with push plate. Employee rigged chain pulling the box into the bucket. He was in bucket with right hand on top of push plate. His fingers got caught between t...
08/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 83d lost, 1d restricted Employee was loading timber in low clearance. Timber was green and he overextended his back. Employee did not seek medical attention until 10/29/2007.
07/05/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was setting timbers in entry. A freedom car came into entry and struck scoop which in turn, the timber in the scoop knocked the employee off his feet and he landed on his tail bone.
06/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 9d lost While cleaning rock off miner, injured employee put his hands under rock to push in conveyor. At the same time, another employee tried using a pry bar and pry bar slipped, which caused the rock to sma...
05/29/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall of an intersection in 2 South Mains, #2 entry inby 6 ft. of crosscut #13. Roof measured 17' wide by 20' wide by 6' to 8' high. The cave measured approximately 37' long. Roof fall was reporte...
05/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While employee was pulling up mesh, he pulled a muscle in his back.
05/16/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was cutting frame on continuous miner when a piece of slag blew back in under his glasses and got into left eye causing an abrasion to his eye.
04/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee reported that while removing a piece of timber from the grizzly chute he received a splinter of wood in his right hand. He said that he scratched the splinter out with his finger and returned...
04/16/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was under Mac 10 mantrip using air wrench to take bolts off leaf springs. Mud was packed around frame. Employee was wearing safety glasses w/side shields. Machine was blocked up from the week...
04/10/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was riding on floor board of Little Mac and was holding on to the fender wall when they hit a bump in the roadway cuasing the right front tire to come in contact with the fender and smashing...
02/27/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was training RR Belt at belt tail, when a piece of coal fell from catwalk above, striking his arm just above the elbow.
02/15/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roofbolting an outside bolt, he attached the second drill steel and hit rotation. When the employee hit rotation his glove caught on the steel, which wrapped around the steel, causing em...
11/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee bent down to tie an object when his back gave out/locked up and started to spasm.
11/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost While picking rocks from railroad belt, turned to throw rock and twisted/strained right knee.
10/29/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 3d restricted Employee was stepping out of the cab of Lo Trac, when his ankle gave out, causing him to fall and spraining his left knee.
10/20/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was gathering blocks operating scoop #488 at the #9 back entry when he ran over a piece of the 4"" polypipe causing it to pop up and enter the cab of the scoop striking the operator in the le...
10/07/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 171d lost A rock fell from the roof of the mine and landed on the miner. It then bounced off the miner and hit the employee in the mouth, chipping his tooth and scratching his eye.
10/06/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Operating the #10 shuttle car, traveling toward miner at the #2 entry when a roof rib popped causing particles to fall and hitting operator in the right eye.
08/23/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost While cleaning rock off of the miner, a piece of rock fell off of the miner and struck the employee on the right foot. The rock was approximately 2' x 1 1/2' x 8"" thick.
07/28/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employees were pulling and old belt off of #2 belt with a 3/8"" high tinsel chain, when the chain snapped, striking the employee on the left shin. Employee taken to the ER where he received 3 sut...
07/19/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost While entering belt line #1 #4 tail, EE drove through both sets of doors into the belt line. He then made a turn to go down to #5 belt when he struck his head on a low hanging roof mat.
07/06/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was roof bolting in 3 West section 6 to 7 enty #7 cross-cut. He was putting in the outside bolt on the right side, when a coal brow on the rib fell hitting him on the lower back.
06/14/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While roof bolting, drilled thru the pan with first steel, causing a piece of metal to lodge in eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses and was following safety procedures.
05/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Carrying stopping panels, bent over in low area of the mine, felt pain in lower back.
05/10/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 1d restricted Employee was bent over, moving mining cable, when a rock approximately 2'x1'x2"" fell, striking the employee on his lower back. The employee had just scaled some rock from the same area, and said the...
05/03/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Rock dusting from #6 beltdrive towards overcast, while going up overcast, Lil Mac powered out and started back down the ramp, when he fell off the machine landing between belt and machine and he lost...
03/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost STOCKING ROOF BOLTER WITH MATERIAL. WHEN LIFTING FELT A PULL IN LOWER AREA OF STOMACH.
01/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was attempting to hitch a splice trailer to the back of his golf cart, when he dropped the hitch on the golf cart, mashing his finger. Laceration to left, middle finger, received stitche...
09/26/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 31d restricted Ee was trying to pry a rock loose in the lump/nut bin when a rock came down on her ring and little fingers. Little finger ended up receiving sutures.
09/06/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 31d restricted Employee was moving roof mats from the scoop, when he stepped in a hole in the mine floor, twisting his lower back and hip. After the initial Dr. consultation, he is expected to be off work for at le...
07/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Lifting two 5 gal cans of oil off trailer & felt sharp pain in lower back
02/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was opening a vent hole in a stopping for a scoop charger, when he scraped the back of his hand across a sharp corner of Kennedy panel.
02/21/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted While roof bolting, the employee turned and reached for a bolt, when he twisted his back.
12/01/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost The employee was running a shuttle car when he hit a bump in the road and jammed his back. The accident was not immediately reported to the employer and medical help was not sought until 12/09/04.
07/27/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in xcut at xcut16 between #4 and #5 entries. The fall is approximately 15' wide x 34' long x 7' to 9' high. There were no injuries related to this fall.
07/26/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Two employees were trying to take a link out of a drive chain, when a piece of metal broke off the chain link, striking an employee in the right eye, causing a deep cut on the top of the eyelid. Empl...
06/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 21d restricted Was drawing canopy back over load. Placed rt hand up where canopy cylinder was, pinching midddle finger.
05/19/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 19d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SCOOP & HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND WHEN THE OTHER LEG GOT HUNG UP IN THE SCOOP CANOPY.
03/31/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE WAS IN A HURRY, SO WHILE MOVING A MINER CABLE HE RAN HIS HEAD INTO THE RIB. THE IMPACT KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND AND RESULTED IN A MILD CONCUSSION AND NECK STRAIN.
02/27/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE POWER HAD BEEN OFF. ONCE THE AC POWER WAS RESTORED, EE WAS TRYING TO BEND ROOF BOLT AGAINST ROOF, AS RESIN HAD ALREADY SET UP. HE WAS USING HIS WRENCH TO BEND BOLT BY INCREASING PRESSURE ON HIS DR...
02/16/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SWUNG DOWN FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM IN THE LOWER BACK.
11/11/2003 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost THERE WAS A LOOSE PIECE OF COAL ON THE GROUND WHEN THE EE STEPPED ON IT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY JUST A FIRST AID INJURY, UNTIL 1/27/04, WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT SURGERY (ME DICAL T...
07/31/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL OF INTERSECTION, 2 SOUTH MAINS, ENTRY #4, X CUT #12. ROOF FALL MEASURED 17' LONG X 17' WIDE X 6' HIGH. REPORTED TO MSHA AZTEL FIELD OFFICE AT 4:40 PM, 7-31-03. HE MESSAGE WAS LEFT ON ANSWERI...
12/04/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE 2 SOUTHWEST BLEEDER ENTRIES. VENTILATION NOT AFFECTED. CALLED OUT AT ABOUT 1140 AM.