Lightfoot No. 2A Mine — Accidents

Total: 229 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/15/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING ON A BELT SCRAPPER & FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CONT'D TO WORK THRU 3/5 & STARTING MISSING WORK FOR REASONS UNKNOWN. CHECKING THRU ACCORDIA OF WV MEDICAL WAS REC'D 3/...
02/26/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None HEARING LOSS CLAIM.
02/15/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 149d lost EE WAS WALKING FROM OUTBY THE PILLAR LINE IN THE #1 ROOM & POSITIONED HIMSELF ALONG THE LEFT & SOLID RIB TO CLEAR A COAL HAULER. A PIECE OF COAL RIB BROKE LOOSE & STRUCK HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.
01/28/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, CTS CLAIM. OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.
01/22/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.
01/22/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS CLAIM.
01/16/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CUTTING CONVEYER BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
12/10/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WENT THROUGH A LINE CURTAIN TO GET A BOTTLE OF DRINKING WATER OFF THE #4 MRS WHEN A PIECE OF MINE ROOF FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK AND SHOULDER. MEDICAL RECEIVED 12/14/0 1 INDIC...
12/04/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED THAT THE CONTINUOUS MINER HAD CUT OFF THE HEAD OF A RIB BOLT AND LEFT THE METAL END BURRED AND EXPOSED TO WORKERS. HE FELT THIS WAS A POTENTIAL CAUSE FOR AN ACCIDENT AND PROCEEDED TO REMOVE...
12/04/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EE STATED THAT HE MOVED CANOPY TO START DRILLINGA RIB BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON TOP OF CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFTHIP.
11/25/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL MEASURING ~50' LONG, 18' WIDE, UP TO 5' HIGH IN THE NO. 4 BELT ENTRY OF SW MAINS JUST OUTBY SPAD 3269. AREA DEVELOPED3/31/96 & WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5,800' FROM THE NEAR EST WOR...
11/21/2001 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None WATER WAS SEEPING INTO THE 15-RIGHT PANEL OF LIGHTFOOT NO 2 MINE COMING FROM THE ABANDONED HANSHAUS 14 MINE LUCAFY 250' FEET ABOVE THE WATER DRAINAGE FLOW RATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 738 TO 750 GPM .
11/06/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM.
11/06/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CLAIM.
10/18/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE INITIALLY STATED HE WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE THE NO.6 BELT AND DRAGGING A ROCKDUST HOSE WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE STARTED HURTING. MEDICAL RECEIVED 10/18/01 SHOWS, 1.FINDINGS COMPATIBLE WITH P REVIOUS...
10/15/2001 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE STATED HE STRUCK HIS SHOULDER AND NECK WHEN MOUNTING MANTRIP. EVIDENCE RECEIVED 10/15/01 CLEARLY SHOWS OSTEOPOROTIC CHANGE WITH DISC HERNIATION AT THE L4-5 LEVEL & AT THE L5-S1 LEVEL WITH FAC...
10/04/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE STATED DUE TO REPEATED MOTION FROM WORKING HYDRAULIC LEVERS ON A MINING MACHINERY, HE HAS DEVELOPED CTS. RECEIVED MEDICL 10-3-01 CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CLAIM.
09/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DISORDER ASSOC WITH REPEATED TRAUMA: EE ON 9/25/01 REPORTED THAT ON 9/19/01 HE WAS LIFTING AN OMEGA BLOCK & FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE STATED THAT ON 9/26/01 HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK RELATED PROB...
09/17/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS CLAIM. RECEIVED MEDICAL 9/17/01.
09/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH REPEATED TRAUMA: EMPLOYEE STATED ON 9/12/01 HE WAS REMOVING A BELT ROLLER FROM UNDER THE NO.8 BELT AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN THE RIGHT GROIN AREA. HE STATED ON 9/21/01 HE WAS PUL...
09/10/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CTS- CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME CLAIM.
08/30/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.
08/24/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING UP THE #3 ENTRY TO OBSERVE TAKING THE PUSH OUT IN #41 PILLAR BLOCK WHEN PIECE OF RIB MATERIAL ROLLED OUT ONTO THE MINE FLOOR BREAKING UP INTO PIECES. ONE OF THE PIECES R...
08/22/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost EE STATED HE WAS STRUCK BY A MRS CABLE IN THE CHEST KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR CAUSING A RIGHT KNEE SPRAIN AND BRUISE. THE MRS CABLE CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF ROCK THAT WAS ON THE LOADED COAL H AULER....
08/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None RIGHT KNEE LOCKING UP WITH SWELLING. A MRI WAS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 7, 2001 AND THE RESULTS ARE NOT YET RECEIVED. THE EE HAS A HISTORY OF KNEE INJURIED. THE LAST REPORTED BY WV WC-123 WAS ON JU LY 25....
07/18/2001 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WALKING AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A HEADER BOARD. RECEIVED MEDICAL ON 7/18/01 SHOWING DEGENERATIVE SPURRING AND NARROWING OF THE C5-6 SPACE AND C6-7. ALSO CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS DISK DI SEASE O...
07/13/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON JULY 13, 01 AT 10:38 AM.
07/06/2001 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING BELT ON JUNE 8, 2001 AND POSSIBLY STRAINED HIS BACK. MEDICAL EVIDENCE RECEIVED ON JULY 7, 2001 SHOWS DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE OF THE LUMBAR SPINE ASSOCIATED W ITH BAC...
07/02/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGEDLY ON 5/11/01 HE WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED ON RIB COAL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A HEADER BOARD.HE VISITED A DOCTOR ON 5/30. MRI RECEIVED ON 7/2SHOWS ARTHROSIS AND DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOSIS OF THE CERV...
07/02/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
06/09/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CABLE CROSSER WHEN A ROCK/COAL BROW FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG AND ANKLE. MEDICAL IMPRESSIONS SHOW LOWER LEG, ANKLE AND FOOT A RE NEGAT...
05/24/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 275d lost EE STARTED MISSING ON 5-15-01, MEDICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT EMPLOYEE IS SUFFERING FROM SEVERESPINAL STENOSIS WHICH IS COINCENTRIC AT L-5.
05/24/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 275d lost WE RECEIVED MEDICAL EVIDENCE THAT EE IS MISSING DUE TO OSTEPPHYTES LUMBER VERTEBRAL BODIES(MENTIONED IN X-RAYS) ARE BONE SPURES ON THE SPINE.
05/22/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND A PIECE OF CAP COAL FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT. HE LEFT THE MINE FOR MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS. RECEIVED MEDICAL 5/31/01, STATING HE WAS N...
05/19/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 278d lost EE WALKED OVER & AROUND THE CONTINUOUS MINER PARKED JUST OUTBY THE FACE OF #5 ENTRY. HE LOCATED HIS PERSON BETWEEN THE RIB & THE MACHINE. WHILE KNEELING, A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF NEAR THE RIB LINE &...
05/12/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EE WAS OPERATING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE & INSTALLING THE OUTSIDE BOLT STANDING NEAR THE RIB LINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 4' X 8"" X 8"" FELL OUT FROM THE COAL RIB STRIKING HIM O...
05/03/2001 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost EE STATED THAT HE AND OTHER HAD TRAMMED THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO THE FACE OF THE NO. 5 ENTRY TO START THE CROSSCUT TO THE RIGHT. WHEN THE HEAD OF THE MINER STRUCK THE COAL RIB, A SECTION OF THE RIB APP...
05/02/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 290d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE TRANSFER CHUTE FOR 8 BELT TO SEE IF ANY MATERIAL WAS PLUGGING CHUTE. HE STEPPED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE BELT STRUCTURE TO SEE INTO THE CHUTE. AND HIS FOOT SLIP PED ONT...
04/26/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE STATED THAT HE HAD BENT OVER TO THROW THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY. AS HE LIFTED THE CONTINOUS MINER CABLE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIW LOWER BACK.
04/11/2001 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None MEDICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT INDIVIDUALS COMPLAINTS OF NECK PAIN ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN MID CERVICAL SPINE.
03/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THAT REPETITIVE LIFTING OF HEAVY MATERIAL AGGRAVATED A CHRONIC BACK PROBLEM THAT HE HAS HAD FOR YEARS.
03/14/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost EE STATES THAT HE WAS TRAMMING A COAL HAULER UP THE NO. 4 ENTRY AND INTO THE CROSS-CUT TO THE RIGHT TO BE LOADED. TO MANEUVER THE SHARP TURN TO THE RIGHT. HE HAD STEERED THE COAL HAULER HARD T O THE R...
03/07/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.
02/13/2001 RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 3d lost EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE HAD SHOT AN OVERCAST AND WAS WORKING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE OVERCAST FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY BREATHING.
01/25/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING RIB BOLT IN LAST ROWOF BOLTS IN FACE OF NO.5 ENTRY. A SECTION OF RIB (ROCK & COAL) MEASURING 65""LONG,13"" WIDE & ROUGHLY 7"" THICK ROLLED & STRUCK HIM ON LEFT UPP ER LEG....
01/20/2001 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THAT HE WAS RIDING IN THE INBY END OF THE NO.9 JEEP FACING OUTBY TOWARD THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. AS THE JEEP PROCEEDED DOWN THE TRACK, THE TROLLEY POLE CMAE OFF THE WIRE AND HE REACH ED TO G...
01/17/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE HAD WENT TO THE MOUTH OF THE SECTION TO LOAD TIMBERS ON THE SCOOP TO BRING BACK TO SECTION. EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN LOADING TIMBERS. EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING ON ONE OF A MINE TI...
11/29/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FALL MEASURING 40 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 3-6 FT HIGH FELL IN THE OLD SOUTH MAINS AREA. AREA WAS DEVELOPED IN 1980 AND WAS SUPPORTED WITH 5 FT RESIN BOLTS. FALL WAS APPROX 5500 FT OUT BY NEAR EST RET...
11/27/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.
11/14/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER IN THE BELT ENTRY TO INSTALL EYE-BOLTS FOR BELT INSTALLATION. WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF, THE DRILL STEEL PLUGGED WITH DUST AND THE SUC TION WA...