Lightfoot No. 2A Mine — Accidents

Total: 229 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/10/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE HAD TRAMMED THE COAL-HAULER TO THE SECTION DUMPING POINT AND WAS RETURNING TO THE FACE OF THE NO.2 ENTRY. HE STATES THAT HE WAS BACKING DOWN THE NO 2 ENTRY WHEN HE RAN OVER A R...
11/01/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO MINING CONDITIONS.
09/25/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None MEDICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT INDIVIDUALS COMPLAINTS OF BACK PAIN ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE
09/13/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE NO. 14 BELT IN 2 SOUTHEAST AT SPAD NO. 7352. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED 25' IN LENGTH, 20' IN WIDTH AND 6+' IN HEIGHT. THE AREAWAS DEVELOPED APPROX. 6-15-2000 AND WAS S UPPORTE...
09/13/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost EE STATES THAT THE MOBILE BRIDGES & CONT MINER WERE BACKING UP TO REPOSITION FOR THE NEXT LIFT ON PILLAR SPLIT. THE HOPPER OF THE BRIDGE WAS UNDER THE BOOM OF THE MINER & WHEN IT CLEARED THE END OF TH...
09/12/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE HANGING THE CONINUOUS MINER CABLE ACROSS NO6 ENTRY ON 2 SOUTHEAST MAINS SECTION TO FACILITATE A HAULAGE ROAD FOR THE COAL-HAULERS TO TRAVEL AS HE W...
08/25/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL MEASURING IN XCUT THROUGH INTERSECTION, 20' WIDE, 30' LONG, AND 4-7' HIGH, IN SOUTHWEST MAINS, NO. 4 ENTRY, 1 XCUT OUTBY SPAD 3454. NO INJURIES, DISRUPTION OF VENTIL ATION,...
08/24/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
08/24/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.
08/07/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL MEASURING 20'WX30'LX5-7'H OCCURED IN THE #7 ENTRY OF 2 SOUTHEAST MAINS IN AN INTERSECTION 1 CROSSCUT OUTBY SPAD 7363, APPROX 1,200 FEET OUTBY THE NEAREAST WORKING FA CE. THE...
07/27/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REMOVING INSULATION FROM A SECTION OF CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, IN ORDER TO MAKE A SPLICE, WHEN THE UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED, CONTACTING HIS LEFT HAND BETWE EN THE...
07/25/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.
07/24/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost INJURED WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE ALONGWITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. UPON ENTERING THE AREA, THEY FOUND THE RIBS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. AFTER INSTALLING 3 ROWS OF BOLTS, THEY ADVANCED TO INSTALL T...
06/01/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE AWARDED 1.5% HEARING LOSS.
06/01/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None HEARING LOSS AWARD.
05/10/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER, APIECE OF ROCK (19 1/2 X 22"" WITH ONE END SHARPENED) FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS OF THE MINEROOF. IT STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WITH WHICH HE WAS USING T...
05/02/2000 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ALLEGED LUNG DISEASE, 10% OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMICONIOSIS AWARD.
04/24/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING LARRY MIDDAUGH AND MIKE ADAMS LOAD TRACK RAIL FROM A SCOOP ONTO A RAILCAR. HE AND MIDDAUGH HAD LOADED ONE END OF THE TRACK RAIL ONTO THE RAILCAR AND TOLD ADAMS THEY WER E IN THE...
04/21/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 113d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOS MINER (REMOTE CONTROL) WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK (24 INCHES BY 18 INCHES FROM 0-3 INCEHS THICK) FELL FROM THE TOP. (A DISTANCE OF 3.5 FT) AND STRUCK THE TOP...
04/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EE STATED HE WAS HELPING SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE DRAG 250' OF 2/0 CABLE ALONG THE BOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR. HE PLACED THE CABLE OVER HIS OUTSIDE SHOULDER AND WAS LAST IN LINE AS THEY BEGAN TO PULL TH E CABLE...
04/03/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost EE STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF THE SECTION FEEDER WITH A SCOOP WHEN HE BECAME HUNG IN A SWAG. IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE THESCOOP AN OPERATOR BROUGHT A LONG AIR DOX COAL HA ULER IN...
03/11/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS TRAMMING THE RUBBER-TIRED MAINTENANCE VEHICLE UP THE NO.5 ENTRY, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TRAVEL THROUGH SOME OUTBY CHECK CURTAINS, HE STRUCK A SCOOP PARKED IN THE ENTR Y. THE...
02/23/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost MOVED LEFT HAND TO START MOBILE BRIDGE UNIT AND HIT LEFT THUMB ON SEAT.
02/22/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE WAS BRINGING CONTINUOUS MINER OUT OF THE 1ST CUT IN THE BREAK RIGHT BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRY. AS HE TRAMMED THE CONTINUOUS MINER IN REVERSE DOWN THE # 1 ENTRY HE WAS POSITIONED BESIDE THE MA CHINE A...
02/16/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN ORDER TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK THE MINE FLOOR THEN FELL AGAINST HIS LOWER LEG LEG. THE ROCK HITTING H IS LEG,...
01/29/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC BANDS OFF A 50 FT ROLL OF 1 1/4"" WATER LINE TO ADD TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER WATER SUPPLY. HE HAD A UTILITY KNIFE SNAPPED TO HIS LEFT SIDE & RATHER THAN REMOVE THE KNIFE H E ATTE...
01/20/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE STATES HE WAS USING A 24 INCH ROOF BOLT TO PRY UP ON METAL HOLDING STRAP FOR BELT SKIRT RUBBER. WHILE USING A HAMMER TO KNOCK THE SKIRT RUBBER DOWN AND INTO CONTACT WITH THE HAULAGE BELT, T HE ROOF...
01/19/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost EE STATES THAT HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP AND LOWERED THE SCOOP BUCKET TO THE BOTTOM AND APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE FRONT OF THE SCOOP BUCKET SO HE COULD BACK-DRAG THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF DUMPING POI NT. WHE...
01/18/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL MEASURING 80' LONG, INCLUDING INTERSECTION, 20'WIDE, 42""-48"" HIGH. IN THE NO.4 ENTRY OF SOUTH MAINS, #6 MAIN BELT AT SPAD 2953. NO INJURIED OR DISRUPTION IN VENTILAT ION R...