Lively Grove Mine — Accidents

Total: 414 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/15/2016 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was in their ram car being loaded at the miner when a piece of slate came off the miner tail and hit the employee in the shoulder and cheek.
01/13/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None The employee was throwing miner cable against the rib when they felt pain in their lower abdomen. This accident occurred on 1/13/16 and while the employee was receiving a physical for new employment o...
01/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost The employee was lifting the plug of a high voltage cable into the cable tub when they felt pain in their lower back. This accident occurred on 1-6-16 and the employee continued to work until 4-20-16.
01/05/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee was working on the belt move and pinched their finger between the belt pulley and the tail frame.
11/12/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost The employee was walking down a small incline when he tripped and fell.
11/12/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee hit his thumb with a hammer while taking out a broken bit out of the miner head.
10/29/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Walking backwards carrying platin and tripped. Dropped platin on finger.
10/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost The employee was bending down to pick up a scoop charging cable and as he was lifting the cable he felt pain in his lower back.(NOTE)After the employee received an x-ray it was found the injury on 10/...
09/23/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee received (6) staples in the top of his head after he was hit by a piece roof slate.
09/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was loading some metal roof mesh when his hand grabbed a metal burr on the mesh causing a laceration requiring stitches.
09/08/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall occurred in the 4th Panel North in entry 4 at 56+20 foot mark. The fall measured 65 feet long, 36' feet wide and 8' feet high.
09/03/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking back to get another piece of roof mesh when he was struck by a piece of rock.
08/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The contract employee was replacing wear plate in a chute when a piece of wear plate fell and hit the employee in the right wrist. The contract employee that was injured is supervised by their indepen...
08/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 171d lost We are submitting this as an occupational illness because of the result of cumulative degenerative disc disease. On 8-10-15 the employee felt pain in their back while throwing miner cable against the...
07/29/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 4th panel north return at 81 x-cut in # 3 entry. The fall was 20'wide x 30' long x 6'high.
07/20/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee pinched their left inner thigh while using a chain binder to bind down some belt steel on a tram.
06/21/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 5th North Panel in entry 4 at 32+80 foot mark. The fall measured 52 feet long, 19 feet wide,6 to 8 foot high.
06/19/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost The employee was leaving the air lock on the main north belt line and as he was going through the door his hand slipped off the door and the door hit his right ankle. The employee continued to do his...
06/15/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was standing near the miner while they were changing a broken miner bit when a piece of metal from the miner bit hit the employee in the right cheek.
06/15/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 5th north panel at the intersection of entry 12 and room 1. It was 7 feet high and 20'long 20'wide.
06/02/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 289d lost The employee was moving a man door off some unused stopping sealant when he felt some pain in his back. (note) This accident occurred on 6/2/15 and he continued to work his regular job until 9-8-15.
05/19/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost While using a come-a-long to get a drill steel out of a hole the steel came loose causing the belt roller to come out of bracket hitting employee in the neck.(note) This accident occurred on 5-19-15 t...
05/19/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing a belt splice pin when a piece of string got tangled with the employee's finger and the spinning pin.
05/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling rock off the continuous miner the mine tech pinched their finger between the miner light housing and the rock.
04/16/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost We are submitting this as an occupational illness because it is the result of cumulative and repetitive trauma. The employee hit his head on the canopy of the ram car when he hit some rock in the haul...
04/08/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was using a cutting torch he touched his glove with the tip of the torch and the inner glove caught fire. The employee received 2nd degree burns to his left hand.
02/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 230d lost The employee was walking back to the roof bolter when he fell to the mine floor. We have classified this condition as an occupational illness rather than an occupational injury because the preliminar...
12/19/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was roof bolting when the drill steel bend and hit his finger.
12/10/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost The employee was installing mesh to the roof when his hand got caught between the roof and the ATRS causing a fracture and stitches to his right hand.
12/03/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a hammer to tighten the plug on the ram car battery when she hit finger fractured her finger.
10/30/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 218d lost Employee claims while riding in a personnel carrier his back was injured when the carrier struck a coal rib on 10/30/2014. Employee continued to do his normal job duties until seeking medical treatmen...
10/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Picking out a hitch for pipe to set tail - dutch head bounced off rib and hit him in the top of the left ankle.
10/13/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost The employee while bolting slipped on a piece of slate and stretched or tore something in his shoulder.
10/06/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At crosscut #67 on the I st panel north in entry #5 of the belt line we occurred a fall of the roof. The fall measured 33 feet long and 7 feet high.
10/03/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a cutting torch on a miner cover when a piece of slag went down their boot causing 2nd degree burns to their lower leg.
09/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing rock from the miner when it flipped back and cut his left forearm, employee received 10 sutures.
09/08/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost The employee was walking up to the miner at the start of the shift when he slipped on a piece of rock and fell to the mine floor hurting his shoulder.
08/19/2014 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the battery receptacle when the lead came in contact with the receptacle housing causing it to arc.
07/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost Employee bent down to pick up a bag of rock dust and felt a sharp pain in the butt cheek and leg.
07/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the miner when he hit his right forearm against the side of the miner resulting in a laceration requiring two (2) stitches.
07/18/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Building and lifting forms
07/07/2014 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 271d lost The employee was getting off the ground, putting his hand on the pan of the miner when the miner head was lowered striking the employees hand.
06/20/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was loading a ejector cylinder into a ride, when it caught his finger between the old cylinder and the new cylinder.
06/13/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While swinging a sledge hammer the employee caught their index finger between the hammer and some metal.
05/20/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While hitting drill steel against the roof bolter platform the drill bit and insert came out and struck employee in the face.
05/14/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was exiting the roof bolter at the end of the shift when he tripped and struck his left forearm against the material pod on the roof bolter. The employee received a laceration on his lef...
12/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost The employee was pulling cable off of the cable reel on 409 roof bolter when he felt pain in his groin area. The employee was diagnosed with a hernia and had surgery on 12/20/2013. Medical informati...
12/03/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was rolling up a piece of line curtain near the face when a piece of shale fell from the wire mesh and struck the employee in the face. The shale caused a laceration in the employee's up...
10/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee was removing top conveyor rollers from a pallet when some of the remaining rollers fell and struck the employee on his lower right leg.
10/09/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a knife to remove the Kevlar sleeving material from the steering hoses on a mantrip when he cut his left palm. The employee received a cut that required 8 sutures.