Lively Grove Mine — Accidents

Total: 414 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/30/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 273d lost The employee was operating a battery coal hauler to haul rock dust when his seat bottomed out. The employee complained of pain in his lower back and left leg but continued to work through October 14,...
09/16/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 20d restricted The employee was operating a battery coal hauler when the canopy of her vehicle made contact with the roof. A piece of rock from the roof entered the operator cab and struck the employee which result...
09/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost The employee was pulling on the miner cable to get enough slack to hang the cable when he felt pain in his left forearm and elbow area. The employee continued to work until having surgery on February...
08/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 42d restricted The employee was moving miner cable when he felt pain in his right calf. The employee began missing work on 08/29/2013.
08/19/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was installing a roof bolt and using his boom to push the bolt into the roof. The employee mashed the tip of his left ring finger between the side of the roof bolt wrench and the bolt be...
08/09/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost The employee was removing a piece of angle iron from a conveyor belt take-up when the angle iron fell and struck the employee on the left hand. The employee suffered a fracture to the middle metacarp...
08/07/2013 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was working on a ram car when he was getting off the mine floor he felt pain in his right shoulder.
08/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting when one of his drill steels slipped off the tray and when he grabed for the steel his finger was pinched between the bolter boom and the drill steel.
07/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 52d restricted The employee picked up a 60"" belt pull pad and felt pain in his right shoulder. The employee was later diagnosed on 08/09/2013 with a torn rotator cuff and was taken off of work.
07/11/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost The employee was standing on a ladder in #3 entry while hanging a line curtain. One leg of the ladder sank in the mine floor, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall from the ladder.
06/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was dropping miner cable that had been tied to the mine roof. When the last piece of wire was untied, the miner cable came down and struck the employee in the face. The employee receive...
06/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was getting out of the ram car and twisted his knee.
05/21/2013 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 224d lost, 665d restricted The employee was reaching out of the scoop when his foot slipped off of the brake then his foot hit the tram which pinched his hand against the coal rib.
05/08/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 37d restricted Employee tripped on uneven mine floor and put his left arm out to break his fall. Afterward, the employee felt pain in his left shoulder. The employee continued to work until undergoing surgery for...
05/06/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Miner was tramming to another entry when the employee's foot got caught in a loop of cable.
04/26/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got his hand between the roof bolt plate and the auger clamp.
04/17/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was cutting with a cutting torch on a Hyd. Cylinder on the ram car when the pin exploded, burning knee, left arm, left wrist.
04/16/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 21d restricted Employee filed a report on April 16, 2013, stating that he was experiencing numbness in his left hand and pain in his left arm. Employee is a roof bolter operator and is subject to repeated motion wi...
04/08/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the Main West in entry #5, at crosscut #102 at 86+10 foot mark. The fall was approximately 20 feet long, 20 feet wide and 12 feet high. The fall didn't effect the ventilation,...
04/03/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting down cattle panel when a piece of rock fell and hit him in the forearm.
03/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was walking up to the face in the 1st sub main north entry 2 and he stepped in a hole and twisted his left knee.
02/15/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was recovering curtains when he was struck by a rock.
01/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was lifting a ladder off the coal rib when he pulled something in his shoulder.
12/14/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While putting 2nd drill steel in the drill box the top steel fell out of the roof and hit him in the left hand, it did require sutures.
11/08/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting and installing roof bolt into drilled hole when his thumb was caught between roof plate and wrench.
10/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employee's were putting battery cells on a pallet when one employee dropped his cell to quickly and hit the other employee's little finger.
10/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Employee was getting off the miner and strain his knee.
09/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Steel angle brace fell over and struck employee on the leg. His leg required sutures.
08/14/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was cutting down wire mesh installed according to roof control plan in preparation for cutting overcasts and a rock fell and struck him on the foot.
08/06/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was using a pry bar to remove a rock from the top of the continuous miner and strained his knee.
07/18/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted Employee saw a rock that he thought was loose. He tried to pry it down, then decided to spot bolt it up. As he was drilling, the rock broke and fell, landed on the protective canopy over his head, and...
06/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Trying to unclog rockdust hose, rockdust came dislodged and hose struck employee on the head, requiring 3 sutures. Employee continued to work full duty, but was placed on restricted duty on 7-5-12.
06/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was struck by a rock that fell off of the miner.
06/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Wire mesh fell off of the roof bolter and employee went to pick it up and strained his shoulder.
05/15/2012 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None There were two locations on the clean coal stockpile that had flame showing. One was on the south side of the west end of the pile and the other was on the east end of the pile. There were no injuries...
05/07/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing a ram car. The car sunk in the mud and the center section settled down on his foot breaking a toe.
04/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was building a stopping when a concrete block fell on his right thumb. His thumb required 4 sutures.
03/07/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the Main North in #10 entry at #71 crosscut. The fall was approximately 8' high, 20' long, and 17' wide. The fall didn't affect ventilation, travel, damage equipment or cause a...
01/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted Employee tripped on a piece of rock and fell. He continued to work, had an MRI, and started working with restrictions on 2-24-12.
01/09/2012 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking through a curtain and a nail in the curtain cut his right cheek. The cut required 5 sutures.
12/22/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During inspection a broken bolt was found. Emergency Escape Facility was removed from service until a proper bolt could be found and replaced. No injuries occurred.
10/06/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Employee broke his left thumb when it was struck by a drill steel.
09/02/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was flushing water line and lost grip on the hose. The hose struck him on his right elbow. He received 2 sutures.
08/30/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 20d restricted Employee was struck on the left lower leg by a rock. He received a hairline fracture.
07/26/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee had his right hand on the miner and was looking at the Jana screen. As someone else attempted to start the cutting motors, the employee said that the miner ""bit"" him. Despite the uncertaint...
07/25/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee stepped on a rock and sprained his ankle.
07/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted Employee pinched finger between two pieces of steel.
06/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee fell while moving power cable.
06/02/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 113d restricted Employee lowered drill pot onto right foot.
05/10/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting bands on a pallet of blocks and cut his middle and small fingers on his right hand. He required 2 sutures in both fingers(total of 4 sutures).