Locust Thicket — Accidents

Total: 39 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/06/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laid right hand on head of roof bolter. Hit up lever pinch little finger between head are and boom jack.
07/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee was working on the miner and as he was lifting on the rub rail to install it he felt a pain in his groin area. He continued to work and started missing work on July 26 2011 due to a hernia wh...
07/11/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was riding the mantrip to the surface, riding on the off side, as the mantrip was getting ready to go into a turn it scrubbed the rib. The employee got his left foot (toes area) caught betwee...
04/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was helping with a belt move and a piece of draw rock fell and hit his hip as he was hanging cable near the tail piece in the face area.
01/31/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As employee was bolting top a piece of rock fell from the rib and hit him in the left hip and knocked him into the bolt tray chipping his front right tooth. Employee stated that he checked the rib bef...
11/17/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up a channel sample that his helper was chipping off of the rib and a piece of rock fell and hit his right hand causing a laceration to the ring and little finger that took suture...
10/27/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 26d restricted Employee was helping install an air lock door approximately one break inside the mine. They had scaled the top. Later on a piece of rock 10""WX10""LX3"" thick fell and hit him on the back as he was be...
10/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Approximately one break underground EE was going through an air lock door when the door came back shut and hit him on the right shoulder. He continued to work and was placed on restricted duty when he...
10/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was helping hang an air lock door approx. one break inside and as he lifted he felt pain in his lower back. He was diagnosed as having a strain and was put on light duty. He has a return to w...
10/04/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was cutting a hole in a piece of belt when the knife slipped and hit him on the right leg two inches above the knee. He was going to use the piece of belt to drag rock dust to a trickle duste...
09/01/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 113d lost, 55d restricted Employee was backing a 3 wheeler up on the belt line to check a rib near the #5 drive when he backed up on some rock and caused his head to go into the top. A musle was pulled in his neck. He is worki...
08/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up belt structure outby the loadout in a break and as he picked up one piece another piece lying on the first one hit him above the left eye toward the center of the forehead caus...
08/12/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8-12-2010 a rock fall was found on the belt line in the #4 heading. The fall was approximately 20' wide X 70' long X 6 to 8' high. This fall was in our secondary escapeway.
08/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pouring hydraulic oil from a can into the Miner and hit a sharp edge on the bucket and cut his right hand. The laceration required 5 sutures to close the wound.
08/05/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall 6' high, 20' wide, 40' long was found near break 79 at spad number 1668 in the number one entry of the panel 6A. This fall did not hinder travel or flow of ventilation.
08/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pushing on a set of air lock doors with his shoulder and when the door opened he hit the other door with his hand, causing a laceration to his index finger that required 8 sutures to clos...
08/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 227d lost Employee was helping put a piece of top belt structure in. He was in the number 4 entry. As he was lifting he felt a pain in his lower back. He continued to work and due to complication he started mis...
06/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 194d lost Employee's wife called on 6-17-10 and said that EE had hurt his back shoveling belt. No incident of a back injury was turned in at the end of the shift by ee nor did he tell his foreman that he hurt h...
05/26/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was welding on a set of air lock doors located near the surface, when later on he discovered that he had burned his right eye.
04/24/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An air lock door was blocked opened with a header and as a scoop went through the door the header fell and the employee grabbed the door and got his fingers mashed when the door went against the top....
04/14/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 304d lost Employee was tramming the Miner from the deck and had his arm on the cable arm of the Miner when he hit the rib and twisted his right arm. He continued to work and due to complications started missing...
10/27/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee slipped on the steps leading out of the hose trailer and fell hitting on his right knee. Fell approximately four feet.
10/10/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee jacked up a three wheel buggy and took the tire off to check for a noise he heard. He had two jacks plus some blocking under the buggy when it killed over and hit him on the left leg in the s...
07/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost On July 24, 2009 employee was kneeling at the power center trying to hook the cat head up for the Bridge. As he pulled on the cable for slack, he twisted his right knee. He continued to work and on Oc...
04/13/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was bolting top, putting in a rib bolt when the swing level got fouled and pushed him into the rib causing bruising.
11/12/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A rock fall appox. 20'x20'x6' high fell in the break between # 1 and 2 headings in the return near spad number 64. This fall does not impede the travel or air flow.
07/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost On July 9, 2008 an employee was crossing the conveyor chain on the miner when he slipped and twisted his right knee. Due to complications the employee started missing work on October 10, 2008.
04/05/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hitting a metal shaft with a hammer when a piece of metal flew off and hit him in the mouth knocking his upper front tooth out. Employee has continued to work and has missed no days.
02/12/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee slipped and fell as he was putting a roof bolt up and the bolter head swung onto his right knee. He started missing work on 2/19/08 and returned to work on 2/21/08 (2) days.
10/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost On 10-22-07 employee picked up a bag of rock dust and complained of pain in lower back, continued to work. On 10-24-07 he sustained injuries in a vehicle accident (off property) where he was rear ende...
10/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall, 30 feet long X 20 feet wide X 8 to 10 feet high fell in the #5 heading at spad number 285. Reported to MSHA at 12:52PM of day of occurrence.
09/10/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting top with two piece drill steel. When he was extracting the drill steel it came apart and hit his thumb on the right hand causing a fracture to it.
01/24/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE said he was backing up pinner, and ran over a rock in haulway, got head in top, said his neck was strained.
07/15/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee passing by Mac 8 on his 3 wheeler somehow caught his left arm on something on Mac 8.
07/05/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EE SAID WAS SCALING DOWN SOME DRAW ROCK ON A NEW PANEL WITH A SCALE BAR. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS 5' X 4' X 1 TO 9"" THICK, STRIKING HIS SLATE BAR THAT HIT HIS LEFT LOWER LEG, FRACT...
03/07/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost EE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO PUSH A 3-WHEELED MANTRIP BECAUSE IT WAS LOW ON BATTERY POWER. EE SAID HE SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE MANTRIP.
01/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO RAISE A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE BACK UP ON SIDE RAIL WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 1/18/05 AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3/8/05 WHEN HE SAW A D...
12/29/2004 FIRE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE said he was working on a 3 wheeler when he got too close to a fire bucket and it caught his clothing on fire. It burned his right arm near elbow area.
10/18/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL DISCOVERED ON PRESHIFT. IT IS IN #4 HEADING, STARTING AT SPAD#251 AND GOING UP TO SPAD#266. FALL IS 140X22 AND 8 TO 15 FEET HIGH. IT FELL ON #1 MBC AND #1 PIG CONV.