Mach #1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 519 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/26/2017 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 9d restricted Employee was using a 4 1/2"" angle grinder with a wire wheel to clean of the top of a 20' section of pipe prior to welding. The wire wheel came into contact with the draw string of the employee's swea...
01/24/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 26d restricted Employee was operating a skidsteer when the cab became hung on some low hanging communication cords. The cab of the skidsteer tilted back and then fell contacting the employee's left foot causing a ha...
01/24/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning the cable tray for the shear cable when a piece of coal was thrown from the shear contacting the employee's left index finger. The left index finger was fractured as a result.
01/06/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee attempted to remove a belt splice pin from a mechanical splice. The employee hooked the splice pin with the claw of the first claw hammer and struck the head of the hammer with a...
07/20/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to fill a water cart when the water fill-up hose slipped from hands. The pressure from the hose caused the metal end to strike lower lip causing a laceration.
06/28/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to trim some skirt rubber from a dump point. Employee used pliers in left hand to bend the skirt rubber back to assist in trimming the skirt. With a utility knife in right hand...
02/17/2016 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking the intake/primary escape way for quarterly fire drill. As ee was about to cross under an under cast, ee raised up slightly striking the ""I"" beam with face/nose.
01/26/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee's right foot became stuck between the relay bar and the toe of shield 140. EE reached over their back towards the next shield and lost balance. Employee fell over fracturing EE's right leg.
01/15/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee was attempting to load an oxygen cylinder for welding into a scoop bucket. EE was carrying the cylinder and stepped on a loose rock. EE slipped, buckling right knee. The cylinder fell across...
01/12/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Contactor was entering the guard shack and grabbed the door handle with right hand. A gust of wind jerked the door from ee hands. Contractor felt a strain/sprain in lower back.
12/10/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost An employee was attempting to crossover a pressurized water hose, when the hose burst. The employee then slipped/tripped over a 2"" waterline on the ground. This resulted in a sprained/twisted ankle.
11/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Roof bolter operator was trying to line the top and bottom drill steels to drill his bolt hole. The bottom drill steel fell from the drill chuck. The operator then dropped the top drill steel which fe...
11/04/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was a passenger in a moving mantrip. As the vehicle passed through an underpass, crossing under belt, a low hanging underpass guard struck the injured employee in the shoulder. Lost time acci...
11/02/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee arrived to work and entered the bathhouse through the boot wash area. He was ascending the steps. As he stepped onto the concrete floor his foot slipped and right knee buckled. As he fell to...
10/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE right foot became stuck between the longwall shield foot and the pan line relay bar. EE lost his balance and fell over, fracturing his lower right leg and dislocating his right ankle.
09/22/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stopped to assist other employees installing belts on the B Pump Vessel pulley. When they rolled the pulley his thumb caught on the belt and rolled his thumb into the upper sheave. This cause...
05/16/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Securing clamp; wrench slipped and smashed finger
04/24/2015 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dismounting the Kalmar forklift when he felt something tap his arm. As he walked he began to notice blood on his arm. He had a laceration on his left forearm. He was treated with 7 suture...
04/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Plant employee got flock on his boots then proceeded up the stairs. As he approached the top of the stairs he slipped and fell onto the top landing. Causing a fracture to his left ribs.
04/08/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was recovering old high voltage cables, as he was cutting a hanger down he slipped and cut the top of his left hand with his utility knife, resulting in a laceration requiring 4 stitches.
03/23/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was loading belt structure onto a trailer, when he slipped and hit his ribs on the skid steer.
03/20/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Injured employee was operating a tractor when his tractor got stuck. He called another operator to come and pull him. As the other tractor backed up the injured employee got out of his tractor and wal...
03/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee set a pump and was checking to make sure it was working when he slipped and fell twisting his knee. This resulted in a sprained knee.
02/17/2015 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 133d lost Employee was hanging mesh near the tip of a longwall shield during the preparation of finishing up a panel. Employee hung a piece of mesh on a hook told another employee to set the shield tight. He th...
02/08/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall was found at 10:10 PM. On 2/8/15 prior to sending workers to work on cleaning up a non-reportable fall that was not above anchorage, it was found that an area measuring approxim...
01/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking by the stage loader at the longwall face and twisted his knee. At the time he thought it was nothing so no accident report was filled out. In May it started bothering him so he fi...
01/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost At the end of the shift the injured contract employee was unloading bad rollers into the scrap metal bin on the surface, when one became caught causing him to catch his left pinky and ring finger betw...
11/21/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 78d lost The employee went off for surgery on both elbows for tenosynovitis as a result of repeated motion.
11/21/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee slipped and fell on a roof bolter. He fell striking his right torso and fractured his 10th rib.
10/31/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost While working a rock fell from the rib and struck the employee in the knee. The employee's knee cap was dislocated and strained ligament.
06/10/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BLADE ON A BELT SCRAPPER WITH A 24"" PIPE WRENCH AND WHEN PRYING DOWN THE WRENCH SLIPPED. SMASHING THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT PINKY FINGER REQUIRING 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
06/03/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost The employee was removing a high pressure staple with a pry bar. When he pushed the bar it slipped and his hand hit the pan line on the longwall face. His index finger on his left hand was fractured...
05/28/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 149d lost The repetitive action of operating the continuous miner remote has lead to pain and limited movement in both wrist and the right thumb. This is the result of many years of working as a continuous mine...
03/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While hanging a continuous miner cable the employee felt pain in his stomach. On 6/30/2014 he had surgery for a hernia.
03/15/2014 NONPOWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 15d lost The Compliance Staffing Agency contractor was moving a dolly at the longwall storage unit. He had his hand on the drop off ear. When the dolly ear came in contact with the storage unit drop off arm, h...
02/13/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was prying a piece of ice near the tailpiece of the raw coal stacker belt. The material broke loose and is own force jammed his ring finger into a beam. His finger required a splint and st...
02/03/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The David Stanley contractor was trying to clear a rock shoot with a rock bar. A rock slide down and struck the bar and the bar came up and hit him in his Jaw. The contractor had to get stitches.
01/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 298d lost The miner was pulling cable off the shuttle car reel so he could hang it. While pulling cable off he felt pain in his left shoulder. He was taken out of the mine to be looked at.
01/06/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost The miner was operating the continuous miner when some draw rock fell out form cut. A rock slid out and struck the miner in the right leg. He had swelling of the right knee.
12/21/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was cutting a piece of belt. He cut his right leg and had to get staples.
10/19/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost While climbing into the back of a mantrip he twisted his knee.
10/03/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was building a block stopping. He dropped a block on his right hand and smashed his middle finger.
09/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He smashed his finger while putting a glute under a can.
09/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing a ram on a shield he hit is elbow on the inside of the shield.
05/20/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None And unintentional roof fall occurred on South Mains 2 #5 entry. The roof fall consisted of gray shale rock 16ft long 16ft wide by 6ft to 8ft thick.
02/13/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 381d lost Injured employee was in process of advancing 2"" plastic line for the purpose of pumping material used in constructing pump able cribs. As he was pulling on the line through an area that was wet and m...
01/17/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A cable hanger in the roof poked into injured's eyelid and required stitches.
12/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured pushed a rock off of CM, rock broke and cut his arm resulting in stitches.
11/29/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 140d lost On 11/29, injured was carrying an oxygen bottle. His feet slipped and the bottle came down on his shoulder. He saw a specialist on 12/6 and is currently in physical therapy.
11/28/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 26d lost This is an occupational illness. The date & time of accident is unknown. Employee started missing 11/28/12 and received carpal tunnel surgery and is off until further notice.