Marion County Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,320 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/06/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable at 138 block #7 entry of 9 South. Fall approx. 50' long, 12' high and unknown width (traveling toward return stopping). Area of weathered loose clay discovere...
02/19/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Extreme mud, wet ground, slippery, soft underfoot conditions.
02/18/2016 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While Schindler Elevator Services was conducting required testing of the Sugar Run elevator and broke a pin off of the safety shoe. The safety shoe was replaced and the elevator was returned to servic...
02/15/2016 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Brought truck to shop at prep plant through equipment door, exited building through personnel door. The vibration of shutting the door, and melting, caused a piece of ice to fall off the flashing (4'x...
02/12/2016 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Miner was inspecting Miracle Run Elevator when it stopped, resulting in an entrapment from 1:25 am to 5:50 am. Investigation discovered a field connector failed in controller panel which shut down and...
02/01/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 224d lost Bolting off miner in 2 East and right shoulder popped out of socket while holding bolt in the hole. Multiple previous shoulder injuries. Diagnosed with strain/sprain and possible chipped bone in shoul...
02/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Picking up rocks (1 1/2'x6"" thick) to clear walkway on 6 belt (114-115 blk) and felt pop and pain in right shoulder. Earlier in shift employee felt pain in employee's neck and left shoulder picking u...
01/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 203d lost Employee was climbing up steps on an ejector truck and felt pain in employee's right knee. The pain got worse over the next week and employee began missing work on 2/4/16 with an initial diagnosis of...
01/13/2016 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two miners were on top of the Miracle Run Elevator (30' from top) chipping ice off shaft wall, that was found in the previous inspection. A piece of ice fell and tripped the limit switch on shaft bott...
12/28/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Miner was using a chain fall to position the rock box for the 3 East transfer. He felt a pain in his left shoulder while pulling down on the chain fall trying to maneuver the rock box into its proper...
12/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Injured picked up winch hook to move from behind bucket ram into the scoop bucket. While positioning the hook in the bucket he pinched his gloved middle finger between the winch hook and the bucket, r...
12/06/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Miner was turning water pressure back on at 2 block 2 east at the end of the belt spur (after installing booster pump). His hands slipped off handle and fell over backwards hitting the back of his hea...
12/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost While de-trashing 24W transfer area he picked up a bottom roller that was leaning against rib, the shaft caught on the rib, pulled out like a plunger and then smashed down pinching his right middle fi...
11/22/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was walking back to belt entry after taking equipment out to the track, he stepped on a piece of belting laying on the floor and twisted his ankle. Cause of this injury was employee awareness...
11/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Trolley pole of 126 jeep came off the wire while traveling Main West haulage. Injured leaned over to put pole back on wire and felt pain in lower back. Continued to work normal job until 11/28/15, whe...
11/14/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Using come along, slate bar and hammers to remove a section of handrail off the panline (near headgate in 24W). Injured was standing in front of the handrail prying it off and it landed on his left fo...
11/10/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 178d lost Injured replaced a piece of grating on slope catwalk at 2780, then walked down catwalk and a separate piece of grating failed and he fell striking his right shoulder on the concrete floor below. Start...
11/07/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Walking bleeders from 24W to 17W and felt pain in lower back, going down both legs, when he got to bleeder fan. Miner has history of lower back issues (herniated lumbar disc) aggravated by walking ben...
11/07/2015 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Miracle Elevator doors gapped open enough to activate door switch, which locked brakes and jolted over speed switch, activating it as well (discovered SOS has weak set spring, replacement ordered). 4...
11/04/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Using a pneumatic ""tugger"" winch to pull drill rods to lay down position while tripping out of the hole. Then putting winch line in stow & was trying to roll winch line on neatly. While doing had...
10/31/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost While carrying a 2"" air pump in the bleeder walkway near 21W tap he stepped on a section of slick line and fell backwards, landing on his back. The location where he tripped was dry. He is experienci...
10/23/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned fall discovered reportable of brow of southern approach to 2 belt trench at the drive. Fall was above anchorage and 4' high, 8' foot long, 16' wide. Investigation discovered brow separated i...
10/16/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee working on clogged trash pump at 11 tail (Guzzla SV-60 pump). He was back flushing the pump and mud blew out the suction line and got into his eyes. He was wearing glasses. He missed no work,...
10/13/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Winching a car of belt with a belt winder on 7 belt. He pulled off rope to get more slack and got his foot caught in some hydraulic hoses. When he energized the winder, the hoses moved and tripped him...
10/11/2015 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The Metz elevator experienced a door fault error and engaged the safety brakes, entrapping 2 miners for 40 minutes approximately 175 feet from the top. The safety fault was reset and the elevator test...
10/09/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The mine received self-insured employer decision on 11/2/15 from a medical report dated 10/9/15 awarding the injured a 5.13% permanent partial disability for noise induced hearing loss. Employee laid...
10/02/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Replacing thermocouple on the thermal dryer, but the hole was too small. He used a 1"" pipe and 3 lb. hammer to widen opening. He missed the pipe and struck his gloved left hand with the hammer, openi...
09/30/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Bolting (and screening) in 1East #1 entry, 17-18 block, in an area with exposed shale. The ATRS was set and he was starting to drill first hole when a rock (18""x24""x5"") broke loose outby the drill...
09/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Walking through the dust chute on Metz Bottom and fell, spraining his right ankle. He is unsure whether he tripped, or if his problematic surgically repaired knee gave out and caused the fall. No prob...
09/16/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Fixing a leak in the slick line at 23W #1 around 6 block when the coupler failed, spraying the miner with glue compound being used to ""rock lock"" the tailgate. Miner missed no work, but was prescrib...
09/15/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None It was discovered the Sugar Run elevator was down for equipment damage after the MonPower substation at Harvey Run lost a phase causing damage to the elevator generator (4 resistor banks were burnt up...
09/14/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall determined reportable on 24W longwall tailgate. Fall not above anchorage, but restricted travel. The travelway was impassable from 86+39 to the longwall face. 2-3' of dark, moist c...
09/12/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee had cleaned 15 tail and was walking back to his mantrip, when he stepped over the rail he rolled his right ankle, resulting in a sprain. He continued to work until 9/22/15, when he missed 3 d...
08/31/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of curtain towards his body when the knife slipped out of the curtain and he stabbed himself in the left forearm, resulting in a puncture/laceration that required 4 suture...
08/26/2015 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 116d lost, 7d restricted Employee rode into 24W in the passenger compartment of mantrip. He went to stand up and felt pain in his left foot (metatarsal and posterior area). Walkway clean, distance from pavement to mantrip not...
08/19/2015 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Walking by miner in 1 East #3 heading inby 7 block and a piece of loose rib (2' by 8-12"") fell and struck him in the head and neck. X-rays were negative, given time off for possible soft tissue damag...
08/18/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost #28 bolter in 1 east lost suction, the injured had bolter operator open dust dump box to check the rubber seal. While checking the seal the dust box closed, pinching his right thumb and resulting in 2...
08/18/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Bolting off the miner in 2 East while cutting a turn in #1 entry a rock fell, broke on the rib protector and rolled on the back of his left foot resulting in a blood blister and possible soft tissue d...
08/17/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Attempting to pull face shield that would not pull in typical remote. Employee stood on toe of shield and was manually operating solenoids. While pulling shield he got his left foot caught between shi...
08/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost While testing a water hose (for cutting purposes) at 46 blk Main West when a 6"" ball valve failed and struck him in the left knee. Initial x-rays were negative, employee had next two weeks off, howev...
08/12/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall at the 47 block intersection of 4 belt, extending out towards the track. Fall approx. 20' high, 20' wide and 30' long. Small pocket of unconsolidated moist slick rock discovered ab...
08/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While b-bonding a stopping in the bleeder entry of 24W sweat ran down into his eye, possibly bringing b-bond powder with it. Received a scratch to his cornea that was treated with prescription eye dro...
08/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Miner was assisting in putting a canopy on a 636 scoop near the loading ramp in 24W, the canopy needed extra clearance and he tried to lift it up manually and experienced pain in his left shoulder. Be...
08/03/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall in 21W discovered reportable at 2:56 am in the #2 entry between 3 and 4 blocks. The fall was approx. 16' wide, an unknown length and width, stopping about 5' into the #3 block inte...
07/29/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable at 12:10 am in 21W 2 block intersection of #3 entry. Fall was approximately 16' wide, 20' long and 10' high. The fall will not be cleaned up. No problems with...
07/26/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable at 5:23 pm in 22W 2 block intersection of the #1 entry. Fall was approximately 20' long, 16' wide and 13' high and covered a scoop. No problems with training,...
07/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost While moving the shear from Sugar Run to 24W the cable handler had to be removed at 55 blk St. Leo. They removed the bolts and when he tried to pick it up it rolled over and crushed the end of his lit...
07/16/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The mine received Self Insured Employer Decision on 8/24/2015 from a medical report dated 7/16/2015 awarding the injured a 2.8% permanent partial disability for noise induced hearing loss. Employee la...
07/13/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall was discovered at intersection of the inby recovery chute with the inby ladder located near 3 block of 22D. The fall was approx. 20' long, 16' wide, and 8-9' high. Possibly due to unforeseea...
07/06/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bulk dusting 11 belt drive the rock dust swirled around his glasses and lodged into his left eye, scratching the cornea when he rubbed it. Finished shift, worked next day, but was prescribed 2 p...