Marker Portal Mine — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The individual was removing drill steel from roof bolt hole and struck his right elbow on the canopy post.
08/14/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was stretching out 2/0 cable when a loop of cable flipped over causing the cable to twist his wrist.
07/07/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall was discovered in the worked out No. 1 Northeast macker panel. The fall was in the No.2 return entry at survey station No. 6507 and mneasured approx. 20' long x 20' wide x 6' thick. There were...
07/07/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall was discovered in the worked out No. 1 Northeast marker panel. The fall was in the No. 2 return entry at survey station No. 6527 and measured approximately 20' long x 20' wide x 6' high. There...
07/06/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost The individual was installing a roof bolt when a piece of draw rock fell. The draw rock struck the edge of the tray of the roof bolting machine which caused the rock to break. A piece of the rock stru...
07/01/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was operating a continuous mining machine when a piece of draw rock fell out between roof bolts. The rock struck him on top of his head and bent his neck forward resulting in a strain to...
06/13/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The individual was installing a new cable (wire) on a conveyor belt take-up unit and strained his right shoulder.
06/13/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The injured was operating a roof bolting machine and was raising the drill head up to the drill steel, when he caught his right hand btween the drill head chuch and the drill steel. This resulted in a...
05/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 73d restricted The injured was changing the drive chain on #5 drive and strained right shoulder when lifting a 60 drive chain to place on belt drive gears. The injured did not miss work but is scheduled for shoulder...
04/27/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall was discovered in the No. 1 entry of the 1-left panel off 1 East marker at survey station No. 6600. The fall measured approximately 25' long by 7' thick by 17' wide. There were no injuries or e...
03/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 54d lost, 99d restricted The individual was helping slide a spool of shuttle car cable in to the scoop bucket and experienced pain in his right shoulder.
03/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The individual was opening an air lock door, which is located on the mine travelway, and felt a pull in his lower back. He did not miss work or go to a physician until 5/19/09. The physician recently...