MC#1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 558 accidents | Fatalities: 5

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/03/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We had a roof fall in the Headgate #2 bleeder entry #2 between x-cut #9 and #10.
05/07/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee stepped through a mandoor of a stopping and he felt his left knee pop. He continued to work everyday until 5/16/2013 when he had surgery on his left knee to repair ACL damage, the surgeon put...
05/06/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Employee was hauling a load of concrete blocks down the slope A with a fletcher tractor and trailer. As he turned at the bottom of slope A- he slid and hit the corner at the bottom of the slope A. He...
04/23/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a plastic zip tie off his knee pad on the surface to take a shower and go home, as he cut up on the zip tie he finished cutting the zip tie and ran a box cutter knife across the t...
04/13/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Pouring concrete. Line on chute came off hitting employee in face. Concrete got in his right eye and ear canal.
04/09/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We had a roof fall in the #2 entry between the # 3 and #4 x-cuts of the Headgate #2 set-up rooms. MMU003 unit.
04/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 200d lost Employee was reaching for a roof bolt plate on the back of the roof bolter and the stack of plates shifted and fell on his left thumb. Resulting in a broken left thumb.
03/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee slipped and fell while holding drill, sprained left knee.
02/27/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost Drilling in shaft bottom, pulled steel, strained right shoulder.
02/26/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee was installing angle brackets with a roof bolting machine, while putting the roof bolt into the hole, he heard a pop in his right elbow. He was working in Headgate #2 unit in the number 2 ent...
02/20/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was helping the miner operator move into a cut to mine, as he threw the cable over against the right rib out of the way, the rib rolled out and hit him on his right side. He twisted his back,...
02/06/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 449d lost Employee was making the faces on the section in x-cut left in the number 2 entry at x-cut 26. He walked up on the left side of the roof bolter and checked the top where the ATRS was located, and he wa...
01/21/2013 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The jumper lead on the hoist motor rotor at the connection point shorted out, causing a hole to be burned in the end of the rotor. The motor was removed and taken to a motor shop, disassembled and re...
12/31/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Work deck was wet due to rain. Employee slipped while installing bolt/drill got away from him and pinned employee against hand rail.
12/14/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We had a roof fall at x-cut 84 in the number 1 entry of the Headgate #1 Unit. This is the Longwall unit 004 MMU.
12/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the longwall section and he came in contact with a piece of screen wire that was sticking down between the shields and cut his left cheek. He went to the hospital and received...
11/30/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting and installing the angle brackets and a piece of rock fell out of the roof and struck him on the right forearm. He went to the hospital and received 4 stitches in his right f...
11/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 146d lost Employee was greasing belt rollers and bearings when the grease hose got wrapped around his right arm. He broke his right forearm. He was located at the Headgate # 2 tripper drive.
10/26/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was running a drill and a rock fell out and hit him on top of the right hand and cut his hand between the ring finger and the knuckle. He went to the hospital and received 2 stitches and retu...
10/25/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The mechanic was using a come-along to re-connect the shuttle car conveyor chain back together and the hook slipped and hit the mechanic in the mouth area under his nose. He was taken to the hospital...
10/24/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at x-cut 71 in the number 2 entry (belt entry) of Headgate #2 section.
10/10/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was prying the cap out of a planetary on a roof bolter, he slipped and fell and twisted his left knee. He continued to work until he could not stand the pain any longer, he scheduled meniscus...
10/03/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was moving drill and steel from one hole to another. Strained back.
10/03/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Clean shaft bottom. Rock fell from rib and hit employee on left shoulder causing head contusion with secondary cervical strain
10/01/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the number 2 entry of the Headgate #2 unit inby crosscut 71.
09/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a hose from a P-70 water pump, the end of the hose caused a laceration over the right eye brow, we took him to the clinic and he received 6 stitches and returned to work.
09/28/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was running a bobcat and there was some cables hanging down in front of him and he tried to raise them up with his left hand and mashed his left hand between the bobcat and roof above him. We...
09/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was reaching to grab the drill steel from the drill pot, and he ran his right foreman on the corner of the steel plate lacerating the bottom of his right forearm. He went to the hospital and...
09/02/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall at x-cut 101 between number 2 and 3 entry on the Headgate #1 unit. We installed standing support at both ends of the fall.
08/06/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 223d lost Employee was backing up with the D-10 dozer and backed into feeder #3. He was taken to the hospital and had broken ribs and a bone broke in his collar.
07/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting up roofbolts and his drill steel got caught in the hole, when he tried to pull it out of the roof, when he put his hand under the drill steel it fell out of the hole and smashed h...
07/26/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was running the bobcat and when he was getting back in the seat he hit his head on the front of the equipment jamming his neck.
07/17/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at this operation at 13:45 at X-cut #7 between #4 and #5 entries at the mouth of the Headgate #2 unit.
07/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 240d lost Unloading excavator from tractor trailer. Pulling on sling. Strained upper and lower back
07/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing cat tracks on the Bobcat, he was removing, something hit his left middle finger, and fractured the end of his middle finger in the last section of his finger. He thinks it was the greas...
07/06/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was inspecting the screen deck on a scalping screen for any missing screen panels, and fell backwards hitting the back of his head, he cut the back of his right side of his scalp, he was take...
06/29/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We had a roof fall in #1 entry at x-cut 111 of the Headgate unit 004 mmu. We submitted a fall clean up plan, we did the plan and the area was released by MSHA on 07/06/2012 to resume normal mining ope...
06/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Employee was hanging high voltage cable when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. He finished working and he said it kept hurting him while he continued to work, he did have surgery on his righ...
06/04/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing the wire mesh to the roof and rocks fell out smashing his fingers in the screen wire and the ATRS on the roof bolter. He went to the hospital and received 5 stitches in his rig...
05/24/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at x-cut 111 on the Headgate #1 unit between the number 2 and #3 entry in the x-cut. It did not block the ventilation or the travel past it. The fall measured about 18 feet wide by 20 feet l...
05/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost Employee states that he had back surgery before coming to this mine, he said while lifting belt rollers he felt like his back was beginning to hurt him. He said he was going to go to his doctor and ha...
04/24/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging curtain on the unit and a sharp rock fell and hit him in the left cheek of his face. This happened in the #2 entry of the Headgate #2 Unit. He went to the hospital and received 9...
03/30/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a sledge hammer and busting up a chunk of limestone rock, when he hit the rock a piece a rock hit him in the left leg, in the shin area. He went to the doctor and he put 3 stitches...
03/29/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The roof along the face at the tailgate end of the longwall has fallen into the panline.
03/23/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting up screen wire and a rock slid out of the screen wire and hit him in the upper left lip area. He was taken to the hospital and received 4 stitches.
03/06/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of rock fell off of the ATRS while installing screen wire and hit the employee on the back of the head and on the left hand. He went to the hospital and received stitches in his left hand midd...
02/28/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee caught his left shoulder on a piece of metal. He received three stitches in his left shoulder, and returned to work.
02/27/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None We had a small potout on the Tailgate at x-cut 86 and a half in the number 3 entry. It was 6 feet wide by 6 feet wide by 5 foot high, and it did not fall ABOVE or at the anchorage point of 8 feet, and...
01/30/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a razor knife while cutting, he ran the blade of the knife across his left hand behind his left thumb. He went to the hospital and received 6 stitches in his left hand behind his th...
01/25/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading belt structure and slipped on the trailer, cutting his right shin, causing a deep laceration on his right leg. He went to the hospital and received 11 stitches and returned to wor...