MC#1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 558 accidents | Fatalities: 5

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/11/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was hanging cable in front of the feeder on HG7. After hanging the cable EE slipped and fell striking EE's back and left ribs. Employee went for medical treatment the next day, x-ray showed E...
02/09/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee was using a track jack to raise the top belt to change a middle roller. As the belt raised it became harder to push the jack down. Employee felt pain in right shoulder. Employee worked until...
01/09/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 59d restricted Employee was in the set-up face on HG7 loading cable bolts on the bolter when they felt a 'pop' in the left shoulder. Incident happened on 1-9-20 and was reported to the Safety Dept. on 1-13-20. Emplo...
12/10/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof pot out occurred at cross cut 120 in the number 1 entry of tailgate 2. The fallen roof material impeded passage through the area.
12/09/2019 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning up trash. EE picked up a 50 gallon empty glue drum, EE accidently hit the valve on the end of the drum and releasing a small amount of pressure spraying glue on EE's face and run...
12/05/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee was guiding a shield hauler in to pick up a re-lay bar on a shield. Employee told the hauler operator to ""tilt down"". After the hauler tilted down, the employee misplaced right foot, and it...
10/29/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing chain hangers in #1 entry on HG7. When EE raised EE's boom on the right side of the bolter, a 5ft steel became caught on the boom fan. When it dis-lodged it struck the employee...
10/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was at the MN#1 drive, helping let out the take-up. EE was on the travel road side of the take-up, and had hand on the rail. When the movable roller started to roll, it caught EE's left ring...
10/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee backed miner out of cut, employee was throwing cable over and felt a pop in right shoulder. Employee went for medical attention the day of the incident with nothing found. Employee went to th...
10/01/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost IE was handling refuse conveyor belt structure and IE felt like IE tore something in IE's elbow and shoulder. The IE begin missing work on 12/10/2019.
09/19/2019 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was dragging a vent tube to the face, and twisted left knee on some loose coal. Employee went for medical treatment and was released to return to work. On 9-23-2019 employee returned to the d...
09/17/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At aprox 7:30 employee started de-gasification and flames shot out of the pump.
09/12/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee loaded a bundle of hogpanel on the roofbolter. Employee used a set of 18 inch bolt cutters to cut the bands holding the hogpanel together, and felt a ""pop' in left shoulder. Employee went to...
09/12/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was setting bits on the shear with a bit wrench and 3 pound sledge hammer. A small piece of metal flew off the bit striking EE in the left arm. Employee went for a x-ray the next day.
09/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Cooling package on a 279c Skid Steer fell down and pinned employee's right hand between the latch striker and the latch assembly. The gas strut was defective and came off its housing when it was bumpe...
09/08/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None There was an electrical failure on our secondary hoist. The main motor failed. The hoist was down from 9-8-2019 to 9/10/2019.
09/05/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unloading 4ft bolts from the scoop. When EE grabbed a handful of bolts, a metal band was in the scoop bucket and flew up striking employees right arm causing a laceration requiring 5 stit...
08/20/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was pulling a curtain off of the mesh when a nail holding the curtain to the mesh came out striking EE in the mouth breaking the tooth.
08/14/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was splicing roofbolter cable, EE trimmed the cable back aprox. 10 inches and was holding the excess insulation with right hand, when EE was cutting off the excess insulation the knife slippe...
08/12/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None There was an electrical failure on our secondary hoist. The contactor in the main panel failed. The hoist was down for aprox. 1 hour.
07/21/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in HG-8 crosscut 66 in entry 2, 18'Wide x 20' long, and 18'high
07/19/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting smashed suction hose and was cutting towards myself and cut upper right leg above knee.
07/19/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost A 3rd shift diesel mechanic was installing an exhaust cover on a Getman tractor. When they raised the cover to put it on the tractor, they felt a pop in the right shoulder. Incident happened on 7-19-1...
06/20/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was a contractor for 4 months and hired on 6-19-19. On 6-20-19 employee was building a 10ft crib on HG5 recovery. As EE walked away, the crib fell striking EE on the left shoulder and thumb....
06/19/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee knocked a stopping at 102 x-cut on HG6. After knocking the stopping, employee was scaling some block that was hung on the roof and a 4 inch block fell 8.5 feet striking employee on right foot...
06/18/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Building a block wall noticed lack of grip, numbness, pain, and tingling. Got worse with repetitive motion.
06/10/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost employee was on the North side of the cage bottom, the cage was on the surface, the employee opened the North side gate and walked 4.5 feet, (assuming the cage was on the Bottom) and fell 19.5 feet to...
05/17/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost A rock slid off the top of the miner hitting me in the hand.
05/14/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned fire occurred on the company number 4 water car.
05/14/2019 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost I was watering roads when I noticed a flame, I immediately set the fire suppression off and started using extinguisher and tried putting fire out, then was taken out.
05/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 147d lost Building a block wall, got it about 9 foot high when it fell over on me.
04/29/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Working on center section with one bolt still in center section needing to reposition chain holding it, bearing turned and cut forearm.
04/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Putting belt structure in and started feeling burning on my lower legs.
04/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Putting in structure wading in concrete, started feeling burning on legs.
04/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Putting in structure wading in concrete started feeling burning on my legs.
04/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Putting in structure wading in concrete started feeling burning on my legs.
04/22/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost Mule was anchored at rear with a 3/4 inch 30 ton chain to a shield toe while attempting to pull a face side walker when chain broke coming through back of cab striking employee.
04/18/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Standing at right side facing miner head while guys were changing bits, when a piece of bit chipped off hitting above my glasses, scraping across my eye scratching it.
04/17/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 334d restricted IE was using a chain fall, chain hoist to lift a 4'x 8' sheet of 1/2 metal. The IE sprained or strained the middle left finger while ratcheting the chain fall. The IE continued unrestricted work until...
04/17/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred on HG-7 belt line at crosscut 114 1 entry
04/09/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 24d lost Continuous overhead movement of arm, reaching for roof bolts and glue from repetitive motion
04/06/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Shoveled along south mains belt line got EE's glove caught in roller and pinched EE's finger between belt and roller.
03/28/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a zip tie off a huck gun hose, slipped off cutting EE's left thumb receiving 6 stitches.
03/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing a coupler on a 4 inch Aqua line, some emulsion sprayed into right eye.
03/13/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost A contractor employee was walking and pulling a rope. While pulling the rope EE tripped over a hose fracturing left ankle.
03/12/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 21d lost, 5d restricted Cutting in the face of 1, sumping in felt something struck EE at the bottom of EE's left eye causing 4 stitches.
03/06/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred on HG9 entry #0 x-cut #6. An action plan was submitted to MSHA and approved.
03/02/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 3 pound sledge to drive a pin out of a rub rail. A small piece of metal broke off the hammer and lodged in their left arm. Employee went for medical treatment the next day.
02/26/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred just in by B slope drive.
02/25/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None roof fall on HG-7 entry 2 crosscut 115