MC#1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 558 accidents | Fatalities: 5

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/23/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fracture above the anchorage zone of the roof bolts occurred causing a roof fall a XC 101 entry #1 on HG#7. Fall measured approximately 25' in length, 12-18' high.
02/18/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a flex hose to install a coupler and the knife slipped causing a laceration to EE's left forearm.
02/18/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee was riding in the back of a 12 man CCV on the way to bottom at the end of 3rd shift. EE was in the back of the ride, 1 seat behind the passenger seat. EE went to pull self up by grabbing the...
02/15/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was swinging over to put second bolt in hitting the cat track cover folding platform into EE's back.
02/07/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was setting 10ft roof jacks, due to a miner being down in 2R at x-cut 128 on HG6. 2 employees set the first jack, when setting the 2nd jack a piece of rock fell striking employee on the head...
02/07/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was setting 10ft roof jacks, due to a miner being down in 2R at x-cut 128 on HG6. 2 employees set the first jack, when setting the 2nd jack a piece of rock fell striking employee on the head...
01/29/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost Employee was helping drop hard pressure pipe off monorail by hand and took chain off and was too heavy to hold dropping it on employee breaking hand and foot
12/20/2018 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The outby crew was at the bottom of B slope starting to pull a shuttle car up the slope. When they started in the slope (on bottom) the canopy of the shuttle car struck the 4in Aqua airline, causing t...
12/13/2018 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking a coupling off a 6'' water line. The water line had been shut off outby, but the pressure wasn't bled off. When EE took the bolts out of the coupling, the stored pressure blew wate...
12/05/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost IE was using a cutting torch to cut a hole in a piece of belt structure. A piece of slag got in EE's ear.
12/05/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None This accident occurred on a drill site off mine property. The injured employee was in the process of removing rods, used for plugging an abandoned oil well. The rod that was being removed at the tim...
11/28/2018 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost When employee stepped out of a tractor, EE stepped onto a piece of 8 inch pipe twisting EE's right knee. Incident happened on 11-28-2018. Employee worked until 2-26-2019.
11/27/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had a seizure
11/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a starter on a shield hauler. EE was on top of the machine rubbing back against the roof. During this time some dirt got into EE's right eye. Employee finished the shift and we...
11/01/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The IE was assisting with hanging hog panel on the coal rib. The IE reached for a bar to help hold the hog panel up and a piece of rock hit EE in the left knee.
10/24/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was cutting a strap off a bundle of 4 foot bolts with utility knife, sat knife on the scoop with blade still out, pulling on bolts slipped cutting forearm with knife.
10/21/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred on Main North travel road, x-cut #5, entry #3. An action plan was submitted and approved by MSHA.
10/13/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None cutting bands on a stack of mesh, pulled band out and it struck the right forearm, causing a laceration.
10/10/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Drill steel fell out of the roof striking employees right middle finger causing a laceration.
10/02/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Walking by stage loader over rib rash, slipped and a piece of rib wire stuck into my left forearm.
09/27/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee spotted a DA ram on shield feet. After the shear left employee was securing the ram to the shield feet standing in soft bottoms beside the pontoon. During this time positive set came thru and...
09/24/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Putting glue in hole to stick bolt up when a piece of rock fell out of the roof cutting my right wrist.
09/09/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on HG-7, 2 entry at XC 37
09/04/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred HG #5 belt entry #1/Secondary escape way at crosscut 92. An action has been submitted to MSHA and approved.
08/29/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Putting a link together hitting it with my hammer, a piece of the link chipped off going into my lower lip
08/20/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred on HG #6 travel way/ primary escape way at crosscut 28. An action plan was submitted to MSHA and approved.
08/01/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall occurred in TG #2 right side return. Crosscut 5 between entry #2 and #3 at the mouth of HG #6 (overcast line). An action plan was submitted and approved by MSHA.
07/30/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Top started felling out as EE was drilling, went to step out of the way and fell backwards off platform landing on EE's back
07/19/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost Employee was cleaning dust hose beside the bolter and rib when a chunk of rock came down hitting them in the shoulder and knee.
07/16/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Prying CLA into throat of miner, Bar slipped and fell against the machine.
07/10/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Servicing Shearer was setting bits and hit EE's hand with 4lb sledge.
06/29/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging bolter cable when coming in contact with an angle bracket that had a sharp piece of metal on the side causing a laceration to right finger
06/15/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Employee was attempting to pull a man trip out the slope, releasing the brake on the man trip, man trip took off down the slope dragging EE, causing injuries to the right leg, chest, and jaw.
06/02/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Was putting pump in water hole and went over my boots and feet started burning.
05/29/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None roof fall in HG-6 travelway XC 90
05/24/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was carrying extension cords when EE tripped and fell over them causing EE to sprain EE's left ankle.
05/03/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was coming out of sampler room when they slipped/tripped over belt and one leg went off concrete pad. Cause of injury was leg slipping off concrete body placement. Incident didn't involve any...
04/28/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall on belt line 30 foot inby crosscut 69 for approximately 60 feet.
04/16/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted A contract worker being supervised by the Midwest Vulcanizing Group was injured when carrying press rails. The contract worker was unloading the press rails from a trailer, lifted the rail, turned and...
04/15/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall in HG-6 crosscut 4a 2 entry.
04/12/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Putting in a horizontal pin in shield come-along broke and hit EE in the mouth.
04/11/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee used a pair of bolt cutters to cut the bands on a stack of hog panel. When employee cut the band, the band flew back striking employee just above the right eye.
04/10/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The IE was dragging bolter cable and the cable reel engaged. A loop of the cable caught IE's leg, pulled IE to the ground and twisted IE's knee
03/13/2018 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 88d lost, 120d restricted Employee having pain in hands and fingers and going numb and shooting pain from elbow to fingers caused by repetitive motion.
02/27/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost A piece of rock 6x6x1 fell from the roof, striking the employee on the top of EE's hard hat. Incident happened on 2-27-2018, employee worked until 4-24-2018.
02/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee started to pick up a top roller frame, when roller frame was pulled by another employee catching ee thumb between frame and rail fracturing ee left thumb.
02/18/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in HG-6 MMU 003-0 in 2 entry XC 119
01/21/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost During pumpable crib installation, the employee was exposed to water during the shift. This caused burns on both feet from the concrete used during the process. The employee began missing work on 1/23...
01/18/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee stepped down from a supply trailer and twisted EE's knee
01/05/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist accumulated ice do to weather Drop in Temperature