Mettiki Mine — Accidents

Total: 226 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/24/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None PERSON WAS ADVANCING SHEILDS ON LONGWALL DURING PRODUCTION. HE WAS ADVANCING #102 SUPPORT FROM #101 SUPPORT WHEN ROCK FELL BEHIND SHEILDS. PUSHING THEM FORWARD TOWARDS PANLINE, INJURED WAS STRUCK ON T...
06/19/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost TWO PEOPLE WERE CARRYING A PACK SETTER POST, THE PERSON ON ONE END LOST HIS GRIP ON POST AND DROPPED IT, THIS CAUSED THE OTHER PERSON'S BACK TO BE JERKED WHEN ALL THE LOAD WAS SHIFTED TO HIM. RESULTED...
06/13/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 48d lost EE REPORTS THAT HE HAS HAD CHRONIC & PROGRESSIVE PAIN IN HIS ARMS FOR YEARS. HE WAS REFERRED BY HIS FAMILY DR TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WHO DIAGNOSED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. EE ALLEDGES THAT TH IS COND...
06/06/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost PERSON WAS WALKING BELTLINE DOING PRE-SHIFT OF BELT. PERSON WAS TRAVELING ON WALK SIDE OF BELT AND CAUGHT HIS SELF-RESCUER ON A ROOF JACK AS HE WENT BY IT. PERSON SAID THIS CAUSED HIM TO SWING AROUND...
06/03/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost PERSON WAS STANDING BESIDE A LOAD OF RIB BOARDS WHEN THE STRAPPING BAND ON PALLET OF BOARDS BROKE. PERSON JERKED AWAY FROM METAL BAND AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. METAL BAND DID NOT STRI...
06/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None TWO PEOPLE WERE LIFTING DRILL HEAD TO LOAD INTO SCOOP BUCKET. THE DRILL HEAD SLIPPED AND FELL AND PERSON GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL HEAD AND PAVEMENT CAUSING INJURY TO RING FINGER RIGHT H AND.
05/23/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED AT 21BK ON THE 21 BUTT INTAKE #2 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS IN THE INTERSECTION AND WAS 25 FT LONG X 16 FT WIDE X 7-8 FT HIGH. FALL WAS OUTBY THE SECTION AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED...
05/16/2000 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SILICOSIS BY A PULMONARY SPECIALIST ON 5-16-00.
05/05/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost PERSON WAS WATCHING LONGWALL SUPPORTS ADVANCE, #126 SUPPORT DID NOT ADVANCE ON AUTOMATICE AND PERSON WENT TO #120 SUPPORT TO CATCH PRIME BUTTON. THE PANLINE WAS ADVANCING AND WHEN IT DID THE RELAY BAR...
05/02/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FALL OF ROOF OCCURED ON THE 21 BUTT WORKING SECTION AT #22 BK OF #2 ENTYR. FALL WAS IN THE INTERSETION (3-WAY) FOR THE CROSSCUT FROM #2 ENTYR TO #1 ENTRY. FALL WAS 21'LX21'WX6'H. NO EQUIP MENT INVOL...
05/02/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE 20 BUTT INTAKE #2 ENTRY #48 BK. FALL IS OUT BY SECTION AND WAS IN INTERSECTION (3-WAY) AND INTO CROSSCUT FROM #2- #1 ENTRIES. FALL WAS 25 FT LONG BY 30 FT WIDE BY 7-8 FT...
04/28/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FALL OF ROOF ON 20 BUTT SECTION OUT BY THE LOADING POINT IN #73 BK CROSSCUT #2-3 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS 20 FT LONG BY 16 FT WIDE BY 6-7 FT HIGH. AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH WIRE SCREEN. NO INJURIES FROM FA...
04/10/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost PERSON WAS TESTING AND ADJUSTING TORQUE SETTING ON BOLTER HEAD WITH TORQUE WRENCH. AFTER CHECKING TORQUE PERSON REVERSED DRILL HEAD WITH LEVER AND THE TORQUE WRENCH SPUN AROUND AND STRUCK PERS ON IN R...
04/01/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PUSHING A BELT CUTTING TRACK KNIFE ACROSS 60"" BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE. HIS LEFT FOREARM CONTACTED A DOUBLE-HEADED NAIL THAT WAS HOLDING THE KNIFE TEMPLATE IN PLACE AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO LEF...
03/22/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None PERSON WAS BENT OVER TRYING TO LIFT A BATTERY OUT OF HOLDER ON ROCK DUSTER AND FELT PAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDER, PERSON HELPING HIM WITH BATTERY WAS NOT AWARE PERSON HAD PULLED MUSCLE. INJURED PERSON RE...
03/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None PERSON WAS LIFTING BAG OF B-BOND (ABOUT 50 LBS.) WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE WAS MOVING THE B-BOND FROM LEFT SIDE OF SCOOP BUCKET TO RIGHT SIDE, PERSON WAS BENT OVER WHILE LIFTIN G.
02/24/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost LIFTING 50LB BAG OF SAND FROM A TRUCK BED
02/05/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY #8 BK OF 21 BUTT SECTION. THE ALL WAS APPROX. 55 FT LONG X 9 FT HIGH AND 16 FT WIDE. AREA WAS SUPPORTED TO PLAN WITH ADDITIONAL MONSTER MATS, 6 FT HY TEK B OLTS AN...
02/02/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY AT #0 BK OF THE 21 BUTT SECTION. THIS IS THE RETURN AIRWAY OFF 21 BUTT SECTION. FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION ADN WAS 6'H X 30'L X 17'W. NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED A ND IN I...
01/31/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost THE EE HAS SUFFERRED SUBSEQUENT PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT AND THESE PROBLEMS RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL ABSENSES FROM THE MINE DURING THE PERIOD JAN 31, 2000 THROUGH FEB 13, 2000. THES E MOST...
01/22/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED WAS CHANGING STRUCTURE ON DOME BELT WHEN HE DROPPED A BAR CATCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND BELT STRUCTURE CAUSING A FRACTURE OF MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.
01/22/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED AT INTERSECTION BETWEEN 11 & 12 BUTT ON THE TRAM ROAD TO 17 BUTT IN THE OLD G-MAINS ENTRIES AT SPAD STATION 4421. FALL WAS 16 FT WIDE X 40 FT LONG X 6-7 FT HIGH. NO EQU IPMENT...
01/17/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost INJURED WAS LIFTING A 6"" DISCHARGE LINE TO TAKE A COUPLING APART. HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR FOR A LEVER AND FELT A PAIN WHEN HE LIFTED. EE WORKED UNTIL 1/27/00 WHEN PAIN BECAME WORSE AND HE WEN T TO T...
01/13/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EXAMINING TAILGATE AREA OF LONGWALL FOR POTENTIAL PROJECT INVOLVING INJECTION OF POLYURETHANE INTO ROOF. BROW JUST ABOVE COAL SEAL BROKE LOOSE INTO FACE AREA, BOUNCED OFF SHEAR & CAME BACK TO WALKWAY...
01/13/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY BETWEEN #49 AND #50 XCUTS IN THE 20 BUTT RETURN. FALL WAS OUTBY SECTION AND NO EQUPMENT WAS INVOLVED IN THE FALL OF ROOF. FALL WAS APPROX. 60' LONG X 16 ' WIDE...
01/09/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost INJURED WAS HELPING CARRY MATERIALS ON AND OFF LONGWALL FACE (WATER, DUKES, MONORAIL, ROCK DUSTPIPE). PERSON REPORTED DISCOMFORT AT END OF SHIFT WHICH GOT WORSE OVERNIGHT. REPORTED CONDITION TO FOREMA...