Mine 84 — Accidents

Total: 408 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/15/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a knife to strip pieces of rubber conveyor belting when EE's hand slipped cutting EE's left thumb resulting in seven sutures.
12/21/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 369d lost Employee was vulcanizing a belt splice when several high tension restraints failed causing several UBRx beams to be displaced. Employee received lacerations on the head.
04/05/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of conveyor belting with a knife when EE cut EE's left small finger resulting in a laceration that required three sutures.
12/14/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was using a grinder to buff a piece of conveyor belt when EE's left hand slipped and contacted the grinder wheel resulting in a laceration to EE's left hand.
02/26/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Contract employee was pulling material out of the bed of a pickup, while up on the bed EE stepped on a piece of teflon material losing footing and fell off the edge of the tailgate landing on the ceme...
08/12/2020 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Contract employee was reaching for a grease gun while kneeling down on a cement floor, claims that lower back ""popped"". Cause of this injury was body positioning and over-reaching. Compliance with r...
06/12/2020 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Contract worker was to weld a bracket on a belt winder. The gas welder was not working properly so EE decided on own to wire up an AC welder. The screwdriver touched the side of the elect. box and a p...
02/12/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost Alleged cond. was to have occurred while repetitive motion of working on EE's knees. Compliance with rules/regs, mining equip/systems not a factor. Miner proficiency and PPE could have been a factor....
10/28/2019 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Claimant was awarded black lung benefits.
06/19/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Somerset elevator failed to operate when called by an underground employee. The elevator contractor was called to the mine to repair. There was no damage to the elevator, the repair consisted of a...
06/05/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A supply trip was being hoisted at the Somerset Slope. A pin broke on a drawbar, along with a safety rope which was connected to the trip. This caused the cars to travel back down the slope and de-rai...
01/25/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The automatic doors on the Somerset Portal elevator stopped working when the motor controlling the door opener circuit failed. The motor was repaired and replaced by the elevator repairmen. The elevat...
11/27/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Livingston Portal elevator stopped operating when the elevator car stopped below the mine level landing. The elevator repair service responded and placed the elevator back in service at 10:45 AM....
11/26/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Somerset Portal elevator stopped working while at the bottom landing. The doors would not close, and the elevator would not operate. The elevator repair service responded and had the elevator back...
11/24/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 35d lost The employee started missing work on 11/24/2010, due to surgery for carpel tunnel. The employee alleges this condition exists from years of repetitive motion from working at the mine.
10/18/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A Fireboss found the elevator doors at the Somerset Portal elevator open on the Surface landing. When he tried closing them they would not completely close which kept the elevator from operating. Ther...
10/13/2010 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee was riding in the Somerset Portal elevator from the mine level to the surface. The elevator stopped approximately 100 ft. from the surface landing causing entrapment of the employee. There...
09/13/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 163d lost Employee stated that on 9/13/2010 he was stepping through a personnel door. As he stepped through with his right foot he stepped on a piece of coal twisting his right knee. He has continued to work un...
08/16/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None While examining an aircourse, the employee discovered a roof fall in the intersection of #9 Cross-cut of 23 Mains Section. This is a continuation of a previous fall in the same location. There were no...
08/11/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8/11/2010, an employee at the Somerset Portal of Mine 84 tried to use the elevator at this facility. He found that the elevator doors were stuck in the closed position. The elevator repair company...
03/17/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 373d lost On 3/17/2010 the employee was in the process of traveling through a personnel door in a stopping when he struck his right elbow against the door frame and felt pain in right shoulder. The employee has...
01/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 296d lost On 1/11/10, the employee was helping to lower a pump into a jeep using a come-a-long. The pump started to tip on the jeep floor and the employee grabbed hold of the top of the pump to keep it from fal...
12/17/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Livingston Portal elevator was removed from service for a bent safety rod. There were no persons injured as a result of this event. The elevator was repaired by the elevator contractor and placed...
12/17/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Three men were entraped in the Livingston Portal Elevator when a fuse had blown in the elevator control room. The elevator had stopped at about 100 ft. in the shaft from the surface. There were no inj...
12/10/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 138d lost On 12/10/2009, the employee was walking toward the power center in his work area. He stated that he tripped on a rock in the walkway and fell on to his right side. He continued to work at his regular...
11/23/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None During the normal weekly Airway walk, an examiner discovered a roof fall blocking the aircourse. There was no damage to equipment, and no persons were injured as a result of the event. This occurred a...
10/25/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A surface electrician was in the process of making his routine inspection of the Hallam Portal elevator when it stopped halfway up the shaft. Maintenance personnel reset controls to put the elevator b...
10/09/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 184d lost Employee was in the process of cleaning out a shelter hole along the track haulage. His left foot was placed on a coal shelf on the mine bottom by the shelter hole. As he reached down to pick up a lar...
09/19/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 9/19/09 at 4:30AM, the interior doors on the Somerset elevator failed to close. The incident occurred as an employee stepped off the elevator at the mine level landing. The elevator repair service...
08/07/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on an intersection in the old #6 entry of 33Mains. The fall has occurred in an inactive area of the mine. There were no persons injured, or equipment damaged as a result of this e...
07/07/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None In the process of making the weekly exam, a roof fall was discovered by the examiner. The location of the fall was in the cross-cut immediatly outby #22 Seal. No persons were injured or equipment dama...
07/02/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost Employee was walking down the steps at the Prep Plant. She slipped on the last step twisting her left knee. She has continued to work until 10-2-09 when she started missing work for a torn meniscus.
05/08/2009 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None There were 2 elevator service employees who became stuck on the Livingston Portal elevator. This occurred when they stopped to examine the governor rope and were going to continue up the shaft. There...
03/31/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 242d lost On 3/31/09 the employee was kneeling down using a water hose to clean material from under a belt pan. The hose blew out, causing the employee to be startled and strained his left hamstring in the proc...
03/01/2009 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None In the process of chipping ice in the Livingston Portal elevator shaft, a piece of ice fell damaging an elevator door switch on the shaft bottom. An employee became stuck on the elevator in the proces...
01/24/2009 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was stuck on Livingston Elevator at 1:00 AM the elevator contractor was called and the employee was able to exit the elevator at 1:50 AM. No persons were injured or equipment was damaged as a...
01/20/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Failure in crosscut and partial failure of intersection at 90 x-cut off old 33 Mains track at 88 sump. There were no persons injured or equipment damaged as a result of this roof fall.
01/13/2009 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator at Livingston Portal stopped entrapping two individuals from 2:45 PM to 4:25 PM when they were able to exit the elevator.
01/13/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Ice that was being chipped from shaft wall fell damaging the wiring for the over travel and slow down switches.
12/18/2008 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator at Livingston Portal stopped while ascending entrapping an individual from 8:18 PM until 9:05 PM.
10/24/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 52d lost Employee got finger caught between frame of scoop bucket and hydraulic ram in scoop bucket, resulted in fractured distal phalanx right middle finger.
10/18/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting on the left side of the miner, placed his left hand on top of rib protector to help push it out against the rib, rock fell from the roof pinching his fingers between the rock and...
10/15/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator at Somerset Portal damaged, two wires shorted in a relay for the dynamic brake causing the elevator to stop while ascending.
10/15/2008 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator at Somerset Portal stopped while ascending entrapping an individual from 1:50 PM until 2:50 PM
10/13/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Employee was removing safety chains from between supply cars on slope bottom when he slipped striking his right jaw on something (undetermined) resulting in fracture to right jaw. Incident was not rep...
09/23/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee hit elevator doors with a hand cart while taking equipment off of elevator, knocked the cage door off track while at surface landing, causing the elevator to become inoperable.
09/03/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the left wing, intake side of Zedicker shaft. The fall was above the normal anchorage zone. There were no persons injured or equipment damaged as a result of the roof fal...
08/25/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 51d lost Employee was diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on 8-25-08, employee started missing work on 9-5-08 due to his condition.
08/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was removing a modulating valve from rock dust tank car. The valve fell off pinching his left index finger between the valve and a reflector bracket that was mounted on the car. Fractured lef...
07/29/2008 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The Livingston Portal elevator ceased operation at 7:45 AM on it's way up the shaft from the shaft bottom. There were 10 men that were riding the elevator at the time. The elevator was able to be brou...