Mine No. 1 — Accidents

Total: 307 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/16/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 212d lost EE was operating articulating truck. Truck was loaded, traveling to S-pile. Truck dropped into rut. Hit edge of rut jolting truck, ee bumped arm rest of seat injuring Rt lower back.
10/15/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall @ xc #6, entry #2, station #750, 7-L travelroad. Fall occurred in an intersection. 4-way, supported with 7' TR bolts, 12"" cable bolts, 100 ton heintzmann jacks + bars. Fall dimens...
09/24/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost EE was supervising personnel drilling holes at an angle above the LW pillar for Jennchem glue insertion to help stabilize the strata in advance of the LW face. EE was struck and covered by rock that...
09/12/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost Was down on knees digging a hole to set prop, a piece of material struck them in the back of the head. This incident became a Lost Time injury on 10/26/2017 due to becoming unable to perform essential...
09/12/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was walking down crosscut, dragging tubing, they slipped and fell towards the rib cutting the left arm on bolt and plate. They received stitches to the upper left arm.
09/11/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost Was walking out secondary escapeway, going over the overcast, when employee stepped down employee hyper extended right knee. Employee was taken off work and became a Lost Work Day injury on 10/30/2017...
08/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing bent rails and spreaders, was putting tops in place to bolt down, the top roller flipped catching employee's right hand between the rail and top roller. Employee received 2 stit...
08/09/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was loading the high voltage wheel rack on a power move on 6 Left. The forks on the lowtrack were not positioned to fit the wheel rack. While attempting to move forks further apart, employee's finge...
07/17/2017 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A rock came off of the car and struck employee on the foot, fracturing the right 4th toe.
06/14/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was filling up duster at fan. Employee had right hand sitting on top of the dust hopper on the fan when a small piece of loose rock came off of corner between roof and rib striking employee's...
06/13/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was driving the scoop and hit a hole or rock causing the scoop to slam. This caused EE's teeth to hit together breaking EE's back right tooth.
06/06/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 133d lost EE was walking through crosscut to make the on shift of the faces. EE stepped on a crib tie, the crib tie rolled and EE's knee twisted and buckled. EE had surgery on knee on September 21, 2017 and w...
05/30/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Hitting a bit with hammer and a piece of the hammer came off striking EE in the hand. Medical Treatment due to receiving stitches.
05/19/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing in front of the miner, lifting cable and water line off hooks on the side of the pan. When they attempted to lift the cable and waterline they both were tighter than thought, as...
05/12/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While packing steel bar, employee tripped causing the piece of material to fall on employee's hand, cutting the index finger on employee's right hand. This caused employee to receive stitched.
05/10/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall at XC #42, entry #2, station #6218, 4-L Headgate. Fall occurred in an intersection, 4-way, supported with 8' TR bolts and 12 ft. cable bolts (star pattern). Fall dimensions - 25...
04/02/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing out bret-by on the shear carrying two pieces at a time from the head drive to the mid-face. While getting through the head gate shields with the bret-by ee fell forward, leg stayed be...
03/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While building a crib, a co-worker slid another crib into place. The injured employees hand was caught between the two cribs resulting in a fracture to the tip of left middle finger. The employee miss...
03/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was struck in the head by a pinner steel, knocking ee back toward the pinner walkway, ee was diagnosed with a concussion, as well as received 5 staples in head.
03/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dropping the miner cable, the cable fell down and hit a hand against a pie pan and cut the middle finger. Employee received stitches in the left middle finger.
03/08/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned Roof Fall at xc#52, #4 entry station #6835 on the Main North belt. Fall occurred in an intersection, 4-way supported with 8' T.R. bolts. Fall dimensions - 17' wide by 30' long and 10' high...
02/07/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost While picking up the roof bolter cable to hang, the operator of the roof bolter trammed the pinner forward, the pinner cable reel stuck causing a strain in employee's left shoulder area. Employee was...
02/04/2017 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was operating a Getman tractor pushing a sled around the corner, employee grabbed the outside of the cab to pull self up in the cab seat. As the center section (pulling end) of the Getman co...
02/03/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While flushing the bull hose at the end of the water line at the feeder, ee felt a pain in left arm. A sharp end of a belt splice pin extending out of a splice cut left forearm requiring stitches.
02/02/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was cleaning up the walkway and picked up a spill board that had coal on it. While bending over to pick up the piece of steel, employee turned and felt a pain in the chest. Was taken off wor...
01/31/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost After finishing bolting the 1st turn of the left handed crosscut, employee was loading the bolter tray with roof bolts. As employee bent over to grab the bolts, a rock fell out between the pins of the...
12/16/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning out trash with a mini-trac, ee was backing out of the crosscut a cable bolt flew up from the engine tire and struck ee in the right shoulder and head. This incident resulted in a fract...
12/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost A roof bolter operator had just installed the 1st pin in a rib strap on the outby end. EE unhooked the strap on the inby end, as EE let go the strap sprung out and down hitting EE on the side of the...
11/29/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Trip / Struck against. On Nov 29th, 2016 the injured miner was walking to the mantrip that was parked in the crosscut between entry #1 and entry #2. Miner stepped on uneven footing and stumbled about...
11/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost While hanging 30"" tubing employee felt a strain in their back. Employee was taken off work beginning 2/4/2017 by their doctor to complete an occupational therapy program.
11/05/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None While pulling tubing down to take to the face, finger got caught at the joint between two pieces as they were coming down, partially amputating the tip of left ring finger.
10/13/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While driving pins out of the 3 Left air doors a piece of metal broke off of hammer and imbedded in left forearm. The metal was removed on 10/21/2016 and stitches were required at this time to close...
08/02/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting a conveyor chain back together on a continuous miner. While beating the conveyor link back together a piece of metal struck employee, cutting left leg in which stitches were requi...
07/26/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall at xc#63, #2 entry on the 4-L travel road. Fall occurred in a intersection (4-way, supported with 8' tr bolts, cable bolts - 16' and truss bolts. Fall dimensions 18' wide, 35' lo...
07/14/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While watching a skid being pulled/sheaved out of the crosscut, employee's footing became unstable and EE accidentally grabbed the rope. The left hand became caught in between the rope and the sheave...
05/08/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned Roof Fall at xc #106, #3 entry station #16773 on the 3-L tailgate. Fall occurred in an intersection (4-way), supported with 8' TR bolts and truss bolts. Fall dimensions - 18' wide x 30' long...
04/22/2016 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating a mini track, EE bumped a crib, dislodging the crib tie. The crib block struck the employee in the head, in which EE received stitches.
04/04/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of metal broke off in EE's hand while handling a track tie. EE had to have it cut out and received stitches.
03/30/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall @ in #2 entry, ft. 1536 on the 4-L unit MMU-004. Fall occurred inby the intersection at + 1536 supported with 8' TR bolts. Fall dimensions 17"" wide by 20"" length x 8.5"" to 9 ft...
02/26/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost On 2/26/2016 EE was hooking a welder trailer to a ride, when it tipped over from the center pulling EE to the ground. On March, 14th EE was taken off work due to no longer able to perform regular job...
02/11/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking the long wall face. When EE crossed shield to get to the tailgate entry, EE fell, striking arm on a sharp rock, causing a laceration.
02/02/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall at #92 crosscut #2 entry, ft. #14923 on 4-Left travel-road. Fall occurred in intersection supported with 8' tr bolts, 16' cable bolts, standing supports - 100 ton roof jacks. F...
01/23/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting sheet metal when a sharp piece of rock fell between the screen wire striking EE on the nose.
01/21/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A sharp piece of rock fell out between the screen wire and struck EE in the face.
01/19/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing shelves at the mechanic's shack, 2 square pieces of tubing, 6 ft. long, shifted causing the support brace to break and a piece of 1/4"" strap fell hitting EE in the mouth breaking EE'...
01/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE was cutting bushings out of the pan in a continuous miner. EE removed cutting glasses. Another employee then began striking the bushing causing a fragment to fly up and strike EE in the right eye.
11/06/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost He was using a stepladder while sealing a stopping. He reached over to get more plaster out of the bucket, the ladder tipped over; he then leaped off and landed on his feet. Felt pain in his mid-back...
10/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted A Pillar Innovations employee was working in the 5 Left Mains. The employee must mount and dismount the belt line which is elevated approximately 3' 1/2"" from the ground. The employee stepped off th...
10/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee and another crew member was pulling out top rollers with impact rollers out of the Main North belt. One end of the 72"" roller slipped off the belt rail while they were holding the other end...
08/26/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned roof fall at #61xc, #2 entry, ft. #9068 on #4L travel road. Fall occurred in intersection supported with 84"" tr bolts and 12'cable bolts. Fall dimensions 19' w x 19' L x 8'5"" h. Fall di...