Mine No. 11 — Accidents

Total: 51 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The injured was replacing a lid or cover back on the roof bolting machine. He strained or pulled something in his lower back.
05/03/2008 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Went to plug in shuttle car cat head up to power center, something shorted out and caused a flash and burned EE's right hand.
04/07/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Victim was installing roof bolt, he reached to drop head but activated boom swing. causing boom to strike his head pushing him back into coal rib.
02/09/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Laminated top
02/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost He twisted left knee while making belt set up. The first day absent from work was 2/15/2008.
01/22/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Riding mantrip, his hard hat got caught on water lines pulling head & shoulders into roof.
11/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost Loading a box of resin on the roof bolter, pulled something in right shoulder.
11/17/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was shoveling belt line while on his knees twisting his right leg at the knee.
10/08/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall, laminated shell and sand.
09/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Shuttle car operator got his head between roof of the mine and car, causing light concusion and tissue tear.
09/20/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Victim was crawling and placed left knee on rock. When he put weight on knee, the knee twisted.
08/22/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hand drill to drill a hole in a piece of metal. The drill bit hung causing the drill to twist employee's right hand.
08/17/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee raised up to get a piece of candy from the top of the MBC. His right foot was outside the operating compartment and was caught between the MBC and the belt structure.
07/09/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting coveralls on standing next to the shuttle car when a piece of wood or crib block fell striking big toe on left foot.
06/15/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was greasing loader. Wind blew dust in his left eye.
06/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 249d lost Employee was lifting rub rail back on miner.
06/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was straighting a roof bolt and pulled something in his right arm.
05/23/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of draw rock fell & cut EE's right arm.
05/21/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee said he squatted down and his knee popped.
05/15/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was drilling a hole. The steel stopped up causing dust to blow back in employee's face.
04/30/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None No. 6 Entry between break 30 & 32, 2 breaks inby spad 834. The roof strata was soft shale with a fault. The fall was 75 ft long 20 ft. wide 6.5 ft high.
04/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting a plate on a roof bolt. He bumped his forearm on the head of the roof bolt cutting his forearm.
03/23/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Rock fell & hit EE's right knee causing pain.
03/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unloading belt structure from a utility trailer. As he was pitching a piece of structure, it hung his light cord causing him to mash his right thumb between the structure and trailer.
02/27/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Roof bolting, a piece of draw rock broke and hit left ring finger.
01/09/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost A piece of draw rock fell out between roof bolts striking employee between the neck & shoulder resulting in bruises only.
10/16/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost The face boss on the section was crawling between lo lo structure and coal rib.The front of the MBC hit tailpiece and shoved the lo lo belt structure mashing the victim's legs against the coal rib.
10/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Loading parts up at the office to bring to the mine, employee hurt his lower back.
08/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Removing the boom from a roof bolting machine, the boom came off the machine unexpectedly and pulled the employee's left arm & shoulder.
07/24/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost A piece of rock 6' X 3' X 4"" fell from the rib to the bolt, striking employee in the head & shoulders forcing him to the floor. The rock also hit the roof bolting machine on the way down.
06/05/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Accelerator pedal didn't return to neutral position causing operator to hit rib.
05/01/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost A piece of rock fell from the rib striking right foot of operator.
03/06/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost While operating roof bolter, a piece of rock fell between last row of bolts and TRS striking EE on neck and left shoulder.
03/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost After picking up a pry bar, EE reported severe pain in right lower back.
02/22/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Piece of rock fell from mine roof stiking EE's left knee.
02/09/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While bending roof bolt, EE slipped and fell, striking his chin on a roof bolt plate, resulting in a cut on chin.
02/08/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Right knee swelling while crawling in mine, possibly from small rock lodged between knee pad and knee.
01/28/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Laminated Soft Shell top with Horse back and a lot of slicken sider, or real shinning roof.
01/10/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost While operating roof bolter, EE caught left thumb on boom arm, resulting in mashing left thumb tip.
12/03/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While employee was cleaning water sprays on miner, a piece of draw rock fell from roof striking his upper back.
11/22/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Piece of draw rock fell from mine roof striking employee's hand against mine floor, cutting hand.
11/21/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was riding mantrip out of mine when a piece of debris fell from mine roof and went into employee's ear.
11/21/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Shuttle car tire flipped a rock from mine floor, striking employee's chin.
11/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee picked up a box of roof bolt glue and turned with it, straining lower back.
10/29/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost WHILE OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE MINE ROOF FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG.
09/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM OFF CONTINUOUS MINER, ROCK SLID STRIKING LEFT THIGH AND KNEE.
08/30/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 22d lost EXTENSIVE CRAWLING IN MINE HAS CAUSED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT KNEE TO SWELL.
08/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting conveyer belt to install rollers and felt pain in lower back. Possible back strain.
08/10/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost While crawling in mine, employee twisted right knee. causing swelling.
07/23/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost While operating roof bolter, employee caught left thumb on bolter head. Crush injury to thumb.