Mine No. 14 — Accidents

Total: 43 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While moving a piece of belt structure EE hit tip of finger on another piece of structure mashing and cutting same.
08/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was using a lifting jack while working on a shuttle car and the jack handle broke, striking his arm/wrist and causing him to fall on his arm/wrist.
08/15/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was lifting rock off of the continuous miner to gain access to a broken conveyor chain to be repaired when injured his back.
08/08/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was backing the roof bolter up to reposition and roof bolt machine came into contact with the employee when it slid to the side, pushing him into the rib.
03/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall off section in the #5 entry on the 1 north main between break #12 & 13, will not be cleaned up
03/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall off of section, in primary escape way in #4 entry between break #13 & 14, catching high voltage cable, tracking and communication, 2nd phone line and life line. Ventilation still good.
03/08/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loading side post jack fo Fletcher Bolter onto a two man personal buggy caught right hand cutting middle finger requiring 6 stitches.
12/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While loading scoop lid onto scoop employee twisted left knee.
11/30/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall found while traveling old works on 1st West Mains.
08/27/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock Fall in the #4 Entry of the 1st West Main by the 19th crosscut in old works, top was laminated and moist.
07/19/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Section Foreman walked over to the power center to check on the mechanic, the mechanic's buggy rolled pinning foreman between power center and buggy, breaking his leg.
07/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reporting as a part of Part 50 Audit. Employee was removing the bolts to replace rear end, a piece of debris fell and hit his left eye. Employee received medical treatment, foreign body was removed...
07/13/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Leaving Roof Bolter stepped up on some muck and struck left side of head and left ear on roof mat (strap) cutting head and ear.
06/18/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 160d lost Employee was installing roof bolt and steel mat. While spinning bolt the mat turned pushing left arm back hurting back on left side.
05/14/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was drilling top to install roof bolts a piece of draw rock fell and hit drill canopy, fell off canopy and hit coal rib then hit employee in lower back causing a bruise
05/10/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall off section at the end of 1st West Mains of the 002 Section in the #3 entry.
05/07/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall in worked out area of mine due to pressure from roof.
05/05/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall 30' x 12' x 4'.
05/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Walking from Section Power Center to the Roof Bolting Machine slipped and fell twisting left leg at knee
04/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall 20' x 30' x 4' on the 002 section West Mains where the #3 South Mains has been turned off.
04/16/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing the tire on the Water Truck using a 1"" air wrench, wrench got caught and twisted his hand and wrist.
04/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee slipped & fell hitting Johnson Buggy.
04/06/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Reporting due to Part 50 Audit. Employee was walking down a steep hill and lost footing falling down twisting left leg. Employee sought medical treatment, returned to work the following day, missed...
04/01/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost The continuous miner was stuck, was placing 4' x 8"" crib block under the tracks of the continuous miner for traction, EE picked up a crib block and pulled his back.
03/29/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None MSHA Inspector was in worked out area of mine with Mine Foreman, collecting dust samples when a roof fall occurred measuring 80' x 20' x 6' at Break #16 in the 002 South Mains off the 1st West Mains o...
03/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee bent over to pick up a bolt and a pin fell and hit employee on the back of the head.
03/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Making the weekly exam of worked out areas, mine foreman and MSHA Inspector discovered a fall was encountered at Break #41 of the 1st East Mains 20' x 10' x 4'
03/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None While making the weekly exam of worked out areas Mine Foreman and an MSHA Inspector encountered a roof fall at break #43 measuring app. 20' x 20' x 4' on 1st East Mains. It was phoned outside and the...
02/16/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Moving the blue station up, a piece of loose draw rock measuring app. 8' x 2 1/2' x 8"" fell from between rows of roof bolts knocking employee down & injuring his left arm, leg, & ribs (no broken bone...
12/15/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost Tramming the continuous miner and placing himself too close to the miner and the coal rib, pinching himself between the body of the miner and the coal rib, breaking his left leg and bruising the right...
08/05/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Roof bolt operator was letting head of machine down and his right knee slipped underneath causing energy to his right thigh & right knee.
07/28/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Walking beside 002 sec head drive, tripped and fell into the main line belt hurting his lower back and right arm and elbow.
07/23/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Doesn't know how he got hurt. Said his back started hurting after bringing mantrip outside.
07/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Section foreman was lifting oxygen bottle from buggy to hook up torches to work on mine equipment. When he turned with bottle his lower back popped and injured his lower back.
07/14/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost EE was operating a mantrip buggy transporting workers to their U.G. work location. The front wheel of the buggy caught in a rut and the steering wheel pulled out of ee's hand and hit the ee on the rig...
06/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Pulling air lock doors open and strained lower back.
04/16/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 7:00am an employee called out to another and said he had some top trying to fall in and he was cribbing it off. The top fell in at about 7:30 am. We finished setting cribs and began t...
04/08/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Running high voltage cable down belt, The cable knoted up and pulled off belt and pinned victim agains the coal rib bruised lower back.
03/11/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Drilling for roof bolt. Victim got glove caught in drill steel, twisting left arm and breaking it.
03/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 144d lost Employee was rolling a shuttle car tire out behind a pallet of dust when he got off balance and the tire fell on his legs bending him over backwards across the end of the pallet causing him to injure...
02/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Victim was pulling the miner cable ( cutting slack) when he lost his footing and slipped and fell. He hit on his left side hip or back causing a bruise or hurting of some type.
02/12/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost The victim was drilling top to install roof bolts and was using a 12"" wrench to finish the hole and the wrench broke and struck his hand and thumb, (right hand) broke thumb.
05/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 27d restricted Lifting belt while making belt set up.