Mine No 5 — Accidents

Total: 72 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall measuring 75' long, 20'wide and 4' thick was found in the return entry near spad 23874 near EP 24. It occurred due to layers of slate, 48"" glue bolts had been used. The area was mined 1...
04/20/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 001 section in the face of # 5 entry inby survey spad 61814. The fall measured 18' long, 6' high, and 18' wide. 5' torque tension roof bolts was the support in use. The...
04/19/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in a neutral entry along the # 8 belt 700' outby the working section at survey spad 61614. The fall was 80' long, 19' wide and 10' high. 5' torque tension roof bolts were in u...
03/12/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall 30' long, 20' wide, 5.5' thick was discovered in the return from the abandoned 8 mains. The fall was 4800' from the working section. It occurred due to laminated coal and rock above the...
01/13/2009 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Operator received notice on 01/13/09 that MIIN M28231706 participated in a medical exam and has a sufficient degree of pneumoconiosis to be eligible for Part 90 rights. According to records EE has wo...
07/14/2008 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Management was notified on 07/14/08 that employee had participated in a medical examination authorized by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. His medical examination indicated a sufficent...
06/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration to the middle finger, left hand, while changing scoop batteries. As he raised the battery lid to remove the metal brace to support the lid, the battery lid fell striking...
04/29/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 221d lost Employee stepped into a culvert at the surface area of the mine and twisted his left knee. Employee suffered a torn ligament and started missing time from the accident on 05/29/07.
03/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee reported to mine management on 04/02/07 that he re-injured his back while placing an oxygen cylinder in an outside rack. Employee has a history of bulging discs from a previous injury in 1997...
03/15/2007 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee, an electrician on a non-producing shift, was recently diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis.
01/15/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration requiring sutures when he struck a bit bucket. Employee was operating a 2 man ride and bent sideways to go under a shuttle car cable.
11/07/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee reported pain in back after performing normal duties with no significant reported event to cause an injury.
09/11/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While performing normal duties of operating a continuous miner the employee complained of pain in the back when he lost his footing.
09/06/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall measuring 60' long 18' wide 6' thick was discovered in the return entry spad 21542. Fall was 11,800' from the active section in an area developed 02/97 with 5' resin bolts. Neither ventil...
09/05/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in the intake entry 5,200' from the active section. The fall measured 65' long 18' wide 4' thick. 4' resin roof bolts were in place. Ventilation and the passage of men were no...
08/30/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall measuring 70' long 18' wide 6' thick was found in the return air course 11,000' from the active section. The area developed March 97 with 4' resin roof bolts. Laminated coal/rock streaks a...
08/29/2006 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 197d lost Electrician received an electrical shock while inspecting a trailing cable for a shuttle car at a splice. Employee complained only of pain in the right shoulder. Employee did not lose consciousness,...
08/16/2006 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was observing the belt haulage at the belt drive when the pressurized hydraulic coupling for the accumulator blew off of the hydraulic take up striking EE on the right thumb. EE received fractures...
05/30/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall measuring 19' wide x 120' long x 5' thick was found in the neutral entry 7800' from the working section at spad 38368. The fall occurred due to intermixed coal streaks and rock above 4' re...
05/24/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An area of the mine was timbered due to bad top November of 2005. Some more rock fell during an unknown time. There is still some bolts hanging down where the rock had not fallen completely above anc...
04/23/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee received fractured ribs when the shuttle car he was operating struck a hole in the haulage way. Sudden bounce caused him to be jarred in the seat.
01/21/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Employee stated that as he was on knees installing belt structure he felt his left knee lock up and pop as he stood up. Employee's work location at time of injury was on a belt haulage way. Employe...
11/01/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee is being treated for carpal tunnel syndrome, an occupational disease caused from repeated trauma over an extended period of time
05/19/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost On March 3, 2006 employee started missing time from an accident occurring on 5/19/2005. On that day he slipped and fell against the tail of the continuous miner while working on the trailing cable. H...
02/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 23d lost, 4d restricted Employee was attempting to straighten belt structure, when he picked up the structure by hand the middle finger right hand was pinched between the two pieces of structure. The employee suffered an am...
12/06/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost EE, a miner operator, was helping install a buggy anchor. After the anchor was installed, EE bent down to pick up a piece of key steel from the roof bolter drill boom. The center shuttle car took up...
11/04/2004 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 166d restricted Employee was installing a roof bolt which contained the metal tag and wire containing ASTM information. As he was rotating the bolt to seat it into the chuck, the wire caught the little finger right...
03/25/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL WAS OBSERVED BY MSHA INSPECTORS DURING A REGULAR INSPECTION . THE FALL MEASURED 20' WIDE BY 100' LONG BY 7'HIGH. THE FALL OVER RODE TEMPORARY SUPPORTS IN A PREVIOUS FALL AND INTO T HE TRAV...
12/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE REPORTED THAT WHILE TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE CANOPY JACK IN THE DECK.
11/23/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EE REPROTED THAT ON 11-23-02 HE FELT PAIN IN HISLEFT ARM AFTER RELEASING PRESSURE ON COME ALONG.EE WERE MAKING A BELT MOVE AT THE TIME. EE NOW REPORTS THAT A MEDICAL PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED THE PA IN AS A...
10/05/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK (RT SIDE).
08/20/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 4 ENTRY (BELT 150' OUTBY SURVEY STATION NO. 43083. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 40' LONG X 20' WIDE X 6' HIGH. THE FALL AREA WAS EXPERIENCING ADVERS E CONDI...
08/06/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THIS EE PICKED UP A CONVEYOR BELT SCRAPER WITH ATTACHED FRAME WORK AND LOADED ONTO A BATTERY POWERED PERSONNEL CARRIER THAT HE WAS USING TO TRAVEL ALONG BELTS. AFTER LIFTING THE SCRAPER HE ALL EGED HE...
07/29/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURED INT HE #4 ENTRY BELT THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 55' LONG, 20' WIDE X 5' HIGH IN ENTRY AND APPROX. 15' LONG, 20' WIDE X 5' HIGH. FROM INTERSECTION INTO CROSSENT F ROM #4 T...
04/04/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 309d lost THE EE WAS DIRECTED TO MOVE A BATTERY STAND IN THE CHARGING STATION (ABOUT 4""). HE USED A SLATEBAR 48"" TO PRY THE STAND OVER. HE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE DOING THIS. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 5-2...
02/20/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None HE WAS HELPING INSTALL A NEW BELT DRIVE. HE WAS WORKING ON THE LOWER BOOM FRAME. A CO-WORKER DROPPED A BELT STAND FROM THE UPPER BOOM FRAME. IT MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB.
01/22/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 196d lost EE MASHED HIS THUMB WHEN INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT. A ROOF BOLT UNDER TENSION SPRANG BACK WHEN RELEASED AND MASHED HIS THUMB AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD. HE WORKED NORMALLY UNTIL 2/3/02- THEN CALL...
01/14/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost THE INJURED WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE MINE ROOF TO PUT A ROOF BOLT IN FOR REASONS UNKNOWN THE DRILL STEEL HE WAS USING BROKE-A PIECE OF THE BROKEN STEEL HIT HIM ON THE NOSE.
12/01/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME- BOTH HANDS. EMPLOYEE HAD CORRECTIVE SURGERY, 12/1/01 ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE LEFT HAND WILL BE CORRECTED IN 6 WEEKS. OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. HE IS A SUPERVISOR AND WILL...
11/12/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 157d lost EE WAS OPERATING A R-BOLTER. HE HAD FINISHED INSTALLING THE BOLT ON HIS SIDE AND WAS WAITING FOR HIS BUDDY TO FINISH HIS BOLT. AS HE WAS WAITING A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP, BETWEEN THE RIB AND...
09/25/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING CRIBS FROM A SCOOP BUCKET AND HELPING BUILD CRIBS. WHILE DOING SO HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS BACK, HE COULDN'T WORK BUT HE STAYED FOR THE REST OF THE SHIFT. HE WAS SCH EDULED...
09/14/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL UNPLANNED, WAS FOUND DURING ROUTINE EXAMNATION OF MINE FALL STARTS 25 FEET OUTBY SPAD 34251 IN #6 ENTRY ALONG 2 WEST BELT EXTENDS OUTBY FOR ABOUT 80 FT X 18 FT WIDE. THE STRATA THAT FAILED I...
08/28/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING WEEKLY EXAMS. LOCATED ONE CROSSCUT OUTBY SPAD 33459-3 CROSSCUTS INBY 1 WEST BELT DRIVE IN NO 1 HEADING. STRATA THAT FELL WAS 18"" ROCK - 36"" COAL / BONE 12"" ROCK. MEAS...
08/27/2001 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None MINER DEVELOPED PNEUMOCONIOSIS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, NOT EXACTLY KNOW TO ANYONE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE HIS RIGHTS UNDER PART OP, EFFECTIVE 8-27-01. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR PART 90 SAMPLING THE WEEKS O...
07/29/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED OUTBY SPAD #37126 IN THE #5 ENTRY OR THE 002 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 60'LONG X 9' WIDE X 6' THICK. THE SECONDARY ESCAPEWAY HAD TO BE CHANGED DUE TO THIS FALL.
05/17/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost HE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT SPLICE & GOT HIS LEFTTHUMB CAUGHT IN THE COME-A-LONG RATCHET BEING USED TO PULL THE TWO ENDS OF THE BELT TOGETHER.
03/16/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost HE WAS PULLING SLACK FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE. HE WAS PULLING THE SLACK MANUALLY AND SLIPPED ON THE MINE FLOOR TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 3/22/01.
03/09/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost HE WAS RIDING IN A 2 PASSENGER PERSONNEL CARRIER, WHEN HE SLIPPED OR FELL OFF CAUSING THE PERSONNEL CARRIER TO RUN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT.
03/03/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A ROCK OUT OF THE FEEDER AND FELL BACKWARDS AND HURT HIS BACK.
01/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost SHOVLING SPILLED COAL AND MUD ONTO THE BELT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN INH HIS BACK.