Monongalia County Mine — Accidents

Total: 944 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/16/2004 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost ON 2-N LONGWALL FACE EE WAS ASISTING HIS CREW IN RECOVERING SHIELD SUPPORTS DURING A LONGWALL SYSTEM DISASSEMBLY AND MOVE WHEN A PIECE OF FACE ROCK AND COAL 2 1/2 X 3' X 1' FELL FROM FACE. STR IKING H...
01/30/2004 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 233d lost Occupational illness, based on MRI results and recent dr evaluation and written diagnosis, it is now confirmed that his condition is a result of repeated trauma and degenerative changes in his back, w...
01/30/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost EE HAD JUST FINISHED REPAIRING A LOADING MACHINE. CABLE WHEN A SHUTTLE GOING OUTBY CAUGHT THE LOADING MACHINE CABLE THAT WAS HUNG ALONG THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE CABLE TO TIGHTEN UP, CATCHING TH E EE BE...
01/30/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS. AS HE REACHED OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST.
01/27/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 165d lost EE WAS HANGING A POWER CABLE ON A RIB-BOLT CABLEHANGER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL RIB AROUND THE BOLT HANGER BROKE OFF, STRIKING EE ON HIS LEFT FOOT. RESULTED IN LOWER LEG FRACTURE.
01/16/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 41d lost CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME - OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS - SURGICAL REPAIR.
01/15/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME - OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS - SURGICAL REPAIR.
01/13/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT ON 3-4-04, FOR AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN JAN 04. WHILE CARRYING A 50 # BAG OF ROCK DUST, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RT KNEE. CONTINUED WORKING AND THEN WENT TO DR ON 3-3...
11/12/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 159d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING HIS ROCK DUST HOSE THRU A METAL MANDOOR WHEN THE HOSE COUPLER CAUGHT ON THE DOOR FRAME. HE CONTINUED PULLING HARD WHEN IT SUDDENLY LET LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN ONTO HIS LEFT...
10/28/2003 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None DEATH ON MINE PROPERTY. DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES. NOT MINE RELATED. NIOSH FIRE PREVENTION ENGINEERWAS FOUND UNCONSIOUS WITH NO VITAL SIGNS PRESENTJUST PRIOR TO HIM SCHEDULED TO CONDUCT A TRAININ G SESSIO...
09/30/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE HAMMER OF A FELLOW EMPLOYEE AS HE REACHED FOR THE MULTIPLE DRIVER TOOL TO RE-POSITION IT ON THE BELT SPLICE.
09/24/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, PNEUMOCONIOSIS (BLACK LUNG) PART 90 MINER.
09/24/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES LIFT METAL I-BEAMS UP OFF A FLAT CAR & FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.
09/04/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost BECAME REPORTABLE ON 9-17-03 WHEN EE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A TORN LIGAMENT IN LEFT KNEE. HE WAS WALKING IN A BELT ENTRY & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSING PAIN.
08/29/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 36d lost OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, RT WRIST FROM YEARS OF REPEATED MOTION TRAUMA.
08/29/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE DISMANTLING A CONVEYOR BELT STORAGE UNIT, A SECTION OF CONVEYOR STRUCTURE RAILING FELL AFTER HE LOOSENED IT CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HIS HAND, CAUSING A LACERATION. (HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 IT EMS).
08/29/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 40d lost OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME BOTH WRISTS, FROM YEARS OF REPEATED MOTION AND TAUMA.
08/15/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UP ONHIS MOBILE EQUIPMENT (PAN) PLATFORM 5"" UP OFF THE GROUND WHEN ANOTHER PAN STRUCK THE PARKED VEHICLE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BE KNOCKED DOWN THE THE GROUND. THIS RESU LTED I...
08/05/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING AND CARRYING COMPRESSED OXYGEN CYLINDER UP ON HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE DEVELOPED PAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK AND DOWN INTO HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
08/01/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost BECAME REPORTABLE ON 8-7-03. THE FIRST DAY HE WENT TO DR, & MISSED WORK. EE WAS OPERATING THE LONGWALL SHEARER REMOTE CONTROL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE PAINLINE HAND RAIL.
07/29/2003 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None KUHNTOWN ELEVATOR TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES DUE TO THE DAILY EXAMINER DETECTING SEVERAL LOOPS OF CABLE CROSSED OVER EACH OTHER IN THE SHEAVE WHEEL GROOVES. INDUSTRIAL ELEVA TOR SER...
07/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PIPE ON CRANE AND STANDARD ON COG TRUCK.
07/21/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost BECAME MSHA REPORTABLE ON OCT 15 2003. EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE A TRACK RAIL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT. KNEE. CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL OCT 15, 2003.
07/03/2003 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT, STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIS FOOT TO TWIST RESULTING IN A BROKEN BONE DUE TO AN OLD INJURY.
07/01/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost EE WAS HELPING INSTALL ROOF BOLTS IN AN INTAKE AIRWAY WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE MINE FLOORRESULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT WRIST.
06/28/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING OVER A FLAT SUPPLY CAR ON THE TRACK WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR, BENDING BACK HIS LEFT WRIST.
06/26/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. 3-N SECTION (NO 2 ENTRY LADDER AT #2 INTERSECTION) FELL AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF 8' RESIN/COMBINATION BOLTS. 20'WIDE X 24'LONG X 8'HIGH.
06/16/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 6-NORTH SECTION (REHABILITATION AREA) IN #8 ENTRY, 3 BLOCKS OUTBY THE FACE AREA, AT STATION SPAD #8332. IT FELL JUST ABOVE THE 5' RESIN ROOF BOLTS. THE L ENGTH O...
05/16/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost BECAME REPORTABLE ON 6/16/03, THE 1ST DAY OFF WORK DUE TO 5/15/03 ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A 20"" X 10'FIBERGLASS VENTILATION TUBE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE COAL & HYPER EXTENDED HIS RT KNE...
05/01/2003 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 75d lost BECAME REPORTABLE AS A LOST-TIME ON 5-19-03, HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK. EE WAS PERFORMING HIS NORMAL MINE DUTIES, INCLUDING WALKING WHEN A PAIN DEVELOPED IN LOW BACK & LEFT LEG. (NO SPECIFIC ACCI DENT).
04/11/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS INJURED HANDLING RAILS. ON 5/29/03, ADDITIONAL DAYS LOST FOR PREVIOUS INJURY (7000-1) DATED 12/30/01, WAS SUBMITTED TO MSHA. A VIOLATION (#7107886) DATED 6/12/03 WAS ISS UED REQ...
04/03/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 20d lost OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, (SURGICAL REPAIR 4/3/03) CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF RT. WRIST AS A RESULT OF YEARS OF ROOFBOLTING. REPETITIVE TRAUMA.
02/10/2003 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER, THE DOZER SLID ON SNOW INTO A DITCH & ROLLED ONTO IT'S SIDE. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE OPERATOR BECAME DIZZY & COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKE N TO A...
02/05/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 72d lost CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, BOTH WRISTS, SURGICAL REPAIR. DUE TO REPETITIVE MOTION DURING 20 YEARS OF ROOF BOLTING.
02/04/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING UP ON A CONVEYER BELT TAKING DOWN POWER CABLE MONO-RAIL STRUCTURE. AS HE SLID A SECTION DOWN TO THE MINE FLOOR, HE FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER. (BELT NOT OPERATING AT THE TIM...
01/27/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPERATING A TRACK/TROLLEY LOCOMOTIVE WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE TROLLEY WIRE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE POLE HARP BACK ON THE TROLLEY WIRE HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FINGER BETWEEN THE POLE AN...
01/20/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL FOUND IN OLD 7-R SECTION, IN NO.1 ENTRY, BETWEEN BLOCK NO.5 AND NO.6. MEASURED APPROX. 16' X 20' & UP TO 15' HIGH. AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BY COMBINATION/RESIN RO OF BOLT...
01/13/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 124d lost OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS - CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (REPEATED MOTION.)
01/08/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted MSHA VIOLATION #7107885 ISSUED ON 6-12-03 FOR FAILURE TO REPORT ""DAYS OF RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY"" ALTHOUGH CO. DETERMINED THERE WAS NO INABILITY TO PERFORM HIS REGULAR JOB HIS NEXT SHIFT. HE WAS HA...
12/13/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost EE WAS RIDING IN A TRACK PERSONNEL VEHICLE WHEN IT RAN INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED EE TO HAVE A WHIP-LASH OF HIS NECK, RESULTING IN NECKMUSCLE SPASMS AND STRAIN; AN AGGREVATION OF A PREVIOUS NE...
12/07/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE MANTRIP ELEVATOR ON THE SURFACE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, DISLOCATING HIS SHO ULDER.
11/07/2002 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None EVIDENCE INDICATED THAT A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF NO. 3 CONVEYOR BELT RESULTING IN THE BELT BURNING IN HALF. THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ACTIVATED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. ONCE FOUND AT 7: 45 P.M....
11/03/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WALKING TO HIS SECTION AT THE START OF HIS SHIFT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A 6' DOUBLE DOOR, HE GOT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE 2 DOORS, RESULTING IN A MASHED FINGER TIP
10/31/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REHABILITATION WORK 4 BLOCKS IN BY UNKNOWN INTAKE AIR SHAFT. EYES BECAME IRRITATED IN SULFUR DUST ASSOCIATED WITH LEACHING PROCESS OF OLDER WORKINGS.
10/17/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost HE WAS OPERATING A HAND-HELD ""GOPHER"" ROOF DRILL TO INSTALL SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF BOLTS IN THE BELT ENTRY OF 8-R SECTION. AFTER DRILLING HIS HOLE THE DRILL STEEL BECAME STUCK IN THE ROOF THEN FELL OUT U...
10/11/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost BECAME REPORTABLE ON 10/17/02 THE FIRST DAY MISSED DUE TO AN INABILITY TO WORK. HE HAD LIFTED A 10' X 20"" FIBERGLASS VENT TUBE BY PLACING HIS SHOULDER UNDER IT IN A STANDING POSITION AND FELT A PAIN...
09/09/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 200d lost DR REPORT INDICATED EE HAS LONG HISTORY OF BACK PAIN AND TAKING PILLS SINCE 1984. X RAYS SHOW NO ACUTE ABNORMALITIES, JUST A LOT OF DEGENERATIVE DISC DIEASE AND BAD ARTHRITIS ON OLD SCAR TISSU E.
08/23/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL FOUND IN AN IDLED INACTIVE SECTION, IN A BLEEDER ENTRY, THAT FELL IN A T-INTERSECTION 16' X 16' X 8' HIGH. JUST AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF RESIN ROOF BOLTS. (3-4 SECTION, NO. 1 E...
08/19/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 63d lost CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF BOTH WRISTS DUE TO REPEATED MOTION.
07/22/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None HEAVY RAIN STORM CAUSED WATER TO ACCUMULATE ON FLOOR OF ELEVATOR HOIST CONTROL PANEL, CAUSING THE NEED TO TAKE THE ELEVATOR OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. (NOT DAMAGED) AT THE WANA S URFACE.