Monongalia County Mine — Accidents

Total: 944 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/17/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost BECAME REPORTABLE ON 7/22/02. EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN A CONDITION THAT REQUIRES SCOPED SURGERY. (TORN LIG...
06/19/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 157d lost PROJECT INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF BELT STRUCTURE --EE WAS USING A STOPER DRILL IN THE ROOF, FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK, HE THOUGHT IT WAS A KIDNEY STONE. EE WENT TO HIS DOCTOR & WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT...
06/08/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 152d lost EMPLOYEE WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A DRILL STEEL BROKE AT ITS COUPLER CATCHING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST THE STABILIZER OF THE FRAME ON THE MACHINE, AND THE ROOF STRAP JACK BRAKET.
03/11/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 24d lost OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME OF BOTH WRISTS, SURGICAL REPAIR.
02/20/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 250d lost EE HAD KNEE SURGERY IN 1994--NOT JOB RELATED. SINCE THAT TIME, EE HAS FREQUENT PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME KNEE JUST BY WORKING IN THE MINE ENVIRONMENT. KNEE BECOMES PAINFUL & FREQUENTLY SWELLS UP . REPEA...
02/01/2002 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None KUHNTOWN PORTAL ELEVATOR- TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 30MINUTES DUE TO AN INSECT BEING CAUGHT IN AN ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR. LOCATED IN THE HEAD HOUSE, CAUSING THE ELEVATOR TO RUN AT A VERY SLOW S...
01/30/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING HIMSLEF UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE WALKER SHILEDS DURING A LONG WALL SHIELD RECOVERY PROCEDURE WHEN A PIECE OF FACE COAL AND ROCK FELL FROM THE ADJACENT FACE CATCHING HIS LEG...
01/28/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME BOTH WRISTS-SURGICAL REPAIR.
01/04/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost EE WAS OPERATING THE LONGWALL SHEARER ON 6-R SECTION, WHEN #160 SHIELD SUPPORT WAS ACCIDENTALLY PULLED UP TOO SOON, CATCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE SHIELD'S RAMBAR AND SHIELD BASE (TOE), RESULTI NG IN A...
12/30/2001 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER IN AN OPEN TYPE TRACK VEHICLE (PERSONNEL CARRIER). A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL RIB APPROX 1 1/2' X 1 1/2' X 6""THICK FELL FROM THE TROLLEY WIRE SIDE RIB AS THE VEHICLE PASSED BY STR...
12/21/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN POSITIONING A CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PIECE BY PULLING IT WITH A SCOOP TRACTOR. WHEN THE PULL CHAIN ATTACHMENT BROKE CAUSING THE CHAIN UNDER TENSION TO WHIP LASH, STRIKING EMPLOYE...
12/04/2001 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None AN INSECT CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR RESULTING IN THE ELEVATOR BRAKES TO ENGAGE- STOPPING THE ELEVATOR. ELEVATOR WITH NO PERSONS ON IT WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAT 30 MIN UTES UN...
12/03/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 28d lost EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES OF SHOVELING, INDICATED THAT THIS PAIN HAS DEVELOPED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WORKING IN THE MINE ENVIRONMENT. HAS NOW BEEN DIAG...
12/01/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 26d lost EMPLOYEE HAS DEVELOPED AN INFLAMMED ARTHRITIC CONDITION IN HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE WORKING IN THE MINE ENVIRONMENT, AS A RESULT OF REPEATED TRAUMA ON HIS KNEES.
11/11/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost WHILE OPERATING THE LONGWALL SHEARER, EE WAS KNEELING IN A LOW CONDITION WITH HIS HAND RESTING ON THE FACE CONVEYOR HAND RAIL. THE SHEARER DRUM KICKED UP A ROCK WHICH STRUCK HIS HAND RESULTING IN A FR...
10/14/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON HYDRAULIC HOSES, TO CLEAR THEM OUT OF THE WAY JUST OUTBY A RECENT ROOF FALL AREA IN PREPARATION OF RECOVERING THE FALL & EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED BACKWA RDS & T...
10/11/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost RIGGING OVERHEAD HOIST, PIECE OF METAL FELL OFF SIDE OF BUILDING.
10/11/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 6-R SECTION-MMU 069-0 IN THE BELT ENTRY OVER THE LONGWALL HEADGATE AND STAGELOADER. AT #43 BLOCK. THIS FALL OF ROOF AND COAL WAS APPROX. 60'L, 15' W, AND FE LL AT O...
10/08/2001 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE OF 6-R SECTION MMU 069-0 OPERATING THE LONGWALL SHEARER WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AGINAST A SHIELD SUPPORT THAT WAS 6"" LOWER THAN THE OTHERS CAUSING HIM TO JAM HI...
10/06/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost EE WAS HELPING TO PLACE A BOTTOM CONVEYOR ROLLER CRADLE BACK INTO PLACE AFTER REPLAICNG IT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. DIAGNOSED AS A LOW BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.
09/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost LABOR - BACK OF RIGHT LEG STRUCK BY PIECE OF BEAM BRUISE.
08/24/2001 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN LOOSE RIB ROCK- APPROX. 1'X 2' X 2"" THICK. WHEN THE PIECE HIT THE MINE FLOOR IT ROLLED TOWARDS HIM STRIKING HIS RT. HAND JUST BEHIND HIS THUMB.
08/23/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING UP ON BATTERY POWERED SCOOP TRACTOR TIRE, WHEN FORKLIFT WAS PLACING BATTERY PACK ONTO SCOOP. FORKLIFT ACCIDENTALLY RAISED CORNER OF SCOOP TRACTOR, AND WHEN IT BOUNCED 8"" B ACK DO...
08/16/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UN-INTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 7-SOUTH SECTION - MMU #068 - #3 ENTRY - LAST INTERSECTION - SPAD 68-09. DIMENSION OF FALL - 20' X 16' X 8'HIGH. AT OR ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE.
08/11/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE WAS RE-RAILING A TRACK PERSONNEL CARRIER BY PULLING IT WITH A SECOND VEHICLE. A POWER CABLE HUNG ON THE MINE RIB WAS LOOPED DOWN AND CAME INCONTACT WITH HIS RIGHT FOREARM AGGREVATING A PRE VIOUS IN...
08/08/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost EE WAS STANDING NEAR A FLAT CAR LOADED WITH 60"" 500' OF CONVEYOR BELTING THAT WAS HOISTED UP ON ITS END IN ORDER. TO PLACE IT ON THE SUPPLY CAGE ELEVATOR. ONE OF THE CHAINS BEING USED TO SECUR E SEVE...
08/02/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost DEGENERATIVE DISC-ARTHRITIC CONDITION-DEVELOPED IN MINE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH CONTRIBUTED & CAUSED HIS WEAKENED DISC/BACK CONDITION.
08/01/2001 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE PERSONNEL ELEVATOR STOPPED ABOUT 3/4 THE WAYUP THE SHAFT DUE TO A DOOR SWITCH MOUNTING BRACKET BREAKING, DISABLING THE ELEVATOR. 24 PERSONS WERE STRANDED ON THIS ELEVATOR FOR 1 HOUR 10 MIN UNTIL I...
07/24/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM HIS CAR TO THE MINE BUILDING PRIOR TO THE START OF HIS SHIFT. AS HE STEPPED UP ON THE SIDEWALK HE WXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. CLAIMS HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
07/19/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None REPETITIVE TRAUMA TO TENDONS TO BACK OF RIGHT ANKLE. FREQUENT AGGRAVATION BY WORKING AND WALKING IN MINE ENVIRONMENT, CAUSING PAIN.
07/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE WAS WALKING ALONG 5R TRACK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN ON THE OUTER EDGE OF HIS LEFT FOOT. DIAGNOSED BY X-RAY AS A HAIRLINE CRACK FRACTURE.
06/05/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 48d lost OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS. REPETITIVE TRAUMA, BOTH SHOULDERS & ARMS. WHILE PEROFRMING NORMAL DUTIES AS A BELTMAN. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT & GENERAL INSIDE LABORER.
05/17/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE RIB COAL FELL CAUSING HIS LEFT LEG TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LOOSE COAL AND THE CONTINUOUS MINER MACHINE.
05/10/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost A TRACK FLAT CAR CAME UNHOOKED FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE CAUSING IT TO DRIFT BACK INTO A TRACK SPUR, RESULTING IN A CUAGHT BETWEEN ACCIDENT TO AN EE WHOE CROSSING THE TRACK BETWEEN THE FLAT CAR AND A TRACK...
05/01/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. 1-R SECTION, #3 ENTRY, ## BLOCK, INTERSECTION APPROX. 10' HIGH 15' X 15'.
04/26/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EE WAS REMOVING A BELT ROLLER & STRUCTURE OUT OF MAIN NORTH CONVEYOR BELT TAKEUP AT #44 BLOCK, WHEN HE FELT A DULL PAIN IN LOW BACK.
04/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A HERNIA OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES AS SURFACE MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. FIRST NOTICING PAIN ON 4-19-01. BUT HAS CONTINUED TO WORK.
03/30/2001 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None 6-R DEVELOPMENT MINING SECTION. MMU 065. EXPERIENCED AND UNPLANNED INUNDATION OF WATER & WET CEMENT/FLYASH MATERIAL THRU THE #3 ENTRY FACE AREA. LEFT RIB. MOST LIKELY FROM AN ADJACENT SEALED & FILLED...
03/24/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AT OLD 4-R SECTION, EE WAS USING A MANUAL BOW SAW TO CUT A 2/0 SIZE POWER CABLE WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HANDLE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SAW BLADE-RESULTED IN A LACERATION THRU T HE WEB...
03/22/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost WORKING ON SPLICING A BELT. BELT WINDER BEING USED TO KEEP TENSION ON BELT. POWER FUSE BLEW ON WINDER CAUSING BELT TO GO SLACK REAULTING IN EMPLOYEE CATCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE HOOK ON THE WIN...
03/10/2001 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None ELEVATOR AT KUHNTOWN PORTAL OUT OF SERVICE IN EXCESS OF 30 MINUTES WITH PERSONS ON IT. ELEVATOR STOPPED IN THE SHAFT DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR BECAME DEFECTIVE WHICH THEN ACTIVATEP THE BR AKES CA...
03/08/2001 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE A 60 AMP D.C. FUSE IN A TROLLEY OPERATED TRACK LOCOMOTIVE WHEN THE FUSE HOLDER RELEASE AN ELECTRICAL ARC RESULTING IN A 2ND DEGREE FLASH BURN TO HIS RT. HAND TOP AN D FINGE...
02/22/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost BECAME REPORTABLE ON 2/27/02 FOR AN INCIDENT OCCURING ON 2/22/01. EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON HIS MOBILE EQUIPMENT - PAN - WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS NOSE, A BRUISE AT THE TIME...
02/20/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost IN 6-R TRACK SPUR, EE WAS ASSISTING IN MAKING A BELT SPLICE. AS A CO WORKER WAS HAMMERING ON A BELT SPLICE TOOL ( MUITIPLE DRIVE ROD) IN THE SPLICING PROCESS, EE HEAD REACHED FOR THE TOOL AN D WAS ON...
02/07/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING UP AN 8' LADDER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE 2ND STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 22"" TO THE FLOOR BELOW. HIS RIGHT LEG STRUCK AGAINST A CONCRETE COLUMN SUP PORT R...
01/27/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost WHILE PULLING ON A CHAIN ATTACHED TO A MINE RAIL. EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS STOMACH/GROIN AREA. WAS MOVING A RAIL OUT OF THE WAY.
01/13/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ON 5-R SECTION (064 MINING UNIT) AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #2 ENTRY AT INTERSECTION#66 BLOCK. FALL AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF 8' COMBINATION BOLTS & SOME 12' CABLE BOLTS. AREA 16' X 18' X 1...
01/09/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None DIAGNOSED AS THORASIC MUSCLE INFLAMMATION FROM REPETITIVE MOTION OF ARM & SHOULDER, RAISING ARMTO INSERT BOLTS INTO ROOFBOLT HOLES. (FELT PAIN ON THIS DATE WHILE JUST RAISING LEFT ARM TO CUT WIRE). CO...
11/14/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN #2 ENTRY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONTIUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL - ROCK RIB 2' X 3' X 6"" FELL STRIKING HIM AND KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE. FACIAL...
11/03/2000 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WORKED AS LABORER ABOVE GROUND WITH NO KNOWN EXPOSURE TO AS BESTOS DURING HIS COURSE OF EMPLOYEMNT WITH FOREST CONSTR. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE MADE A WORKERS COMP CLAIM FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNUEMOCONIO...