Monongalia County Mine — Accidents

Total: 944 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/07/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost While installing a 16' cable bolt, employee felt a pop in right shoulder. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was being used and did not involve job proficiency,...
03/07/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point in 4 West Intake Air Coarse at 20 block. The fall does impede passage and ventilation is not effected. The fall is approximately 16' wide X 40' long X 12...
03/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 258d lost Employee lost strength in wrist while handling a bundle of bolts. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal Protective equipment was being used and this did not involve job proficiency, att...
03/03/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost While walking to Roberts Run shaft between the air lock doors, employee stepped into a hole and twisted EE's ankle. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was being...
02/24/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point on the 11W set-up face. The passageway has been redirected through the adjacent entry and ventilation was not effected. The dimensions of the fall are ap...
02/21/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 239d lost While hanging miner cable and waterline, employee stepped on a rock and turned Right Ankle. EE stated that EE felt a pop in the heel/ankle area. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal p...
02/21/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contract employee was struck in the mouth when a chain that was wrapped around a beam slipped off from the top as they put tension to it. The piece of chain broke a tooth. Cause of this injury was em...
02/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost While attempting to hook overhead crane up to scoop batteries, hook from crane rolled over pinching employees finger between crane hook, and battery lifting bar. This did not involve any compliance i...
02/01/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 294d lost Individual was laying on the shop floor holding up a support bracket when one end slipped allowing the rotating arm to swing backwards causing pain to the right shoulder. This did not involve any comp...
01/31/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Individual was standing on a ladder (3') installing spad mining sights, when dismounting not concentrating, lost balance and slipped off the ladder twisting the right ankle. This did not involve any c...
01/25/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While putting trolley pole back on wire, employee caught left little finger between the trolley pole and mine roof. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was being...
01/24/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost Employee, while pulling down on a 24"" pipe wrench to loosen nut, felt a pop in left upper arm. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was being used and this did...
12/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost After employee pulled the rock dust hose free from the miner cable and started to rock dust, ee straightened arm out and felt pain in left triceps/elbow area. EE stated ee felt no injury occur while p...
12/28/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost While installing bolt in fish plate, employee had hand under rail while another employee was holding rail up with a slate bar. The rail slipped off of the slate bar sliding down onto employees fingers...
12/27/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost Employee tripped and fell to the ground striking right shoulder. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was being used and this did not involve job proficiency,, att...
12/17/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was dragging timbers into 4 West when the timber being drug lodged against a timber that was set. Trying to jerk it free, causing pain and numbness in lower back and left leg. This did not in...
12/15/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was lifting a tool box to move it when they felt extreme pain in lower back. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was being utilized. This did not involve...
12/01/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point in the 17M return air course, #2 heading at 22 block. The fall does not impede passage. The width of the fall is 16 feet wide and approximately 10 feet...
11/29/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point in 4 West return Air course at 24 crosscut. The fall does impede passage. The width of the fall is 16 feet wide and approximately 10 feet high. The leng...
11/12/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost While carrying a roll of water line, employee tripped over a rock causing employee to overextend employee's left knee. This did not involve any compliance issues. Personal protective equipment was be...
10/31/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchor point in the 4 West Return Air course at 18 crosscut. The fall does impede passage. The width of the fall is 16 feet wide and approximately 10 feet high. The leng...
10/31/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchor point in the 4 West Return Air course at 24 crosscut. The fall does impede passage. The width of the fall is 16 feet wide and approximately 10 feet high. The l...
10/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 364d lost While building a bridge, employee felt muscles tighten up in right lower back. This did not involve any compliance issues. No equipment involved. Personal protective equipment was being used. This did...
10/19/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost While changing rollers on #2 Main North belt, employee felt pain in stomach and noticed belly button was pushing out. This did not involve any compliance issues and there was no equipment involved. Pe...
10/10/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was walking carrying a one hole board when ee experienced pain in right knee. The area was free of extraneous materials and the mine floor was in good condition. This did not involve any com...
10/07/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was using a hand grinder to remove a keeper pin on a hydraulic cylinder located at the parts car. When operating the grinder it kicked back causing a laceration to right hand. Th...
09/26/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling a leg jack from 189 shield to 190 shield, the leg jack came over the relay bar on 189 shield and pinned employees foot against the relay bar on 190 shield. This did not involve any comp...
09/23/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Contract EE was attempting to set Heinzman jacks at a belt drive. EE bumped another jack that was leaning against the rib & EE attempted to prevent it from falling, straining back. Cause of injury was...
09/16/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost While rolling up cables and hose from power move, employee slipped in mud and tripped over a relay bar causing EE to fall and injure left wrist.
08/30/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost While carrying rollers into belt line, through a man door @ 92 block, 5 West, employee felt pain shoot through lower back, and down right leg.
08/24/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While tramming 22 Mobile, collided with BT6 which was parked causing employee to hit EE's right calf on controller box. This did not involve any compliance issues, no equipment involved, and it did n...
08/19/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 610d lost While trying to lift pump to close gate on elevator, felt strain in back. This did not involve any compliance issues, no equipment involved, and it did not involve training or attitude.
08/15/2016 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost Stepped out of Loader to re-position cable hanger and while re-hanging cable in hanger a piece of rib rolled out and struck employee on foot. This did not involve any compliance issues, no equipment...
07/28/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost While standing at switch, turned to walk and tripped over switch throw striking the inside of the left knee. This did not involve any compliance issues, and no equipment involved. It did not involve j...
07/27/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee claims to felt a ""pop"" in right shoulder while tightening a hose while working under heavy equipment. Cause of this injury was stretching too far to pull on wrench. Compliance with rules/re...
07/25/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost While picking up flexible slinky tube employee felt a pain in the stomach to groin area. This did not involve any compliance issues. No equipment involved, and did not involve training.
06/27/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #4 return heading leading to the 6 North Parallel Seals. The fall was approximately 80' long X 8' wide X 4' high. It does not impede air, or travel through the airway. T...
06/25/2016 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator failed to work when called. Damage to the door switch was found to be the problem. Schindler Elevator Service was called to fix the problem. There were no employees or persons involved. I...
05/31/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 17M air coarse leading to the 17M seals. The fall was approximately 12 feet high by 16 feet wide by approximately 40 feet long. It did impede travel of the 17M seals retu...
05/25/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 4 west seal air coarse in the intersection of 25 crosscut. The fall was approximately 16ft wide by 12 feet high and the length is unknown. It did impede travel of the 4 Wes...
04/06/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee stated that while traveling over a flat car in a track spur, EE rammed EE's hard hat into a low hanging bolt that caused EE to fall. Cause of this injury was awareness of EE's surroundings. C...
03/22/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall 30' long X 8' high X 16' wide was found in 4 West return air coarse between sad #8624 and 8926. This did obstruct the walkway but did not involve any other compliance issues. No equipmen...
03/10/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost While exiting a scoop on 12W section, employee's belt got caught on the cage which caused EE to lose EE's balance and felt a popping in EE's knee, causing EE to fall down. There was no equipment invo...
02/25/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 237d lost While guiding cable into the monorail winch employees glove got caught between the rope and roller pulling EE's hand in toward the spooling drum and cutting the tip of EE's right index finger. This di...
02/01/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall (50'length X 10' high X 16' wide)was found in the 6-North Right Return in the # 6 entry between Spad # 7070 and Spad # 6708. This did obstruct the walkway but did not involve any other com...
10/27/2015 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost The individual was welding with a DC Welder in a tight area when the left side of the neck came in contact with the stinger and received an electrical shock. This did not involve compliance issues, no...
10/26/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 302d lost Individual not concentrating while moving the track rail bender along the rail when it became stuck. When pulling on the bender he felt a pop in the right shoulder. This did not involve any compliance...
10/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee bent over to pick up a stopping panel when he experienced a sharp pain in his left lower back. This did not involve any compliance issues, job skills, training, or attitude. Personal safety...
10/13/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost While attempting to unload a roll of belt, employee slipped while using a pry bar causing him to fall in an awkward position twisting his left knee and fracturing his left ankle. This did not involve...
10/13/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall (66'L X 9'H X 18'W) was found on the old 6-North Track outby spad location 7810. This did obstruct the walkway but did not involve any other compliance issues. No equipment was involved an...