Mountain Fork No 1 — Accidents

Total: 11 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/16/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was bolting top. When he started his drill steel, a piece of rock broke out from the top and hit him in the nose.
08/02/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was running #2 Miner in the #6 Block, mining final left when a browl broke loose & fell on his left lower leg; sent employee to have x-ray, nothing broken.
07/31/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 11d restricted The 3 wheeler mantrip operator lost a wheel bearing, causing the brakes to fail. When operator jumped off, he bruised his left shoulder & broke (1) rib bone.
09/11/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was walk-into acrosscut slip & fell on rock botton brushing her tailbone.
08/16/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Belt man was traveling #2 haulway, lost his footing on brake pedal and slid in to the rib brushing chest area; still finished his shift.
06/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Taking miner and water line, water line fell on employee's left shoulder causing a dislocation.
04/12/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured EE and co-worker were hanging miner cable, when the cable that the two men were hanging was pulled down by machine operator, pulling extra cable.
04/12/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 295d lost Two employees were hanging miner cable when the cable was pulled down by the machine operator pulling up extra cable.
03/20/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Hurt shoulder on ride going through low top on roadway.
09/13/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 120d lost, 40d restricted THE INJURED EE WAS WALKING FROM THE POWER CENTER ENTRY TO CHECK THE DISCHARGE END OF THE FEEDER. WHEN HE WALKED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE FEEDER, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND THE CONVEYOR CHAIN CAUGHT HIS LEFT...
12/16/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None FAULT IN STRATA THAT COULD NOT BE DETECTED DURING REGULAR BOLTING CYCLE AND ALSO HAD TENSION CRACKS IN THE ROOF. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS INSTALLED IN THE AREA.