Mountain View Mine — Accidents

Total: 424 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/11/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Surface area maintenance shop building was discovered on fire. Local EMS was summoned and extinguished the fire. The building and vehicles inside were destroyed. No additional surrounding property dam...
09/30/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in an elevated position on a step ladder, when ee over extended lateral reach, causing the ladder to kick out. Employee then fell to the mine floor and felt pain in left ankle.
09/21/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in an out/by area of the mine at # 2 block on 24 butt section, during an idle shift. There were no injuries and no equipment damage. There was no disruption to ventilat...
09/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 421d lost Employee was pulling on water line. Employee's foot got stuck on a track rail and employee fell and injured leg.
09/11/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost Employee was hand loading 1 inch I.D. X 7 foot long pieces of pipe into a Scoop bucket, at which time the employee overexerted themselves, and felt pain in right shoulder. Employee continued to work u...
09/02/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred, with no interruption in ventilation, no injuries or equipment damage, and no escape ways were compromised.
08/15/2016 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Employee was troubleshooting a CM machine at which time employee came into contact with energized electrical conductors within the machine controller.
08/10/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stumbled/slipped/tripped while navigating in/through the center walk way on a roof bolter. The employee attempted to catch self, and incurred pain in right wrist.
08/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee was assisting to unload a bundle of supplemental roof support (steel posts), out of a scoop bucket. The injured employee and the scoop operator un-chained the load from the bucket, at which t...
08/01/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred in an out by area of the mine at # 102 to # 103 block haulage road. There were no injuries. There was no equipment damage. There were no escape ways compromised. There...
08/01/2016 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None While mining on a working section a water inundation occurred at the face. No injuries or equipment damage occurred. No escape ways were compromised. The section equipment was moved out by. Dewatering...
07/14/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repairing a CM machine crawler track, and while exerting self attempting to align a retainer pin, slipped and contacted the steel edge of the crawler frame, causing injury (laceration),to...
07/13/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee suffered a laceration on right thumb, while cleaning a ceiling light fixture in the mine portal building.
06/20/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting and accidently trapped hand in the drill steel guide
05/17/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee placed right hand on rib drill steel to retract steel from rib. EE inadvertently started rotation instead of retract operation. Glove caught on steel dislocating little finger of right hand...
05/09/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was attempting to re-set a mine timber(Post), when EE stumbled and fell, with the post then striking EE on the head.
05/05/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was making a hydraulic repair to a longwall support, during which time high pressure emulsion fluid was released and contacted the employee's hand.
05/03/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Employee was on top of a continuous mining machine cleaning foreign material (Rock) off the machine. When EE attempted to dismount from the machine, EE slipped and overexerted ankles and lower legs. T...
03/16/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee struck himself on the mouth, while using a hand tool.
02/26/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tramming a battery operated floor scrubber in reverse when employee got left thumb caught between control and a door causing a laceration on both side of thumb
02/23/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was removing extraneous materials from the belt entry and placing them in the track entry, and while doing this the employee over-exerted self, and incurred pain and swelling in employee's gr...
02/19/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a hydraulic impact wrench to install supplemental roof support when the wrench socket slipped off the apparatus and struck the employee's teeth.
02/09/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was assisting another person carry a post when employee stumbled and fell, at which time the post fell on employee's ankle
02/01/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was delivering mine supplies and attempted to re-enter the scoop machine operators compartment, at which time the employee stumbled and fell, striking employee's head/face on the steel struct...
11/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Employee was struck on the lower leg by a mine maintenance repair part when he attempted to assist another employee position/carry this part.
11/18/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was positioning a hydraulic ram jack and pinched his finger between the end of the hyd. ram jack and the AFC pan line, causing injury to his finger.
11/12/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was pushing pan line on the long wall when a roof fall occurred behind the supports, producing enough force to cause the employee to be jolted enough to fall.
11/10/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An accidental roof fall was discovered by mine personnel, with no equipment damage, no injuries, and no interruption of the ventilation system occurring. The roof fall measured apprx. 35 feet long, 16...
11/05/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost Employee was working in an elevated position on a step ladder, utilizing a pipe wrench to tighten fire suppression plumbing, at which time he incurred pain in his left shoulder.
10/31/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was positioned on a long/wall support pontoon to remove a relay bar bolt while the AFC panline was being dismantled/removed outby him. As the outby section of pan line was removed, it created...
10/26/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 107d lost Employee was unloading ventilation tubing from shuttle car and felt pain in right shoulder. Employee was examiner at ER and was released to return to work. Employee worked his next scheduled shift a...
09/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing concrete blocks into a ventilation regulator wall, when one of the blocks fell out of wall and mashed the employees finger.
09/08/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping lay rail. While letting the rail down with a road jack, the jack handle slipped out of employee's hands and struck him on right eyebrow
08/22/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A unintentional roof fall was noticed by mine personnel. No injury or equipment damage occurred, with no interruption to the ventilation system. The roof fall measured approx 25 feet long and 17 feet...
07/03/2015 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking the DC shuttle cable off anchor and received a shock.
06/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to close the operators compartment door on a locomotive at which time the door came closed on his finger.
06/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to reposition a removed section of shearer rack bar on the AFC pan line at which time the employee's finger got pinched between the rack bar and the armored face conveyor pan.
05/08/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was wrapping ventilation tubing, and as the roll of tubing wrap was being tossed over top of the tubing, the employee missed catching the roll and it struck him on the face, causing a lacerat...
04/07/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to retrieve a section of ventilation tubing that was hung with nylon straps to the mine roof. Employee utilized a knife to cut the nylon strap, at which time he also cut his fi...
03/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing couplings off 8 inch victaulic water pipe that was hung from the mine roof, when the pipe position shifted and pinched his finger between the pipe and the mine roof, causing inju...
03/13/2015 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Mountain View Mine incurred elevated water levels and inundation in our bleeder ventilation entries due to snow thaw and large amounts of rainfall, which disrupted the mine ventilation system.
02/24/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing maintenance on a roof bolting machine and placed his hand on a swing out type side guard, when a piece of mine brow rock came down and struck his left middle finger, causing in...
02/07/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a belt line and fell, as a result of not noticing the belt cross over he attempted to utilize was not yet secured to the belt structure.
12/21/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A unintentional roof fall was discovered by mine personnel. No injury or equipment damage occurred. No interruption to the ventilation system and no escape way was blocked. Fall measured 16 ft wide...
11/19/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Roof Bolter had just finished bolting a place, and was preparing to move. The employees foot was on the trailing cable as the cable reel was turned on, allowing the cable movement to jolt and injure h...
10/17/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered. No injuries or equipment damage occurred. Fall area measured 16 feet high x 16 feet long x 16 feet wide. This fall area was roof and rib bolted according to...
09/08/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A continuation of a previously reported unintentional roof fall on 9/2/2014 occurred on 9/8/2014. There were no injuries, entrapment, or equipment damage. This area has been dangered off, and addition...
09/02/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred and was discovered by mine personnel. No injuries or equipment damage occurred. Fall area measured 13 feet wide x 16 feet long x 6 to 7 feet high. This fall area ha...
08/17/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred and was discovered by mine personnel. No injuries or equipment damage occurred. Fall area measured 8 feet high x 15 feet wide x 20 feet long. This fall area had pre...
07/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting another employee using a wire rope and sheave block assembly to pull a piece of belt structure into an elevated installation position, when he got his hand caught in the moving...