New Era Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,839 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/08/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee state he was using flight straps to uncover winch when his right middle finger became caught between the winch and the strap.
07/07/2015 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 22d restricted Employee was handling rock dust bull hose on RC-09 when hose inadvertently struck the employee on the left side of the face and hand causing laceration. Lost time injury
05/18/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking at the face of the 12WHG in the #3 entry to sign examination tag. Employee slipped and brushed right hand against pie pan causing laceration. Medical Treatment.
03/21/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew member was operating chainsaw with chaps on, clearing right of way for power line supply of fresh water for prep plant. When cutting saplings the EE made contact with the chainsaw in his left cal...
03/04/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using channel locks to open a metal band to access T3 channel. Metal band while opening struck employee's right arm causing a laceration. Medical Treatment.
02/12/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee smashed right pinky finger between shear drum and pipe while changing drums out on longwall shear. Medical Treatment.
02/06/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was using channel locks to loosen pinner steel to remove from drill pod. Employee accidentally touched the control levers causing the steel to turn striking the employee's left arm causing f...
02/04/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife on the surface in the staging area cutting thru a zip tie causing a laceration to right index finger. Medical Treatment.
01/29/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 96d restricted Employee was in the Main West travelway xcut 47 replacing damaged roof bolts, slipped causing injury to right foot. Restricted Duty.
01/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 36d lost, 19d restricted Employee was removing belt blocks after completion of a belt splice on the 2nd North East Submain belt. Employee moved the ratchet and the belt block struck employee on the right side of lower jaw.
01/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 41d restricted Employee was working in the underground shop, assisting in picking up a transmission for PV57. Employee lost footing slipped injuring right shoulder. Lost time as of 1/28/2015.
01/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking to the roof bolter lost footing and fell to the mine floor striking nose. Medical Treatment
01/04/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee was loading a ramcar with 6"" pipe. Employee slipped allowing the left knee to bump the 6"" pipe. Restricted Duty as of 01/06/2015.
01/02/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using cum-a-long to move a gear case. Employee's left index finger came in contact with chain hook causing laceration. Medical Treatment.
12/31/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee states he felt pain in groin area when he picked up a stack of bow tie plates while loading roof bolter. Lost time injury.
12/11/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 24d restricted Employee was placing T3 Channel on battery scoop. T3 Channel slipped and struck employee's left hand causing fracture to middle left finger. Lost time injury.
12/11/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was plastering stopping and a piece of rock next to stopping struck employee's left shoulder. Lost time as of 2/9/2015.
12/08/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 43d restricted Employee was assisting moving a prop tripped and the prop landed on employee's middle right finger causing a fracture. Lost time accident.
11/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 168d lost Employee was walking off of the longwall face and stepped in a hole injuring lower back. Lost time as of 1/28/2015.
11/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of steel and a small piece of metal bounced in to left eye. Medical Treatment.
11/10/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was installing 10' cable bolts on the 13 West Head Gate and smashed left ring finger between the shaft of the bolt and the mast of the roofbolter. Restricted Duty.
11/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing metal bands from T3 channel and the metal band cut employee's right arm. Medical Treatment.
10/29/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was operating a Gopher Fatboy air drill in the belt entry of the First Submain North beltline. The drill steel curved striking employee on the left side of face.
10/08/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 65d restricted Employee was loading a bundle of 8' timbers and one 8' timber rolled off of bundle striking employee's left foot. Lost time injury.
10/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a stopping left hand was struck by concrete block causing a laceration.
09/29/2014 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 161d lost, 134d restricted Employee was pulling oxygen tank on cart back to the appropriate area and felt pain in right knee. Lost time as of 10/10/14.
09/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While entering a PV the employee sat down and accidentally forced SCSR into his own rib cage fracturing one rib. Medical Treatment.
09/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading T3 channel plates and right wrist came in contact with T3 channel plates causing a laceration. Medical Treatment.
09/02/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was building a stopping and smashed left thumb. Medical Treatment.
08/22/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee was at the 10WLW VFD area at the belt drive utilizing the mine phone. Employee while on the mine phone tripped over a golf cart twisting left knee. Restricted Duty as of 8/25/2014.
08/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning spillage under the refuse bin and was struck in the back of neck by small debris causing laceration. Medical Treatment.
08/14/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the longwall face and was struck in the forehead by a chain causing laceration. Medical Treatment.
08/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was removing material door frame and a concrete block struck right hand fracturing middle finger. Medical Treatment
08/06/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 44d restricted Employee was walking to the face of the 10WLW and twisted left knee. Lost time injury as of 8/26/2014.
08/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 131d restricted Employee was attempting to rearrange tin shed, tin slipped causing laceration to left index and middle finger. Lost time as of 08/11/2014.
08/02/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was working in the 10 West tailgate lost footing causing left foot to turn resulting in injury. Restricted Duty.
08/01/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating the longwall shield and a piece of rock struck employee's chin causing a laceration. Medical Treatment.
07/31/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing lifeline and while cutting a portion of the lifeline he accidentally cut left forearm. Medical Treatment.
07/31/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a lower rub guard on a roof bolter and smashed right index finger causing a laceration. Medical Treatment.
07/17/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall occurred in the #1 entry of the 10WLW of the belt entry. The fall location starts outby at 5553' to 5586' and dimension is 12'T x 33'L x 18'W. The roof fall will be cleaned and re-support...
07/12/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 49d restricted Employee was removing rock from the walkway and his right hand was struck by a piece of rock causing a hand fracture. Restricted Duty.
07/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working with tin shed in order to direct water for pumping. The tin came in contact with employee's left hand resulting in a laceration. Medical Treatment.
06/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was rearranging tin shed and left arm came in contact with tin causing a laceration. Medical Treatment.
06/10/2014 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was walking in the #2 entry at the face in the 12WHG and stepped on the continuous miner cable injuring left foot causing small fracture. Restricted Duty.
05/30/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 10WLW travel road between xcuts 36 and 35 at footage marker 4975 in the #2 entry. The dimensions of the roof fall is approximately 50'L x 10'T x 18'W. The...
05/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging six inch water pipe and brought arm down on rib bolt plate causing laceration to right arm. Medical Treatment.
05/28/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating the continuous miner and a rock from the roof struck employee in the left arm causing laceration. Medical Treatment.
04/29/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was operating a Kubota on the travel road. The front tire caught a notch in the rib due to the employee glancing over in a x-cut while driving and the Kubota turned over on its side. The em...
04/28/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 240d lost, 77d restricted EE was operating a continuous miner on MU 3 section finishing the clean up in 4 right. According to unit EE's the injured EE was under supported top when found. The injured EE was concentrating on the...
04/25/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was utilizing a utility knife trimming on a conveyor surface belt and inadvertently cut left arm causing laceration.