No. 1 — Accidents

Total: 338 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee was walking beside of track rail when he tripped on the track and twisted his right ankle.
09/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was carrying a 5 gal bucket of oil when his foot slipped and he felt pain in his lower back.
08/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost EE was picking up a empty wood pallet and felt pain in his lower back.
08/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 222d lost Employee was shoveling tailpiece when he tripped over an anchor pin and landed on his left knee.
07/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading rail onto the belt rail and pinched his middle finger on his right hand.
07/13/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was roof bolting when his right index finger was pinched between pin steel and pot.
07/13/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was working on cable reel on a shuttle car. When he turned the reel on the cable tripped him hurting his left knee.
05/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was roof bolting. When he stepped away from roof bolter he twisted his right knee
05/10/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost EE was changing out suction hose on the roof bolter he put his left hand over pot to check suction when his right hand slipped hitting joy stick allowing pot to raise and pinch left hand between pot a...
05/04/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Employee was operating shuttle car when he hit a hole in the roadway it bounced him up and hit his head on the canopy of shuttle car. Hurt his neck.
04/18/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost Employee was operating buggie when he hit a hole in road way and felt pain in lower back.
03/25/2011 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal Setting miner up to take first cut of coal when he became pinched between miner boom and rib.
02/12/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had drilled a hole for roof bolt. When he took bottom section of drill steel loose, the top section of steel fell out of hole striking him on his right index finger cutting it. He received 4...
01/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was setting bits on the continuous miner. He was changing the inserts when he hit his middle finger on his left hand. He received 5 stitches. No lost time.
01/12/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee was pulling roof bolter cable out from under loose coal when a piece of coal fell on his right hand bruising his fifth finger.
01/06/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was operating shuttle car when he ran into rib and bruised his left arm.
12/22/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a band that was around roof bolts when he cut it the band came back and cut his left leg he received 2 stitches.
10/29/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost EE was getting onto the man trip when he twisted around to get on he felt a pop in his left knee.
10/23/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pulled slack up from power box on the right miner cable when the rope slipped up on his hand and cut his right thumb. He received 5 stitches on his thumb.
10/14/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting when a small piece of draw rock 1"" thick 6"" long and 6"" wide fell and struck him over the left eye cutting him. He received 4 stitches came back to work the next day.
10/06/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was operating a shuttle car when he hit a hole in road and it bounced him up into canopy hurting his left shoulder.
09/16/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to cut belt line when the knife slipped and it cut his right knee. He received 5 stitches. He came back to work the next day no lost time.
09/12/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE was building brattice when he smashed his right index finger with a hammer he received 12 stitches on his finger.
08/30/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Was pulling a tail piece with a scoop when the chain broke and came back and hit him on the left shoulder.
08/28/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was operating CM when he stood up he had pain in his lower back.
08/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was putting cribs under cont. miner when he stood up he felt his left knee pop.
08/09/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting a curtain with a utility knife when he cut his right index finger. This required 4 stitches and the EE came back to work the next day.
08/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost A piece of draw rock fell out between bolts and struck him on top of his head.
07/11/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall uccurred in the last open cross cut intersection of the number 1 entry. The fall was approximately 19 feet in width, 6 feet high and 35 feet long
06/25/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was tramming a scoop in #5 heading when his back started to hurt him.
06/17/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Shuttle car operator was taking up his cable when the cable tripped employee causing him to fall and hurt his back.
05/24/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 185d lost EE got off of the mantrip and said his back started hurting.
05/19/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was building stopping and felt pain in his right wrist.
04/21/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Take up pin on continuous miner struck EE on top of his left foot.
03/18/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was at feeder dumping the shuttle car and a piece of draw rock came out of the car striking his right index finger. EE received 5 stitches and had no lost time.
03/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 334d lost Shoveling tail piece felt pain in left shoulder and neck.
03/07/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The slope hoist had an electrical malfunction it was found while doing pre shift.
02/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a utility knife to cut tape off of his boot. The knife slipped and it cut his right index finger. EE received 4 sticthes had no lost time.
12/19/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee was roof bolting when the drill steel got stuck in the roof. Then the steel fell out of the roof striking him on the right hand little finger. He received 17 stitches on his finger.
11/19/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost EE was walking across section when he tripped and twisted his left knee.
11/18/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was walking beside the roof bolter and twisted his right ankle.
11/12/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE was roof bolting and had a piece of drill steel in his hand and was dropping boom of bolter and the boom caught the drill steel and pushed it down on his right foot. This fractured his 2nd toe next...
11/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost He was trying to push drill steel up in roof top and strained his back.
10/02/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging bolter cable. He tripped over cable and hit his head on the coal rib and cut it on the left side above his ear. He received 19 staples. No lost time. He came back to work his next...
09/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 191d lost EE was pulling up on uncoupler on the man trip and felt a pop in his left shoulder.
09/21/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE was roof bolting when his glove caught on drill steel and twisted finger he had a laceration on 2 middle fingers on his left hand. 14 stitches.
09/16/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a jack to raise a belt head. The jack bar slipped and hit him in the face and fractured his left lower jaw.
09/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was loading a welder and cable on a 4 wheeler and felt pain in lower back.
08/31/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 211d lost Employee was riding on a mantrip when they ran over a rock or hit a hole in the roadway and he twisted his back.
08/31/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting belt line with a utility knife when the knife slipped and he cut his left leg above his knee. He received 7 staples. Came back to work on 9/1/09 no lost time.