No 2 Mine — Accidents
Total: 239 accidents | Fatalities: 1
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/17/2001 | DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | EE WAS AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL 5% AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 9/17/01. |
| 09/13/2001 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | EE WAS MAKING UP ROOF BOLTS & STRUCK HIS KNEE ONTHE BUMPER OF THE ROOF BOLTER. WE BECAME AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT ON 9/17/01 WHEN HE CAME BACK TO WORK. |
| 09/10/2001 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK. |
| 08/28/2001 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE #2 ENTRY, AT THE FACE, WHEN THE STEEL FELL FROM THE HOLE, STRIKING HIM ON THE RT. WRIST. |
| 08/17/2001 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 27d lost | EE HAD STOPPED HIS SHUTTLE CAR & WAS MOVING THE CONT MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHEN THE RIBROLLED OFF, STRIKING EE ON THE LEFT KNEE |
| 08/06/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROCKDUST INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER. |
| 07/10/2001 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 125d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR THROUGH A CROSSCUT WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM. THE IMPACT OF STRIKING THE HOLE CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY, INJURING HIS NECK. |
| 05/16/2001 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS INSTALLING A 6' RESIN BOLT. THE BOLT STARTED BENDING, SO HE STARTED ROTATING THE BOLT AS HE PUSHED IT UP. THE PLATE STARTED SPINNING AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT. FOREARM. |
| 04/30/2001 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | EE WAS STANDING ON OPERATOR'S SIDE OF ROOF BOLTER CHANGING A BIT ON HIS DRILL STEEL. SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON THE L SHOULDER. EE CONTINUED WORK UNTIL 5:55 PM WHEN HE LEFT WORK TO... |
| 04/03/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A CABLE CATHEAD ON SCOOPBLADE TO BE PULLED. HE SMASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST SCOOP RAM. |
| 03/15/2001 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGHT BOTTOM, EE 'S HEAD BOUNCED UP AND STRUCK THE CANOPY. |
| 03/14/2001 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | EE INJURED HIS HAND WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR THAT HE WAS OPERATING STRUCK A COAL RIB, CAUSING THE RIB TO ROLL OUT & STRIKE HIS RIGHT HAND. |
| 03/06/2001 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 162d lost | PUTTING DRILL STEEL TOGETHER AND PUSHER STEEL POPPED OUT AND HIT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND. |
| 02/16/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | EE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE OUT OF SCOOP WHILE LIFTING A TOP ROLLER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK |
| 02/16/2001 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE CUT HIS FINGER WITH A RAZOR KNIFE WHILE CUTTING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE |
| 02/13/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 10d lost | INJURED ALLEGES THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A MINER CABLE. |
| 02/06/2001 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | INJURED WAS BOLTING A BROW AND IT BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIS SHIN. |
| 01/17/2001 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | INJURED WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS IN A TRAM MOTOR AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED. HIT HIM IN HIS MOUTH. |
| 01/11/2001 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | INJURED STATED THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING DURING THE SHIFT-BUT HE WAS NOT SURE WHEN HOW HE INJURED HIS BACK. NOTE INJURED DID NOT THINK THAT HE BE OFF BECAUSE OF THIS INJURY. MANAGMENT WAS MADE AWA... |
| 11/07/2000 | INUNDATION | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | AN INUNDATION OCCURRED OUTBY THE 002 SECTION ANDEXTENDED BACK TO THE CAZY CUT-THRU. THE WATER ENTERED THE MINE FROM THE HAMPTON #3 MINE ABOVE THEM, ENTERING THROUGH THE MINE ROOF. THE WATER WA S DISCO... |
| 10/29/2000 | INUNDATION | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | WATER WAS DISCOVERED OUTBY THE SHAFT SECTION AND EXTENDED BACK TO #2 SHAFT HEAD. THE WATER ENTERED THE MINE FROM THE MINE ROOF. THE WATER WAS DISCOVERED BY EE. |
| 09/11/2000 | DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A 5% AWARD OF BENEFITS FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS. |
| 09/08/2000 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | EMPLOYEE WAS AWARDED 7% BENEFITS FOR NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS. |
| 08/25/2000 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 40d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE ANCHOR TO NEW LOCATION. WHEN HE REMOVED THE ANCHOR, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND HIT HIM ON THE LEG. |
| 08/14/2000 | POWERED HAULAGE | FATALITY | Fatal | EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A SHUTTLE CAR & CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR & THE COAL RIB. EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ANCHORING THE NO.1 SHUTTLE CAR CABLE ON THE 1ST RIG... |
| 08/10/2000 | DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | EMPLOYEE HAS RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS. THIS CLAIM IS BEING PROTESTED AND IS CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION. |
| 07/27/2000 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 32d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BOLTS ONTO BOLTING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING HIM AND PUSHING HIM TO THE GROUND. HIS HAMMER WAS ON HIS BELT AND THE ROCK PUSHED THE HA MMER INT... |
| 05/03/2000 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 13d lost, 21d restricted | INJURED STATED THAT HIS BACK HURT; HE CALLED ANDTOLD THE MINE MGR THAT HIS X-RAY SHOWED A BIRTH DEFECT THAT WAS CAUSING THE PAIN. THE MINE MGR THOUGHT THE INCIDENT WAS SOLELY CAUSED BY BIRTH DEFECT. L... |
| 04/08/2000 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 199d lost | INJURED SLIPPED & FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT ELBOW & RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 5/17/00, AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO THE DR & WAS TOLD TO TAKE TIME OFF TO ALLOW FOR HEALING TO TAKE PLACE. |
| 04/08/2000 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | RIB ROLLED ON EMPLOYEE AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT FOOT AND RIBS. |
| 03/23/2000 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 21d lost | EE WAS WORKING IN 6FT COAL. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A HALF-HEADER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 3 FT SQUARE BY 6 IN THICK FELL FROM THE TOP AND HIT HIS HEAD NECK AND BACK PUSHING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR. |
| 03/18/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS WORKING AT FEEDER WHEN HE TURNED AROUND. EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WHEN PAIN WOULD NOT EASE, EE LEFT MINE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. |
| 03/15/2000 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 17d lost | EE WAS CUTTING CROSSCUT FROM #5 TO #6, WHEN ROOF M PLACE STARTED FALLING IN. EE TURNED TO RUN WHEN ROCK FELL FROM ROOF, STRIKING EE, EE WAS LOCATED OUTBY SECOND FULL ROW OFBOLTS, ROCK MEASURED 2'X2'X4... |
| 02/18/2000 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. AS HE LOWERED THE CANOPY, IT STRUCK HIM ON HIS NECK, BACK. |
| 02/07/2000 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | EE WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WAY OF A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. |
| 02/04/2000 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AND STRUCK EE ON BACK & PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND. ROCK WAS 4"" THICK X 4' X 5'. |
| 01/13/2000 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE TWISTED HIS KNEE IN NO. 7 ENTRY. HIS KNEE STARTED POPPING & CRACKING & HURTING HIM REAL BAD IN NO. 9 ENTRY. |
| 01/07/2000 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 67d lost | EE SAT DOWN NEXT TO RIB TO EAT LUNCH AND RIB ROLLED ON HIM. |
| 01/04/2000 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK-0"" TO 3"" THICK -48"" W X 24"" LONG FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS, STRIKING EE ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD CAUSING ABRASIONS TO THE FOREHEAD AND EE COMPALINED OF NECK PAIN. |