No 4 Mine — Accidents

Total: 821 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/18/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was hauling a crossover strapped down on a duck-bill manbus when the crossover became lodged in the roof and got caught on some overhead cables and flipped up and struck employee causing a la...
02/09/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking to mantrip, IE tripped on track switch and struck left shin on switch throw, resulting in laceration. Injury not the result of a compliance or training issue.
02/04/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the #6 entry of the North A Mains, in an intersection along the Northeast seal route at crosscut 27. The fall fell above anchorage and was approximately 7' high. No one was inj...
02/04/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 270d lost Employee was standing in the last open x-cut while assisting the scoop operator service the #2 entry of the #6 Section, after telling the operator that EE was clear, the operator proceeded to scoop, a...
02/02/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 12:28 am, a fire was discovered at the 7 West belt drive. The belt had started running off and was rubbing the frame of the 7 West drive. The material under the drive caught on fire and two men tha...
01/14/2021 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred at shield #58 on the E-7 Longwall panel face when the shearer was attempting to cut through a sandstone intrusion that had dropped down in into the coal seam from the top. When in...
12/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing a track pad from a Cat D11 dozer. Picked up track pad and pivoted catching pinky finger on left hand against adjacent track pad. Impact caused a small laceration requiring stitches
10/22/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was on 6 Section drilling a rib pin and was having trouble with suction and went to pull the steel out and lowered the pot and left hand index was caught between the mast and the pot of the r...
10/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling on a piece of pipe. It broke loose and hit employee in the mouth causing injury.
09/30/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Bolters were bolting crosscut from #3 entry towards the #2 entry but crosscut had not been cut through to the #2 entry yet on the #4 Section. As the bolter started to install the outside roof bolt, an...
09/28/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the left return outby the #6 Section in the #4 entry of old headings. The roof fall was approximately 40' long, 16' wide, and 7' high.
09/12/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None CM Operator had cut their first 10' lift in a fresh cut. CM operator was going to set over after loading the car, and as the CM cutting head touched the top, the ignition occurred. All proper steps we...
09/11/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None (REPORTABLE DUE TO SUTURES) Employee was pulling a chain to unhook from the supply car when they slipped/fell forward hitting the right side of face on the draw head of the car causing a laceration wh...
09/09/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was operating LM86 and was coming down the North B Track when the high velocity air caught the windshield of the locomotive, flipping the windshield up causing the windshield to smash left ha...
09/08/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None (REPORTABLE DUE TO SUTURES) - Employee was hammering a hammer when a piece of the metal shard from the hammer shot off going into the skin of employee's left hand thumb finger causing a laceration tha...
09/01/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was using a 4 pound shop hammer to drive a nail into the fly pad when they missed the nail and struck the tip of right hand thumb finger causing a laceration and crush injury which required s...
08/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Employee was holding up the hood cover of a locomotive (LM66) with one hand looking for a chain in the engine compartment, then EE looked back for something and the hood cover slipped out of EE's righ...
08/13/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None (REPORTABLE DUE TO SUTURES) - Employee was operating a man bus (PT-143) while traveling outby on the East C track when a piece of rib roll (a rock) slid down the side of the bus and struck employee's...
08/07/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition of methane gas occurred on the Section #6, No. 2 Face entry on 8/7/2020 at approximately 0740 am due to the methane check in the No. 2 Face found 1.2% to 1.8% methane present and there wer...
07/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 264d lost Employee was at the 1 West dust hole when EE was struck by a 4"" bull hose from the dust tank after filling the dust tank with dust causing a fracture to the lower back, a contusion to the right ankle...
07/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was helping to put a rock in the pan when the rock shifted, fell, and struck EE's left foot pinning the foot against the relay bar causing a contusion to the left foot.
07/18/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was carrying a bottom roller when EE slipped losing footing (balance) and pinched left pinky between the roller and the edge of the manbus causing a laceration to the tip of the finger. (Lace...
07/02/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost Employee was walking down the hill in loose gob on the LW setup when EE slipped/fell twisting EE's left knee causing a sprain to the left knee which resulted in torn cartilage and a small tear in the...
06/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE DUE TO A FRACTURE - Employee was placing oxygen bottles in the bottle rack when one of the oxygen bottles fell over and struck right hand index finger causing a fracture.
06/26/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was setting beams on top of trailing shields when something fell onto one of the beams causing the beam to strike EE's right arm causing a laceration that required...
06/12/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was jacking up the power center on the E9 track, when a jack bar fell striking left hand causing a fracture/laceration to left hand middle finger.
06/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 205d lost Employee was attempting to put a gob side dog bone on the tailgate drive and was pinned between the winch rope and the pan door causing a fracture to EE's right arm.
04/25/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Employee was unloading a tail roller at #91 kickback on the West track, once employee got it unchained, employee stepped to the side of the car and it rocked over causing the roller to slide off strik...
04/21/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was at the bottom of the West cage and was throwing a switch, when EE stepped on it to make it close all the way EE slipped off rolling EE's left ankle causing a bad sprain to EE's left ankle...
04/16/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred on the #7 miner section in the face of the #2 top left side of face 15 ft across face.
03/09/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was running the shearer on the tailgate side of the mid face when EE pushed a rock off of the handrail into the chain and EE's foot slipped causing EE to fall forward against the handrail ove...
02/24/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred on the #7 miner section in the face area of the #4 entry while the continuous miner was producing coal.
02/20/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was riding in Manbus #144 from #8 Section to the Bottom when they struck a Locomotive sitting at crosscut #90 on the West Track causing a strain to EE's neck. (Started losing time on 2/22/202...
02/13/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was troubleshooting a cutter motor on #131 miner on the #1 entry, kneeled down on the operator side of the miner by the screen read out and a piece of rock rolled out and struck lower back ca...
01/20/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee was working at the ROM when EE slipped/fell down the stairs on the 3rd floor of the Prep Plant landing on the left hip causing a contusion and affecting herniated disc. (Started losing time o...
01/03/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 165d lost Employee was making a splice on ram car jumpers and when EE hit the connect EE was putting on, EE's hammer glanced off to the side striking EE's left thumb causing a laceration resulting in needing su...
12/13/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping to reinstall hinge pin on shaft collar doors when they placed a foot in the wrong location, allowing the cylinder base to come down on top of their left foot.
12/02/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was carrying monorail down the belt when they slipped/fell on some mud fracturing left ankle.
11/06/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost Employee was carrying metal for side boards through double doors and one end caught the edge of the door and slipped from hand and struck foot causing four fractured/broken bones to the metatarsal of...
10/24/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was repairing an aqua pipe when ratchet slipped off bolt causing them to lose balance and twist right knee resulting in a sprain/torn ACL. (Became a LTA starting 11-27-19)
10/02/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost Employee was using a Lo-Trac to clean on the old E3-1 tailpiece when the Lo-Trac broke loose from the gob they were scooping and sent them into the chute catching them between the Lo-Trac and the the...
10/02/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 185d lost Employee was bolting on #7 Section and had the mast tilted to put pin in but couldn't reach to install pin, so EE climbed up and had EE's foot of the mast, let the mast down and caught EE's left foot...
09/04/2019 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 1016d lost Employee was standing in outby end of safety ride at the end of the track when the night shift bus came in too fast and hit safety ride knocking employee backwards and employee was caught between the...
09/03/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall on the North A belt line at crosscut 31 from the edge of the offside belt into the return in the crosscut.
07/21/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL: There was a roof fall on the North A Belt at crosscut 5 which was 16 feet wide, 1 foot to 3 feet high, and 25 feet long on the belt.
07/04/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 294d lost Employee was climbing down off the dozer, not operating, they stepped down the last step and rolled the right ankle causing a sprain to right ankle. (Losing time as of 7/10/2019 due to this injury)
05/09/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL - #1 to #2 entry big block roof fell out for 75 ft rib to rib, 20 feet wide, 6 to 8 feet high due to bolt spacing on 5 foot centers using 4 feet resign bolts and 8 feet cable bolts.
05/03/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was jacking a man bus on the track when employee pushed down on the bar the jack slipped and caused employee to give away injuring lower back.
04/09/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a roof fall at 14 crosscut on West side of the left intake which was 40 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 6 to 8 feet high.
03/31/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Employee was working with rail. The rail slipped off forks and hit employee's foot causing injury.