No 4 Mine — Accidents

Total: 821 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/22/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Shift started at 11 PM on 10/21. While employee was attempting to load a barrel of chain onto the forks of the lotrac, the operator exited the lotrac to assist and then the lotrac rolled forward and...
10/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost After arriving at the unloading point the employee got off of his Locomotive and began disconnecting safety chains from between the four Locomotives. As he was walking by Locomotive 43, the sight gla...
08/28/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost Employee was getting off back hoe and lost his footing. He caught himself grabbing onto a beam to hold on injuring his right arm. His first date of loss was 09/01/2015.
08/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 165d lost Employee was walking and slipped off side of track rolling his left ankle. This has resulted with a fracture.
08/21/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee started his owl shift on 8/20/15 @ 11:00 PM. Employee went to area where a brattice wall was being built. He stepped on a block that was under water and rolled his right ankle. Crutches an...
07/30/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was setting a 30 h.p. pump and shoveling material over boots when the bunker washed out. Employee then felt burning on both of his legs. He is being treated for chemical burns.
07/28/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was finishing up scooping behind the cage. There was a piece of blue Aqua 2"" water line about 7' long buried in the gob. When he filled the bucket and raised it up to take it to the car, t...
07/27/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee riding bus when bus struck 2"" pvc pipe, which pushed the pipe coupling into the employee's left arm, causing a laceration requiring 20 sutures
06/24/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Locomotive derailed and employee was helping jack locomotive back on to the track. After jacking approximately 4"", the load shifted and the jack kicked out striking employee in the face. Employee r...
06/16/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's shift started on 6/15/15 at 11:00 PM. Employee was pulling shield #42 up and as it set he moved to pull shield #41. Rocks fell between shields and cut the right arm right above the elbow....
06/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee pulled slider rail forward and it slid out of the bracket striking him on the right shoulder. Employee worked up to his surgery date which was 7/13/15.
06/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting scaffold board up onto the pallet of blocks. His finger was caught between the end of the board and the edge of blocks. He was taken to the doctor and received two stitches. Re...
05/28/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was blowing up a shield and the tip of the shield was under the previous shield. When the shield tip slid from under the other shield, a rock fell either off the shield or from the top stri...
05/14/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was washing at the bottom of the slope - standing on loose coal. The loose coal gave way and employee lost his footing falling to the footwall. The water hose he was using apparently whippe...
05/11/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 144d lost Employee started work on 5/10/15 at 11:00 PM. Employee was walking down slope when he slipped and fell injuring his left foot. Employee stated that he looked to see what caused the accident and he h...
04/27/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Co-worker cut bands on pallet on the outby end of a car while employee was standing on the inby end. When the bands got cut, the weight shifted and caused the banded rollers to fall off the car strik...
01/31/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee stated that he sprained his right ankle when he stepped off of the rock dust motor. He started his shift on 1/30/15 at 11:00 PM.
01/28/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was moving structure from back of cross cut and stacking by the track with a lo track. Employee was exiting lo track and stepped part way on a 4"" cinder block and rolled his left ankle. Th...
01/26/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Motor 57 came off top of hill and slid into 183 man bus. Employee was not able to get off before motor hit. He bumped his knee on edge of bus and twisted his knee. His shift started on 1/25/2015 at...
01/16/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee was going through a brattice man door at cross cut 621. She opened the door, started through the door and the air caught the door. She was trying to hold the door and it caused her to strai...
12/20/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was recovering timbers, he had lifted 4x4 timber on his right shoulder and was coming around the scoop to load it and he tripped over the rock on the footwall and landed on the 4x4 timb...
12/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee shift started on 11/9/14 @ 11:00 PM. Employee was lifting 700+ lb. pump over a dam to set in sump. While pulling with come a longs, the pump rolled to the left where employee's hand was. H...
11/09/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was walking down slope belt and he put his left foot down to continue down slope and he slipped and fell down to the foot wall. He fell between 3 and 4 chain. Area was wet with loose coal...
11/05/2014 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Supply car came uncoupled from 62 locomotive. In the process the back locomotive was pushing the supply cars and pushed them into the front locomotive no knowing it was uncoupled. This injured the e...
10/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee stepped in hole full of rock dust and sprained his right ankle.
10/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was stepping into man bus and his right knee gave away. At first the doctor thought it was related to his 2/2013 injury and after the MRI was done, he stated that this indeed was a new injur...
10/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was walking N3 longwall face distributing face phones and cables. Employee twisted his right ankle walking on uneven ground.
10/10/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on 10/10/2014 at approximately 7:00 AM. No one sustained any injuries. The roof fall was located in the West Mains area.
09/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was cleaning muck at East C header and stepped in a hole and twisted his right ankle. Started losing time on 9/30/14.
09/16/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Manbus #191 stopped for a block light at N-9. He stopped and the #4 section bus came down the track and hit bus #191 that the employee was driving and hurt his back.
09/15/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting an ax out of a tool box and the lid fell down onto his left hand mashing his thumb. Went for treatment and received stitches.
09/04/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was walking up steps at the bottom of the slope belt and slipped on the 2nd step up causing his left ankle to fall down between the steps and twist. Doctor took employee off work on 9/5/2014...
08/23/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had begun to board DZ 33 on left side of tractor. When he stepped up on the second step and reached for the hand hold, he lost his balance and fell backwards on the ground. He tried to catc...
08/18/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall accident occurred on the N-4 longwall (MMU-034-0) in the tailgate entry at this operation on 8/18/2014 at 1:20 AM. No injuries occurred from this roof fall.
08/15/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that the piece of steel had to come down for this repair to take place. He then took a grinder so he could pull the metal down. He was grinding from 3 to 5 seconds (at eyebrow level)...
08/09/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee slipped and landed on his right knee with all his body weight. Conditions were 2"" to 3"" deep muddy bottom. Employee started losing time beginning on 8/20/2014.
07/29/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee explained that left side drill steel was stopped up and he tried to assist left side pinner. When he entered the area to beat on the steel he went to duck under the light receptacle on the A...
07/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was changing a wiper on West D header when the pin came out causing wiper to fall down hitting his left index finger causing laceration requiring sutures.
07/18/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was walking down the overcast stairs while stepping down he twisted his left knee causing pain behind knee cap.
07/15/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was moving feeder cable. He was pulling on cable and felt pain in his left lower back. His first date of loss is 7/16/2014.
07/04/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall in the North Bypass track entry from cross cut 32 to cross cut 33 was found on the morning of 7/4/14 at 6:00 AM.
06/24/2014 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred on the longwall headgate drum as the shearer was advancing to the tailgate at shield #176. The headgate operator observed a blue streak around the turning drum. He stopped the s...
05/28/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Springs broke in the forklift seat causing the employee to be bounced and jarred in his back when moving across the yard. This will be employee's first lost time for this accident. Date of loss star...
05/23/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Rock fall on 1 West track at 12:37 AM. The rock was 10 feet wide and 7 feet high. No injuries occurred.
05/02/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was hooking up relay bar snake head and had relay bar lifted with ? ton come longs, hook broke on come a long and hit employee in left hand causing a laceration.
05/01/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was picking up belt structure by hand and felt a pain in lower back. He also felt pain in back from almost falling. He went for initial treatment on 5/5/14 and put him on restrictions that...
04/25/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had hooked a chain to the # 3 section power center while some other employees had double hooked a chain on the other side. It was high tension chain. The hook pin either came out or broke a...
04/13/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was turning to leave the West B drive/take-up area and struck his head against the 2"" water pipe running from the track entry to the drive area jamming his neck. He started losing time for...
03/31/2014 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury accident (ignition) occurred at this operation on 3/31/2014 at approximately 1320 hours. This happened on 7 section (MMU-035-0) inby the loading point.
03/18/2014 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee and co-worker was moving tail gate floor keepers to VT to unload supply car in the process, employee tripped over a stob and twisted his right ankle.