No 4 Mine — Accidents

Total: 821 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/20/2012 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 7d lost The employee had chest pains and was transported to UAB Hospital.
12/13/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A supply car caught on a beam as the service cage was being hoisted from the bottom. The car caused the cage to wedge in the shaft. The bottom of the service hoist was damaged.
12/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing shields down. Shear was tramming to tailgate. Rock was in bibby chain when shear was tramming. It pulled rock between chain and pan. Rock broke off, struck employee over the r...
11/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was about 3-4' off the foot wall and jumped down to the foot wall into the water, he stepped down on a roof bolt covered by water, the pin head sprang up out of the water striking him above t...
11/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was working on ram car and slipped when getting off of ram car causing him to twist his right ankle. Diagnosis was a severe ankle sprain.
10/28/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was stepping through man door stepped down wrong and twisted left foot. He has a fracture to his left pinky toe.
10/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated he was setting up a prop and the prop fell back against a rib pin, pinning right pinky finger against the rib. He received two stitches after his finger nail was removed.
10/22/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he walked out of slope door walking out-by and air forced coal dust or dirt got into his right eye. He was sent out for treatment and received antibiotic ointment to go into his...
10/22/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After employee sharpened axe, he noticed axe head was loose. He secured the axe handle in vice grip and inserted two screws into the end of handle to tighten the hand to the axe head. When he loosed...
10/20/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee stepped off of bus to throw a switch and right knee twisted and she heard a pop. An MRI was done and it shown a torn meniscus. She has been taken off work and referred to ortho. Her first...
10/16/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was pulling removing rub board from 125 miner operator side. He was in the process of putting rub on top of miner. Rub board was placed on bolt sticking up and it flipped over and pinched mine...
10/15/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping jack wrecked loco up. He was holding jack while another co-worker was jacking. When co-worker pushed down on jack handle hard, employee's finger was under it causing it to pinch...
10/02/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 151d lost Employee parked this bus into S-3 switch and walked back to switch to throw straight. As he was walking back to the bus he tripped on a donut crib and fell on his right shoulder. Started losing time...
09/22/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lifting the longwall headgate cell plate, the lifting choker broke and allowed the unit to fall onto the cage floor. Cage floor was damaged. After damages were accessed support structure was repaire...
09/17/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going through flypads, air moving dust around and dust got in employee's eye. Medical treatment and antibiotics were given.
09/10/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The approach to the North side of the 4-5 fan shaft had a rock fall above anchorage. Area was dangered out and timbered.
08/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was picking up oxygen tank with cap and the cap came off when employee picked it up and it struck him in the mouth. Employee had surgery on 10/9/12 when he started losing time.
08/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was pulling rock dust hose that was tangled. As he was pulling the hose it caught on drive support and when it came loose, he slipped in wet rock, dust and mud injuring his lower back. His...
08/20/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was pulling hoses and walking. He stepped on an uneven rock causing him to twist his left foot and ankle. He felt his ankle pop with a burning sensation. Started losing time on 8/21/2012.
08/10/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost While working on the lotrac, wrench slipped and struck employee's left wrist against the lotrac. Fracture ulna.
08/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost While changing scoop battery, scoop arm (that holds battery) struck battery that was on the footwall pushing it on to the top of the employee's left foot. Employee's first day off was 8/9/2012.
08/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was lifting slider rail with curtain from out of mud/water on footwall when he injured his right elbow. He has been working since injury up until he started losing time on 10/29/2012.
08/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee said he was preparing to wash lotrac and lifted the hood and then the hood fell on employee's left hand and cut his middle finger and ring finger. Employee was wearing gloves when accident o...
07/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping fix a problem on the miner. He was resting his left hand on the top skid bar on the side of the deck pan when another employee closed the skid bar causing a laceration to the lef...
07/06/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee heard the left rib pop and side stepped to the right and tripped over rock and fell landing on right wrist and injuring it. Employee started losing time on 8/3/2012 and is scheduled for surg...
06/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 168d lost Employee was walking down steps when turn on landing and twisted left knee. Employee started losing time for the first time on 8/14/2012.
06/19/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a cheating pipe to break a motor bolt loose. The ratchet slipped and struck employee in the face causing a laceration that required stitches.
06/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost When employee slid his hand down chain, a sharp burr cut his right hand. Employee received sutures.
06/14/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The number 7 section, cutting in the number 3 face, had a methane ignition.
05/24/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Top was hanging about 50' behind trailer and 50' or more behind line shields. Top bumped and broke and fell taking out supports on crib line striking employee in his ribs and head. The top took out...
05/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 167d lost Employee was lifting two bags of rockdust from the scoop to make room for a pallet of dust when he felt pain in his low back.
04/10/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was standing outside of bus and took the parking brake off the bus. The bus then rolled 2 to 3 inches causing the seat to fall and smash employee's right ring and small finger. Employee had...
04/10/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee stated he slipped and fell (he did not know what he fell on). He said he felt blood running down his left upper leg and went to call operator. He was walking into the crosscut on the offsid...
03/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Employee was crawling through mandoor while a co-worker was holding the man door open. Co-worker accidentally lost hold of the mandoor causing it to slam down on employee's right lower leg causing a...
03/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was hanging cable and stretched to put cable on j-hook and felt pain in his left shoulder. Employee started losing time for the first time on 12/30/2015.
03/01/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Employee stated that he stepped off the back of the bolter to hang a curtain and when he stepped off, he stepped into a water hole and onto a rock rolling his left ankle.
02/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost This employee started losing time again for this DOI 2/22/2007 on 2/22/2012. Employee injured his back when cleaning rib roll.
02/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was pushing axle assembly over to remove axle from the locomotive. Axle was broken allowing motor to drop on the left foot fracturing it.
02/17/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a pry bar when it slipped causing the employee to fall backwards and hit his head as his hard hat came off striking his head on a cross bar. Employee required stitches.
01/31/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Did not start losing time until 2/22/2012. Employee was walking through double fly pads with arm load of T-boards and got tangled up and fell injuring his right knee and ankle.
01/26/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost The track that ends at the East B had a slick spot about 10 feet long. The operator yelled out to hold on but it was to late and the bus collided with the inby parked bus. Employee felt pain in back...
01/25/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None While attempting to cut rock from the roof to ramp up over an existing fault in the Number 2 entry, the extendable exhausting line curtain was being pressed against the rib rock protruding out from th...
01/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 3d restricted Employee was stacking fallen mix back on the lo-track when he felt a sharp pain in his low back. Employee did not lose time from work until 1/11/2012 for this injury.
01/03/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee torqueing stem bolts into reamer body. The torque multiplier handle slipped out of employee's left hand striking his right hand across the knuckles, lacerating tendons on ring finger and litt...
12/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was setting block on top of the wall and it came loose as he was lining it up. It fell striking his left thumb and hand. Stitches were required.
12/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee tripped and fell striking his face on the track.
11/30/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost A block fell striking employee in the left ankle.
11/02/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was struck by timber in his head causing his hard hat to go forward and press on his nose. This resulted in two sutures. Along with injuring his head, his neck, face and teeth were also inj...
09/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE didn't start missing time until 9-6-2011 and is scheduled for pre-op appointment on 9-12-2011 for surgery
08/24/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While putting a frost pack kit through brattice door, cut right lower arm on sharp edge of door latch.