No 5 Mine — Accidents

Total: 331 accidents | Fatalities: 13

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee strained low back lifting an I-beam. **Employee did not lose time until 3/19/07 due to injection in back.**
12/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost Employee was getting off of motor when he twisted left knee (He did not start missing time until 12/14/06).
12/07/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the pan line of the longwall when a rock hung up on the pan line and flew up and hit the employee above his upper lip. (Laceration required a suture above the upper lip.)
12/05/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred at approximately 11:10 pm on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 outby the longwall face. The roof fall fell to the main roof and is approximately 20 feet wide by 45 feet long. The fall is...
11/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was building crib when crib block slipped and fell hitting employee on the right foot.
11/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was using a t-board to cap off fiber crib when t board fell hitting employee on the top of his right foot.
10/30/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a chisel & hammer to break the conveyor chain on a C/M. A piece of metal chipped off & hit employee in the left arm.
10/24/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred at 9:32 pm on Tuesday October 24, 2006 in the 2-east main belt entry. The roof fall is located between spads 10054 and 10068 and is approx 20' wide X 6' high and 70' long. This ar...
09/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 1/2"" chain to pull I-beam out from under rock when the hook on chain broke and chain hit employee on the right hand and fingers. Employee fracture middle finger.
09/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was pulling on cable when employee slipped in mud and twisted right knee. (Employee did not start missing time until 10-19-06 due to surgery to right knee.)
08/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee strained abdomen area as he was lifting cribs blocks. He did not start missing work until 8/30/06 due to hernis surgery
08/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was closing air lock doors when employee's little finger on right hand was cut by the tin. Laceration required sutures.
08/07/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost Employee was getting off of a scoop when employee twisted his right ankle on a rock. After an MRI was done on 8-21-06 it showed the he had a small bone fracture to right ankle. (Did not start missing...
08/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to open a set of big air lock doors all the way when the chain came loose and his left arm was caught between the air lock doors (it was not found out that the employee had a s...
07/31/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Damage to the north production shaft skip bat wing assembly unit was discovered by an outside employee at approximately 9:30 pm. The skip was removed from service until repairs could be made. The prod...
07/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going through mandoor when employee put his hand on a 2"" pipe to brace himself. When ee let go of the pipe the pipe flew up and hit the ee above the right eye. (Laceration above right ey...
06/08/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall was discovered on the tailgate side on N-panel Longwall set-up at approx. 11:53 pm between spads 14690 & 14691. After investigation it was determined that the roof fall was above the roof bo...
06/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost EE was walking down the longwall face and stepped in a hole and twisted his left knee.
06/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee strained abdomen area as he was pulling himself out of scoop. (He did not start missing work until 7/10/06 due to hernia surgery.)
05/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 01/12/07. While inspecting Prep Plan, slipped on floc and fell on left knee. Did not start losing time until 1/12/07 when he had surgery.
04/27/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lifting power center back down onto track, when the jack bar slipped out of his hand, striking EE in the forehead.
04/12/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving hose from the rock binder glue tube when some rock binder glue splashed into employee's left eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time of the accident.
03/21/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was drilling through a pot when pot broke and fell hitting EE and causing a laceration to lower arm that required 5 sutures.
03/20/2006 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A ingnition occured on the No 6 section at approx 5:05 am on monday morning 3/20/06. The miner #81 had cut approx 13 feet and had started cleaning up in the # 2 entry when the ingnition occured on the...
03/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 166d lost EE was lifting forks to put back on to Lo-Trac when he felt pain in Right shoulder. EE did not start missing work due to this accident until 3/22/06.
03/09/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE WAS WORKING AT NO.24 BRATTICE WHEN EE CAP LAM STARTED GOING OUT. EE STARTED WALKING UP TO NO.34 BRATTICE TO CALL FOR A NEW CAP LAMP WHEN EE TRIPPED HURTING LEFT WRIST, ELBOW AND KNEE.
03/07/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was adjusting regulator during air change and got foreign body in left eye.
02/27/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was carrying supplies from the service shaft cage to the manbus when he hit his head on a roof bolt that was hanging down from the roof.
02/22/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE WALKING THE EE CUT HIS LEFT EAR ON A ROOF STRAP THAT WAS HANGING DOWN FROM THE MINE ROOF.
01/10/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was crossing over the longwall pan line with power off when employee twisted right knee. Employee did not start missing time from this accident until June 14, 2006.
01/10/2006 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A methane ignition occured in the bottom of the pocket at the production shaft. Miners cutting a bolt off of the head wiper on main belt when a spark fell into the loose coal and ignited a pocket of m...
12/28/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost A rock fell out of the top striking the employee on the right hand and third fingers.
12/17/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was walking on the 2-east belt and stepped in a hole and twisted left ankle and hit left knee on rock.
12/15/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a bar to remove a keeper pin when the bar slipped and struck the employee in the left eye brow.
12/12/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee started missing work on May 5, 2006 not because of a serious injury but because of a illness (Carpal Tunnel) to hand. He had carpal tunnel surgery on May 8, 2006.
12/09/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ELEPHANT BOLT ON THE PAN RAM JACK ON THE PAN LINE. THE RAM JACK WAS NOT RELEASED ON THE #73 SHIELD AND THE EMPLOYEE'S THUMB WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE ELEPHANT BOLT AND THE PANLINE...
11/29/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE HILL TO CHECK A PUMP AT THE OLD SLUIRRY POND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
11/17/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost While sweeping on 3-east belt a rock fell off belt hitting employee causing her to fall. To stop the fall employee grabbed for the belt rail felt pain in left shoulder.
11/17/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE LONGWALL FACE WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE NO.2 & NO.3 SHIELDS AND HIT THE EE ON THE LEFT KNEE.
11/15/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EMPLOYEE WENT TO END OF TRACK TO UNLOAD TRASH OUT OF SCOOP ON TO TRACK CAR. WAS STANDING BETWEEN TRACK & RIB, SCOOP PULLED UP TOWARDS CAR & HIT A CURVE RAIL THAT WAS AGAINST RIB. RAIL FELL HITTING EE...
11/15/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE HARD HAT, RIGHT ARM & RIGHT LEG.
11/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was changing shield hose and hit left arm on shield leg. He did not start missing work until 11-21-05.
11/12/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a twisted drill steel from the drill pot when the drill steel struck him in the face under the left eye. (Laceration under left eye that required 7 sutures.)
11/11/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was using a manbus to move the water filter stand on the longwall. When the water filter stand was moved it tripped the employee and he fell landing on the water filter stand.
11/04/2005 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None AT 7 AM THE LOWER PART OF THE DEEP WELL PUMP #4 SHROUD WAS BEING LOWERED INTO THE HOLE. THE OTHER END WAS LOWERED TO CONNECT THE 2 PARTS TOGETHER. AT 705, A METHANE TEST WAS MADE & 0.0 WAS ALL THAT TH...
10/31/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN MINER CABLE TO GET SLACK SO THE CONTINUOUS MINER COULD MOVE TO THE NO.1 ENTRY FROM THE NO.2 ENTRY WHEN THE EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
10/27/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee got his hand mashed and to have 3 stitches in his right hand.
10/27/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 175d lost The employee went to put a block on the brattice he was working on and felt pain in his left shoulder and the block fell and struck him on his left shoulder.
09/13/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT THE END OF A TRACK RAIL WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN.
09/09/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was trying to step down off the overcast at 25 seal and slipped off the ledge at the bottom of overcast.