No 7 Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,417 accidents | Fatalities: 5

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/31/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 14d restricted Employee was putting chain through a fish plate and was standing near rail car when a rail fell off and caused injury to their foot.
07/29/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was walking from door to end of bare beams and tripped & Fell into set of cribs and bare beams causing bruising to hip, ribs and elbow.
07/27/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred on the No.6 section in No. 1 entry as the continuous miner was cutting bottom rock and a frictional ignition occurred lasting seconds and was extinguished with a fire extinguisher
07/26/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY - Employee was exiting a man bus when employee stepped off the bus into a cross cut employee injured employee's foot resulting in fracture to employee's right big toe.
07/26/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost Employee was riding in manbus that was struck by a motor causing injury to hip and lower back. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT AND DID NOT GO OFF WORK UNTIL 12/28/17 DUE TO S...
07/13/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was rock dusting header area when EE stepped on unlevel grade causing EE to trip and fall spraining right ankle.
07/11/2017 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This is not an accident, this is an Occupational Illness. We were notified on July 11, 2017 by the Department of Labor of this part 90 miner. MIIN: M77017976
07/11/2017 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This is not an accident, this is an Occupational Illness. We were notified on July 11, 2017 by the Department of Labor of this part 90 miner. MIIN: M74074985
07/11/2017 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This is not an accident, this is an Occupational Illness. We were notified on July 11, 2017 by the Department of Labor of this part 90 miner. MIIN: M83529701
07/06/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred in the No. 1 entry on the No. 7 section as the continuous miner was cutting coal and a frictional ignition occurred lasting seconds and was extinguished with a fire extinguisher.
07/04/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred in the No. 2 face of the No. 7 section. The continuous miner CM128 was cutting bottom in a forward direction when a frictional ignition occurred. The ignition lasted only seconds...
07/02/2017 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None NOT AN ACCIDENT - An Employee was found in their car,in the hourly parking lot, unresponsive at Mine 7 East the evening of 7/2/17. An ambulance was called and paramedics were unable to revive them and...
06/30/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was riding in a manbus traveling from the section to the bottom and struck knee against a pump on the left hand side of the track. Employee had laceration to left knee that required sutures.
06/25/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY - Employee was chipping welding flux from a headgate cowl, when a piece of the flux came up under the safety glasses scratching employees eye.
06/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE: Employee caught right middle finger under manbus seat resulting in a contusion to the nail. The nail was removed and required 3 stitches.
06/05/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION. The roofbolter #140 was being used in #2 face. The operator was spinning the roof bolt through the hole in roof strap when an ignition occurred. It lasted about 30 seconds and was extinguish...
06/02/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was training another employee on operations of the battery coal-hauler, as first employee was talking to the second employee first employee slipped coming in contact with the coal-hauler caus...
06/01/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 305d lost Employee was replacing bits on the headgate shear drum located in the No. 4 entry when a rock fell out of the top, from between bolts, hitting employee on back and legs causing fracture to left lower...
05/31/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was changing a 3/4 inch hose inside a shield on the longwall, when the tool employee was using to remove the staple slipped hitting employee's lower lip causi...
05/25/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was walking down entry of section, as employee stepped over miner conveyor chain and rock, their foot slipped causing them to fall back on their foot resulting in fracture to lower leg.
05/11/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Injured was walking on the belt line, mining height approximately 52"", and struck their head against a support beam. Went to the doctor on May 15, 2017 and was diagnosed with strain/sprain to neck....
05/06/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was standing on bull dozer track attempting to put antifreeze in dozer when employee's foot slipped causing employee to land on their side on the lift jack of dozer causing pain to ribs and c...
05/03/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee was loading, unloading and setting 6X6 timbers when employee had pain in employee's left shoulder. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF INJURY UNTIL 6/23/17 WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT OFF WORK FO...
04/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee was lifting a 6x6x8 foot timber with another worker when the worker lost footing and employee tried to keep timber from hitting ground straining employee's lower back. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORK...
04/21/2017 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost Employee was standing at the control panel of feeder when the feeder washed out the employee was struck in the knee and upper leg with rock and debris causing tear in knee requiring surgery.
04/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee was trying to start the LT-58 Lo-Trac and could not. EE opened the engine cover to see if the breaker was knocked, the engine cover came down on EE's right index finger causing injury to the...
03/07/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred while cutting the bottom chain on the No. 1 Longwall face chain when methane was ignited. The flame was orange and blue in color, lasted approx. 30 seconds and went out on its own...
02/21/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred on No. 7 section in the No. 4 entry. The Continuous Miner was cutting when the bottom got hard causing a frictional ignition lasting 5 to 10 seconds and was extinguished with a fir...
02/15/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was laying out belt structure for belt move when an air hose blew apart at connection and employee took off running causing strain to calf muscle.
02/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was pulling strips off of a Roof bolter when employee cut employee's left index finger on the channel requiring sutures.
01/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable Only - Employee was loading belt rollers when EE caught ring finger between the roller and bus causing laceration and fracture to tip of finger. Employee did receive stitches.
01/25/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was taking Lo-Trac forks off of a supply car and felt pain in shoulder. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT AND WAS TAKEN OFF WORK ON 02/22/17 FOR A PARTIAL TEAR OF ROTATOR CUFF...
01/25/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred on 12 section, No. 1 entry approx. 10 to 12 feet from Continuous Miner. Employee went to reset power on the miner when the miner cable arced at repair splice and ignited a methane...
12/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was helping move a dumpster and was clearing scrap blocks from the path, when the blocks shifted and caught employee's thumb between the blocks and dumpster c...
12/18/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was roof bolting, EE got hit by a drill steel causing injury to finger.
11/15/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL - Occurred between the No. 1 and No. 2 entry of the E-6 panel headgate. The fall was approx. 20 feet wide, 37 feet long and fell 2 feet above the roof bolt anchorage. The fall did not bloc...
11/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was removing a pin from locomotive and draw bar when hand was caught between the pin and frame of locomotive causing laceration to right hand requiring sutures.
11/05/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost Employee was putting up the last row of roof bolts when a rock fell on top of the canopy and rolled in on operator causing fracture to the lower leg.
11/02/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was stepping off the man bus to throw the track switch when EE twisted EE's knee causing sprain to left knee.
11/01/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was getting out of Lo-Trac to move a slider line curtain when ee got leg caught between bumper and frame of machine causing a contusion to lower leg.
10/26/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was building and plastering a brattice when some of the plaster got on EE's glasses and into EE's left eye causing scratches and irritation to EE's eye.
10/20/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred on #2 Longwall (E-10 panel) while cutting bottom with tail gate drum at approx. shield 24. The flame was orange in color and went out immediately. Water was still applied to area...
10/19/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL - Occurred on E-6 Panel belt line of the longwall recovery. The rock fall was above the roof bolt anchorage and was approx. 17 feet wide and 20 feet long.
10/18/2016 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred on #2 Longwall (E-10 panel) while cutting bottom with tail gate drum located at approx. shields 33 and 34. The flame was orange in color, lasted about 20 seconds and was extinguis...
10/15/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was roofbolting when finger got caught between the canopy and the TRS resulting in a laceration to the tip finger requiring sutures.
09/26/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was standing in track entry directing the Lo-Trac operator as operator was picking up cable bolts and when the Lo-Trac turned, it accidently pushed track rail into the left ankle of the emplo...
09/25/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 201d lost Employee was underground on section when EE strained EE's back lifting a box of 3 foot resin.
09/22/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost Employee was breaking up rocks on the longwall face near tailgate. A large rock fell from the roof, slid off the gob pile and smashed employees leg against a shield.
08/24/2016 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occured on the No. 6 section in the No. 3-2 cross cut. The Continuous Miner was cutting bottom when a bleeder in the mine floor was ignited, the flame lasted 30 seconds or less and was ext...
08/23/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was helping move a pump, as ee stepped over a 8"" Aquamine pipe ee slipped in mud causing a fall and tear a muscle in left upper leg.