No 7 Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,417 accidents | Fatalities: 5

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/06/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred while cutting coal and bottom rock when a methane frictional ignition occurred on the curtain line side of No. 2 entry on the No. 6 section E10 tailgate. The depth of the cut was...
03/03/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 336d lost He was walking in mine and struck his head on metal strap. He suffered a concussion.
02/23/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred on mine floor while cutting bottom in the No. 1 entry on the No. 6 section when a frictional ignition occurred on the left side of the entry in the mine floor. The flame was orang...
02/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was checking rockdust hose coming off of a manifold, just after he opened a ball valve to let air through, the hose came off of rockdust pipe hitting employees right hand causing fracture to...
02/17/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None SUTURES ONLY - Employee was standing between shields 3 and 4 behind the dog house operating tailgate end of shear, when the shear entered the stump of coal a rock hit the employee on the face causing...
02/14/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost Employee was operating a continuous miner on 3 section and was cutting #2 entry, standing at the back of the miner loading a shuttle car when a rock fell out of the top from between the row of pins st...
02/12/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL - Occurred in the No. 3 and No. 4 entries on 12 section outby the last open cross cut. The rock fall was above the 6 feet resin bolts. The rock fall was approx. 40 feet long, 19 to 20 feet w...
02/11/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost Employee was on the roofbolter, after he handed a new bolt and plate to an employee to install, he went to step down off of roofbolter twisting his left ankle causing sprain to ankle.
02/10/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred on mine floor while cutting bottom rock in the No. 2 entry on the No. 6 section E10 tailgate entries. The flame burned approx. 7 to 10 seconds and was extinguished with a fire ext...
01/31/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL - Occurred on the No. 1 longwall. The fall was approx. 200 feet outby the longwall face in the No. 1 entry and fell above the roof bolt anchorage. The rock fall was approx. 20 feet long and...
01/26/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was roof bolting when some top broke up and came onto the canopy, he was using a rock bar to remove the rock when the bar slipped hitting him in the mouth chipping teeth and causing laceratio...
01/21/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Employee was walking down the entry when he stepped on a rock, twisting his knee causing pain. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT UNTIL 3/5/15 WHEN HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK DUE TO SURGERY...
01/21/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employees knee was struck by an old 2 inch Aquamine pipe that was sticking out from under main discharge pipe, causing laceration to knee requiring sutures.
01/15/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was helping change a shear shaft on a continous miner, when the man in front of him was using a 4lb shop hammer that slipped out of his hands striking the emp...
01/15/2015 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 194d lost Employee was standing on a ladder hooking come-a-longs in monorail when a part of the rib fell out pinning his leg against the ladder causing injury to his knee and shoulder. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKIN...
01/09/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred while cutting mine floor in the #4 entry on 6 section E10 panel. They were cutting mine floor and approx. 10 feet in bottom outby the face on the off curtain side of the entry. T...
01/08/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred while cutting in the #4 entry on 6 section E10 panel while cutting in the roof. The flame burned for approx. 30 seconds or less and was put out with a fire extinguisher.
12/30/2014 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was disconnecting a supply hose from rock dust pod that had been left hooked up to dust pod from previous shift in which time allowed neck of dust pod to be packed with rock dust. The clogge...
12/20/2014 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was taking a rock burst valve off of a longwall shield and failing to relieve all the pressure off the valve, the valve came off hitting him in the mouth resulting in laceration to his mouth...
12/15/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee was roof bolting and in the process of pushing glue into a drilled hole with one hand and with the other hand lifting a four foot roof bolt that had a plate and T-board when he felt his shoul...
12/12/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking and directing the Lo-Trac operator that was loading a car when he stumbled and fell over a rock scraping his right leg. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT AND E...
12/06/2014 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was completing a back flush at #126 shield on the longwall when a 1/2 inch loop hose blew off striking employee in the face and jaw area requiring sutures to lip and mouth.
12/06/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee had stepped out of the scoop to start setting 4X4 timbers when the coal rib rolled out pinning employee against the scoop causing fracture to lower leg.
12/03/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was helping unload cribs and stacking them on pontoon of the shield when he lost his balance and fell forward catching his left finger between cribs causing l...
12/02/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee was filling rockdust pods, he stopped and bleed off air line to disconnect and rockdust came out and he turned to run from the rockdust and he fell hitting his right thumb causing contusion....
12/01/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL - A roof fall occurred in the #1 entry of 7 section, 200 feet outby the face. The fall was approx. 75 to 80 feet long, 9 to 13 feet high, 20 foot wide and fell above the anchorage of the ro...
11/23/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was splicing belt using a manual splicer, when he went to clamp down on splicer he felt pain in left shoulder. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT AND WAS TAKEN OFF WORK ON 12/9...
11/21/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was operating a Continuous Miner when a piece of rock fell out from between two roof bolt channels striking employee on top of left foot causing contusion.
11/18/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL: A roof fall occurred in the northwest #5 entry at cross cut #141. The roof fall was approx. 20 feet x 25 feet in length and width and fell above the anchorage. The roof fall did not block...
11/17/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was holding a part while another employee was hitting it with a hammer to straighten it out when his right ring finger was hit by the hammer causing laceratio...
11/13/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Employee was stepping off the manbus when his foot caught under track crib causing him to twist his knee. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT AND DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 3/12/15...
11/13/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was carrying a boat winch from outby to the face when he stepped on the pontoon and his foot slipped off the pontoon into a hole causing him to fall onto his left leg causing a strain and pos...
11/07/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was in the process of tramming the miner out of the face, he was standing between the head of the miner and the rib when he was inadvertently caught between the rib and the miner causing frac...
11/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 210d lost Employee was helping move roof jacks in order to get roof bolter in cross cut. As the employee went to bend over to pickup the jack up is when he felt a pop in his lower back before picking up jack,...
10/31/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost Employee was on top of roof bolter cleaning the top off to load up material when a rock fell from between two rows of bolts and roof channel striking him on his right lower leg causing fracture to low...
10/20/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was taking down a 4X4 timber and curtain which caused a loose rock to fall from the top striking employee on head and shoulders resulting in a strain to his neck.
10/17/2014 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred while roof bolter was drilling holes in the roof to install six foot roof bolts. As they were drilling through the hole in a roof channel into the roof when the ignition occurred...
10/07/2014 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None IGNITION - Occurred while employee was cutting the end of a screw type roof jack to make it short enough to use on top of the new header that was being installed on E8 main belt for 8 section. The fla...
10/04/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was roof bolting when the drill steel broke off in the pot, he was using a red cable hanger to retract the drill steel when the end of the red cable hanger pu...
10/03/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was helping set a sand jack, when the jack touched the roof a small piece of scale rock fell hitting his right wrist causing laceration requiring sutures.
09/29/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL: A roof fall occurred in the North B Belt entry at cross cut #140. The roof fall was approx. 25 feet in length, 25 feet in width and was 4 to 5 feet above the anchorage of the fully groute...
09/11/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was walking to his car when he twisted his ankle on gravel at the Prep. Plant parking lot.
09/08/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was taking down a section of shuttle car cable when he punctured his hand on a cable hook that the cable was in causing laceration requiring sutures.
08/26/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was installing a roof bolt when a rock fell from the brow landing on the tray of the roof bolter, the employee turned to move and cut his arm on the rock that...
08/16/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was standing on roof bolter when he stepped down off of machine he felt a sharp pain in lower part of back resulting in a strain to back.
08/11/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to unplug discharge hose for slurry pump when disconnect came apart causing him to get water and oil in eyes. Employee did not seek medical treatment until week later receiving pr...
08/01/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was moving a pump at the North Main tailpiece when he slipped, rolling/twisting his ankle. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT AND DID NOT START LOOSING TIME UNTIL 8/27/14 DUE TO...
08/01/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was lifting a bretby chain out of face conveyor when he felt a sharp pain in shoulder. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT AND DID NOT START LOOSING TIME UNTIL 8/29/14 DUE TO SUR...
07/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was in the process of going through a man door when he put his hand through the door opening and the man door came back and closed on his hand and wrist causing fracture to his wrist.
07/25/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL: A roof fall occurred at E-6 slant belt cross cut #3. The roof fall was approx. 40 feet in length, 15 feet in width and 2 to 4 feet above anchorage of the roof bolts.