Nolo — Accidents

Total: 174 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/13/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ACCORDING TO TECH. SUPPORT, WE ARE IN A CHANNEL OF BAD ROOF, WITH JOINTS, CALCITE, MAKING THE ROOF VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FALLS.
05/01/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None WHILE TIMBERING AN AREA INBY THE FALL WHERE THE ROOF SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING BROKEN UP, THE AREA THAT FELL STARTED TO WORK. THE MEN TIMBERING WENT TO GET THE FOREMAN. WHEN THEY GOT BACK THE AREA HAD CAV...
04/03/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None #7 ENTRY OF 2 WEST-#5 ENTRY OF 2 RIGHT-THIS AREA CAVED AT 3 PM ON 4-3-04. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF ANY CLETES OR CUTTERS-AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4 BOLTS: THERE WERE NO ROOF PROBLEMS WHEN THIS AREA...
03/01/2004 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 21d restricted EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOWERING THE DRILL HEAD ON THE BOLTER, AS HE WAS REPOSITIONING HIMSELF TO START BOLTING HE SLIPPED ON A PILE OF COAL, CAUSING HIS RT. THIGH TO SLIP UNDER THE DRILL BO OM AS IT...
02/23/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ROOF FALL THAT OCCURED 2/20/04 AT 12:30 PM.
02/20/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None WHILE MINING IN #7 ENTRY THE MINER OPERATOR HEARD THE ROOF CRACKING A FEW TIMES. THE FOREMAN THEN CHECKED THE AREA & FOUND THE ROOF TO BE SOLID-TEST TAKEN: WHILE THE FOREMAN WAS PRESENT THE RO OF STAR...
02/02/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ON 1/31/04 THE XCUTS FROM 3 TO 5 OF 2 WEST STARTED WORKING - TIMBERED AREAS OFF OVER THE WEEKEND: REBOLTED INTERSECTION IN #4 & #3 WITH 9'BOLTS & CABLE BOLTS, CRIBBED INTERSECTION. AT 11:50 PM MONDAY...
01/26/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost WHILE RIDING ON A PEROSNNEL CARRIER THE INJURED HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT.
01/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO VALUE FOUND None EE was carrying roof bolts and developed a hernia.
12/18/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED WAS SITTING ON MANTRIP VEHICLE WITH HIS HAND OVER THE SIDE OF VEHICLE. WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO MOVE THE INJURED'S HAND WAS BETWEEN THE GROUND AND VEHICLE.
10/10/2003 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 66d lost AFTER EVERYTHING WAS BOLTED, TWO WORKERS WENT BACK TO INSTALL BELT HANGERS. THEY SET THE BOLTER UP TO INSTALL THE TIGHT SIDE BELT HANGER - WHILE CO-WORKER WAS INSTALLING THE HANGER, EE WENT IN BETWEEN...
08/23/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN #7 ENTRY, SURVEY STATION 1693 AT 18+50. IT WAS FOUND ON THE SUNDAY NIGHT PRE-SHIFT EXAM. ON SAT. 8/22 A SLIGHT PSI BREAK WAS DISCOVERED IN XCUT 6 TO 7 AT 18+50.
07/02/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION JUST INBY SPAD 1551 OF THE 6 LEFT SECTION: NO VISIABLE SIGNS OF CUTTERS OR CLAY BEINS. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 42"" #6 REBAR TENSION REBAR BOLTS. INITIAL C AVE WA...
06/08/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None WHILE MAKING THE SUNDAY MINE RUN EE FOUND THE CAVE IN 1 WEST SECTION 42+10 IT CAVED FROM #2 TO #7 APX 8' OF ROCK FELL ENTRY WIDTH 19 TO 20' 42"" TENSION REBAR BOLTS - 6 ACROSS - A BOOM HOLE WAS CUT FR...
02/21/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted WHILE SERVICING THE MINER, EE REMOVED THE RUB RAIL FROM THE MINER TO HOSE AROUND THE SCRUBBER MOTOR. WHEN REPLACING THE RUB RAIL HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
09/18/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A CAVE WAS FOUND IN OUR COMMON ENTRIES, 1 XCUT OUTBY SPAD #195 AREA IS INBY WHERE AN OTHER CAVE HAD FALLED ON 7/20/01. THE AREA THAT HAD FALLED WAS BOLTED WITH 6'POINT ANCHOR BOLTS.
05/23/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A X CUT BETWEEN 36 AND 37 ROOM WAS JUST CUT THROUGH APX A 15' CUT. WHILE MOVING THE MINER, THE 15' CUT STARTED WORKING AND FELL IN ABOUT 2' TO 3' HIGH, AT THIS TIME THE ENTIRE X CUT 36 TO 37 S TARTED...
05/06/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost EE & FOREMAN WERE SITTING @ FEEDER DISCUSSING WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE DURING SHIFT. #2 CAR PULLED ONTO THE FEEDER WHILE THEY WERE TALKING. EE GOT UP, WALKED PAST #2 CAR- OPPOSITE THE OPERATOR- GOING TO...
02/25/2002 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None WHILE RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR HE HAD A DISCOMFORT INHIS CHEST. WHILE HELPING TO MOVE THE MINER HE BECAME SHORT OF BREATH. HE WAS THEN BROUGHT OUT AND TAKEN TO INDIANA HOSPITAL.
07/09/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL IN THE #5 ENTRY OF WEST MAINS AT 4+70 APPROX 20' LONG, 10' WIDE AND ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE (USING 6' DOUBLE LOC BOLTS) WITH ROCK DOWN ALONG THE RIGHT RIB IN #5. THE AREA THAT FELL WAS M OSTLY O...
06/28/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 251d lost WHILE MOVING THE MINER, EE POSITIONED HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MACHINE, WHILE TRAMMING FORWARD, THE CABLE TENDING ARM CAUGHT HIM FROM BEHIND, WHEN THE ARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH EE, EE HIT T HE WRON...
06/26/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None CAVED IN THE XCUT #1 TO #2 OF WEST MAINS, APX. 140' INBY STATION #125 OF NORTH MAINS ( THE CAVE IS 140' LEFT OF SPAD 125). THE CAVE IS APX. 50' LONG, 17' WIDE AND 8-9' HIGH. THE XCUT WAS BOLTE D WITH...
05/10/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT APX 11 PM IN THE #2 ENTRY OF NORTH MAINS STATION #73(9+10). THE CAVE IS APX 30 LONG 20' WIDE 15-20 HIGH. #2 ENTRY WAS BOLTED WITH 6' DOUBLE LOCK BOLTS UP TO WITHIN 10 F T OF TH...
04/30/2001 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE 0600 PRE-SHIFT. THE FALL WAS FOUND AT 0628. THE LOCATION OF THE FALL WAS IN #1 ENTYR OF NORTH MAINS, STARTING AT SPAD #65 (8H0) GOING OUTBY FOR 60'. THE #1 EN TRY IS...