North River Mine — Accidents

Total: 478 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/28/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPRATING SHEAR WHEN A PIECE OF COAL WSA THROWN FROM THE SHEAR DRUM AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE, RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
06/16/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC TIE STRAP WITH POCKET KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
05/24/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALLING HAS OCCURRED ON OUR BELT TAKE UP UNIT AT SPAD 83 & 90 ON OUR BOB 3 BELT. THE FALL IS APPROX 110' LONG, 18' WIDE, AND VARIES IN THICKNESS FROM 6' TO 10'.
05/24/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURE ON THE L-2 SECTION IN THE#4 ENTRY INBY SPAD #74+50. THE FALL IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FALL WHICH OCCURED 8/16/00 AND IS APPROXIMATELY 90' LONG X 18' WIDE RANGING FROM 4' - 15' H...
05/11/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HELPING INSTALL TIN ON OVERCAST WHEN A PIECE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE FOREARM RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
05/02/2000 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE SERVICE ELEVATOR AT THE CEDAR CREEK PORTAL WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 9:30 PM UNTIL 11:00PM DUE TO THE SECONDARY SLOW DOWN SWITCH ON THE BUFFER.
04/20/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HELPING ANGLE BOLTER AND WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL WHEN THE JAWS WERE CLOSED ON THE STEEL HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JAWS AND THE STEEL. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION AND FRACTURE T O HIS F...
04/14/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A 2 PIECE STEEL RESULTING IN A LACERATION
04/05/2000 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ORIGINAL INJURY 7-20-1998. DIAGNOSED WITH MEDIAL COMPARTMENT DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 4-5-2000 DUE TO TREATING PHYSICIAN PLACING HIM ON LIGHT DUTY.
04/04/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED HE WAS REMOVING TIN FROM AN OLD BRATTICE WITH A AXE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST A PIECE OF TIN RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
03/31/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HOLDING A CRIB BLOCK WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER INSTALLING A TORQUE CONVERTOR WHEN THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER STRUCK ANOTHER OBJECT CAUSING THE HANDLE TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE...
03/23/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 33d lost EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HANDS ON 3/23/00. SURGERY HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.
03/22/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 46d lost THE EE HAS A HIST OF BACK PROBLEMS DATING BACK TO PRIOR 1982. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE & AS TIME PROGRESSES ON HIS CONDITION HAS WORSENED. HIS DR OF THE BIRMHAM PAIN CTR IS...
03/16/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE STATED HE WAS WALKING AT THE HEADGATE AREA WHEN HE STEPPED ON A T BOARD LAYING IN THE MUD & SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. EE'S 1ST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 4/14/00
03/16/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A FLEXABLE WATER LINE, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
03/07/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE STATED HE WAS HELPING UNLOAD 6"" METAL PIPE WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF PIPE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED 3 /8/00.
03/02/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE GOV CAR LOCATED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POCKET AT THE MATERIAL SLOPE WHEN SOMETHING SHARP STUCK IN THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND. AN EMBEDDED OBJECT HAD TO BE REMOVE D FROM...
03/01/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EE WALKED AROUND CONTINUOUS MINER DURING SET-UP IN FACE AREA. THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIM AND HE RE-POSITIONED MINER ON CENTERLINE AND THE BOOM OF THE MINER PINNED EE'S LEGS AGAINST...
02/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN THE SECTION OF TRASH AND UNUSED MATERIALS. WHEN HE WAS LIFTING AN OLD ATERIAL PALLET, THAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUD HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HIS FIRST LOST W ORK DAY WA...
02/10/2000 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None THE TYRO CREEK ELEVATOR WAS DOWN (OUT OF SERVICE FROM 2:50 PM TO 4:30 PM DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LIMIT SWITCHES.
02/08/2000 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 260d lost EE STATED WHILE HE WAS LEAVING HIS WORK AREA, HE TRIPPED WALKING ON THE TRACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND LAND ON HIS HANDS AND LEFT KNEE. HIS FIRST LOST WORKDAY WAS 2-14-2000.
02/07/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 49d lost EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HIS FIRST WORKDAY WILL BE 2-2-2000 DUE TO SURGERY.
02/07/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE MOTOR PIT AREA BETWEEN CROSSCUTS #07 AND #08 AT SPAD #9 + 85. THE SIZE OF THIS FALL IS APPROX 18'W X 40'L X 7'H.
02/03/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost EE STATED, HE WAS HANGING A WET AND MUDDY DROP CURTAIN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK BECAUSE HE DIDNT THINK IT WAS SERIOUS AT THAT TIME. EE S FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 2-8-00.
01/28/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEAR, SHEN A ROCL FELL FROM BETWEEN THE SHIELDS STRIKING THE EE'S RIGHT HAND THAT WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE HANDRAIL. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION, WHICH LATER BECAME I NFECTED...
01/25/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND WHEN HE PLACED THE DRILL STEEL AND STARTED THE ROTATION A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EE ONT HE LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO LEFT INDEX FI NGER.
01/12/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE RESULTING IN A SMALL LACERATION AND A FRACTURE TO HIS NOSE.
01/12/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DRILLING 12 HOLE FOR CABLE BOLT AND THE FIRST SECTION OF DRILL STEEL STUCK IN HOLE AND AS HE WAS INSTALLING LONGER 2ND SECTION THE FIRST SECTION FELL FROM THE HOLE CATCHING HIS THUMB BE TWEEN T...