Oak Grove Mine — Accidents

Total: 998 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/23/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Escape hoist was pulled to top and it was found to have caught messenger, phone, and radio cables. There was also a bad spot in the cable. The cables were removed and communication re-established....
11/22/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Strands were found broke in the Material Hoist rope. The hoist was downed when the strands were found. The rope was changed.
10/30/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost IE was roof bolting when the drill steel hung in the top and pulled the chuck out of the drill pot. When the IE was placing the chuck back in the drill pot the steel fell from the roof hitting IE's h...
10/27/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 4:50am there was an ignition in the #2 entry of the 20E section. There was no mining going on and the crew were bolting the faces for the weekend. As the roof bolter operator lowere...
10/23/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE had the track jacked up putting a gauging rod in. The jack slipped dropping the rail and mashing IE's finger between the rail and the gauging rod. IE was took to the Dr. where IE received 2 stitc...
10/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost IE was pulling a hose on 11W belt when the hose got caught on structure. IE then pulled the hose with force and tripped. When IE finished the dusting setup EE noticed groin was hurting. IE was took...
10/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost IE was washing on the slope when the hose slipped out EE's hand as EE fell at the same time. IE then got a cut on the right elbow. EE was seen by a doctor where EE received 2 stitches.
10/18/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Slipped on Main North 2 Belt while hand dusting. When EE fell EE landed on shoulder. EE came to work the next day and said EE was in pain. EE was then taken to the doctor.
10/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost IE was carrying dust to a duster and walked into an I-Beam. IE claimed a headache and stiff neck so was taken to the doctor. IE was told to take some time off work.
10/10/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost IE was dragging a washdown hose over the left shoulder when it became caught on a rock. IE grabbed hose with left hand and jerked to free it. IE then felt a pain in the left shoulder. IE was seen b...
10/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was working with pumpable cribs and was exposed to a mixture of concrete and water. Received burns on both legs just above the ankle.
10/07/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost IE had walked to the back of the motor pit underground. IE then turned to walk back and tripped over a block in the walkway. IE landed striking left shoulder against the track rail. IE was brought...
10/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost IE was lifting a water prop to load on a car. When the IE picked up the water prop EE felt a pull on EE's left shoulder. IE was brought out and seen by a doctor.
10/01/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost IE was roof bolting when a small piece of draw rock hit them in the leg. As they bent over to check the leg another piece hit the back of their hard hat. IE was seen by a doctor with nothing found and...
09/30/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost IE was walking, EE then slipped and fell going down a step and injured EE's left leg. IE was seen by a doctor and is awaiting a follow up appointment.
09/30/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost IE was traveling with the rock duster when the rock duster derailed. As EE was jacking the rock duster back on the track EE felt a pain in EE's right shoulder. EE was seen by a doctor and was told t...
09/03/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost IE was setting up to wash the walkway on the silo belt. IE had gotten hose ready to pull and when IE walked around the corner of the MCC building, IE tripped over the hose that was to be used to wash...
08/20/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost IE was doing a pre-operational check on the locomotive that EE was going to operate during EE's shift. As EE was stepping forward, EE twisted EE's right knee. The Dr. found no damage to the knee but t...
07/30/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 576d lost IE was driving a manbus around the corner from EM track to the MN 4 track. As IE rounded the corner 2 locomotives with a shield on a carrier started sliding outby. As IE tried to drive outby away from...
07/30/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost IE was on a manbus coming around the corner off of EM track onto MN4 track when 2 locomotives with a shield loaded on a trailer lost traction and started sliding outby towards the manbus IE was on. Th...
07/23/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost IE was going to change a tail lift cylinder hose on CM#23. They pulled a shuttle car in to block the tail up to keep it from falling but it wasn't high enough for EE to get into the spot. They raised...
07/19/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 12:50pm on 7/19/19 we had an ignition in the face of #4 entry on the 20E CM section. No one was injured & no damage occurred from this incident. MSHA was immediately called and the in...
06/27/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost IE was operating the trailing locomotive traveling down the MN4 track. As the lead locomotive went into the turn & derailed which caused IE's loco to wreck as well. IE's body slid against the wall of...
06/15/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost IE was going through a mandoor to grease the 20E drive motors. As EE went through the door, EE's foot hung causing EE to fall to the ground & hit EE's head. IE was taken to hospital for further evalua...
06/15/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was found by an examiner on the weekly route inby intersection 58+21, 2.5 X-Cuts from the MN #1 track in the old works. This roof fall was called into MSHA in the proper amo...
06/04/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was getting out of the scoop IE was operating. As IE stepped out, IE lost IE's footing & fell. On the way down during IE's fall, IE smacked IE's upper lip on the door of the scoop IE had gotten out...
05/12/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE was getting set up to make a belt splice & was removing structure. As EE lifted EE's side of the 60"" top roller assembly, the employee on the other side pulled on it & IE dropped the top structure...
05/08/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost IE was riding on a track mounted manbus off of the section at the end of the shift. As they came up to a switch, there was a locomotive sitting in the track trying to get into the switch. As the opera...
05/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost IE was hanging roof bolter cable. As ee went to hang a section on an orangs hook, ee missed the hook & as the cable came down it put a strain on right shoulder. EE didn't miss any work until 5/10/19.
03/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost IE was assisting in taking a bad piece of cable out of the slope hoist cable. They were picking the cable up to move the cable over. As the IE raised up from picking cable up, IE felt a pain in the lo...
02/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost IE was carrying old belt structure out of the slope drive house to get rid of it from where they had stacked it on the surface after changing it out for new structure in the slope. EE and another empl...
01/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 203d lost IE was throwing roof bolter cable over against the rib so it would be out of the way for haulage an the MN 5 section. As IE stepped forward IE felt a pain in the left knee.
12/03/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost IE was setting up to start loading with the CM. IE had adjusted IE's tubing for ventilation & as IE walked outby towards the end of the CM a rock hinged off of the last row of roof bolts & knocked the...
10/21/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost IE was assisting in the building of an overcast. As the crew lifted an I-beam IE felt a pain in the right shoulder. IE continued to work until 1/30/19 and that is when they started missed work due to...
09/19/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost IE was traveling North in a locomotive as the tail Locomotive to the #6 Loco that was pulling supplies. As the #6 loco went into the 18E switch that was left open by someone the #6 loco hit the manbus...
09/19/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost IE was traveling North pulling supplies with a locomotive. As ee was approaching the 18E switch, the locomotive went East into the switch because someone had left it open. IE's Locomotive struck a par...
08/18/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None I.E. was assisting in changing belt rollers in the slope. As I.E. released the come-a-long, left middle finger was caught in the chain. It cut the tip of the left middle finger off. I.E. went to Dr....
07/09/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a cross-over to go make a seal on the examination route. When they stepped off of the cross-over they slipped & cut head on the hand rail of the cross-over. EE received 3 staples to close...
06/05/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost IE was washing down the floor in the #1 drive house on the surface belts. IE stepped off of the stair step onto the concrete floor & felt a pain in lower back. IE did not miss work until 06/13/2018. D...
05/26/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 15d restricted IE was helping on the longwall recovery face. EE was unhooking the shield to walking shield hoses. EE was standing between the shield & the crib when a 2'X4""X2""-4"" thick rock fell on EE. EE had 1 s...
05/21/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost IE was helping on longwall recovery. IE had been sitting on the mine floor taking hoses off of shields. The material in the J-Cribs had mixed with the mud on the mine floor causing burns on IE's butto...
05/19/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost IE was helping with the longwall recovery. The material in the pumpable cribs had mixed with the mud & water on the recovery face. Employee had gotten this chemical on the back of legs & buttocks. It...
05/15/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Face chain had broken & they were trying to put it back together. They had a com-a-long holding the tensioner motor down. The operator engaged the tensioner but put too much pressure on it & the com-a...
05/12/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None We have contracted GMS to help with set-up of our new longwall. One of their employees went to the return to use the bathroom & didn't have any toilet paper so they used a knife to cut a shirt to use...
05/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew was pulling gate box cable slack on the trollies. The cable dog got caught & broke. When the cables came down it hit the I.E. in the right ankle causing a small cut which required 3 stitches. I.E...
04/11/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost I.E. was unloading vent tubing from a scoop. I.E. tripped over the track rail & landed on the other rail with right knee. I.E. was wearing knee pads. I.E. was taken to the Dr. & only bruising was foun...
04/03/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None I.E. put a bolt on the boom of bolter after drilling hole. When ee moved boom the bolt hung on the frame of the bolter & popped up, hitting ee in the mouth. It moved one of ee front teeth forward caus...
01/20/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost EE was walking out of zero gate when the EE twisted the right ankle. EE did not disclose the incident or have incident report filled out until 1/23/18 with complaints of pain to the ankle.
12/12/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost EE was changing a hose on the #29 shield on the longwall face, when foot slipped off a pontoon which caused the EE to twist right knee.
12/04/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EE was working off of a ladder on the 18 east section. When dismounting the ladder, slipped and fell backwards, hitting lower back on a bucket of plaster located in the area of the ladder. EE finished...