Oak Hill Strip — Accidents

Total: 189 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/13/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was returning from the restroom to his end dump. He slipped on the second rung of the access ladder to the end dump and lost his grip and fell 3 feet to the ground. His back struck the ground...
10/19/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 62d restricted Employee was checking for grease leaks around the swing shafts in the dragline revolving frame. While he was in #1 swing shaft room he stepped on the sloping floor near the base of the swing shaft. Th...
10/03/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mechanic was installing tires on haul truck. As he was tightening the clamp up on the wheel the tire turned a bit and his finger was underneath the clamp. He smashed his finger when he ran the inpac...
09/30/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 56d restricted Employee has been experiencing numbness in both hands. On 9/30/10 he was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists and cubital tunnel syndrome in his left elbow.
09/22/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A mining supervisor noticed a fire in the D 1 area behind the pump barn where oil and gas workers had been mowing pipeline right of way. The fire was put out within 20 minutes of being seen. No Miners...
09/08/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 130d restricted A mechanic was helping a group of employees install a roller and roller guide assembly onto a Hitachi Backhoe under carriage using a forklift. The assembly fell off the forklift and mashed the mechani...
09/05/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee in the DII Mining Area noticed smoke in the DI Mining reclaim area. The supervisor investigated the area and noticed a fire burning in the tree farm near 782 highway. The water truck and loca...
09/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was fueling a dozer when he slipped off the dozer track he was standing on. He fell and hit his back on the edge of the lube truck platform ending up on his feet on the ground. He was diagnos...
08/25/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While baling hay in the D1 reclamation area, a roll of hay caught on fire inside the baler, when it was kicked out, it caused about 7 acres of hay meadow and about 7 to 8 acres of an adjacent pine pla...
07/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 53d lost, 4d restricted Employee was dismounting a front end loader. As he was descending the stairs his ankle turned and he fell down the stairs to the lower platform. During the fall he landed on top of his left leg. This...
06/23/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Lightning struck an oil storage tank at gas well location in the DIV area. The tank was destroyed and the oil ignited inside the containment berm. The fire department was not equipped to extinguish th...
04/30/2010 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None A backhoe was incorrectly loaded onto a lowboy trailer whereby the boom was positioned high enough to allow contact with a highway underpass bridge.
04/04/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was dismounting the shift change bus at the beginning of the shift when his foot slipped on the bottom step. When he reached out to break his fall he hit his right hand on the step well panel...
12/01/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 6d lost, 22d restricted Employee got out of pickup at shift change, stepped in a rut and felt a pop in his right foot while walking to get on a backhoe.
09/18/2009 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was in the process of grinding a piece of metal when he got his thumb against the grinding wheel. This caused the loss of his thumb nail and top of his thumb through the last digit only.
07/28/2009 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None at 5:24 pm the mine manager and operation mananger noticed a grass fire in the DIII mining area. The fire was located in an area behind the mining activity near the intersection of abandoned hiway #85...
07/14/2009 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On 7/14/09 a dozer operator contacted Operation Supervisor to inform him of a grass fire on the NW side of the DI Area Auxiliary Coal Stockpile. 2 water trucks were called to the scene & 2 dozers were...
06/12/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted A mechanic was assisting a group of employees change our a drag chain on a dragline bucket rigging. One employee was utilizing a loader with a hydraulic hammer attachment to remove hitch pin. During t...
05/19/2009 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None On May 19,2009 at approx. 7:38 am at the Oak Hill Mine a mechanic was found dead in the cab of a fuel truck. It appears that his death was due to natural causes. An autopsy will be performed to determ...
05/19/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting with installing pins on the right dragline fairlead sheave. While repositioning his body to enter the manlift, his foot slipped causing him to fall back into the fairlead assem...
05/13/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was draging some ventilation hose and got some trash into his right eye.
04/25/2009 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None While operating a 740 end dump, the employee slammed on the brakes to avoid an incident. The employee stated that their knees hit the radio and ashtray in the truck.
04/14/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of holding a PVC pipe up from being damaged by a backhoe, the end of the PVC pipe pulled loose from the recently glued fitting, striking the employee in the upper lip which...
03/27/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None At 12:15 pm on 3/27/09 Oak Hill Mine experienced a high wall slide in the DII Area at the west end of the pit. #34210 loader was cleaning coal at the locations and was trapped by the wet soil. A backh...
02/26/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was rolling up a 1 1/2"" water hose at the bottom of the clean coal plant, when she lost her balance at the edge of the concrete slab. When she reached out to grab something to keep from fall...
02/24/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working with a group of mechanics installing a drag hitch keeper plate on a dragline bucket. A IT28 loader with a hydraulic hammer attachement was being used to drive in and hold the keep...
02/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing a trunion pin on the dragline bucket lower drag chain when the pin slipped and mashed the tip of his left middle finger between the pin head and the top of the trunion causing a...
02/06/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Operator on #34226 Cat loader was loading out 3 haulers in the DII area pit just west of the #4 ramp. As he was loading #32039 hauler, a spoil slide occurred (approx 120' long by 45' wide). The slide...
10/23/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE could not reach coal with lancer, EE went in the coal bin throught the side hatch door, EE worked in postion for about 30mins standing on the coal pile working the coal down the shute with the lanc...
09/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was installing an inline fuse in a pump skid. When he pushed the fuse into the holder it broke. Glass from the fuse cut his right hand between his thumb and first finger. 4 stitches were requ...
06/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was installing drain pans under a conveyor system and bumped his right elbow on the edge of the pan and cut right arm above elbow and recieved stitches.
05/05/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was stepping up onto barge pump in the auxiliary pit in DIII Area, when his right knee gave way. He was diagnosed with strained knee ligaments. He was given a knee brace and placed on restric...
04/02/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Electrical Laborer cut the middle finger at 1st joint below knuckle. Cut occurred when using drill ""chuck key"". Cutr required 4 stutches.
03/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was assigned the job of changing out a blown hydraulic hose located below the hitch on a haul truck. As he was positioning himself below the hitch, his left foot slipped and he twisted his le...
02/28/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A spoil slide occurred at 2:45pm on 2/28/08, in the Oak Hill Mine DII Area pit. The slide was approx 250' wide and 125' across the pit to the toe of the highwall. The slide blocked in a euclid hauler...
02/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a cover over a hauler engine. As he lifted the cover into position, he felt pain in his middle back. His pain increased until his doctor prescribed physical therapy on 7/1/08.
10/15/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost Employee was in process of removing a nut from a gate hinge with a pipe wrench. During process of removing nut, in the motion of pulling on the pipe wrench to release the nut, employee strained his ri...
10/10/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None A spoil slide occurred at 2:35am on Oct.10, 2007 in the Oak Hill DIII Pit Area. Slide was approx. 200' long x 80' wide. The pressure from the spoil material caused the 8' coal seam to fracture & rise...
09/27/2007 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A power line contractor came by the maintenance planner's office and told him he noticed a gas pipeline leak near the auxillary stockpile area. MSHA was immediately called and the haul road near the l...
08/17/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing ripper teeth on a motorgrader. He hit one of the teeth with a hammer and a sliver of metal came off the tooth and hit the EE in the chin. The EE was taken to the ER where the piece of...
07/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was washing 35798 pick up when he slipped on the concrete slab and fell on his left shoulder. He was taken to the henderson hospital where x rays were negative. His shoulder continued to hurt so an...
06/09/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding overhead between the revolving frame and tub when a gust of wind blew some trash into left eye.
06/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost Employee twisted wrong while in the process of loading seed into the back of a truck. The twisting caused a lower back sprain.
06/04/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping 3 other employees remove a roller at the loading station. He was holding backup on a bolt with a wrench while another employee was removing the nut. During the process, the employ...
05/19/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 10:42 a.m. a TXU employee smelled gas while traveling down the northwest road. He stopped to investigate and found a small gas pipeline leak on the north side of the haul road approx. 30' from the...
05/18/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None D-36 Dragline was stripping in the DIII west area, when the bucket cut throught a plugged gas/oil well casing. Residual conderisate liquid inside well casing ignited. The flame was about 2-3' in heigh...
04/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted On 4/30/07, employee was washing hauler tire, when he slipped on the concrete slab and twisted his right knee. He did not wish to see a doctor until 11/19/07. At that time the doctor diagnosed straine...
04/21/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A grass fire was noticed on the north side of the RR tracks approx 200 yards east of Oak Hill coal silo. The mine water truck & local fire dept., extinguished the fire in approx. 35 mins. No injuries,...
02/12/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Operator was attempting to ascend a hill at the location, when the dump truck slid backwards down the hill striking a parked dump truck. The operator sustained neck injuries. There was damages to th...
12/21/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted The crew was in the process of taking up a pipeline ahead of mining. In the process of cutting the pipe, it sprung back striking the injured employee in the lower left leg causing a hairline fracture...