Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1 — Accidents

Total: 370 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/16/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Injured reported on 12/2/21 that EE had strained EE's back on 11/16/21 while operating a battery scoop. Injured has made an appointment for 12/6/21 and on this date was placed on restricted duty.
11/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 60d restricted Injured was walking to hook up trailer on the pickup truck and strained knee. Continued to have pain and then on 11/24/21 MRI results revealed a torn meniscal in EE's right knee and was placed on a re...
11/03/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Injured was lifting on a piece of belt and strained lower back. Injured was seen on 11/5/21 for the injury and placed on restrictions for this.
09/28/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Injured was roof bolting on the #1 Unit in the #9 Entry and while raising the boom to connect the pusher steel, EE hit their hand with the steel. Injured was seen the following day and diagnosed with...
08/16/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Injured had just parked the bolter and was getting out to walk up to front controls and a piece of draw rock fell and struck in the Shoulder. Injured was placed on restrictions for a bruised shoulder...
06/30/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 28d restricted Injured and another employee were putting covers back on the Roof bolter and when they went to pick up the third cover injured said EE felt something pull in EE's left bicep area. Injured was taken f...
06/01/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator would not run in inspection mode in the up direction. During the troubleshooting the elevator became inoperative at 11:40am. During the investigation it was found that the wires in the...
05/25/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The emergency hoist was being inspected during the quarterly exam and when the examiner engaged the down function on the hoist the hoist malfunctioned and started unwinding while still sitting on the...
05/17/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 6d restricted Injured was scaling the roof in entry 5 and scaled a piece down then the piece in front of the piece that was being scaled fell also causing the first piece to bounce and strike the injured below EE's...
05/10/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 104d lost, 4d restricted Injured was walking and stepped on uneven surface at a battery station twisting a knee. On 5/14/21 injured wanted to have knee looked at, so was set up to have MRI done on knee and was placed on rest...
04/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured was lifting a drill feed cylinder on 4/27/21 and claims they strained their back and then on 5/12/21 injured reported that they had hurt their back a few weeks ago and wanted to be seen by Doc...
04/22/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 38d restricted Injured pulled on piece of tie wire that was overhead and when doing so the tie wire did not give causing the tip of finger to break. Injured was diagnosed with a non-displaced spiral fracture and pl...
04/14/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 18d restricted Injured was pulling into a crosscut on a battery transporter. EE was hit by a plastic pipe causing contusions to the leg.
04/09/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Injured said they hurt their back on 4/9/21 but did not report the accident until 4/19/21 and then, was sent for observation and placed on restrictions the same day for a back strain.
03/08/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 163d restricted Injured was picking up a bucket of miner bits off of the miner and said EE felt a pop in EE's back, and continued to work but started experiencing upper back pain and on 4-5-21 injured was placed on r...
01/25/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Unlevel ground for unloading.
12/27/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the S4M at the 11xc of the #5 Entry the fall occurred on the idle weekend and was discovered during the fire watch.
12/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 157d lost, 5d restricted Injured was lifting a battery lid and strained back. On 12/11/20 injured reported the injury to safety department and was sent for medical attention. On 12-12-20 injured was placed on restrictions for...
10/30/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Injured was walking around the feeder to meter a cable and hyper extended left knee. Injured continued the shift and then on 11/2/20 went for medical attention and was then placed on restrictions for...
10/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 30d lost, 55d restricted Injured claims hurt arm on 10/6/20 but did not fill out report until 11/2/20 and then was sent to DR. on 11/4/20 and was recommended for an MRI. ON 11/10/20 results from the MRI revealed a Bicep tear...
09/24/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During an inspection of the Emergency hoist it was discovered that the brake pad for the drum had pulled through the rivets and caused the pad to break in two. This was the only braking system for th...
09/10/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 235d lost, 38d restricted Injured was picking up a cable and pulled a muscle in their back and was place on restrictions on 9/15/20 for the injury.
08/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 23d restricted Injured hit EE's elbow on a scoop canopy while trying to move a curtain. Continued to work but on 9/3/2020 had EE's elbow drained because of an olecranon bursitis on EE's elbow. EE was placed on res...
07/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Injured was helping lift a 4"" empty waterline and strained EE's lower back. Injured was placed on restrictions on 7/14/20.
06/22/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 41d restricted Injured was picking up structure and twisted a knee. This resulted in injured being placed on restrictions for the injury
06/18/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was unloading a pallet with a canopy jack on it and the jack slipped and smashed EE's pinky finger. X-rays were taken and the finger was broken.
05/08/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Injured was swinging a sledge hammer underground and pulled a muscle in back. On 5/11/20 employee was placed on restrictions.
04/27/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 94d lost, 13d restricted Injured strained EE's back while bending over to pick up a come-along and was placed on restrictions on for this incident.
03/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Injured was dragging a suck line for a pump and when EE stepped over a berm EE said EE felt a pop in EE's knee. Injured was seen by medical personnel on 3/16/2020 and placed on restrictions.
03/08/2020 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator at the south portal went into alarm and stopped due to a governor rope switch that got out of ailment at the bottom of the shaft. There were three examiners on the elevator at the time t...
02/26/2020 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured claims they were just bending over while underground and felt a sharp pain in back. Injured was diagnosed as having a Myofascial strain in back.
02/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 197d lost, 11d restricted Injured was lifting a roll of curtain and said EE felt a pop in EE's shoulder. On 2-12-2020 injured had an MRI and was placed on restrictions for a shoulder strain.
01/13/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 2d restricted Injured was walking toward the continuous miner along the intake side of the ventilation curtain when a battery hauler was leaving the miner and as the hauler was leaving it turned and the tailgate en...
12/18/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Injured claims they strained their back when they reached over their head to get a curtain in place in the #8 entry. Injured was placed on restrictions for their strained muscle.
12/08/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the working section the fall was located at the 20th XC of the S4I between the entries of 9 and 10. The fall was approximately 30 feet by 17.6 feet by 6.9 f...
12/06/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was trying to remove a drill steel insert out of the drill steel and when the insert broke free it struck them on the cheek causing a laceration that required stitches.
10/31/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was installing a pan jack the miner and smashed a finger and received stitches for the injury.
10/21/2019 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 6d restricted Injured claims injured was servicing the miner and turned and felt a pop in right knee. Injured was taken for medical attention and then given an MRI and revealed injured had suffered a small tear to...
10/19/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Injured was tightening up the bolts on a set of belt blocks and the wrench slipped causing discomfort in left shoulder. Injured was sent for an MRI which revealed a slight rotator cuff tear. Injured a...
10/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Injured was building a hollow block stopping and strained a shoulder lifting the block. Injured was placed on restricted duty on 10-15-19.
10/02/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Injured was lifting cable and felt a pop in EE's shoulder. Injured was taken for medical observation and placed on restricted duty.
09/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost injured was moving miner cable and strained EE's lower back.
09/12/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Injured had a foreign body in EE's right ear which resulted in injured being placed on restrictions and medications for infection in EE's ear.
08/27/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Injured was running the miner and had a piece of metal strike them in the right forearm. The small fragment of metal has to be surgically removed from the forearm.
08/13/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Injured was spading a piece of curtain up on the rib and stepped awkwardly on some uneven ground and buckled a knee. Injured was taken for examination and on 8/16/19 an MRI was performed and discover...
08/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was removing bits from the continuous miner and piece of metal struck the injured in the right forearm. The metal had to be removed and injured was given stitches for the wound.
08/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 6d restricted Injured was roof bolting and was pulling drill steel out of roof and said EE felt a pop in EE's shoulder. Injured was taken for examination and was placed on restricted duty.
07/19/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Injured hit head on the canopy of the battery hauler. Injured was given restrictions on 7/22/19 for light duty work only.
06/25/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 66d restricted Injured was walking an air-course and said EE felt a pop in EE's knee. On 8/22/19 injured had an MRI performed and it was discovered EE had a partial meniscus tear in EE's left knee. Injured was pla...
05/13/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 45d restricted Injured was working around the M10 drive area and slipped and fell. When fell to the ground employee dislocated right shoulder.