Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1 — Accidents

Total: 370 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/17/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the 2B-3 Panel in the #3 entry of the 13th XC. The fall was approximately 25 feet in length and 18 feet wide and over 10 feet high.
09/06/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred in the 2B-3 Panel in the #5 entry in between the 10xc and 11xc. The fall was approximately 30 feet in length and 18 feet wide and approximately 6-7 feet high....
07/26/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None An employee was working underground running a shuttle car on the #2 unit. He started experiencing chest pains. The employee was transported to hospital and released a couple hours later. Employee...
07/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was bolting in the #8 Entry of the XC-07 On the MMU-004, when a piece of rock fell out from the left side of the entry striking the employee. Employee was treated for a head wound and rec...
07/05/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A surface mechanic was removing a step ladder from the bed of his work truck, as he was removing he lost balance and fell to the ground. He tried to break his fall and sustained a fracture to his wri...
06/27/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Injured was climbing off of his coal hauler and hit his right leg on the steering cylinder. Injured was seen later in the week by an orthopedic and a tibial platueau fracture was discovered.
06/20/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the 3B-submain. The fall was located in the #4 entry of the #0 xc. The fall was approximately 18 feet in length and 18 feet in width and approximately 10.5...
06/13/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 1d lost An employee was running a dozer in the gob field. Employee started having chest pains and was taken to local hospital for evaluation. Employee has history of heart disease and it was discovered he w...
05/18/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 12d lost An employee had a seizure while getting dressed for work. This incident happened in the bathhouse about 20 minutes prior to employee starting his shift. The employee was transported to hospital wher...
05/12/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of draw rock fell out approximately 2 feet by 3 feet by 8 inches thick and struck an employee on the left foot behind his metatarsal. Injured was seen by orthopedic doctor and was discovered...
03/09/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 328d lost Injured was loading the roof bolter in the 3-left cut on unit #2, was finished loading cable bolts and had went back to the scoop. The operator of the bolter started the machine to set over to load m...
03/08/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 43d restricted Injured was attempting to throw a rock under the catts of the miner, lost grip and rock smashed middle finger on left hand. Injured was taken to hospital and x-rays revealed a fracture of the finger.
03/04/2011 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None An uncharted oil well was mined into in the #5 entry of the 43xc on the 1st South Submain. Mining was ceased immediately and all equipment was de-energized. After the initial mud from the well, wate...
02/28/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was roof bolting on the #3 unit when his steel become clogged, he removed the steel and got the steel unplugged. When he placed his steel back in the pot, it became wedged and caused the stee...
02/26/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was building a stopping, when he cut his finger on a block. Injured received 3 stitches on his finger.
02/18/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 121d restricted Injured was putting in supplemental support, during installation a small piece of draw rock fell and struck injured left arm. Injured continued working his shift, went to doctor following day and had...
02/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the Main East Xc-10 travelway. The fall was approximately 20 feet in length and 25 feet in width and 9 to 10 feet high approximately. A action plan was inst...
02/10/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was roof bolting on the #2 unit and his drill steel had become lodged in the mine roof temporarily and then fell and struck his left hand. Injured was taken to local hospital for treatment fo...
01/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was checking his cable reel on the #4 Shuttle car at the start of his work shift. As he was checking his cable, he was holding the lid open with his left hand, the lid slipped out of his hand...
01/19/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Injured was roof bolting on the #4 MMU and stepped on a piece of rock awkwardly and twisted his right ankle. Injured went on working the rest of shift and when he went home ankle was still giving tro...
01/18/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was putting together waterline for a belt move. Injured was struck in the side of the head with a sledge hammer, that bounced off the waterline, then striking the victim. Victim was taken to...
01/03/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was running a dozer at a surface location on the mine property, when he started having slight chest pains. Employee was taken to local hospital as precaution. Was released after evaluation,...
01/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the 2nd Main South in between the XC-42 and XC-43. The fall was approximately 55 feet in length and 17 feet wide and 6 feet high. The fall was discovered d...
01/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall had occurred in an intersection and extended into the crosscut at crosscut 3 in entry 3 on the main east. The fall was approximately 20' x 30' x 12' high. The roof was bol...
12/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was changing batteries on a scoop, when he lost he footing and fell into the corner of the scoop bucket. Injured sustained a cut lip and a chipped tooth, making this a reportable incident.
12/27/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the #41 xc of the 2nd Main South between the entries of #3 and #2. The fall was approximately 55 feet in length and 17 feet wide and approximately 8 feet hi...
12/17/2010 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was working on the #2 unit and started feeling ill. Employee thought he was having a heart-attack, so the 1-800-MSHA number was called and reported that we were having a life threatening in...
12/10/2010 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was working in the shop cutting metal for a dozer blade, when his pants caught on fire, causing severe burns to his legs and groin. Employee was transported to local hospital and then transf...
11/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted On 11/08/2010 injured was placing a spool of cable on top of a undercast, when he strained his right shoulder. Injured continued working and the strain seemed to get worse. Injured went to a orthope...
11/08/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the #17xc of the 2nd Main south between the number 2 and number 1 entries. The fall was approximately 35 feet in length and 17 feet wide by 8.6 feet high....
10/26/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the #17xc of the 2nd Main South between the #4 and #5 entries. The fall was approximately 60 feet in length and 18 feet wide and 8-10 feet high. The fall d...
10/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was roof bolting in the #6 entry of the 1st Main South, when a piece of slated fell out of the roof and struck injured in the mouth. The slate chipped injured's front teeth, making this a rep...
10/18/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the 14xc of the 2nd Main South between the #3 and #2 entry. The fall was approximately 25 feet long and 18.5 feet wide and approximately 7 feet to 18 feet h...
09/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the 18xc of the Main East in the #10 entry. The fall was approximately 20 feet long and 17.5 feet wide and 9.5 feet high.
08/30/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the Main East in the #0 entry between the 23 and 24 xc. The fall was approximately 35 feet in length and 17 feet in width and 8.5 feet high. The fall was t...
08/30/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the Main East at the 23xc in the number 1 entry. The fall was approximately 17.6 feet wide and 12 foot high and 85 feet in length. The fall was bolted with...
08/30/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the 2nd Main East in the #6 entry in between the #10 and 11xc. The fall was approximately 35 feet in length and 16 feet wide and 7.6 feet high. The fall wa...
08/30/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the 2nd Main South at the #10-xc in the #3 entry. The fall was approximately 35 in length and 11.6 feet in Height and in the center of the crosscut extended...
08/16/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occured on the 1st Main South Travelway #4 entry of the number 16-xc. The fall was approxiamately 30 feet in length and 10 feet high by 18 feet wide.
08/10/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occured at the 43xc of the 2nd Main East extending to the 44xc in the #3 entry. The fall was approximately 60 feet in length and approximately 7 feet high and 16 feet w...
07/15/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at the number 11xc of the 2nd Main East in the number #3 entry. The fall was approximately 35 feet long and 8.5 feet high and 17.5 feet wide. The fall was in a ar...
07/14/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the #7xc of the 2nd ME in the #4 entry. The fall was approximately 30 feet long and nine feet high and 18 feet wide.
06/23/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occured on the Main East at the 19xc of the #8 entry. The fall was approximately 45 feet in length and 10 feet high by 25 feet wide in the intersection. The entry widt...
06/21/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occured at the 15xc of the Main South. The fall was approximately 30 feet long by 10 feet high and 25 feet wide.
06/04/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 30d restricted An underground laborer was dragging roads when he encountered problems with the drag. He could not get the drag to release from its upward position, so injured untightened a hydraulic hose fitting....
06/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occured on the 2nd main east in the #1 entry in between the number 10xc and 11xc. This area had been previously timbered and dangered off.
04/28/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the #2 entry between the number 9xc to the number 10xc of the 2nd Main East. The fall was discovered by an examiner on the weekly examination. The fall was app...
04/09/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Injured was roof bolting outby on a travelway, when he placed his hand on an area of the bolter and hit a wrong lever and smashed his right ring finger. Injured was taken to local hospital and receive...
03/23/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the number 10xc of the 2nd Main East in the number 3 entry. This fall is approximately 25 feet in length, 7 feet high and approximately 17.5 wide. The fall...
03/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine has experienced an unintentional roof fall at the 14xc of the 2nd main east between the Number 9 and 10 entry. This fall was approximately 70 feet long by 9.5 feet high and 17.5 wide. The f...