Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 1 — Accidents

Total: 370 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine has experienced an unintentional roof fall at XC-11 of the 2nd Main East in the #8 entry. The area had been dangered off prior to the area falling. This fall was called in to the district o...
03/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was taking the top off of a plaster bucket, after removal of the top placed on ground and some of the contents splattered up into injured left eye. Eye was washed out at mine site, and injure...
02/17/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 20d restricted Employee lost his footing and fell catching himself with his left hand and wrist to brace his fall.
12/18/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 115d restricted EE lost his footing while stepping down off an isolation base from painting a piece of pipe, causing him to catch himself with his left wrist and bumping his left elbow.
11/12/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the #7 entry at the number 20xc of the mmu-001 section. The fall was bolted with truss bolts and cable bolts and five foot point anchors. The fall was appr...
11/02/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the the number 5 xc of the Main east in the return between the number 1 and 2 entries. The fall was approximately 40 feet in length and 6 ft in heigth and 1...
10/29/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occured at 19xc on the main east between the entries of 4-3. The fall was approximately 50 long by 17 feet wide and 8 feet in heigth. A scoop was covered up on the bat...
07/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was carrying cribbing for a crane pad on his shoulder. When he began to throw it on the ground, he felt a sharp pain in his low back. NOTE: Late report because I thought I had already reporte...
06/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While filling a torch cylinder, hose coupler broke and metal fragment cut workers arm.
05/07/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee rolled a piece of steel off a boom truck and a piece of the cribbing 4"" x 4"" x 8' fell out and struck him in the left arm causing a bruise. No fracture but prescription medication given for...
04/28/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Employee had just returned from 4 days off on a 10 on 4 off rotation. He was walking down the steps in the breaker building and slipped as a result of mud on his boots, striking the handrail with his...
04/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost EE was working on the bottom deck of the work deck during clean-up after concrete pour when the rope broke and the concrete pour chute struck EE on left, front shin causing a laceration that required...
04/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted EE was lifting a concrete pour chute, when he strained his right shoulder.
04/17/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was cutting conveyor belt from roll when knife slipped out of belt and cut him on the left hand. Was last job before ending shift.
02/24/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 343d lost Stepping down from drop deck of semi-trailer, lost footing, fell and broke right knee and leg.
02/13/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was hanging Ventialtion Tubing, when he picked up a piece of the tubing it cut through his glove, cutting his middle finger on his right hand. He was taken to local hospital and received stit...
01/22/2009 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost An employee drove a Track Hoe over a high voltage cable damaging the cable and causing an electrical shock to the injured employee.
01/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was standing below the support beam while another EE was impacting loose bolts on support beam, when the air line pulled loose and the air hose fitting struck the IE on the face above the lip, caus...
11/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped down off the operator's deck onto the ground and stepped onto a loose rock on the ground causing him to twist his ankle.
10/13/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 11d restricted EE was climbing down a ladder that had not been tied off at the top. When he was about 5'-6' from the bottom of the ladder, it slipped out from under him on the floor. When the ladder fell, he fell on...