Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 2 — Accidents

Total: 226 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/17/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 34d restricted Injured was recovering belt structure and while carrying a belt saddle and slipped and fell into standing support along the belt line. This caused them to smash a finger between the standing support...
04/30/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 59d restricted Injured was pulling on miner cable on the date listed above and continued to work and then on 5/18/21 injured had an MRI done and it was detected that the injured has sustained a small infraspinatus t...
04/22/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was helping install rail bars in the belt line and while handling the rail bar EE lacerated EE's 5th finger across the Dip Joint. The laceration required stitches.
04/14/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 27d restricted Injured hit head on canopy of battery hauler after hitting an uneven surface while operating the hauler. Continued to work until 7/12/21 when injured was brought outside with neck pain. On 7/13/21 in...
04/14/2021 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 10d restricted Injured was installing roof bolts and when EE pushed bolt into the roof EE hurt stomach area. On 4/29/21 injured had a CT scan and Hernia was discovered. On 4/30/21 injured was placed on Restriction...
03/31/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 70d restricted Injured was lifting a timber and hurt EE's left shoulder. On 4/1/21 injured was seen and placed on restrictions and is awaiting an MRI.
03/16/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 35d restricted Injured reported on 3/16/21 that EE had fallen and hurt shoulder but could not remember when it was when it had occurred exactly. Injured was sent to dr and on 3/24/21 was reported EE had a torn rota...
03/09/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost injured was installing bolts in two left blow through, when installing the outside bolt of the last row the bottoms which the foot jack was sitting broke apart causing the canopy to come down approxim...
01/11/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Injured was using a pipe wrench to tighten a fitting and strained left shoulder, on 1/20/21 injured was placed on restrictions from doctor and reported the incident to the safety department
12/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Injured was moving a battery cell at the battery station when it slipped from EE's grip causing EE to strain EE's left lower back. Injured continued to work EE's shift then on 12-21-20 went for medic...
11/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Injured picked up a piece of belt structure to move on a belt line and when EE went to toss it felt a pop in EE's shoulder. MRI results EE suffered a partial labrum tear in EE's Right arm.
11/13/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the working section of the #1 Unit. The fall occurred in the #7 entry of the 17th-XC of the S1-G submain.
10/15/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Injured was helping pick up cable to hang between entry 3 of the #3 unit and claims ankle buckled. Injured was taken for medical attention and was told had a sprain and was placed on restrictions.
09/24/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Injured was bringing up the second steel when it caught and struck EE's hand. This caused a dislocation of EE's thumb and caused EE to be placed on restricted duty.
07/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was carrying a piece of tin for ventilation controls and tin got hung up and then buckled back and struck the injured in the face. This resulted in a laceration that required stitches.
07/25/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Injured was using a pry bar to maneuver a pot into place for a miner and pry bar slipped striking the left hand of the injured. This resulted in a non-displaced fracture of the 5th metacarpal of EE's...
07/17/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 25d restricted Injured was getting fencing for the unit and when EE went to cut the metal bands that were holding the fence together the band backlashed and lacerated the hand of the employee. Employee had to have s...
07/16/2020 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Injured hit an elbow on the canopy of the bolter, on 7/31/20 injured went to have elbow looked at and had an olecranon bursitis on elbow. The elbow had fluid drained and injured was placed on restric...
07/13/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 27d restricted Injured was walking and stepped on uneven ground and twisted left knee. On 7/20/20 MRI results show EE suffered a Posterior Horn Medial Meniscus Tear.
07/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 75d lost, 11d restricted Injured was in the process of picking up a cable and as EE was picking up felt a discomfort in EE's bicep muscle. Injured was taken for observation and discovered EE had torn EE's bicep muscle.
06/24/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was helping lift a piece of metal and cut the middle finger on left hand. Injured was taken for medical care and received stitches for the injury.
04/07/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Injured bent over to pick up a piece of fencing off of the ground and when EE did EE said EE felt a sharp pain in EE's back. Injured was placed on restrictions on 4/10/20 for a muscle strain in back.
03/27/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 9d restricted Injured twisted EE's knee on 3/27/20 but continued to work. Injured still had pain and was sent for an MRI and discovered on 4/20/20 that EE had suffered a meniscus tear in EE's knee.
03/18/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 147d restricted Injured was roof bolting on the #2 Unit when a piece a draw rock fell and struck EE on the right lower back. Injured was placed on restrictions for a deep muscle bruise.
02/21/2020 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 50d restricted Injured was roof bolting on the #1 unit and when EE went to connect EE's pusher steel into the roof it buckled and struck EE's hand. EE's hand was x-rayed on 2/24/20 and a fracture was revealed.
01/31/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Injured was walking around coal hauler and stepped on uneven surface and sprained left ankle. Injured was placed on restrictions on 2/3/2020 for the ankle.
01/24/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 72d restricted Injured stepped on uneven surface and twisted ankle on 1/24/2020 but continued to work regular duties until 2/18/20 when employee was still having discomfort in the ankle. On this date the employee w...
12/17/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 24d restricted Injured was connecting split steel and drill pot caused steel to bend and strike injured on the index finger. X-rays revealed finger was broken and injured was placed on restrictions.
11/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Injured claims on 11/22/19 injured hurt shoulder lifting crib block but did not seek any medical observation until 12/11/19 where injured was placed on restriction for the shoulder.
11/20/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Injured was roof bolting and was putting in split steel and caught the lip of the drill pot and steel bent and hit their thumb. This caused a dislocation of the thumb.
11/06/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the S2-J at the 25th xc of the #8 entry. The fall occurred in an intersection and was approximately 18'x 18'x over 8' high.
10/30/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the S2J in the #9 entry of the 21st Xc. The fall was approximately 25' x 18' by 8'. A plan was implemented to add supplemental support to the area.
10/02/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 10d restricted Injured was walking backwards and slipped and fell, straining left knee. On 10/21/19 MRI results came back showing injured suffered a meniscus tear and was referred to a Ortho for further consult.
09/03/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the S1B at the 7th xc in the number 6 entry. The fall was discovered by the weekly examiner. The fall was approximately 20'x20'x8'.
08/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Injured strained back after throwing cable over underground. Was taken for medical attention and was placed on restrictions.
08/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 43d lost, 44d restricted Injured was moving a tire and felt something pop in upper arm, injured was taken for observation at medical facility and scheduled for an MRI to determine if injured had tore the bicep muscle. Injure...
08/01/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Injured was roof bolting on the M4 travelway and while installing a roof bolt pinched EE's thumb between the wrench and the roof plate. Injured received a laceration from EE's injuries which required...
07/08/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the XC-12 of the S2H in the #6 Entry. The fall was approximately 15' x 17' X 10'. The fall was barricaded off and a site specific action plan put in place t...
07/04/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the M4 Xc-32 in the #4 Entry. The fall was approximately 25' x 20' x 12'.
06/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 28d restricted Injured was trying to unplug drill pot and strained a wrist while attempting to unplug it. Continued working but was still having discomfort in the wrist. On 7/19/19 went to have wrist looked at and...
06/25/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost Injured was installing a roof bolt and as injured was pushing the bolt into the roof felt a pop in shoulder. Injured was given an MRI and discovered injured had a torn rotator.
05/31/2019 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 18d restricted injured was building a stopping and stood up and felt a pop in EE's knee. Went for an MRI and on 6/7/19 results were given that EE had a tear on EE's meniscus.
05/29/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Injured strained back while lifting a Roof jack. Injured was placed on restrictions for the strain.
05/17/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 2d restricted Injured was tearing down belt structure at the S4-C drive area and got a foreign body in EE's left eye. The foreign body had to be surgically removed from EE's eye.
05/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Injured was handling materials for building an undercast and strained back, on 5/6/19 injured was seen by Doctor and placed on restrictions for the thoracic lumbar strain.
05/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Injured was pulling cable off EE's shuttle car at the end of the shift and strained EE's shoulder. Injured was placed on restricted duty for EE's injury.
04/27/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Injured was cutting a PVC pipe and suffered a laceration on the left forearm and received stitches for the injury.
04/23/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred at the 23xc of the S4-P in the #9 Entry. The fall was approximately 20' long by 16'11"" wide by 4' to 5' thick. The approaches to the fall were barricaded and...
04/07/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was cutting a rock dust hose with belt knife and cut the back of thumb. The laceration required 6 stitches to repair.
03/05/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured Reported on 3/14/19 that EE had been working on a conveyor chain linkage and while EE was hammering on it that a piece of metal struck EE's leg. Injured was sent for x-rays and had a piece of...