Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 2 — Accidents

Total: 226 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/26/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 53d lost, 10d restricted Injured was bringing pot up to insert pusher steel and caught the lip of the chuck and caused the steel to bow and strike hand. X-rays were taken and injured suffered a broken finger.
01/28/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Injured was throwing over miner cable and strained shoulder and on 2/12/19 injured went to doctor and was given a prescription for strained muscle making this a reportable incident.
01/08/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 8d restricted Injured was stepping out mini trac and twisted EE's ankle. Injured was placed on restrictions and was given a prescription for pain.
12/19/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 53d lost, 32d restricted Injured was hand dusting the roof and ribs when they stepped on a rock and twisted an ankle. Injured continued to work and the following day was still experiencing discomfort in the ankle. Was sent...
12/04/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Injured was throwing cable over and felt a pop in their lower back. Injured continued to work but was experiencing discomfort in the lower back and leg area. Injured went for evaluation at Doctor on 1...
11/08/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured hit self in the mouth with drill steel chipping front tooth out.
10/18/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Injured was connecting split steels and brought the drill pot up to reconnect and caught the drill steel and caused the steel to bend and strike the palm of the injured. Injured was taken the next day...
10/04/2018 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 67d lost, 41d restricted Injured was bolting in the #2 entry of the P1-F, while they were installing the middle bolt, injured dropped the drill pot on top of their right foot. Injured continued working and when arrived on sur...
09/11/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the M12 at the 32nd Xc of the number 4 entry. The area was in the process of being re-supported when the failure occurred the fall was approximately 35' x 4...
09/08/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1037d lost Injured was struck by a piece of draw rock approximately 3' x 4'x4"". Injured was taken to hospital for medical treatment and was discovered EE suffered fractures in EE's back and foot.
08/31/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at the Xc-31 in the #10 Entry of the #2 unit. The fall was approximately 40' x 18' x 12'. The fall was barricaded off and a site specific plan to rehabilitate the...
07/12/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 152d lost, 40d restricted Injured was struck by a piece of draw rock on the left forearm while bolting on the #2 unit.
06/25/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 25d restricted Injured was moving screen wire to place on the Roof bolter and their hand was smashed causing a fracture of a finger and thumb.
06/13/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Injured was turning to walk and twisted ankle and fell down while in the #8 entry of the #1 unit. Injured was taken to have ankle looked at and was originally told it was a sprain. On 6/15/18 x-rays...
06/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Injured reported on 6/11/18 that ee had sprained wrist while changing out an insert on 6/8/18. Injured was taken for medical treatment and was given prescription for the injury and placed on restrict...
03/28/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred in the #9 Entry at the 6XC of the S1C. The fall was approximately 30 feet in length and 18 feet wide by 14 feet high.
03/15/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Injured fell when EE tripped over the power cable and fell on EE's back and landed on EE's SCSR. Injured was placed on restrictions for a lower lumbar strain.
01/26/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 47d restricted Injured was walking and twisted their knee after stepping awkwardly, continued to have pain. On 2/26/18 had an MRI and discovered has a medial meniscal radial tear in the left knee. Was placed on re...
11/02/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was swinging a sledge hammer and strained a muscle in lower back, on 11/9/2017 injured was seen by doctor and prescribed a muscles relaxer for back.
10/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Injured got a foreign body in left eye, went for treatment for injury to eye doctor and was given a prescription for injury.
10/20/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 24d restricted Injured was building a stopping and stood up and stepped back and twisted left knee. Injured was taken to Hospital and had an MRI and it was discovered injured had a bucket tear of Meniscus of left k...
09/15/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was using a grinder with a cut off wheel while working on a tail gate when the grinder kicked and struck the injured in the knee. This caused a laceration which required stitches.
08/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured strained a muscle in their back while performing routine maintenance on the roof bolter. The injured was seen on 8//28/2017 by doctor and prescribed a script for a muscle relaxer for the musc...
08/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Injured broke the tip of 4th finger on right hand, after hitting it with a miner bit. While trying to clean out the clip area for holding the miner bits in the insert, the injured hit finger with a b...
08/04/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 71d lost, 128d restricted Injured strained back on 8/4/2017 and continued to work on 9/28/2017 injured had an MRI performed and it was discovered injured had a herniated disc in back.
07/07/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 175d lost, 3d restricted Injured was struck by the battery end of a coal hauler, as employee was working on miner cable along the rib-line. The injured suffered bruising along their side with no fractures or other injuries.
06/26/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Injured was bringing up the pot to connect to the split steel when the drill steel caught the chuck and buckled, and struck the injured on left thumb. Injured was taken to clinic for x-rays where it...
05/12/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 58d lost, 18d restricted Injured was checking curtains at the start of shift when a piece of draw rock slid off the side of the fence and struck the injured on injureds lower back. Injured was taken to hospital where it was...
03/24/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 617d lost The injured's left leg became wedged between a battery coal Hauler and the coal rib on the #1 unit after the miner backed into the hauler and pushed it back into the rib. After transporting employee...
03/16/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Injured had a hole in the canopy jack hose and attempted to lower the canopy with their hand wrapped around the hose, so the oil would not spray them. This caused a pin hole laceration on a finger an...
03/09/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was cleaning rocks of the top of the miner and as employee was pushing the rocks off the employee lacerated the right hand and received 5 stitches.
02/10/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 136d lost, 1d restricted A 51 year old miner operator with over 30 years of experience was struck by a battery hauler, while making second cut in the #3 entry to the right. The injured was transported to local hospital for t...
02/09/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the P3-1 at the 16th XC in the #9 entry. The fall was approximately 20'X 20'X approximately 13'plus high
12/12/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 67d lost, 45d restricted Injured was lifting a cable and strained shoulder. Continued to work but had discomfort on 12-23-2016 injured had MRI performed and on 12-28-2016 was informed that injured had a torn rotator cuff in...
11/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted The injured was in the process of setting jacks when the bands on a new bundle of jacks were cut off the load of the jacks shifted and the injured attempted to stop the load when EE's finger was caugh...
11/10/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The injured was assisting another employee with moving a belt bar. The Injured smashed EE's right index finger between the belt bar and a pallet of block causing a fracture to EE's index finger.
10/20/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the P1-1 Panel at the #15xc in the entries of 9 and 10. The fall was approximately 100 feet long by 17.5 wide.
09/27/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 56d lost, 20d restricted Injured hyper extended left knee while moving miner cable on the #2 unit. The injured was placed on restricted duties which prohibited EE from doing normal job duties.
09/26/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost The injured was packing supplies for cribbing and railing on the M2 area, when they twisted their right ankle. The injured was treated at a local facility for a sprained ankle but was placed on restr...
09/16/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the M3 at the #7XC in the #3 entry, the fall was located between a set of equipment doors going to the return. The fall was approximately 30' by 18' and ove...
09/06/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the M2 secondary escapeway at the number 30Xc in the #4 entry. The fall was approximately 30 feet in length and 17.5 feet wide. The fall was dangered off a...
09/02/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 133d lost, 1d restricted Injured was struck by a piece of draw rock while turning a left hand slab, the rock hinged back off a piece of hog panel. The rock struck the injured on the left shoulder and back area.
08/04/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the M-2 at the 4th XC of the #4 entry, the fall was approximately 80' in length by 17 3/4 wide by approximately 14' high.
07/18/2016 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 86d restricted The injured was roof bolting, reached up and pulled drill steel from the mine roof and felt a pop in right shoulder. The employee was seen by a doctor and placed on restrictions.
06/14/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was operating a roof bolter when left eye became irritated. The injured went to the doctor the next day and was prescribed medication for eye due to scratches on the eye.
02/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The injured stated that EE had a sharp pain in EE's right shoulder after loading supplies on a roof bolter. The injured was seen by a doctor and placed on restrictions.
02/19/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 110d restricted The injured was bolting with 2 piece steels and connected the second steel and raised drill pod up, the drill steel caught the pod causing the steel to bow, striking the injured in left hand. On 2/24/...
02/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The injured was hanging power cable with tie wire when the tie wire can in contact with EE's left. This resulted in a abrasion to the corneal of EE's left eye.
01/15/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted The injured was in process of building a crib. When a crib block was handed to EE, EE lost grip of the crib block dropping it. When EE attempted to catch the crib block EE's pinky finger was smashed a...
12/18/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted The injured was operating a miner when a rock fell off the rear curtain side of the miner striking the injured left leg. The injured continued to work until 1/4/2016 when he went to the doctor and it...