Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 2 — Accidents

Total: 226 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/02/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The injured was removing a crib block from underneath the operator side of a roof bolter. While picking up the crib block the injured felt a pain in his groin area.
10/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 104d lost, 16d restricted The injured was hanging bolter cable when he injured his left shoulder. After going to the doctor it was identified as a torn labral muscle in his shoulder.
09/09/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost The injured was bolting when he attempted to wipe mud off his drill steel to find the drill depth mark on the steel. When the injured put his thumb on the steel it became caught in the drill steel.
09/09/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 42d restricted The injured was in the process of hooking up a tail piece during a belt move when the waterline tree came off allowing the water in the waterline to flow out. The pressure of the water coming from the...
08/17/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A unintentional Roof fall has occurred on the #4 Unit in the #5 entry at the 16xc. The fall was approximately 24' long by 20' wide and 10'-12' thick.
08/14/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted The injured was working on a company service ride air compressor when he lost his footing injuring his right arm.
08/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 78d restricted Injured was closing the battery lid and smashed his left index finger between the frame of the battery and the lid.
07/08/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 93d restricted The injured was stacking roof mats when he felt a sharp pain in the left shoulder. Injured continued to work and was transferred to this mine site and reported that he had hurt his shoulder while work...
03/31/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Injured smashed his finger while roof bolting on the M7 Unit 2 Entry 8 Xc-7
03/24/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None injured was putting in a roof bolt for a curtain board and hole was misaligned and injured struggled putting in bolt and hit himself in the mouth with the bolt knocking out half of his left front toot...
02/16/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 2d lost, 19d restricted Injured was hooking up a supply trailer and smashed his pointer finger in between the tongue of the trailer and the hitch.
02/16/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 2d lost, 10d restricted Injured employee was pulling fence off of a supply trailer and while he was pulling the fence, he lacerated the end of his finger.
02/03/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured suffered a laceration on his pinky finger after hitting it with a hammer. The laceration required stitches making this a reportable incident.
11/21/2014 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE attempted to overdose on his own prescription medications and was found unresponsive by another employee. The unresponsive employee was taken by ambulance to local hospital and had medications pum...
10/03/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Injured was placing fence on the Roof Bolter ATRS for the next row when a small piece of draw rock rolled off and struck the injured employee on his left forearm causing a non-displaced fracture.
09/22/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured suffered a hairline fracture when his drill steel caught the side of the drill pot and struck his hand as he was placing the steel in the pot.
09/16/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the #2 unit in the #7 entry. The fall appears to be from a very poor anchorage zone in this area. The fall was approximately 12' in length and 5' wide and 3'-3...
07/22/2014 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Injured suffered a ruptured eardrum while at work, initially injury was thought to have been caused from sinus pressure. On 8/4/2014 injured was seen by a specialist who determined the cause of the r...
05/04/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has occurred on the 1st south sub-main at the 36xc in the #4 entry.
01/02/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 30d lost, 35d restricted Injured was chaining off a take-up roller when a clevis broke, allowing the roller to move and strike the injured employee on his left leg. This resulted in a Fractured Leg.
10/17/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was bolting in the #9 entry using a split steel and went to put in second steel and missed the chuck. This caused the steel to flex and contract striking his right hand index finger.
06/13/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was hammering on a clevis, struck the index finger on his right hand. Injured reported incident on 06/18/2013 to request medical attention for his finger and x-rays revealed a fracture of his...
05/23/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was cut by a piece of draw rock and received stitches.
03/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted Employee was putting in return idler and he dropped idler on hand and broke finger.
04/28/2011 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 140d lost A contractor was injured when a panel on the lagging give away causing an aerated concrete to be dispersed out into the slope. This caused an inundation of concrete coming down the slope, overtaking...
01/04/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was making a belt splice in the slope, while he and a fellow employee were making the splice, injured reached to grab the nail driver. Fellow employee swung sledge at same time and struck inju...