OHIO COUNTY MINE — Accidents

Total: 863 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/21/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was in the process of removing belt structure on the 4W belt. The stand fell against the belt lift pinching employee's left ring finger, causing a laceration resulting in sutures. Cause of in...
08/18/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Contract employee was unloading tools from vehicle when employee claims to have hurt their back while unloading hand tools to the ground. Cause of this injury was not lifting properly. Compliance and...
08/03/2017 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was operating the 33 loco when it stopped tramming EE was looking for air leak when found that the reverser wasn't working EE tried to move it manually with a wedge when EE hit a wire off causing a...
07/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was attempting to change a belt cradle at 8-21xc when they pinched their small right finger between the roller and cradle. Cause of injury was awareness. Compliance with rules/regs, PPE, mini...
07/24/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was walking to the loader in the 8 South Section 7-8xc. Employee stepped in a crosscut for a shuttle car to come by when a corner fell out striking employee in the legs resulting in contusio...
07/21/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of tightening a pipe T with a pie wrench. The T slipped in vise and injuring the right index finger resulting in a fracture. Cause of injury was awareness. Compliance with...
07/19/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor employee was loading tools into the back of the utility truck, EE threw a sledgehammer into the bed and felt something hit EE's eye. Cause of this injury was not wearing safety glasses whil...
07/15/2017 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was unplugging de-energized charger plug from #69 cat scoop in the 4E section. When the scoop plug arced causing burns to the employee's abdomen. Cause of accident was improperly wired break...
06/29/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was helping install roof bolt with a gopher drill at 7 1/4xc in 4WHG when a rock fell striking left hand causing a sprain and laceration. Employee did not miss work until 7/7/17.Cause of inju...
06/27/2017 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was installing a 6' bolt on the 4E longwall face under the mesh when a rock rolled out from the binder area striking employee's right middle finger resulting in a laceration. Cause of injury...
06/18/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost While walking down coal slope, employee slipped on metal grating causing employee to fall resulting in a sprain of employee's right knee. Cause of injury was awareness. Compliance with rules/regs, PPE...
06/12/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to get slack in rope on barge at Benwood Harbor when dogs kept catching. Bent over to pull rope when the dog slipped and struck employee above the eye causing a laceration resulti...
05/30/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contract employee was air arcing with a welding shield on and wrap-around safety glasses on and something got behind everything and went into EE's eye. Cause of this incident was possible face positi...
04/23/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was cleaning a rock off the top of a Miner in the 4 West TG section when a rock fell from the top left side of roof mesh striking EE's left hand resulting in a contusion. Roof mesh was being...
04/20/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was in the process of getting rocks out of throat of miner in the 4WTG section when a rock fell from in between the straps striking right hand causing a laceration and fracture.Cause of injur...
04/17/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was helping center bolt in the 4WTG section under the bolter canopy when a rock fell slid down the steel and struck employee in the face causing a laceration which resulted in sutures from pl...
04/11/2017 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was awarded 14.55% permanent partial disability for noise induced hearing loss. Employee retired on April 15th 2015. No other part 50 criteria applies.
04/11/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was dragging hoses in the 4 south area when ee struck head on a cut off bolt resulting in a neck sprain.Cause of injury was awareness. Compliance with rules/regs, PPE, mining equip/systems no...
04/07/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was installing rib bolts on CM miner in the 4West Tailgate section and reached for a bit a rock fell striking right hand causing a fracture to index finger requiring plastic surgery. There we...
03/27/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was helping load roof straps on to Continuous Miner in the 4 west HG section and felt pop in shoulder. There were no compliance issues. It didn't involve job skills proficiency training or a...
03/22/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost Employee was trying to recover rail in the 1A spur. The rail was on top of another piece when EE tried to attach a chain the rail shifted striking EE's right hand causing three fractures. It didn't in...
03/15/2017 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with occupational Pneumoconiosis and was awarded 10% permanent partial disability. The employee retired on 9-8-15. No other part 50 criteria applies.
03/15/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing down ladder in the whittaker shaft when ee stepped on a rung slipped on ice striking left knee. Employee has not missed work but is going to physical therapy. It didn't involve a...
03/10/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting on left side of miner in the 4WHG section when EE reached for pusher steel a rock fell from between straps striking left hand causing a laceration between EE's thumb and finger re...
02/14/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost EE was jacking up 62 jeep on mainline near 2S switch EEs pushed jeep to get back on track when the jack bar hit EE on left side injuring left side ribs. 5 days later it was found EE's spleen was bleed...
01/25/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee on 4E LW at 158 shield, the shearer was cutting through gas well, pan was pulled back to hit well from TG. The shearer was mining at #168 and the infrared program was initiated, pulling 158 s...
01/12/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost Employee was assisting install hydraulic hose on shield on the 4E longwall. When they finished they put pressure when another hose flew striking employee on left leg resulting in fracture to left tibi...
11/29/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in process of aligning the 4E belt with come a long when roller shifted striking employee's left hand causing lacerations resulting in the employee receiving sutures. There were no compli...
10/20/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was drafting barge and when boat came to face up barge there was slack in tow line when boat faced barge it caused the tow line to whip striking miner in back and fell into loaded barge. No o...
10/13/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 10-13-16 a roof fall occurred above the anchorage point at the three way intersection of #1 entry east mains and #1 entry 6 North. The fall is about 20' in length and 20' in width. The height coul...
09/26/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 9/26/2016 a roof fall occurred above the anchorage point. The fall occurred at survey station 38+50 and was approximately 20' long 12' high and 16'wide. The fall occurred due to deterioration of th...
09/19/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 151d lost Employee was helping carry a spool of cable in the 4WTG track entry when employee stepped in hole slipped and felt employee's right shoulder pop. Employee did not start missing work until 2-21-17. The...
09/12/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 294d lost Employee was in the process of taking rail apart on the 3E section.Employee was removing last fish plate when they struck it with a rail hammer the rail sprung and EE was hit in the face with either r...
08/25/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was drilling with a cobra drill on 7-38xc roof fall when the drill steel became stuck in the rock. While pulling on drill steel employee felt pain in back. No other part 50 criteria apply.
08/24/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred above the anchorage point on Main East Track at 738 crosscut. Fall was approx 25' w, 20' l and 7' h. Cause of fall was due to weathering of roof along the rib. To prevent further...
08/22/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8-22-16 a roof fall occurred 8 to 10 feet above the anchorage point at survey station 31+25. The fall was approximately 16' wide and 25' long and approximately 8' to 10' high. The fall occurred due...
08/19/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8-19-16 a roof fall occurred 8 to 10 feet above the anchorage point at survey station 14+50. The fall was approximately 16' wide and 15' long and approximately 8' to 10' high. The fall occurred due...
08/17/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was in the 3E section working on disassembling the scoop charger station. While unhanging the cable and fire suppression pipe EE strained left shoulder. Employee did not start missing work...
08/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Employee was attempting to empty magnet at the T43 building. EE unlatched one of two latches for a chute door when the door came down striking EE on top of head and arm resulting in fractured vertebra...
08/03/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An roof fall occurred on 8-3-16 on old mainline at 4 North Track at survey station 213+00. Fall was about 8' above the anchorage point and 11 by 15' wide at the intersection to 4 north.The cause of th...
07/13/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking in the 2E longwall recovery section when EE stepped off of the shield ramp the employee tripped and bit lip resulting in 5 sutures in lower lip. There were no compliance issues. I...
06/16/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was trying to put draw bar pin in draw bar at 2 West on the mainline track. When pin would not go in EE had the locomotive move and it moved the pin and caught finger. There were no complianc...
04/20/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Employee was attempting to move shearer rack wheel from scoop bucket to put at parts car in 3E section. After attempting to move it EE felt a pop in right bicep. EE started missing work on 4/26/16. Th...
04/11/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee sustained 0.55% permanent partial disability due to permanent impairment resulted from noise induced hearing loss. No other part 50 criteria applies.
03/22/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was moving belt stands off of scoop in the 4WHG section when EE went to move a bundle of stands catching EE's finger between two stands EE pulled EE's finger out cutting it by the stand. Ther...
03/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 295d lost Employee was walking on the old mainline near four south with bundle of five bolts on EE's shoulder when EE tripped and fell. As EE fell EE struck EE's right shoulder against a water prop. There were...
03/07/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 106d lost Employee was walking on portal bottom at Golden Ridge to get locomotive when stepped on crib twisting right knee. Employee continued to work until 8-3-16 when employee started missing work for surgery...
01/19/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was uncoupling an 1.5 inch frozen line and was saturated with cement. The cement entered EE's boot without EE realizing due to freezing temperatures. EE worked until 2/1/2016 when EE requir...
01/12/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 255d lost Employee was walking down steps that were installed to prevent falls on bank when they slipped/tripped and fell injuring right hip. There were no compliance issues. It didn't involve job skills profic...
12/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost While bolting in the 2E beltline and dragging Z-Drill employee felt pain in right shoulder resulting in possible rotator cuff injury. There were no compliance issues. It didn't involve job skills prof...