Onton #9 — Accidents

Total: 349 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/05/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was riding on a mantrip when a rock fell out and struck him in the face causing a laceration.
06/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 108d lost, 7d restricted Employee was putting a rub rail back on the miner in #2 entry on #3 unit when he felt his right forearm pop. He continued to work till seen by an orthopaedic doctor and was put on restrictions.
05/28/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting on #3 unit and noticed his wrist hurting. He did not know what happened.
05/11/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 1st main west at # 5 neutral entry at spad # 55+89. The fall measured 55'x19'x10' and was caused by a hidden slip in the mine roof. The area was supported by 5'fully groute...
05/08/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was cutting # 7 left on # 1 unit when a rock fell out grazing down his left shoulder causing him to yank his arm and shoulder away from the rock. he worked until he saw a doctor and had X-ray...
05/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 135d lost, 10d restricted Employee was throwing the miner cable over on #3 unit in #6 right when he felt a sharp pain between his shoulder blades. He continued to work till he was put off work for therapy on 5-19-14.
04/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 3d restricted Employee was pulling the miner cable on # 2 unit and felt a pain in his lower back.
04/21/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 76d lost, 34d restricted Employee was throwing over the miner cable slack on #2 unit in #4 entry when his right knee popped out of place. He continued to work till he was kept off work after surgery on 6/11/2014.
04/16/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking in a low area and felt a pull in his lower back.
03/25/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was putting a set of ram car batteries on charge. When he was raising the battery lids, one lid fell on his right index finger causing him to receive a fracture of his right index finger.
03/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was loading rollers onto the ride and felt something pull in his right elbow.
03/21/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving the bolter up in the face of #8 entry on #2 unit when he hung his left ear on a pin board causing him to require stitches.
03/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 101d lost, 20d restricted Employee was throwing a conveyor flight into the tail of the continuous miner when he felt his right shoulder pop, he continued to work until he had surgery on his shoulder on 5/5/14.
02/24/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was dusting on #1 unit when a rock fell out and hit him on his right hand.
02/10/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Employee was operating a mini trac on #2 B supply road when he ran over a rock in the road which caused him to jam his head and neck into the roof. He kept working till the doctor put him off work on...
01/15/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee was standing at the #1 unit feeler in #4 entry with his back to #5 entry. A ram car came to the feeder from #5 entry side to dump. The employee at the feeder did not see the car coming nor di...
12/19/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was stepping off of the mantrip at #2 unit shack when he tripped over his jacket and hit his head on a roof bolt causing him to have 4 stitches.
12/03/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost Employee was walking across from #7 to #8 entry on #3 unit when he felt his lower back pop. He had been loading pins and boards on the right bolter earlier that morning. This accident happened on 12/3...
11/20/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was sitting on a pallet of blocks with his back turned to a co-worker who was cutting plastic bands off of the block pallet, he turned his head to see if his co-worker was done cutting the ba...
11/14/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted Employee was walking on the #1 unit and tripped over the miner cable and fell hitting his head.
11/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing the #1 unit scud pump out and while unthreading the main fitting he caught the middle finger of his left hand between the frame and the fitting causing him to receive 8 stitches in his...
11/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was loading roof bolter pin plates, 5 xcuts outby the last open in #8 entry on #1 unit when he dropped a bundle of plates on his left hand causing him to fracture his finger tip
10/31/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking down the air lock at #2 unit belt tail when the tail moved and a jack pipe fell and hit him on his middle finger of his right hand causing a finger tip fracture.
10/11/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was bolting on # 2 UNIT WHEN A ROCK HIT HIS DRILL STEEL CAUSING THE STEEL TO HIT HIS RIGHT LEG.
10/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was getting out of the road grader and felt a sharp pain in his right knee. He ended up having to have knee surgery.
10/09/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Employee was cleaning rock off of the unit power box in #4 entry on #1 unit when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. A MRI done at a later date showed a tear in his shoulder.
10/07/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 132d lost Employee was loading 54"" belt framing into a belt skid and felt a sharp pain in his back, he went to the doctor and had x-rays and a MRI. He is off work with a bulging disc.
09/19/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was sitting on his golf cart at #3c belt sub when a piece of rock fell out striking him on his right knee. He is off waiting to get results of CT scan.
09/11/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Employee was turning 8 right X-cut on #1 unit when the miner cable pulled tight pulling him down and before he could get up a rock fell out striking him on his back and leg.
08/22/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was squaring the 4th 54 belt to make a splice in it when his belt knife slipped and cut his right leg requiring 6 stitches. He returned to work the next day.
08/13/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 1st Main South belt line between x-cut 41-42 in the pillar line #5 neutral entry. The fall meas. 35' x 6' x19.25' and was caused by a hidden slip in the mine roof. The are...
07/24/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On July 24, mine experienced an adverse geological event, including fall of roof in alive workings, that impaired ventilation or impeded passage within the 6th Sub Panel East off 1st South Panel. No i...
07/17/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was in the face of #8 entry on #1 unit running the opposite operator side of the roof bolter. He had stepped back to the middle of the bolter to get a bundle of plates when the operator yelle...
06/25/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was scaling rock at the 1st 54 tall area when a piece of rock the size of a softball fell out and bounced up and hit him in the lip resulting in three stitches.
06/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was building a brattice on #1 unit when he bent over a trailer to pick up a block and felt something pull in his back.
06/07/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was at 1c tail kneeling down watching the belt on his left knee and when he went to stand up he pushed up with his right leg and felt his right knee pop. He was taken to the hospital where th...
06/07/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dragging a bottom roller on the 1st 54 belt line when he mashed his right ring finger, resulting in him receiving 12 stitches.
06/05/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was squaring belt to make a splice on #1 unit #6 entry when he cut through the belt with his belt knife in to his right leg causing him to receive 8 stitches.
05/30/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost EE was walking threw a curtain in #7 entry on #3 until when he hit his head on a brow and jammed his neck. EE kept working until 10/5/13 when a doctor kept him off work for treatments.
05/29/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was driving a spad in the rib to hang wire for cables on #2 unit in #5 entry when he hit the top causing a piece of top to fall out and hit him in the side of his left foot. This resulted in...
05/20/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was helping pull a header cable for new 3D header when his feet got tangled up in some other cables and he fell and landed on his right wrist causing it to fracture.
05/02/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting the cross over pad on the roof bolter in #4 entry on #1 unit when his right ring finger was between the bolter and the pad causing him to fracture the tip of his right ring finger...
05/01/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE was changing batteries on his ram car when he walked around to get the jumper and stepped on a rock twisting his left knee.
03/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping put pins and bushings in the M-7 miner on #1 unit in #9 entry when a co-worker was driving the right bushing in a piece of the bushing broke off and struck the employee in the nec...
03/01/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost Employee was plastering a brattice between #4-#5 entry across from the feeder. He had his stinger ride parked between him and the feeder with the lights on. A ram car backed into the stinger and pushe...
01/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling cable off of the reel of the roof bolter when he twisted and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He was between #7 and #8 entry in the last open cross cut on #1 unit. He came bac...
01/03/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the 3rd Main East intake between x-cut 30-31 in the pillar line #7 intake entry. The fall meas. 25'x6'x19' and was caused by a hidden slip in the mine roof. The area was suppor...
11/16/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lowering the lid on a set of ram car batteries when the lid fell on his left index finger which caused a fracture in the tip of the finger and 6 stitches.
11/14/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was getting down from a end loader when he stepped on the ground his foot came down on a tire rut, causing him to turn his ankle.
11/12/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting up 8' bolts when the 1' wrench he was using came off and hit him over the right eye giving him 9 stitches.