Onton #9 — Accidents

Total: 349 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While loading the roof bolter with supplies he cut his arm with a steel band.
07/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was bending a roof bolt.
06/14/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of tie wire with a belt knife and the knife slipped causing him to cut his arm.(10 sutures)
06/07/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 84d lost, 2d restricted Employee was moving miner out of #2 entry on #1 unit. He thought he had turned the miner off but as he reached down to pick up a rope to hang on miner tail the miner moved causing his head to be caugh...
06/06/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was in the process of splicing a belt together when a piece of metal broke loose as he hit the splice pin with a hammer lodging in his eye.
05/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Unloading a tire in the battery shack and twisted his knee. This did not become reportable until 7/15/11.
04/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was pushing roof bolt up to roof when a piece of rock fell striking top of board mashing thumb on left hand.
04/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a rear end for a diesel mantrip and caught his ring on a bolt in the rear end. The ring cut into his finger, requiring 11 sutures.
04/04/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 220d lost, 8d restricted In process of swinging his boom over to install a roof bolt when a piece of rock from between rib pin and rib fell hitting him on the shoulder, head and back. He returned on restricted duty 4/5/2011.
03/28/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While trying to adjust drill steel the steel came out of the chuck and hit him on the hand.
03/23/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was bending a roof bolt and it started to slide off of bolter. When he grabbed for it the bolt struck him in the eye breaking his contact lens.
03/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was throwing roof bolts out for the next row to be bolted when he felt his left knee pop.
03/21/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Trying to straighten a roof bolt and his gas detector pouch got caught in the joy stick causing the rotation to start and his arm was struck by the roof bolt.
03/01/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was walking around roof bolter when operator made a sudden move with bolter. The employee was caught between deck of bolter and coal rib.
02/28/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was walking thru a curtain and a piece of tie wire hit him in his left eye.
02/28/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted While reaching across bolter to get a roof bolt a rock fell between the rib bolt and center bolt striking him on the back of his hard hat, pushing his face down onto a roof bolt head that was laying o...
02/25/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Unloading a speed reducer off of pallet and while removing the metal band holding the reducer, his channel locks slipped and mashed his right thumb.
02/25/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a belt knife to cut a piece of curtain, when the knife slipped, causing him to cut his left thumb.(4sutures)
02/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was helping to build an overcast and he was dragging a piece of bridge plank across top of overcast and stepped in an opening in the overcast causing him to fall and injure his ribs.
02/18/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was receiving instruction on maintenance of MX-4 instruments and when asked to sign a form, he lost control of his emotions and struck a metal file cabinet with his fist, breaking his little...
02/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Horseplay resulting in a dislocated shoulder. This accident has been rejected by Comp. carrier
02/08/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was in #5 entry helping to set bits on miner when a rock fell from between bolts driving her to the ground causing her to twist her right knee. Employee returned to work 02/09/2011 on restric...
02/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was installing a timber in a arch when it slipped and fell smashing his middle and ring fingers on his right hand.
01/29/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 1st. 54 S/R at 24+00. The area had been supported with 6' tension bolts, 8' cable bolts and truss bolts. The apparent cause was an undetected slip in the mine roof. An acti...
01/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CABLE WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS LEG,RESULTING IN SUTURES.
01/11/2011 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee put probes of meter on wrong side of transformer while troubleshooting lights not working on M2 miner.
01/10/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was driving a ram-car and a piece of rock fell from between pins hitting in the nose causing a fracture.
01/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading boards on the roof bolter and cut his finger on a metal band off of the bundle of roof bolts, 3 stitches in the right middle finger.
12/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured on the 1st.54 supply road at 19+20-20+00 #24-#25 x-cut measuring approx. 18'x14.5'x6' caused by an undetected slip in the mine roof. The area had been mined in Aug. 2005 and suppor...
12/21/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was kneeling on the ground to nail up a curtain when a rock fell from between the rib and the first row of bolts striking him on the knee, contusion of the right knee.
11/24/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Trimming power leads back so a light on M-1 miner could be repaired when his knife slipped causing a cut on his finger requiring sutures.
09/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Worker had been painting for approximately 1 1/2 weeks at this mine. He accidentally came into contact with some of the paint, causing 1st degree burn/conjunctivitis.
09/28/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted using fast feed to install a roof bolt and the bolt bent hitting him above the left eye
09/17/2010 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 47d lost Employee was trying to hold curtain out of the way so he could see to scoop area and caught his fingers between the canopy and a damaged roof bolt, injurying his ring finger and amputating his little...
09/13/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was replacing a damaged roof bolt, when a rock fell striking the edge of his canopy and his left arm, requiring 9 sutures.
08/20/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using the feeder to pull a tailpiece back when one of the hooks broke causing the tailpiece to turn sideways and hit the employee knocking him against the coal rib causing a cut on his el...
08/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee had set his ATRS and started to raise his canopy when a rock fell from the last bolt to the ATRS striking him on the upper left leg.
04/29/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An outby roof fall was found by the Mine Supt. at approximatley 9:15 am in the East Main return, #2 entry, #30 X-cut, spad 20+80. It measured approximatley 65'x20'x5.5' The fall was caused by an undet...
04/28/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a metal band off of a bundle of roof bolts. When the band cut thru it flew backwards and cut his left hand requiring 6 sutures.
03/28/2010 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee alleges that he injured his back at work on 3/28/2010. He did not follow up with an accident report as required by employer. He is now off work with alleged back injury. No detailed informati...
03/02/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While starting a drill hole for roof bolting purposes a small rock fell striking him on the little finger of the right hand resulting in a cut that required 4 sutures.
02/04/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting right side of #6 entry on 002-0 section when a piece fell between the rib and a roof bolt striking him on the head and face resulting in 5 sutures.
02/04/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a roof bolt when a rock fell from between roof bolts striking him on the foot.
01/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 3d restricted While attaching a jackpipe to a belt tail the pipe slipped off of the anchor and fell across his lower back.
01/23/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting belt with a knife, when the knife slipped, cutting his hand.
01/22/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was riding in a diesel mantrip and as it made a turn his foot was caught between the mantrip and the coal rib, fracturing a bone on top of his right foot.
01/06/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost EE alleges on 01/06/2010 he was walking thru a curtain and hit his head. He did not report this to anyone. On 02/01/2010 he was sent for x-rays, still not telling anyone it was work related. On 02/02...
12/11/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found on the 1st 54 travelway at appox. 10:50 pm. The fall was 60'x18'x8'. Vent. and passage of men were not affected and no equip. was involved. The area had been mined in Aug. 2005 a...
11/19/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a plastic curtain with a box knife. The knife slipped causing him to cut his arm. (3 sutures)
11/06/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee was hanging a piece of wing curtain that had fallen down and the scoop operator was cleaning the entry. He was traveling batteries first and could not see the employee that was hanging the cu...