PANTHER MINE — Accidents

Total: 231 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost EE was pulling on the airlock door and felt a pain in his left shoulder. Came outside and went home/doctor.
07/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While working on a minitrak employee was leaning over the equipment and was pulling on a ratchet when he felt something pop.
06/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was driving a pin in a cat pod on #3 MRS. He was laying on his side, when a piece of metal came off and struck him under his right eye. He was wearing safety glasses, but because of his position, t...
05/27/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 8d restricted The rib rolled off pushing employee into other ee knocking both men to the ground.
05/27/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The rib rolled off pushing other ee into ee knocking both men to the ground.
05/05/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding and did not wear a welding hood. He received flash burns to his eyes.
03/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was lifting structure and tripped over a rail injuring his lower back.
02/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 97d restricted Employee picked up a nail board from the mantrip, when the board turned, twisting employee's right hand/wrist. On work restrictions for 1 week.
01/22/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was riding mantrip looking for a water leak on belt, when he hit his head on the mine roof.
01/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was picking up miner cable when he felt a muscle pull in his left upper arm.
01/07/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While roof bolting employee caught his right hand between drill steel and drill head.
12/03/2007 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee was working on shuttle car cable when he went he went to power center to hook cathead back up & try breaker. When he put breaker in, cathead & receptacle started firing up. He received the bu...
12/01/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 14d restricted After installing the last roll of roof bolts, the EE was filling his glue box up and a piece of rib rolled off and hit his lower legs.
11/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 8d restricted EE was working on a water pump when his foot got stuck in mud. He reached up & grabbed a waterline hanging from the top, the waterline came loose from the top & fell striking employee on the back of t...
10/15/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While roof bolting, a piece of rock rolled off rib measuring 6' X 20"" X 6"" thick, striking employee on right knee.
10/10/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While roof bolting, employee took drill steel out of hole and the steel flipped hitting him on the chin.
07/19/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None Rock fell between roof bolt and rib striking employee on shoulder and lower back.
07/18/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was using a sledge hammer to bust rock off miner when he smashed his little finger on his left hand-received 10 stitches.
05/04/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was traveling to the outside when chips of concrete fell into his right eye. EE was wearing glasses.
04/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost Employee was removing a rock from roadway when he felt pain in his lower back.
04/10/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was injured by a piece of falling draw rock (bruised back)
02/24/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was beating a bit insert back in the miner when the handle came out of the hammer causing him to hit his left hand on the bit lug.
02/21/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee got his finger caught by the auger of the rock duster which resulted in a laceration to the right hand tip of middle finger.
01/13/2007 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Injured and co-worker were bolting 3 rt open x-cut. Injured went to the back of the roof bolter to hang his cable. When he picked up the roof bolter cable he received an electrical shock.
01/10/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Injured & co-worker were bolting #3 entry on 001 section. They had put up the 1st row and were starting on 2nd row. Injured was drilling his 1st hole when a rib rolled off without warning knocking him...
12/21/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While tramming scoop, employee got too close to rib & bumped rib with canopy of scoop. A few small rocks fell on his neck & shoulder. He stated that he thought larger pieces were about to fall. He jer...
12/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost Employee was moving crib blocks out of the roadway when he strained his back.
11/16/2006 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 29d restricted Employee was watching the miner cut coal when metal chip off of the miner bit flew back hitting him in the left eye.
09/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was taking out belt structure when he raised up catching neck and left shoulder on a belt hanger. This caused severe pain in neck and partial numbness in left shoulder and arm.
08/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was lifting a piece of belt structure when he felt pain in his lower back.
08/02/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was roof bolting when the drill steel bent and mashed his right hand.
07/31/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 2d restricted Employee was bent over attaching a welding cart to the mantrip when his back popped and he felt pain down his right leg. *Started missing work due to this injury 8/7/06.*
07/28/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE was standing in scoop bucket hanging a curtain when his feet slipped and he fell injuring his right side. had x ray he has 2 cracked ribs.
07/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 29d restricted Employee was walking from the telephone to the feeder when he slipped & fell in an area that was on a slope going downhill.
07/05/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 8d restricted Employee was stepping down off of #4 tailpiece when his right foot went into a hole in the bottom and his right knee twisted sideways. *Emoloyee did not start missing work until 7/10/06.
06/28/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Injured was making a belt splice when hammer slipped and struck his left index finger. He recv'd approx. 20 stitches.
05/12/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS SPLICING A CABLE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG. HE REC'D 5 STITCHES.
04/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was working around the beltdrive when he smashed his left thumb between the guard and the beltdrive. Went to Dr and had thumbnail taken off and injury was cleaned and dressed.
04/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee picked up timber and turned with the timber to set it and strained his lower back.
03/13/2006 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON MINE FLOOR SERVICING A MANTRIP & WHEN HE STARTED TO GET UP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
03/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost EMPLOYEE HOPPED OFF SCOOP AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
02/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee took planetary & planetary drive reduction unit loose and rolled it out on the ground. When doing so, it rolled out striking employee on top of his right foot.
11/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was lapping up setup belt when he heard something pop in lower left side of his back.
11/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was carrying two cans of oil to his shuttle car when he felt pain in his lower back.
10/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was throwing roof bolts up to the front of the roof bolter when he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. He began missing work due to this injury on 11/17/05. RTW 11/18/05 on light duty.
10/12/2005 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 30d restricted Employee was holding down on welding cart to unhook from diesel when cart came unhitched. The front end raised putting his elbow into the top while his hand was still on the tongue.
10/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE WAS HANGING A MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK & SHOULDER
08/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was bent over throwing a miner cable out of roadway when he strained his lower back.
08/03/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE.
08/02/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost Employee was moving miner out of #2 heading when he slipped on wet bottom and twisted his right knee.