Paw Paw 2 — Accidents

Total: 24 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/07/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A cinder block fell on the employee's left hand while they were repairing a permanent stopping.
01/16/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 62d restricted An employee was riding on the passenger side of a rubber tire personnel carrier. The personnel carrier was traveling on the rail/track. The ride slipped off of the track. The passenger employee had ri...
01/11/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 394d lost A roof bolter operator reported at the end of EE's shift that EE's left shoulder was strained earlier in the shift while installing rope bolts. The employee performed EE's regular duties throughout th...
01/07/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An owl shift utility worker was struck in the left arm by a piece of draw rock as EE attempted to drill a hole for bolt installation in the #3L crosscut. This resulted in three cuts to the left forear...
08/05/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 164d restricted An employee was preparing to bend down to help take a fender off of a shuttle car when EE noticed a pain in EE's left knee. At this time a final diagnosis has not been determined.
06/28/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee received a cut on their right ring finger that required six stitches. EE was drilling a 10' hole to install a cable bolt. A piece of the drill steel fell out of the hole as EE was removing...
03/15/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 268d lost An employee reported that they ran over a crib block in the #7 entry outby the #3 Section while operating a Lo-Trac. Employee reported that this caused them to bounce up off of the seat causing both n...
03/11/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 147d lost, 138d restricted A Foreman had connected a chain ratchet to the #2 belt conveyor and a previously installed pillar rib bolt in order to pull the belt over in the track entry for clearance. After pulling the slack out...
01/17/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 34d restricted Two employees were carrying a roof bolter axle from the surface supply area into the motor barn. The injured employee laid their end of the axle on the fender of a personnel carrier. The axle fell off...
08/17/2021 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee had just installed an inline filtration system into the main waterline along the 2A belt flight. When the system was pressurized, a piece of 4"" flexible line that was connected to the sy...
07/15/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 115d restricted An employee felt a pop in EE's lower back while attempting to change out a pump motor insert on a continuous mining machine.
06/30/2021 ELECTRICAL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 29d restricted An employee received burns to both forearms when the employee attempted to put a set of scoop batteries on charge. The cathead shorted.
06/08/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee felt a sharp pain in their lower back while loading cans of hydraulic oil onto a small personnel carrier.
05/14/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost An contractor employee received cuts that required stitches to the right hand pointer and middle finger when EE's right hand was caught between a raised lid on the continuous miner and the mine roof....
04/14/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost An employee was attempting to remove a ventilation stopping when a piece of rib that the stopping was supporting rolled onto the employee's left foot causing a bruise.
01/27/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall above anchorage occurred on the active 001 MMU. The fall occurred in the intersection of the #2 heading four crosscuts on to the #3B Panel. The fall was dangered off with timbers and cribs...
10/14/2020 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost The employee had crossed the belt to clean the #2A tailpiece. While walking toward the tailpiece, EE felt a ""pop"" in the right knee. Medical examinations revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament t...
10/09/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost While observing the mining process, a dayshift section foreman was struck by a section of mine rib measuring 54"" long by 25"" wide and 6"" to 9"" thick.
09/17/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted A shuttle car operator was struck by a section of the rib while loading coal behind the continuous miner. The rib was knocked loose by the deck of the shuttle car that the miner was operating.
07/13/2020 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 40d restricted The employee was attempting to crawl from the #9 entry to the #10 entry through the bolted but uncleaned crosscut to work on tracking and communication. EE felt a pop in lower back resulting in a stra...
06/09/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 244d lost The employee was struck on the left leg by a section of mine roof while they were cleaning out the operator's deck of a shuttle car.
03/05/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 172d lost An employee fell to the ground while attempting to cross over the section belt as the group was conducting a power move. The fall resulted in a torn right meniscus.
01/12/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 176d lost, 26d restricted The roof bolter started in a standing position at the inch tram location of the roof bolter. EE dropped down to both knees to re-position the roof bolter. When EE dropped down, EE twisted left ankle r...
07/20/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 32d restricted The employee was working on the operator side of the roof bolter in the kneeling position. EE attempted to raise himself up by place a hand on top of the drill station canopy and lifting. The employee...