Pinnacle Mine — Accidents

Total: 959 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was helping to load crib blocks when one rolled off of the top of the pile and mashed his left thumb.
08/30/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the intersection of the #19 break in the return on the 8O section.
08/23/2006 ELECTRICAL INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None A trespasser cut a hole in the chain-link fence surrounding the 8 haulage substation compound and entered illegally upon the mine property in an apparent attempt to steal copper ground wire. The tresp...
08/16/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The 8 haulage elevator was down for 48 minutes. The problem was a bad limit switch at the bottom of the elevator.
08/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was removing a rock from a belt line when the rock slid over and caught his finger between the rock and a piece of belt structure.
08/10/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall occurred on the 8O section at the #21 break in the intersection of the #2 heading.
08/09/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Injured was knocking a roll pin out of a splice link and removed his glasses to wipe the sweat off of his face. When he started striking the splice link with the hammer again he had forgot to put his...
08/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured on the 8 South section in the intersection of the #16 break. The fall is 25 feet by 25 feet and 8 feet high.
07/27/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at the #8 break on the 8N section. The fall was located in the crosscut between #1 and #2 and was 18 feet wide by 15 long and 5 to 6 feet high.
07/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Injures was changing an oil filter when the wrench he was using slipped causing him to bump his right elbow.
07/21/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 8N section at #31 break in the #2 entry. The fall is 15' long, 2.5 feetl thick to feather edges, and 16 feet wide.
07/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Injured was walking up #2 entry from the face and stepped in a hole twisting his right knee.
07/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Injured was cleaning coalfines in front of shields when he felt pain in his lower back.
07/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Injured stated that he was on a step ladder and fell off injuring his left arm.
07/11/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was removing a bent bolt from a hole. Injured accidently hit the wrong lever on the roof bolter causing the bolt to spin which struck the injured resulting in a broken bone in his arm.
07/07/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured in the #1 heading on the 8 West section between the #0 and #1 crosscuts. The fall was 18 feet wide by 30 feet long.
07/03/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured in the #5 entry of the 8 west section at the #13 break. The fall is 42 feet long and 25 feet wide.
06/29/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the intersection of the #24 break in the #4 heading on the 8O section.
06/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Injured was going to the section parts car to get parts. When he stepped off of the ride, he stepped in a water hole and twisted his right ankle.
06/02/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured on the old Shawnee side of the mine inby the belt slope at number 72 break.
06/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Injured was moving a gob switch when a piece of rock 1 foot by 1.5 feet by 1 inch thick struck the top of his right hand resulting in a laceration which required 25 stitches.
05/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Injured was getting out of a shuttle car when his legs split causing him to strain his groin.
05/16/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Injured was installing monorail bolts. After scaling some small pieces of rock from the top, he began drilling a hole. After the hole was drilled about a foot, a piece of rock appproximately 12""x 12"...
05/04/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the right return on the 8O section. The fall was 160 feet in length and 10 to 15 high and extended from the #23 break inby to #24.
04/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered between the 8O and 8P recovery faces in the #3 entry. Beginning inby the #1 crosscut. The fall length is 90 feet long and 20 wide. The fall will be breakered off.
03/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred one break outby the slope bottom near the belt shack.
03/09/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Brakes on the elevator slipped and allowed the elvevator to drift. The brake coil and shoes were replaced.
03/07/2006 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Injured was installing a degas packer in a degas hole. The packer was pressurized but continued to leak water. Injured looked into the hole and the end of the packer blew out, striking the injured in...
02/18/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost Injured walked up beside of a tramming scoop without letting the operator know that he was there. As he turn to flag the operator his left foot was ran over by the scoop tire.
02/17/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on the 8O section. The roof fall occurred in the #1 heading just inby the #27 crosscut and extended inby for 60 feet. The fall was 10 to 12 feet high and 22 to 23 feet wide. The a...
02/16/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was cutting a piece of cable out of a belt line. The cable was under tension and when he cut it the cable wrapped around his left index finger and left little finger. This resulted in a cut to...
02/14/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured was grinding on a piece of metal when a metal partical flew up and struck the injured in the eye.
02/01/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was knocking a block out of a stopping when a piece of roof rock fell and struck him on the right forearm. This resulted in a laceration requiring 4 stitches.
01/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall located at #41 crosscut between the #2 to #3 heading was discovered by a fireboss on his weekly walk. The fall was 8 feet wide by 30 feet long and ranged in thickness from 0"" to 48"". The fall...
01/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Injured was standing in a crosscut when a piece of rock measuring 41""x27""x1"" thick fell from between the roof bolts and rib and struck him on the back of the neck.
12/09/2005 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Injured was changing out a set of batteries on his hauler. As he was lowering the lid on the batteries 6 cells grounded out. This caused battery acid and other debris to strike the injured in the face...
11/26/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the intersection of the #2 heading at break #23. The fall extended over into the adjacent crosscuts. The fall was 40 feet long and 19 feet wide.
11/25/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall occurred in the #3 entry, #7 break on the 8 West section. The fall length was 35 feet long and 18 feet wide.
11/19/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Injured had just installed a roof bolt and as he was reaching to remove his wrench a piece of rock measuring 18""x6""x4"" thick fell and struck injured on both the right hand and right wrist.
11/19/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Injured was sawing a 3x3 timber when the saw jumped out of the groove cut by the blade and cut his left index finger. Laceration was 2 inches long.
11/17/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 147d lost Injured and co-worker were installing a set of double door frames. Frame work was stood up and when they lifted up a leg to install some additional blocking the frame fell and pulled the injured to th...
10/12/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall occurred at the intersection of #38 break in the #2 heading on 8 haulage extension. The fall was 18 feet by 18 feet and was 4 feet thick in the center.
10/07/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Injured was getting out of a ram car when he stepped on to some loose rock on the bottom causing him to twist his knee.
10/07/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured had just arrived on the section and walked up to the roofbolter and took a sandwich out of his dinner bucket. As he was getting ready to take bite of the sandwich when a rock fell out of the t...
10/03/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A piece of roof rock fell and struck the injured under the right eye. This resulted in a laceration that required 5 stitches.
10/01/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 4d restricted Injured was walking down an entry when he felt something in his knee pop.
09/19/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had installed a leg for a truss bolt. As he was pushing the end of the leg up against the roof with a piece of drill steel in order to secure it against the top, out of the walkway the leg sl...
09/15/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A cam lever bracket broke off of its mount at the bottom of the elevator shaft. This would not allow the elevator to function properly. It took 44 minutes to repair the bracket.
09/09/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall occurred on the 8 South section at the intersection of the #8 crosscut in the #2 heading. The fall is 18' wide X 50' long X 6-8' thick. The area had been bolted with 5 foot install b bolts and...
08/17/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occured in the #10 intersection of the #4 heading on the 8 West section. The fall was approximately 20 feet wide and 20 feet long and ranged from 0 to 9 feet thick. The area was bolted wit...