Powhatan No. 6 Mine — Accidents

Total: 910 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/25/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CARRYING A STEP LADDER WHILE LOOKING AT A HUNG WATER LINE, HE TRIPPED OVER A PIPESTAND STRIKING HIS LOWER LEG ON A BELT STRUCTURE BRACKER. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS AWARENESS. RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR...
09/23/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost WHILE OPERATING SHEARER A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP OFF CUTTING DRUMS STRIKING VICTIM ON FINGER.
09/19/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS UNLOADING CRIB BLKS FROM A SUPPLY CAR WITH A COWORKER THE COWORKER THREW A CRIB BLOCK WHICH STRUCK THE EE'S FINGER & MASHED IT AGAINST ANOTHER CRIB BLOCK. THERE WERE NO DAMAGES OR IMP AIRMENT T...
09/16/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTING MACH INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE HAD HIS HAND UNDER A ROOF BOLT ASSEMBLY TRYING TO PLACE IT OVER THE BOOM OF THE MAHCINE TO BE PUSHED BY THE BOOM INTO A DRILLED HOL E A PIE...
09/13/2000 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A STOPER ON TOP OF FALL AREA ALONG THE MAIN SOUTH TRACK. HE STEPPED ON LOOSE STONE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO THE MININ G OPERA...
09/12/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A JIG BELLY PAN. HEHE JAMMED HIS HARD HAT ON A RAIL ABOVE HIM. HE WASW KNOCKED BACKWARDS AND FELL ON HIS UPPER BACK AND LOWER NECK. THERE WAS DAMAGE OT IMPAIRMENT TO THE M...
09/12/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A NEW ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE SOUTH MAIN TRACK AT 109 X-CUT. THE FALL IS APPROX 25' LONG BY 22' WIDE AND 4' HIGH. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4' CONCVENTIONAL BOLTS WITH HEADERS, PLANK AND SCREEN. AREA WAS...
09/07/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE SLOPE BELT TAILPIECE AREA. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED ON A CATCH BOARD ON THE FLOOR AND HE FELL INTO THE BELT. HIS LEFT FOREARM WASPINNED BETWEEN THE MOVING TOP BELT AND A TOP ROL LER FOR...
09/07/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR WHEN EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OF MANTRIP. HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACKCAUSE OF INJURY WAS OVEREXERTION COMPLIANCE WITHRULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT NOT A FACT...
09/06/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EE WAS WALKING THRU A CHECK CURTAIN HE SAID HE STEPPED ON A CEMENT BLOCK LAYING IN MUD,SLIPPED OFF BLOCK. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS AWARENESSCOMPLIANCE WITH RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE EQUI PMENT NO...
09/05/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None SUPERVISOR WAS HOLDING A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS PLIERS HOLDING A BOLT. THE PLIERS SLIPPED & HE CUT HIS HAND ON A SHARP PIECE OF THE FACE FLIGHTCAUSE OF INJURY WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTIVE GLOVE S COMPLIA...
08/23/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE SAID WHILE TRAMMING THE MINER TO THE FACE OF NO. 3 ENTRY ON REMOTE, WHILE WALKING BEHIND THE MACHINE HE RAN INTO A CABLE BOLT. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS AWARENESS ON THE PART OF THIS EE. COMPLIAN CE RULE...
08/22/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS WALKING FROM THE PROTAL BUS TO THE CM SECTION UP THE 29 WEST TRACK. HE HIT HIS HARD HAT ON A LOW ROOF BOLT BLOCK IN THE TOP PULLING HIS HEAD BACK. HE SPRAINED HIS NECK. THERE WAS NOT AN Y DAMAG...
08/22/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost ALLEGED INCIDENT WAS TO OCCURRED WHILE THIS EE WAS PULLING HYD HOSES. HOSES CAUGHT AND HE CLAIMS HE STRAINED HIS BACK. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS OVEREXERTION. COMPLIANCE WITH RULES/ REGS NOT A FACTO R, PROT...
08/22/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #1 PORTAL #1 MANTRIP TRACK AT 5 AND 70 FEET. FALL WAS 32 FT LONG, 19 FT WIDE AND 7 FT HIGH. AREA HAD BEEN ROOF BOLTED AND PIN TIMBERED. FALL OCCURRED DUE TO DETERI ORATION...
08/12/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ONTO THE WORKING SECTION T THE START OF THE SHIFT. HE HIT A ROOF BOLT BLOCK WITH HIS HARD HAT, JARRING HIS NECK. THE BOLT BLOCK WAS HANGING A LITTLE LOWER THAN ROOF SUPPOR TS. THE...
08/11/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER ALONG THE BELT LINE. HE JAMMED HIS NECK AND FELT PAININ HIS LEFT ARM. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO THE MINING OPERATION.
08/07/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE OUTSIDE SUPPLY YARD. HE WAS LIFTING A FULL OXYGEN TANK THAT WAS TO BE PLACED IN A TRACK MOUNTED TANK CAR. AS HE LIFTED THE OXYGEN CYLINDER IT SLIPPED IN HIS HAND CA USING H...
07/31/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A DAMAGED CORNER OF AN OVERCAST MADE FROM CEMENT BLOCKS. EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING BLOCKS AT BOTTOM OF OVERCAST WHEN A CEMENT BLOCK BROKE OFF THE OVERCAST ABOVE THE AREA HE WA WORKING...
07/25/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS INSTALLING A LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE CEILING OF THE 01 PORTAL CONFERENCE ROOM. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION FIXTURE, HE LACERATED HIS THUMB ON THE FRAME OF THE FIXTURE. THERE WAS NO DA MAGE OR...
07/24/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING LARGE STONES OFF TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. HE HAD A STONE BAR UNDER A LARGE STONE AND WAS PUSHING UP ON BAR TO MOVE THE STONE. HE FELT PRESSURE IN LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN....
07/22/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SHIELDS ON THE HIGHWALL FACE WHILE COAL WAS BEING MINED. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND RESTING ON THE HANDRAIL FOR THE SPILL PLATE BY THE SHEARER CABLE TROUGH. AS THE SHEARER MINED PAST HI...
07/21/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING POSTS FROM A SUPPLY CAR INTO A CROSSCUT ALONG THE MAIN NORTH TRACK. HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE CAR WHILE THROWING THE POSTS OFF. HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP, SPRA INING H...
07/20/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP A LOWBOY TONGUE BY HAND AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS PUSHING ANOTHER LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS GOING TO BE COUPLED TO THE LOWBOY TONGUE. EMPLOYEE DROPPED T...
07/18/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT METAL BLADES ON A BELT SCRAPER AT THE 26W BELT DRIVE TRANSFER. THE SCREWDRIVER HE WAS USING TO PRY LOOSE THE METAL BLADES SLIPPED AND HE LACERATED HIS THUMB ON THE M ETAL BLA...
07/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHERS LOAD A CANOPY FOR A SCOOP CAR ONTO THE BUCKET OF ANOTHER SCOOP CAR. CANOPY FELL OFF BUCKET AND SMASHED HIS LEFT FOOTONTO THE MINE FLOOR. HIS FOOT AND ANKLE WERE BRU ISED. H...
07/17/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 221d lost EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE INSTALLIG SCREEN ON THE MINE ROOF. WHILE PUTTING SCREEN UP AGAINST THE MINE ROOF FOR BOLTING, HE FELT PAIN N SHOULDER. NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT OCCURRED TO THE M...
06/30/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER CO-WORKER WERE UNLOADING TRACK RAILS. VICTIM WAS MOVING A RAIL OVER TO RIB WHEN HIS BUDDY PRYED ANOTHER RAIL OFF RAIL TRUCK STRIKING INJURED'S ANKLE. CAUSE OF THE INJURY W AS POOR...
06/29/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE WAS HELPING OTHERS INSTALL A SPLICE IN THE TROLLEY WIRE ALONG THE 28 WEST MN TRACK. THE TROLLEY WIRE PULLED OUT OF THE SPLICE AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE UPPER LEFT LIP, LACERATING THE LIP AND BRUISIN...
06/29/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost EE WAS HELPING OTHERS MOVE LONGWALL POWER CABLES TO A NEW SET UP. AS HE WAS PULLING ON A CABLE HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS SHOULDER WHEN THE CABLE CAUGHT ON SOMETHING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRM...
06/29/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A SCOOP CAR. BOTH FEET SLIPPED ON THE SCOOP CAR SEAT AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO THE MINING OPERATION OR EQUIPMENT. THE INJURY DID NOT I NVOLVE...
06/24/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING BOOM ON BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS ANKLE. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS AWARENESS AND NOT SEALING ROOF. COMPLOUANCE WITH RULES REGS WAS NOT A FACTOR, PERS ONAL EQ...
06/20/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AT THE FACE AREA. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A ROOFBOLT ASSEMBLY INTO A DRILLED HOLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, THE INJURY RESULTED FROM THE EMPL...
06/19/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JEEP WHEN THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE TROLLEY WIRE. HE PLACED THE POLE BACK ONTO THE WIRE AS THE JEEP WAS MOVING. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON WIRE MESH ON THE MINE ROOF, AND SPRAINED...
06/13/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS EXITING A SCOOP CAR. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK ON THE MINE FLOOR AND HE HIT HIS ANKLE ON THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP CAR BEHIND THE SEAT. THERE WAS NOT DAMAGE OR IMPARIMENT TO THE MINING O...
06/10/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost EE WAS CARRYING PIECES FOR AN IMPACT BED FROM THE TRUCK TO THE 7TH TRANSFER OF THE MAIN NORTH BELT. AS HE LIFTED A PIECE OF THE IMPACT BED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER, TESTICLES, AND LOW ER BACK...
05/15/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF STEEL MONORAIL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A WATER PIPE; HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT TO THE MINING OPERATION/EQUIP...
05/12/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR ON UNEVEN BOTTOM ON A CONTINUOUS MINER SECTION. AS HE WASTRAMMING THE SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT HIS HARD HAT ONUNDERSIDE OF CANOPY. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK, RIGHT SHOUL...
05/08/2000 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING AT A ROOF REHABILITATION JOB SITE AT THE APPROACHES TO VENT. SEALS, WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED AN AREA WITH LOW O2 LEVELS. EE BENT OVER TO ASSIST ANOTHER EE WHEN HE WAS OVERCOME AND BECAME U...
05/08/2000 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE WAS WORKING ON A ROOF REHAB PROJECT AT THE APPROACHES TO SOME VENTILATION SEALS. WHEN HE TRAVELED OUTBY THE WORK SITE TO EXAMINE THE AREA HE ENCOUNTERED 02 DEFIECIENT AIR. HE WAS RENDERED U NCONSCI...
05/05/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EE WAS CUTTING LINKS OUT OF FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN WITH TORCH. WHEN FINAL CUT WAS MADE THE LINK FLEW APART AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF CHEST, FRACTURING 10TH RIB ON LEFT SIDE.
05/01/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LATCHING DOWN A TROLLEY POLE ON A TROLLEY POWERED PERSONNEL CARRIER (JEEP). THE LATCH WAS NOT FULLY ENGAGED AND WHEN HE LET GO OF THEPOLE, IT FLEW UPS TRIKING HIM IN HIS NOSE. T HERE WAS...
04/28/2000 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE WAS ADVANCING SHIELDS ON THE LONGWALL FACE. HE HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE HANDRAIL OF THE PANLINE. A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM THE TOP BETWEEN THE SHIELDS AND HIT THE TOP OF HIS HAND . THERE W...
04/19/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE TRAILING CABLE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE INTO HOOKS SUSPENDED FROM TOP. AS HE LIFTED THE CABLE OVER HIS SHOULDERS, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND ABDOMEN. THERE WA...
04/18/2000 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None AT 8:00 PM THE SECURITY GUARD DISCOVERED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE #1 PORTAL OFFICE BUILDING. A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN AN OLD SHOWER/ CHANGE ROOM THAT WAS BEING USED TO STORE OLD RECORDS AND FIL ES. THE...
04/11/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINING THE A WEST BELTLINE. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED WHEN HE STEPPED ON WET, SLOPPY ACCUMULATIONS. HE FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT WRIST ON A CRIB AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE INJURY DID...
04/05/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEARER ON THE LONGWALL FACE. THE TRAILING CABLE FOR THE SHEARER FELL OUT OF THE SPILL TROUGH. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE CABLE BACK INTO THE SPILL HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RI GHT LEG...
03/31/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS HELPING OTHERS LOAD 8"" X 8"" X 8' WOODEN POSTS FROM THE MINE FLOOR TO THE TOP OF A SCOOP CAR. AS HE WAS BENT OVER LIFTING A POST HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THERE WAS NO IMP AIRME...
03/28/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost EE WAS LOADING BUNDLES OF ROOF BOLTS ONTO A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. AS HE LIFTED A BUNDLE OF BOLTS HE PULLED HIS SHOULDER AND NECK. THERE WAS NO IMPAIRMENT OF MINING OPERATION OR ANY DAMAGE TO M INING E...
03/28/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP THE TRAILING CABLE FOR A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE LEVEL WIND OF THE REEL CAME ON JERKED THE CABLE HE WAS HOLDING, SPRAINING HIS WRIST. THERE WAS NO IMPAIRMENT TO THE M INING O...