Powhatan No. 6 Mine — Accidents

Total: 910 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/21/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was cutting a section of hose with a razor knife and cut his thumb. He got 5 stitches on his thumb.
02/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 147d lost Employee was loading parts for the raw coal jigs-elevator buckets and felt pain in his right arm. EE started losing time on 2/27/13
02/16/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 310d lost Employee was in the process of rolling up canvas. As he rolled up the canvas a piece of stone came down and hit him on the neck. Began losing time on 2-21-13.
02/13/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee in the supply yard, he got into a mine car to move some hose, slipped in the car and fractured a rib.
02/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 189d lost Employee was changing a training roller on the the South 60 belt. He raised the roller and it fell back smashing his right hand between the roller and belt structure. He sustained a laceration.
02/09/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 176d lost Employee was walking along the track and fell down. Unknown reason to him.
02/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee was unloading a car of rock dust and felt pain in his abdomen.
02/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loosing a side panel on a belt conveyor mucker. The plate slipped and had a sharp point. Causing a puncture wound to his hand.
02/06/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee was working on a continuous miner. He was using a ratchet in a confined space to loosen a bolt (load lock). The bolt let loose under full force causing him to smash his thumb.
02/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning the bath house. As he was sweeping he backed up and fell, fractured his wrist.
02/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 183d lost Employee was carrying monorail on the longwall with another employee and slipped in the mud. Felt pain in lower back.
02/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was assigned to remove a stopping. He was using a crib block to remove some blocks when a cement block fell on his left thumb causing a laceration.
01/31/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 133d lost Employee was sliding 4 inch pipe through a masonry stopping when the pipe stopped suddenly when it hit a bolt block. It fractured his left wrist.
01/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was moving longwall monorail. He bent over to pick up one end of the monorail and it was stuck in the mud. He felt pain in his shoulder.
01/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 132d lost Employee was lifting a mine post and felt pain in his lower back. Employee started losing time as of 1/29/13.
01/09/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 708d lost Employee was supplying a roof bolter and felt pain in his right shoulder. Began losing time 4/22/13.
12/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee was loading bundles of 8 foot roof bolts onto the rib roof bolter. As he was loading a bundle of roof bolts, a wire from the roof bolts became caught in his gloves. The bundle of roof bolts f...
12/31/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was walking down the longwall face. He stopped at #30 shield and some stone started to fall from between the shields. He had his hand on the the hand rail and the stone struck his hand. He su...
12/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee was walking into the face area to apply rockdust. He stepped into a hole and fell to the mine floor. As he was falling the left ankle fell under him and bent over. Fractured left ankle.
12/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a rock and another rock slid. He sustained a laceration to the right thumb. 5 stitches
12/26/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was using a belt bed rail to pry up on a roll of belt and felt pain in his back.
12/23/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred between 40 and 41 crosscut at 40.75. It was 22 feet long, 5 feet wide and 8 feet high.
12/13/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost Employee was moving a pile of rock and was on his knees. The rock pile slide and struck him on the right wrist. The wrist is fractured.
12/12/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was assisting another roof bolter to install messenger wire. A 4 foot roof bolt was being installed to secure the messenger wire and the injured was holding the messenger wire in place. The r...
12/10/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was assigned to clean on the inclined slope belt. As he walking down the slope to clean material he slipped on a rock. His left ankle rolled causing pain in ankle and bottom of his foot. Bega...
12/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was operating a pump car. As he was raising the out of a water hole he felt pain in his arm. Strained Left Shoulder. Began losing time on 01/7/2013.
11/20/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was knocking a hole through a wall. The tool went through the hole smashing his finger. 7 stitches.
11/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost EE was lifting a water pump and felt pain in his back. Began losing time on 11/30/12.
11/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost EE was pulling a L.W. shield over a crib block. The crib block shifted and came down on his foot.
10/29/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EE slipped on 777 Cat Haul Truck. He lost his footing and struck his knee.
10/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE attempting to put a draw bar for a low boy on top of a locomotive and the bar slipped striking his foot.
10/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 174d lost EE was standing on top of a conveyor belt and reaching for a cable when his foot slipped causing pain in his leg.
10/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a hammer over a pin. Another employee struck the hammer and glanced off the first hammer. Got a piece of metal in his thumb.
10/12/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was watching an employee tighten a bean with a pick hammer. Hammer slipped out of his hand and struck the foreman
10/11/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee at the prep plant was tightening a bolt on a CMI when his hand slipped - puncturing his hand
10/03/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was observing belt parts being moved when a part became stuck and swung and hit him in the rt lower leg. Began losing time 10-15-12
10/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping move a track rail on top of a mine car. As the rail slid it cut his middle finger
10/03/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost Employee was cleaning conveyor belt in a low area. The belt caught his shovel and pulled it into the structure.
09/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was lifting a portable welder and felt a pain in his lower back. Employee did not start to lose time until the date of: 10-14-12
09/27/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was roof bolting. His steels became clogged dropped the head and spun the head. Steel hit him above the left eye, 10 stitches.
09/24/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None McMahon Creek elevator went down and was repaired at 7:45 AM. Replaced breaker.
09/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was positioning a roof strap and it became wedged. It became loose hitting the employee.
09/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was preparing to move into a switch. He pulled on the switch handle felt pain in elbow.
09/05/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof Fall 12 To 13 East off old 2nd Main North. 40' Long X 10' High x 17' Wide
08/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 7d restricted Employee was moving T-5 channels (16' long) from one roof bolter to another. Channel slipped out of his hand and he grabbed it. Felt pain in shoulder. Began losing time 9/20/2012.
08/29/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall cool hill #2 belt (#3 Entry) between 39 and 40 x-cut. 10 feet high - 30 feet long - 18 feet wide.
08/27/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 119d lost Employee walking the track entry in the middle of the track. He stepped a track tie and his foot slipped off twisting his left ankle.
08/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping to load belt drive parts. As one part was loaded onto the scoop a piece of blocking came out and lacerated his thumb.
08/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Employee was loading roof bolts onto a roof bolter. He was putting a bundle of bolts down. A wire from the bundle caught his glove and smashed finger between bolts and roof bolter.
08/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost Employee was pulling on shearer jack and felt pain in groin area