RIVER VIEW MINE — Accidents
Total: 805 accidents | Fatalities: 2
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/14/2017 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee struck head on a pin board while walking back to ram car. EE later went to a Chiropractor. This incident was originally filed by 7000-1 on 12/22/17 but failed to go through due to an error. T... |
| 12/01/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While striking a stopped up pinner steel with a claw hammer, the hammer slipped and struck ee in the nose. This resulted in a laceration that required two sutures. |
| 11/17/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was changing out belt rollers. While EE and another EE had a top roller raised to install, it slipped out of EE's hand and landed on EE's right hand that was between the roller and the belt framing... |
| 11/04/2017 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 14d lost | Employee was going to move a miner to another entry. As they stood up from a kneeling position, they felt a pop in the right knee. Employee continued working until 1/23/18 at which time they started m... |
| 10/20/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 106d lost | While walking to the last open crosscut to repair a miner cable, the unit mechanic fell down fracturing thier left tibia at the knee and the ankle. |
| 10/17/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was taking down a slide anchor for a shuttle car. In doing so employee cut employee's left index finger on a pin plate requiring three (3) stitches. |
| 10/17/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 20d lost | EE was stepping up from a feeder hole into a crosscut in order to put up a shuttle car anchor (3rd Shift). When put pressure on the left foot, ee felt a pop in left calf muscle. It began to swell and... |
| 09/27/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was struck in the face under the lower lip by a small piece of flying metal while changing miner bits. The metal had to be surgically removed resulting in 8 stitches inside of mouth. |
| 09/21/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 82d lost | Employee was exiting a battery scoop deck, after using the scoop to load employee's rock dust car. As employee exited, employee's right knee popped and employee fell to the ground. Employee was unable... |
| 09/12/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was attempting to break a pin board in half. When they struck it against the shuttle car canopy. They inadvertently struck the left ring finger against the steel canopy, After seeing a doctor... |
| 08/22/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE noticed dust coming out of the air curtain located underneath the canopy on a shuttle car. EE began to clean out dust that had collected in and around the air duct. While using left hand to clean t... |
| 08/15/2017 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 120d lost | EE had been working around the mechanic shack and had sat down next to the tool box. While EE was sitting there, a piece of draw (gob) fell out between roof bolts and hit EE on the shoulders and right... |
| 07/25/2017 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | While inspecting the hoist and hoist rope at RV1 portal, the inspector found that the service hoist thimble connecting the service hoist counter weight rope to the counter weight had slipped through t... |
| 07/10/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 75d lost, 8d restricted | EE was working second shift on July 10th, the first shift back from vacation shutdown. Approximately three(3)hours into the shift, EE twisted right knee and heard a loud pop as EE was transferring a b... |
| 06/07/2017 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While roof bolting, the EE started EE's steel on the middle pin when a piece of material fell out striking EE's ring finger on EE's right hand. The finger was pinned against the pot of the bolter. Aft... |
| 05/08/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was hanging a roof bolter cable while the operator was reeling up the cable slack. While doing so, the cable tightened up and hit ee on the right side of mouth. After an investigation was completed... |
| 05/05/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 30d lost | While lifting a 12 volt battery out of a golf cart, EE felt a burning sensation in the area of the navel and above. Surgery was performed to repair a hernia on July 5, 2017 during vacation shut down.... |
| 04/28/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was working on a feeder. After getting the feeder on the tailpiece, EE was trying to place a pin in the feeder to hold it in place. While operating the controls, EE was attempting to place the pin... |
| 04/26/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | employee was driving to the unit to repair a continuous miner. EE traveled thru a clear curtain on the supply road, as ee traveled thru ee didnt pay attention to the road and struck a coal rib.H EE wa... |
| 04/18/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 126d lost | EE was walking down #4 entry (#1 unit) to roll up a curtain near the face when EE stepped in a hole. EE said that EE felt a pop in EE's left knee. EE has been experiencing some soreness in the back of... |
| 04/11/2017 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was roof bolting on the #9 unit when the pinner steel fell from the roof and struck the boom and hit employee in the mouth causing small laceration to the lip and chipped a front tooth. |
| 04/06/2017 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | The counterweight guide shoes were worn allowing the counterweight to separate within the guide rails. This caused the counterweight to strike a cross beam damaging it. It also caused the two (2) conn... |
| 04/03/2017 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While removing pinner steel from the chuck, a piece of material fell striking EE's fingers and mashing them against the pinner boom. EE's right pinky finger had to have two stitches. |
| 04/01/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was working on a continuous miner using a come-a-long to pull the CM cats back together. While doing so, the come-a-long came off. The hook of the come-a-long flew back and hit EE in the upper lip... |
| 03/30/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 77d lost | Employee was loading concrete blocks into a scoop bucket when employee felt a sharp pain in employee's lower back. Employee was able to continue working until employee started missing work to have sur... |
| 03/21/2017 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was in the process of bending a spiral auger using a P120 Iron Worker machine. While the auger was bending, it broke apart and the short end of it flew back and hit the EE in the mouth. The impact... |
| 03/17/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While in the process of building a concrete brattice, EE was stacking the blocks and while doing so, the pile of blocks shifted and fell catching right middle finger between two (2) blocks. This smash... |
| 03/01/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was traveling down the 4B travel way when something got into left eye. The tiny object flew up off of the front of the hood of the ride EE was driving. EE finished the shift. The next day EE came i... |
| 02/06/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was operating a diesel scoop with the bucket first. As employee backed around a crosscut, employee was looking back and put employee's right hand on the edge of the operator's deck. The bucket end... |
| 02/01/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS RECLAIMING BELT STRUCTURE INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN EE FELT SOME PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK. WAS SEEN BY CHIROPRACTOR ON 02/03/2017. |
| 01/29/2017 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A roof fall occurred in the NO. 4 belt entry of the 2nd North East Panel at spad 22+79. It measured approximately 50 X 18 x 8 feet. The fall fell on the second flight of belt off of number 2 unit. The... |
| 01/05/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While loading pin boards on top of a roof bolter, EE was also stacking the boards. At the same time EE was stacking boards, another employee who was also loading pin boards, accidentally dropped a boa... |
| 11/02/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was changing out belt rollers on the 4th 54 NE belt. In order to do this, EE was using a pry bar to lift the belt up and off the belt rollers. As EE was pulling down on the pry bar to lift up the b... |
| 11/01/2016 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was pulling supplies to No. 11 unit when ee hit a bump in the road jarring lower back. EE later went to a chiropractor for treatment. |
| 10/26/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was loading the tray for the Roof Ranger II roof bolter with roof bolts. While pulling a roof bolt off the side of the roof bolter, EE lost footing, causing the bolt being pulled on to strike EE in... |
| 09/29/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was repairing the corner post insulators on a shuttle car. While holding the post up out of its holder in attempt to reach under the solid steel 2"" post 3' long to slip the insulators on the... |
| 09/23/2016 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was spotting roof bolts outby for a board row to be used when erecting an airlock. EE drilled a starter hole, then stopped to assemble a bolt for their partner. As EE was about to hand their... |
| 09/23/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 20d lost | While roof bolting employee reached to pull a pinner steel from the roof when left shoulder popped and began hurting. EE's first day to miss work is 9-18-2017. |
| 09/12/2016 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was roof bolting on No. 3 unit. Pinner steel was hung in the drill chuck and when employee jerked it out of the chuck, it struck employee on the nose. This resulted in a laceration requiring... |
| 08/30/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was working on the belt crew extending the belt up to the unit. While doing so, the chain & flange that was used to pull the tailpiece broke, hitting ee in the right leg above the knee. EE had to h... |
| 08/24/2016 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was cutting a feeder hole with a continuous miner nearby the anchor for a shuttle car. The car cable had been hung up to the roof by tie wires in the crosscut. When the car moved, the tie wires bro... |
| 08/08/2016 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee got a foreign object in right eye. Employee seen an eye doctor on 08/09/2016 and had to manually extract a small piece of foreign material. Employee did not miss any work... |
| 07/19/2016 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a grinder on a dumpster. Later in the day eye was bothering employee but thought it was flashburn. On Friday, July 22, reported it as an injury. An ophthalmologist removed a piece o... |
| 06/07/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 57d lost, 2d restricted | While changing battery cells in one of the unit Ram Cars. EE had removed a bad cell & picked it up by hand from on top of the battery. As EE was sitting down, EE tripped on a rock, causing EE to lose... |
| 06/02/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 95d lost | Employee was installing a 6' roof fully grouted roof bolt which had to be bent before installing. When straightening the roof bolt it spun around causing EE to fall forward. This caused a sharp pain i... |
| 05/23/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 101d lost | Employee was lifting a belt stand onto a skid where the top was lower. While placing the stand on top of the stack, EE felt a pain in lower back and a pop in right shoulder. EE started missing work d... |
| 05/16/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The shuttle car operator was cleaning out the duct work for the car's air canopy system. EE hung their thumb in the fan causing an abrasion and a non-displaced fracture to the tip of the thumb. |
| 05/16/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The Roof bolter operator was bending a roof bolt. The roof bolt slipped causing employee to twist wrist resulting in a hairline fracture. |
| 05/13/2016 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 113d lost | EE is a rock duster in the #11 seam. While ee was moving to the next crosscut, the battery hauler that ee was operating bounced up several times jarring ee back. EE continued to work until 9/22/16. EE... |
| 05/06/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was splicing a car cable. EE split one side of the cable and started to finish the other side. Another employee noticed bleeding and it was discovered that EE had a small cut on knuckle. EE h... |