RIVER VIEW MINE — Accidents

Total: 805 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/03/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost employee was working on a clean coal screen on a 12 foot step ladder and as he was climbing down, he slipped and fell off the ladder from approximately 8 feet and landed on the heels of his feet. (fra...
07/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a belt extension on No. 5 unit when he cut his ear on a damaged ""pie pan"". The cut required 3 stitches.
06/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking outer cover off a miner in order to access the cutting motor panel. In the process he caught his finger tip between his screwdriver, the rub rail and the panel cover resulting in a...
05/20/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was being transported in the #11 seam on a diesel ride in order to get his golf cart ride. While in transit, a small piece of gob fell out between roof bolts and hit the top of his head. This...
05/13/2014 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing belt hangers using a double boom truss bolter in the LOCC of Number 1 unit in a future header hole location. A piece of rock fell from between the roof bolts striking him on th...
05/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Employee was trying to get a loop of miner water hose out of his cars haulageway. As he pulled hard on the loop of hose to pull it through the miner cable slack pile, he strained his left bicep and sh...
05/08/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Employee was pulling rock with pry bar. When the rock came down he jumped back causing him to twist his knee. He started missing work on July 18, 2014 to have surgery to repair a torn ACL.
04/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE Came in early to load supplies for a belt lay. He was tramming a scoop with his hand on the canopy with finger tips exposed. When the top got lower it mashed his left ring finger between the canopy...
04/15/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting a miner cable open for the mechanic to splice and the belt knife slipped out cutting his upper left leg. He received 8 stitches and returned to work on the same shift.
04/11/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing 8' cable bolts when his steel plugged up, as he was trying to spin them out of the roof his steels separated and the rotating drill steel struck his hand and caused a lacerati...
03/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee was on his knees helping to hang cables near the feeder. As he stood up from his kneeling postion, he felt pain in his hip and thigh and had trouble walking. It was determined that he had a h...
03/18/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Employee was connecting his jeep to a trash dumpster at the shaft bottom. He leaned over to place a chain through a clevis. As he stood up he felt a pain shoot through his lower back and down his legs...
03/14/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 30d restricted Employee was unloading pin board from scoop bucket, standing at the edge of bucket he picked up some boards and turned to load onto the bolter when he slipped off the edge of bucket and fell, his body...
03/13/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was tramming the miner in the #9 entry into the last open xcut, He had stopped the miner to put a trailing cable strap onto the tail. He was walking beside the miner when he struck his right ear on...
03/06/2014 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The 11 bottom supply man did not close the outer landing gate or securely attach a safety chain during and after unloading a trailer of rock dust from the cage. He lost control of the trailer allowing...
02/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost EE was in the process of loading 6' glue from a scoop bucket onto his bolter. He had the bundle of glue on his shoulder and twisted around to place glue onto the bolter, He felt a sharp pain in his lo...
02/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was hanging a miner cable in No. 3 entry when he though he pulled something in his stomach area. He continued to work until March 20, 2014 when he starting missing work. The incident was unde...
02/25/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was setting jack pipe for the #1 unit tailpiece. He had set the jack pipe against the roof and was putting the bottom of the pipe in place. The jack pipe then fell smashing his middle two fingers o...
02/12/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was disconnecting a trailer to the lowtrac, the employee driving the scoop behind him pulled up to close to the trailer pinning EE's leg between the scoop and the trailer.
02/04/2014 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 3d restricted The roof bolter was being trammed from the side controls. The accident victim told his partner he would take over tramming from the rear deck. As he entered the deck his partner stepped away from the...
01/07/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was in the process of removing belt structure. He was loosening the belt on the structure and his finger was caught between the impact wrench and the structure.
12/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 32d restricted Employee strained his shoulder pulling on a miner cable. He started missing on 2/14/14 to have shoulder surgery.
11/26/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repairing a brattice on No. 2 unit. When he turned around he tripped over a concrete block. As he fell his ankle twisted resulting in a hairline fracture.
11/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was in the process of removing a frozen bottom belt roller. He was using a screw driver and a hammer to break the roller free to remove it. As he lifted the roller he strained himself. T...
10/18/2013 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Grease pump was placed on front section of truck and was not secured properly. EE moved a jack under the rear section of the truck and hit the power cable to the grease pump, caused it to fall on his...
10/09/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Attempting to split high voltage guard - guard was on ground and employee straddle guard on knees and holding end of guard with left hand. Knife slipped and hit the hand that was holding guard. (stitc...
10/08/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was exiting the operators deck of a battery scoop. As he stepped out of the deck onto his left foot, his left knee popped and he experienced a lot of pain. He was unable to continue working d...
10/07/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee was collecting his tools for the night when he turned and his right knee gave out. He fell to the ground experiencing severe pain and unable to put any weight on the leg. He began missing wor...
10/05/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost EE was working on the installation of an overcast. While he was walking from one side of the x-cut to the other, he stepped on a small piece of rock causing his foot to give.
09/21/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was cutting pipe with a belt knife when the knife came out of the pipe and cut him on his left thumb.
09/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was moving a broken metal road drag that came off his ram car used for dusting. When he lifted it on one end he felt a pain in his lower stomach. He continued to work until 10-23-13 when the...
09/19/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a roof bolter in the No. 3 entry on the No. 9 unit. When he pressed his drill steel against the mine roof to start drilling a hole, a small piece of material approximately 1'x 1...
09/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured miner was in the process of moving power on the unit. When he removed the tie wire holding up the continuous miner cable, a rock that was apparently lying on the cable fell and hit him on the...
09/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee, the scoop man was helping clean up cribbing from a maintenance job. As he was stacking the blocks another worker threw a crib block from 12 feet into the scoop bucket striking EE's right mi...
08/26/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Roof bolting with 3 section steel - when starting the 3rd section the drill steel flexed under pressure striking his right hand causing a laceration between thumb and index finger. (he received 3 sti...
08/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee went to retrieve a part he dropped onto the belt as he turned to run he hit his forehead on the airline shut off valve. He received 6 stitches. No lost time.
08/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was exiting the 80 person cage as he stepped around a co-worker who was closing the outer gate he stepped off the sidewalk down to the gravel. The uneven distance was 5 to 7 inches, this jarred his...
07/08/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Miner was opening a set of air-lock doors to let a scoop through. While in the process of closing a door, it came back and hit him on the left arm and side of his body. He continued to work for 2 mont...
06/21/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee was stacking crib blocks. While doing so, he stepped on a broken concrete block, causing him to twist his right knee. This occurred on the last shift before summer vacation. While off, he wen...
06/20/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found in the 2nd North panel blocking the No. 1 and 2 entries, the No. 2 unit right return. There was also a fall in the No. 3 neutral entry. The location was at spad No. 40+83.
06/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping to install the bottom roller when the framing slid and mashed his left index finger between the roller and the belt structure. (Fracture of left index finger)
06/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing panic strip of roof bolter. In the process he mashed the tip of his finger and required stitches.
06/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was hooking up a charger receptacle after making a circuit breaker test. When he pulled on the cable to hook it up he felt a pain in his groin. He returned to work on June 6 and 7. He took va...
04/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost Employee lifted the tongue of a rock duster in order to pin it to his jeep. In doing so he felt a pull, a burning and stinging in his right shoulder. He continued to work the rest of the year and firs...
04/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost Employee was changing the jack on a roof bolter operator canopy. While the jack and canopy assembly was lying on the mine floor, the sliding canopy extension fell to the mine floor striking the victim...
04/17/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost Employee was transferring roof bolts from a scoop bucket to a roof bolter. In doing so he rotated his body without moving his feet while holding a load of roof bolts in his arms. He felt a sharp pain...
03/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on the batteries on the Joy Ram Car where he had the lid raised. The lid came loose and fell on his left ring finger. EE went to the nurses station on site and was sent for x-rays where...
03/04/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was roof bolting, #2 unit #11 seam, she went to the back of the machine to get a new pinner steel. As she bent over to get the steel some material came down and struck her in the lower back....
02/21/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost A belt mechanic had climbed upon the apron of #8b tailpiece to clean a water spray. As he was climbing down he grabbed a jack pipe for a hand hold and it came loose as he fell. He landed on his right...
02/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While loading belt materials onto a slide, EE had his hands on a set of conveyor belt framing. Two other workers were loading 20 foot sections of water line onto the same slide and bumped into the fra...