RIVER VIEW MINE — Accidents

Total: 805 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/17/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Employee was loading a bucket of brattice plaster into his scoop bucket when he felt pain in his lower back. He went to Doctor and was xrayed. Xrays were clear and he was released for work. On 2-11-13...
02/11/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was driving a loaded shuttle car from No.1 entry across the LOC. As he passed through the No. 2 entry wing curtain, he pushed it away for better vision. There was a piece of fire clay on the...
02/02/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was reclaiming 4 inch high voltage cable, he was cutting a rope hanger when he slipped and cut his right index finger with a belt knife. required 6 stitches.
01/22/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost EE was examining the slope when he encountered an ice covered area as he moved over to get a handhold on the belt structure and lost his footing. Trying to catch himself when he fell his right arm wen...
01/09/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had taken the dust box door off a roof bolter to replace the gasket. While trying to reinstall the door it slipped striking his right little finger resulting in a laceration. The laceration r...
01/09/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was splicing a feeder cable near the slope bottom. His knife slipped and cut his left thumb. The cut required sutures to close the wound. He returned to work his next shift.
12/21/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting mine conveyor belt using a utility knife. The knife blade broke causing him to cut his left hand. He received sutures to close the laceration. The mine was idle from this date un...
12/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of dropping the pinner cable where it was hung up. The operator engaged the reel causing the cable to strike the employee on the nose resulting in a fractured nose.
12/14/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanics were straightening a torque arm on a bus using a torch and come a long. The hook slipped off and struck the employee in the mouth fracturing a tooth that required repair.
12/14/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost The mantrip our miner was riding in coming out of the mines at the end of the work day slid coming around a corner hitting the rib causing our miner to hit his left arm on the rib.
12/12/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was breaking up material on the covers of his miner with a sledge hammer. When he struck it the hammer went thru it and his finger was mashed between the handle and the miner cover. This resu...
11/27/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was bolting an open crosscut. He has put up his last bolt of the shift and was attempting to pry down some loose draw slate between his last row and the ATRS of the bolter. As he pryed the sl...
10/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walked up to the #8 entry (#6 Unit) and knelt down to check on the roof bolter operators. He was preparing to hang a curtain in the entry, when a piece of gob fell out striking him on the for...
09/28/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was trimming a piece of cable, to help the mechanic with a car splice when he slipped cutting his left hand between the thumb and index finger. The laceration took five stitches. He returned...
09/11/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found during the mine examiner's weekly examination. The fall occurred in the #11 seam return, 1st SW Main, between XC 20 & 21 (spad #16 + 00 to 16 + 80). It was in the #8 entry. The m...
08/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee attempted to throw a jack pipe across a belt line to the other side, the pipe came back and struck him in the mouth knocking out a front tooth.
08/22/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost After cutting a header hole a piece of rib came loose and struck employee on the lower left leg.
08/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the miner was in the process of reclaiming, he was stacking belt framing on a skid and accidentally dropped a stand on top of his right foot. X-rays were taken and were found to be negative. Lat...
08/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was un-hanging a roof bolter cable. The bolter operator engaged the reel causing the cable to strike the victim on the side of the head. This resulted in two teeth being dislodged.
08/14/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost The Roof Bolter operator had installed his first bolt in a face. As he was preparing his second bolt some draw slate fell inby the ATRS in the unbolted area. Apparently a piece of the slate flipped ba...
07/27/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting, while putting a steel on the chuck, a rock came off the canopy and struck his right ear. laceration requiring 7 stitches.
07/23/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working as a roof bolter operator opposite the operator's side. The operator was moving the bolter to the next row of bolts to be installed. He hesitated and the victim stepped up to the...
06/28/2012 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None The employee had hooked a chain to a mine belt in order to pull the belt out flat and then to lap it for transport. While the scoop operator was pulling the belt, the chain came off the belt and struc...
06/28/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the employee was carrying a small piece of sheet metal to the upper floor of the prep plant, he accidentally fell and hit his side against a handrail. He was checked by the mine nurse who sent h...
06/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a screw type roof jack on a new belt drive, a pin board that was placed on top of the jack fell striking the employee on the right thumb resulting in a fracture and lacerations requir...
05/31/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee had stayed over after 2nd shift to bolt up. The 3rd shift lead man called the bolter operator over to show him where a roof bolt needed to be spotted. As the lead man walked away he heard a s...
05/11/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going to separate the metal band that was holding roof bolt plates inside the plate container. As he swung the hammer with his right hand to hit the band, he missed the band and hit his...
05/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee (roof bolter operator) was rolling up a wing curtain in the intersection and when he bent down on one knee, a piece of gob fell out and hit his back and left ankle. He began missing work the...
05/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was in the intake air course. He was flipping some rock out of his roadway when he felt a pain in his lower back and right leg.
05/09/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was bolting in the face of No. 3 entry on NO. 7 unit. He had drilled the hole for his rib bolt. As he was installing the glue into the hole a piece of slate fell between him and the middle of...
05/09/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EE was standing beside the roof bolter machine making up 6' bolts when a piece of gob fell out hitting her on the back of her head causing her face to hit the bolter. Her nose began to bleed and when...
05/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading supplies from a scoop bucket on to a roof bolter when he fractured his thumb.
05/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping to stack block to build a brattice. When he reached for a block he cut his hand on a jagged metal band that had been cut on the bundle of blocks. The cut required two stitches to...
04/25/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While grinding a burr off of a grader blade, a piece of metal apparently got into his eye. The metal had to be removed by an opthomologist. This accident was reported on the MSHA 7000-2 quarterly repo...
04/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While loading supplies in his scoop bucket, the employee cut the end of his right middle finger on some pie pans. The cut required two stitches.
04/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost The right miner on No. 4 unit had moved from No. 8 entry to No. 9 entry. EE a ram car driver, picked up the miner cable and was walking it out of the road when he felt his back ""pinch"". He started...
04/16/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee stopped to observe the bolter install an anchor bolt for a shuttle car, believing that the bolter was already in position he started to walk past the operators deck just as the bolter operato...
03/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was standing in some loops of miner cable. When he started to walk away his foot hung in a loop causing him to fall and twist his knee. He is awaiting an MRI analysis but it is believed he ma...
03/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was trying to retrieve his drill steel from the roof. When he reached for the steel it sprang loose striking his right hand between the thumb and index finger causing a laceration that r...
03/21/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost While employee (bolter operator) was installing a cable roof bolt, he accidentally caught the inner part of his left hand between the cable bolt wrench and the mine roof. This caused a cut between his...
03/20/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had a drill steel lodged in the mine roof when installing an 8 foot double lock bolt. While he was in the process of getting the drill steel out of the roof, he accidentally caught his left index f...
03/14/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While replacing a steering Knuckle on a shuttle car, the employee caught his index finger between the tie rod and frame of the car.
02/15/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost While moving a belt reclaim tool from a scoop bucket, employee slipped and fell on the slick surface of the bucket. During his fall, the metal tool landed on his right thumb. This mashed his thumb. He...
02/09/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Employee was bolting on No. 3 unit in the face of 7L. His pinner steel became stuck on the roof so he lowered his boom and placed his hand on his chuck to check the suction. The pinner fell out of the...
02/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was working on the unit operating a battery scoop. When he got out of the scoop and bent over to attach a trailer to the scoop, his right knee popped causing him to go down to the ground. He...
02/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to lift and load a roof bolter drill pot into the back of a mechanic ride by himself. As he raised it up, he felt some pain in his lower back. He has been to a chiropractor in orde...
01/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working on a personnel carrier (4 man). He had raised the hood of the Jake ride, when the hood fell on the back of his head, causing him to hit his mouth against the grill. His bottom...
01/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was rubbing his left eye with his bare hand like he was scratching it. When he did this, it felt like something got into the eye. He saw the mine nurse after the shift and had...
12/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting the cover over a driveline on a scoop. When he had it up, it slipped out of his fingers causing it to come down on top of 3 fingers on his left hand. X-rays showed a fracture to t...
11/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was operating a continuous miner in NO. 7 entry on NO. 2 unit. He fell against the rib and mine floor straining and lacerating his left knee. He started missing work on 11/21/11 as a result o...