RIVER VIEW MINE — Accidents

Total: 805 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/15/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing 8 foot cable bolts using split steels to drill, the steel slipped out of his hand and struck his right thumb.
11/14/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking from wash bay to his ride. He bumped into a truss bolt cable with his head jamming his neck. He went to a chiropractor for treatment.
11/14/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping the unit mechanic repair his shuttle car cable. While he was using a utility knife to split the cable, the blade went across the tip of left ring finger resulting in a laceration...
11/14/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was using 3/4 drive ratchet to break loose the lug nuts on a roof bolter. When the lug nut broke loose, the ratchet jumped back striking him on the right hand. He started missing work on 11/1...
11/01/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost The bolter operator was putting up a roof bolt when some material fell out hitting the canopy causing it to hinge sideways grazing his right leg and foot. He continued to work for a while and later ta...
10/31/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost The bolter operator was in the process of putting in his 2nd roof bolt. As he was putting in an extra steel, it was not put in the pot properly causing it to rotate around and hit his left hand. He wa...
10/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dusting beside a scoop (idle) when he accidentally fell down. When falling, he instinctively grabbed the side of the bucket of the scoop to catch himself. The top knuckle of the ring fing...
10/24/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None #11 Seam 1st northeast panel spad #28+00 cross cut 35,#7 entry, an outby fall occurred in the intersection. The intersection was pinned with 6' bolts. The fall was about 6' high. The fall was reported...
10/14/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost A section foreman was struck by a battery scoop while sitting in the face of No. 5 entry on No. 2 unit. He was checking his paperwork when the scoop returned to the face after scooping a crosscut adja...
10/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of lapping the mine belt during a belt lay and felt a sharp pain in his back. (NOTE: The mine floor was muddy). When he got home, he decided to see a doctor about his lower...
09/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost While operating a shuttle car, ee got off the car to move the continuous miner cable out of the haul road. While lifting and pulling, he strained his left shoulder and neck. He came back to work the f...
09/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost While pulling supplies a pin broke allowing the Wilson coupling to fall on the ground. The employee picked up the coupling and carried it back to the trailer. When he lifted it again he strained his...
09/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost While moving and hanging the continuous miner cable and water line during the normal mining cycle, employee strained his left shoulder. He continued to work until the pain reached intolerable levels....
09/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading belt chains onto a skid to send underground. While bending and twisting he strained his back. He went for a chiropractic treatment and was released to return to work.
09/15/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of angle with a torch. Some slag splattered, hit his safety glasses and evidently some went inside his glasses and lodged in his eye. He had to have the slag removed by an...
09/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was placing rubber mats around the unit substation following a power move. In doing so he tripped over the miner cable causing him to twist his back. He missed two days due to a back strain.
08/30/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While moving a belt chute, the employee caught his right index finger between the chute and the tailpiece requiring sutures.
08/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking off the chain guard on 2D Header (Belt Drive) when he accidentally got his ring finger (left hand) caught between the guard and chain. This caused a laceration on the tip of the fi...
08/11/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the employee was cutting out a section of an airlock curtain, the belt knife slipped and cut the palm of his left hand. The laceration required 2 stitches.
08/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Employee was hooking up a scoop to a supply skid when he felt a pop (sharp pain) in his right knee. A doctor has scheduled him to take a MRI on 8/19/2011. The extent of the injury will be known after...
07/30/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing the flex plate from the mantrip using a ratchet and it slipped off cutting his right hand at the middle knuckles. It caused a small laceration which needed stitches to close he w...
07/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking the canopy off of a Roof Ranger II bolter, when the canopy post fell and caused a small laceration to the palm of his left hand.
07/25/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 4"" hand grinder on a 2"" tubing clamped in a bench vice. While doing so, a small piece of metal got in his right eye. He tried to wash it out, but was unable to remove it. A doct...
07/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Injured was pulling on a continuous miner cable to get it out of the travelway. When he tried to lift the cable up, he twisted his right leg. He did not seek medical attention at that time. It began t...
07/15/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting using 8' cable bolts. When he put the plate and pie pan on and shoved it toward the front of the bolter, the back end of the bolt hit the mine floor and then flew up and hit him i...
07/15/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured miner was working on a shuttle car using a chisel to wedge in between a sprocket and the motor housing to get the pinion off. A part of the tooth chipped off and embedded in the palm of hi...
07/15/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator dropped roof bolter boom down to remove stopped up drill steel. While in the process of doing so, he caught his index finger between the pot (chuck) and the steel. He had to have one (1) stit...
05/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee felt pain in his lower back while installing a ram car tire. He was treated by a chiropractor.
05/07/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was striking a strap line on a continuous miner conveyor chain when a small piece of metal came off and struck him just above the left forearm. The piece of metal was not removed until 5/...
04/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost The injured miner was cleaning the belt line at the old feeder location after a belt lay. There was a pile of coal that had been pushed up to be cleaned and when he was climbing over it, he fell on hi...
04/19/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost The employee was pulling a miner cable with a mini trac forklift. He was struck on the hard hat pushing the bill of his hat and his safety glasses down on his nose. This caused a laceration requiring...
04/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The roof in the 3R crosscut (72+00)on No. 2 unit (MMU 002-0) fell out at or below the anchorage in the unbolted crosscut and pulled a few roof bolts adjacent to the unbolted area. The fall occurred ar...
03/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee did not know he had anything in his eye until he was at home. The mine nurse checked him the next day but could not find anything. A doctor was able to find and extract a small piece of metal...
03/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured miner was in the process of lifting the continuous miner for cat pad repair. He put crib blocks under the stab jack with 2 pin boards on top of the crib blocks. When pressure was put on th...
03/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost On 3/14/2011, EE reported to his supervisor that his back was hurting. He had been pulling on a knotted continuous miner cable and strained his back. He continued to work and later went to a chiroprac...
03/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost The scoop operator was trying to get a piece of rock off of the continuous miner by pulling/pushing it with his hands. While doing so, a piece of rock slide off of another rock and struck his right ha...
02/28/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost EE was getting back in his shuttle car on #8 unit after a lunch break and his feet were not in the cab when a scoop operator (scoop) hit the opposite side of the car shifting it in the process. EE lef...
02/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying chain hoist and belt dog in the belt entry. He dropped the belt dog on his right little toe causing a hairline fracture. This injury was observed during an internal review of the...
02/23/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating the miner on No. 4 unit, the employee got something in his eye. Flushing with water was unsuccessful and the object was removed by a doctor. This injury report was observed during an i...
02/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to connect sectional pinner steels. The top steel was stuck in the starter hole. He pulled on it hard to free it and when it came loose it came down pinching his left hand between...
02/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading six foot roof bolts onto the roof bolt tray of his pinner. One of the roof bolts bounced up and cut his forehead just above the right eye. The cut required sutures.
02/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was removing a cover from a LowTrac to make repairs. In doing so, he felt a pain in his back. He continued to work thinking it was from a previous lost time accident he had last year. He late...
01/28/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to remove a broken miner bit from the bit insert, a piece of the bit broke off striking the employee on the finger. The metal was surgically removed on 2/10/11 making this a reportable me...
01/18/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 2d restricted Employee strained his right knee when he turned around to change seats in his shuttle car. He continued to drive his car until 1/31/11. He worked under restricted duty on 1/31/11 and 2/1/11. He missed...
01/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was moving the miner cable across the entry when he slipped and strained his groin. He continued to work until he started missing due to his injury on January 20, 2011 making this a reportabl...
01/08/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 10d restricted Employee was operating a diesel personel carrier when it struck the coal rib. He was ejected from the vehicle causing head and ankle injuries. The cause is undetermined due to the absence of a witness...
01/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was waiting beside miner, when he looked up a small piece of roof material, 8"" x 12"" x .5"" hit him in the mouth and nose cutting bottom lip and nose. The lacerated lip required sutures.
12/11/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a circular saw to cut metal. He pulled the saw back when the guard hung and it snagged his pants causing a laceration to the leg.
12/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting a pin in the back bumper of a battery scoop and tongue of power center. The scoop moved while he was holding the pin, causing him to get his finger caught between the pin and the...
11/30/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing bolts in #8 entry on No. 4 unit. He placed his right hand on the glue tray to reach across to get a board. A small rock, 6""x6""x2"" fell striking him on the tip of the right r...