RIVER VIEW MINE — Accidents

Total: 805 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/24/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Employee was installing a roof bolt in #8 entry when employee felt left shoulder pop. Employee continued to work until employee began missing on 3/18/21 due to a tear in shoulder.
02/18/2021 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee walked through a backup curtain and jammed EE's neck on a roof bolt / pin board. EE continued to work until EE started missing to have surgery on April 5, 2021.
02/17/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 114d lost Employee was driving EE's scoop in the unit return when EE ran over a rock causing EE to jam EE's head and neck. EE continued working until EE started to miss on 3/18/21 due to a bulging disk.
02/10/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped in the parking lot walking to EE's vehicle. EE struck head and strained back and neck. EE went to a chiropractor for treatment. Although EE was released for work, EE did not work on 2...
02/08/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee and others were lifting a steel coal chute. It was too heavy to handle and as they were lowering it EE felt a pop in the left wrist. It turned out to be a small fracture.
01/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost Employee was loading supplies on a supply trailer when EE felt a pop in the left shoulder. EE continued to work until 4/14/2021, but it was not until 4/14/2021 that workman's compensation determined t...
01/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Citation No. 9534980 was issued during a Part 50 Audit with regard to this injury. The employee was helping to hang a miner cable when employee felt a sharp pain in lower back.
12/21/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While rebolting a panel enclosure box to a shuttle car, the employee pinched the end of left middle finger requiring stitches.
12/15/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Employee jammed/jarred EE's neck while driving an end drive shuttle car on No. 11 unit. EE's neck continued to bother EE and on January 29, 2021, EE started missing work to schedule surgery.
12/14/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking along a belt line when employee tripped and fell forward. While falling employee tried to catch self by reaching for the belt structure with right hand. Employee lacerated little...
12/09/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Citation No. 9534989 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was bolting in three right. As EE lowered the boom it caught a prepared roof bolt causing it to strike EE on...
12/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was passing through a revolving door when EE's lunch bucket was caught in the door. This caused EE's left hand to get pulled into the revolving door injuring the left thumb requiring stitches...
12/01/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Citation No. 9534986 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was struck on the left ring finger by a rotating roof bolt as employee was installing it.
11/24/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was lifting a T-Roller and 2 Pantograph rods when EE felt a pinch in EE's right groin area. EE continued to work until EE started missing work on January 5, 2021 to have hernia repair surgery...
11/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Employee was loading a belt roller on a belt slide when EE felt a pop in EE's left shoulder. EE continued to work until EE had surgery on January 15, 2021.
11/12/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost While setting the feeder after a belt lay, a pin came out of a hydraulic jack striking the employee on the left hand. this resulted in a dislocated index finger and a chipped bone.
11/12/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Employee was standing between 5 and 6 entries to roll up a curtain. A shuttle car in the face of 5 started car. The cable had some slack in it and the cable swept across the entry striking the victim...
11/10/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a battery operated impact wrench to tighten bolts on a truss bolter. Something got under EE's glasses and started irritating the right eye. They washed it out with water but it did...
10/30/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost While employee was attempting to enter the deck of a scoop, the scoop rolled slightly injuring EE's ribs on EE's left side.
10/20/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Citation No.9534997 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee tripped on a miner cable, fell into the tail and then to the ground jamming left shoulder and back.
10/19/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was swinging a hammer to knock out a miner bit. The hammer glanced off of the bit and struck left hand. This resulted in a fracture (chip) to the thumb. Note(employee was released for work bu...
10/14/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trimming the skirt rubber on a tailpiece when the knife slipped. Employee cut right thigh requiring stitches.
10/14/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting on No. 4 unit when left index finger got pinched between two drill steels. This resulted in a fractured finger tip.
09/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 15d restricted Citation No. 9534988 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was walking down a beltline when EE felt a pop in EE's back causing EE's ribs to hurt.
09/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading up a section of water hose for the miner when a loose end flipped up striking EE in the mouth chipping a tooth.
09/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Citation 9534975 was issued during a Part 50 Audit with regard to this injury. The employee fractured EE's left index finger during the installation of a fully grouted roof bolt.
08/26/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost Employee strained right shoulder while attempting to pull a block curtain down in order to build a brattice. Employee continued to work until October 8, 2020 when they started missing work to have sur...
08/21/2020 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning loose material off of a continuous miner, the employee walked into a piece of the material striking right eye brow/lid resulting in a laceration that required stitches.
08/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading a cable onto a trailer. Another employee pitched the receptacle onto the trailer striking the victims left middle finger. The result was a fractured finger tip.
08/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was plastering concrete block used to fill in a regulator. EE removed EE's safety glasses to wipe EE's sweat from EE's brow and in the process got some plaster in EE's eye. EE started missing...
08/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Citation No. 9534996 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee strained lower back when EE tried to pull a miner cable out from under a rock.
08/11/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Citation No. 9570455 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee tried to push a belt splice past a a bottom hanger while pulling on belt. EE's foot was pulled in between the...
08/04/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Citation No. 9534971 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was on their knees making a belt splice. A piece of the hammer they were using flew off striking them on the...
07/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving power on No. 3 unit. As EE was unhooking a rope type hanger to drop a car cable, the hook came around and hung into EE's nose causing a laceration requiring stitches.
07/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost Employee was loading roof bolter. EE reached for and lifted a bundle of plates with one hand. EE felt a pop in right shoulder. EE continued working until 9/11/20 at which time EE began to miss work to...
07/27/2020 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stopping the 1st 60 North belt when a tailpiece jack fell and struck right foot. This resulted in a hairline fracture of the 4th toe on the right foot.
07/22/2020 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Citation No. 9570454 was issued during a Part 50 audit regarding this injury. The employee strained right knee when EE squatted down to work on a mantrip. EE was placed on sedentary duty on 7/30/2020...
07/22/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted Citation No. 9534982 was issued during a Part 50 Audit with regard to this injury. The employee was placing a bundle of glue onto the roof bolter when EE felt a pop in their left shoulder.
07/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reached down to help free the miner water hose where it was tight pulling around a corner. The hose slid quickly and a coupling mashed employee's finger tips. Employee ended up getting one su...
07/09/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Citation No.6534970 was issued during a Part 50 audit with regard to this injury. The employee was pulling on a miner cable and strained their left hip.
07/08/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost Employee was installing belt on NO. 4 unit. While carrying a belt roller, EE stepped on uneven mine floor causing EE's left ankle to twist. EE started missing work on December 17, 2020 to have ankle s...
06/30/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a grinder for fabrication during the day shift. Later at home EE's left eye started bothering EE. The next day EE went to an ophthalmologist who removed some metal particles from th...
06/17/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost Employee strained a shoulder using an axe to cut bottom on a beltline. EE continued to work through 6/19/20. At that time they elected to self exclude themselves from work going on furlough due to the...
06/15/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Citation No. 9534993 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was struck in the face by rock dust when the hose to the duster came off.
05/22/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting a plastic ventilation curtain in the face area when EE slipped on a piece of rock, causing EE to cut right palm (close to the thumb). It took 4 stitches to close the wound.
05/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee strained groin while loading bolter. Employee continued to work through 5/29/20. On 6/1/20 elected to self exclude themselves from work by going on furlough due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. Emp...
05/19/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost While walking along a bank at a rock dust hole, the employee slipped off of the bank and in an attempt to grab a chain to catch self, employee injured left shoulder. Employee began missing work on 12/...
03/12/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While driving a shuttle car in the last open, the car hit a bump in the road causing employee to hit head on the canopy. This resulted in a broken left back tooth.
03/04/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going to install a new directional lifeline cone. EE used belt knife to help pry the cone open. In the process EE cut left thigh. The cut required stitches.
02/27/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving a golf cart when employee bumped into a parked mantrip. Employee hit mouth on the steering wheel causing a laceration and chipped a tooth.