RIVER VIEW MINE — Accidents

Total: 805 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/25/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Citation No. 9534977 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. While installing a roof bolt for another operator, the employee strained their right arm/elbow when they pulled hard to ge...
02/20/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost While Driving a shuttle car on No 5 unit, the car hit a bump causing the employee to be thrown into the top of the canopy resulting in neck and back pain. EE began to miss work on March 4, 2020. Since...
02/11/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was bolting 3R putting up the last row. The entry was low and EE bent the bolt. EE was using the pot to push the bolt up into the hole. The rotation was inadvertently started catching EE's gl...
01/21/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Citation No. 9534987 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee strained EE's lower back causing pain and numbness in EE's left leg. EE was trying to straighten a roof bolt...
01/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Citation No. 9534981 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee strained lower back while trying to jerk a curtain down.
01/14/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Citation 9534999 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was installing a two piece roof bolt. The top section fell out of the roof striking EE's left index finger which...
01/14/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting up a pin with a board and grabbed the board to straighten it. The tip of EE's finger was pinched between the board and the roof.
01/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Citation No. 95364990 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was pulling on a miner cable and strained back. EE started missing due to the injury on 1/29/20, had surgery...
12/18/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee was loading pin supplies from a scoop bucket on the ground to the roof bolter. In the process they strained their groin. Employee started missing work on 1/2/20.
12/13/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Citation No. 9534984 was issued during a Part 50 Audit with regard to this injury. The employee was trying to remove a piece of mine curtain from a belt transfer point by cutting the curtain with a b...
12/10/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Citation No. 9570451 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee tripped while hand dusting a face causing EE to twist left knee.
12/05/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost While installing a cable bolt in the #2 entry, the cable bolt bent and struck employee on the left forearm.
12/04/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Citation No. 9534974 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was loading roof bolts onto bolter when employee felt a pain in lower back.
11/18/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Citation No. 9534985 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was installing a roof bolt when a piece of mine roof fell inby the ATRS and swung back striking EE on the lef...
11/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was moving a torch cart from a scoop bucket. The 2 wheel cart started to roll and EE's reaction was to reach out and grab it. When EE did, the bottles slid back into place smashing the 2 middle fin...
11/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost The belt crew was pulling a mine belt on a unit. While doing so, the sheave wheel broke free causing the steel cable to whip striking the EE on left wrist. Because of swelling, EE was taken to the hos...
10/28/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning material off of the continuous miner. A piece of material slid off and struck left arm resulting in a laceration that required four stitches.
10/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Changing out a belt chute on the 1st 54 South tail. EE had taken the bolts out to remove the chute. EE climbed into the tailpiece to move the chute. EE tried to roll it, but it slid down on top of EE'...
10/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was roof bolting in the face of #6 entry & drilling the hole for the rib pin. The starter hole had been drilled. As EE was putting the sectional steels together with the bottom steel to the top, th...
10/22/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was using a lifting jack to spread open a shuttle car batwing. In the process they strained groin. Employee started missing work December 16, 2019.
10/21/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Citation No. 9570453 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee was struck on the head and neck by mine roof while operating the miner in No. 2 entry.
10/17/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on a continuous miner. Had raised a lid up to examine a proximity device and tied the lid to a beam above the miner. When in the process of lifting a second lid, the lid bumped the firs...
10/15/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost EE was roof bolting in the face of #6 entry when the incident occurred. EE was installing a 5' fully grouted bolt when hand & glove were caught on the rotating roof bolt resulting in a compound fractu...
10/14/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost EE was installing a roof bolt into the mine roof. While doing so, EE felt a pop in lower abdomen. EE worked the next shift, but the pain persisted, so EE went to a doctor the next day and was informed...
10/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost EE was holding onto the roof bolter cable and was pulling slack off while the roof bolter was moving from one entry to the next entry. While EE was holding it, EE felt a sharp pain in the groin. The p...
10/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 106d lost The employee and 3 other coworkers were pulling miner cable out from under the slack pile. While doing so, employee felt a pain in right shoulder. After being examined by an orthopedic physician, empl...
09/16/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was watching the unit mechanic repair the leveling chain on the roof bolter in the # 5 entry on # 2 unit when EE fell forward and caught self with right hand and thumb causing a fracture of E...
09/12/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stepping on a curtain to pull it down from the roof. In doing so EE stepped on a miner cable causing EE to fall backwards. As EE fell EE's right hand hit the mine roof causing swelling an...
09/10/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to fit a concrete block into a hole in a stopping. The block slipped and landed on EE's right middle finger causing a fracture.
09/05/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While splicing a car cable, a piece of mine roof fell out from between roof bolts and the rib striking the mechanic on top of the left thigh. This caused a laceration requiring stitches.
09/04/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While working behind a supply counter, EE stepped back and lost footing and dislocated the front part to the back part of EE's foot.
08/26/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was placing a spill board on to the side of the unit tailpiece. While doing so, EE caught left thumb in between the spill board and the unit feeder. EE continued to work and turned an accident repo...
08/23/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting, when employee lowered the pinner boom it hit a pinner steel that had fallen out of the pin tray causing it to flip up and hit employee in the mouth and nose resulting in a f...
08/22/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shoveling the 2nd 54 north belt line when left hand slipped off of the shovel causing EE's thumb to come in contact with the bottom roller frame resulting in a fracture of the left thumb.
08/14/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee strained a shoulder when they lost footing while attempting to install a roof bolt. EE continued to work through 3/28/20 at which time the mine was idled. EE was on furlough through 5/4/20 wh...
08/01/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was using a pry bar to move a waterline out of the roadway along a beltline. In doing so EE felt a sharp pain in the groin. EE started missing work on October 1st, 2019 in order to have surge...
06/15/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 82d lost, 62d restricted Citation No. 9534998 was issued during a Part 50 Audit regarding this injury. The employee stated lower back was hurting while roof bolting. Employee had a lost workday injury to back previously (5/15...
06/12/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was the opposite side roof bolter. EE was installing the second pin in the row. EE had drilled the 2nd hole and was putting in the sectional steels to finish the 6' hole. The steels did not connect...
06/10/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a shuttle car. While loading it, a large amount of slate that was on the mine floor was loaded on the car by the miner. It would not dump off at the feeder, so they took it to another...
06/10/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was throwing the miner cable out of the way. EE had bent over to grab the cable and when EE stood up EE cut neck on a damaged pie pan. EE had to have sutures to close the wound.
06/07/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had exited EE's car and was reaching back into the deck to get a hammer. A scoop came along and bumped the car. This caused the victims leg to get caught between the operators deck and the do...
06/05/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was driving a shuttle car and taking coal from the cont. miner to the feeder. When they went through a curtain, a rock that was laying next to the rib was hit by the car causing a portion of it to...
05/24/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was riding in the front passenger seat of an 8 person belt ride. A rock fell out between roof bolts and struck them on the head and chest. They sustained a laceration to the face and fracture...
05/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Employee strained EE's back while transferring roof bolting supplies from a trailer to the roof bolter. EE continued to work with frequent pain and finally started missing work on September 28, 2020.
05/13/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost EE was struck by a continuous miner cable that had been caught by a shuttle car after being loaded. The cable knocked EE down onto the mine floor hurting EE's left knee. A MRI showed that EE had a fra...
05/10/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was roof bolting, EE had placed left knee on the mine floor and then was positioning self under the canopy to lower the foot jack. EE then tried to push EE's body higher and at the same time...
05/02/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was removing miner bits with two hammers. EE taped up the heads of the hammers when striking together. When EE did hit them part of the claw split off and entered into the left arm. EE was se...
05/01/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE and another miner were carrying an alignment roller up some steps onto a cat-walk in the slope. The other miner dropped their end of the roller while the injured was bent over. The roller hit the c...
04/25/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was riding a golf cart along the 1st 60 beltline. The front passenger tire got caught on a timber causing the steering wheel to turn suddenly. Employee's left index finger was caught between...
03/23/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As the Employee started to drill a hole in the roof, a piece of the roof spun off of drill steel and struck ee on the mouth lacerating lower lip.