Rockhouse E-3 Mine — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/24/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was bolting top when his lower right arm caught in drill steel of roof bolter.
05/26/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None This roof fall occurred in an area that had previously been abandoned. It was discovered while doing the weekly examination of the intake and return airways. The area has been cribbed off and has no a...
03/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK DUST FROM THE HEAD DRIVE TO PLACE ON THE MANTRIP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
03/12/2004 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 317d lost EE told foreman that he felt sick & his stomach & his knees were hurting. At the time of his complaint he was pulling a miner cable. He indicated that he thought he was getting a stomach virus. On the...
03/03/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND RIB, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON NECK AND BACK.
02/04/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 315d lost EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTAND RIB, STRIKING EE ON HEAD AND JAMMING HIS NECK.
10/29/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost OPERATOR WAS HAULING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE TAILPIECE IN RAM CAR. RAM CAR RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING IT TO SIT DOWN SUDDENLY JARRING OPERATOR'S BACK.
01/18/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF OIL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
12/14/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK, APPROX. 2'X 3' ARRANGING IN THICKNESS DOWN TO ANINCH FELL ON EE'S SHOULDER.
10/26/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK UNDERGROUND. HE STEPPED ACROSS THE BELT LINE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL INTO A POT HOLE, BREAKING A BONE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.
02/04/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 5 GALLON CANS OF OIL ON HIS REGULAR SHIFT WHEN HE FELT A MUSCLE STRAIN. HE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT OR GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 2-6-01.
10/20/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING CABLE AND STRAINED HIS KNEE.
09/28/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost EE WAS HANDLING CAT HEAD AND CABLE ACROSS THE BELTLINE WHEN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
07/20/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ON HIS KNEES BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLT AND RIB STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEG.
06/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE ON THE BOLTER WHEN HE SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WORKED HIS SHIFT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ON MONDAY HE WENT TO THE CLINIC.
05/11/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None EE WAS TRYING TO LINE UP A HOLE TO CONNECT A BLADE JACK WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED AND SMASHED THE END OF HIS FINGER. THE INJURED FINGER WAS HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
04/04/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost SETTING SPADS IN LAST OPEN CROSS CUT #2 ENTRY, RAM CAR CAME AROUND CORNER AND DID NOT SEE RODMAN AND BUMPED INTO HIM KNOCKING HIM SEVERAL FEET. RODMAN STATED THAT HE COULD NOT HEAR RAM CAR DU E TO OTH...
03/25/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 195d lost EE WAS HANGING POWER CABLE OUTSIDE STANDING ON A LADDER. HE HAD A ROPE PULLING THE CABLE TIGHT. THE ROPE BROKE AND SLIDE KNOCKING THE EE OFF THE LADDER ONTO THE GROUND.