Ruby Energy — Accidents

Total: 284 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/09/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was making up bolts and a piece of slate fell from the roof striking his left shoulder causing a cut approximately six inches long.
02/28/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES 2d lost EE was sitting on the corner of the 4LX-cut doing a time study. A piece of rock fell striking him on the left foot. EE was only scheduled at this mine for a day and was off workd for 2 days. Note: Inj...
02/25/2007 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting water in his cap light; while removing the water bottle the water or acid from the battery splashed in his eyes.
01/23/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee stated he was exiting scoop and slipped. While falling he stated his body weight injured his shoulder.
01/19/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated he got something in his eye and tried to wash it out several times with no success.
01/19/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Member was bolting in #6 right. A rock fell from the mine roof striking him on his back. Rock measured 67"" x 23"" x 2"" thick tapering to 1/2"" thick. Resulting in a bruise.
11/30/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was attempting to hook a slack rope on the c/m without communicating to the operator what he was doing. The operator was tramming the miner and heard the employee yell stop when the boom of t...
10/25/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Member was operating a remote controlled miner. A rock fell from the mine roof measuring 11"" to 16"" by 2"" to 4"" thick and 40"" long striking him on the right arm requiring stitches.
10/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE stated he was carrying a bucket of plaster and tripped causing liquid to splash into his right eye.
10/09/2006 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost EE WAS TIGHTENING UP THE DELUGE HOSE AT #2 CHEAD. HE TURNED OFF VALVE ON BOTTOM, THE VALVE HAD 2 FIRE VALVES ON IT. WHEN HE FINISHED THE TASK HE TURNED VALVE BACK ON AND THE TOP PART BLEW OFF AND HIT...
09/11/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall approx 150'L X 20' W X 6'Thick was discovered 4000 ft. outby the face. It is located in the #1 entry 30 ft. outby spad station #420.
08/25/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Member was welding on a bit lug on a cont mining machine & the arc from the welder burnt his eyes. Employee did not notify anyone of this until 8/29/06.
08/21/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Member was crossing over a rib roll when a rock laying on the rib roll slid and struck his left knee. First day away from work 8/24/06.
08/17/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Member was spotting bolter to the next row of bolts to be installed when a rock fell striking him on the right foot resulting in a fracture.
08/16/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was putting a piece of top belt structure in scoop bucket. He told scoop operator to let bucket down; when bucket came down it landed on employee's left foot resulting in a fracture.
07/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Member was helping carry a piece of 48"" belt structure. He dropped his end and it struck him on the left knee. Days away from work 7/29/06, 7/31/06, 8/01/06, 8/03/06, 8/10/06, 8/11/06, 8/16/06, start...
06/30/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 239d lost Employee said he was lifting the blocks to stack them up and he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He said he felt pain in left leg.
05/30/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on slope belt with co-worker. They were riding back outside to get a chain ratchet. Employee stated he was cutting a piece of tape to put on his boot laces when the trip hit a bum...
03/22/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost EE was struck by roof bolter as it was being trammed past him in the #6 face.
02/27/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was laying track and he and his partner who was helping him were going to flip an 85 lb rail. EE did not have his bar in hand and went to get bar. His partner began to flip rail on his own an...
01/05/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost LEFT RIB LOOKING TOWARD THE FACE ROLLED OVER/OFF AND HIT EE (BROKEN ANKLE & FRACTURE ON SPINE).
12/14/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost The employee was operating oper. side roof bolter, his shirt sleeve got caught betwen drill steel & drill pot. When he started his rotation he twisted his arm.
12/14/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Injured was in the process of loading timbers in a scoop. One of the timbers was not completly spirt. While attempting to seperate the timber he fell backwards on his rt. side. A hammer he had in his...
11/19/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Member was installing a 10' cable bolt. The bolt bent and he was trying to get the bolt loose from the drill pot. As he was doing this he accidentally hit the rotation causing the bolt to spin and hit...
11/10/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was making a hi-line splice. He cut his right little finger removing the shielding tape.
09/26/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 182d lost EE stated the brakes locked up on his sc and it wouldn't tram. He got off to the side of his sc and reached in the deck and released the brakes when he did the sc started traming and hit and knocker h...
08/31/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Member was taking a belt pin out of a belt splice. The channel locks he was using slipped and cut him on the pin that had become unraveled.
08/30/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Member tripped over a flexible water hose at top of slope twisting his left knee.
06/10/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE 14-15 JOY CM. A SLEDGE HAMMER WAS USED TO PUT THE CONNECTING STRAP ON THE CHAIN. WHEN THE SLEDGE HAMMER STRUCK THE STRAP, A FRAGMENT OF METAL STRUCK THE L...
05/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was helping hang a miner cable & water line which strained his left shoulder.
04/26/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL 1 BREAK INBY STATION 4443 OUTBY SECTION.
04/25/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None ROOF FALL OUTBY SECTION 700'.
03/14/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 002-0 MMU inby spad #4493. The fall measured 40' long x 20' wide x 4 to 5' high.
02/09/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Member was installing belt structure, stepped over the belt rail that was already installed to get a bucket of hardware. as he came back across the rail his foot slipped on a coal bottom, he fell catc...
10/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 175d lost EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A STOPPING WITH HOLLOW TOP BLOCKS. HE WAS CARRYING THE BLOCKS APPROXIMATELY 21 FEET. AS HE WAS CARRYING BLOCKS TO PUT THEM IN PLACE, HE TURNED TO PUT THEM DOWN AND EXPERIENCED PA...
09/07/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING BELT WHEN THE BELT CAME BACK ON THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE. HE FELL AND HIS LEFT LEG WENT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE BELT STRUCTURE TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
08/24/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO TRIM CURTAIN. HE WAS CUTTING A MUDDY PIECE OF CURTAIN, LOST HIS BALANCE & CUT HIS HAND, REQUIRING STITCHES.
02/05/2004 ELECTRICAL FATALITY Fatal ELECTRICIAN WAS FATALLY ELECTROCUTED WHILE REPAIRING A MINER CABLE. THE CABLE WAS NOT LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT BY THE ELECTRICIAN.
10/29/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE ALLEDGES THAT HE FELL WHILE CARRYING A BAG OF ROCK DUST AT #2 BELT HEAD. PROTECT, NO VISIBLE SIGN OF INJURIES AND OCCURED ON HIS LAST SHIFT, JOB CONTRACT ENDED THAT DAY 10-29-03.
03/17/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THE EE HAS BEEN AWARDED 15% PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS. THIS AWARD IS CHARGED TO RUBY ENERGY.
03/12/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPENING A BOX OF GLUE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED, CAUSING IT TO HIT A ROOF BOLT PLATE. THIS ACTION CUT HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN 6 STITCHES. THIS ACCIDENT IS BEING REPORTED LATE DUE TO AN O VERSIGH...
02/27/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost EE WAS LOADING SCOOP CHARGER WHEN ANOTHER WORKER CAME AROUND THE CORNER WITH SCOOP. THE BACK OF SCOOP CAUGHT THE TAKE-UP JACK PUSHING IT INTO THE BATTERY CHARGER WHERE EE WAS STANDING, PUSHING THE SCO...
02/18/2003 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED AT THE RUBY ENERGY SITE IN THE DRIFT IN BY THE FAN. THE FALL MEASURED 30 BY 15 BY 9 FT. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WERE HARMED. THIS ROOF WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT TORQUE T ENSION...
09/16/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AT #5 BELT INBY SPAD 939, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE ABOVE MENTIONED MINE SITE. THE SIZE OF THE FALL WAS 50' X 20' X 7'. THE STRATA IS MIXED AND THERE IS A COAL RIDER SEAM ABOUT 6' ABOVE MAIN SEAM. T...
09/10/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 8,800' FROM THE FACE OUTBY #5 HEAD, #4 BELTLINE. THE FALL WAS 30' X 20' X 6 TO 7' HIGH. THERE IS A COAL RIDER SEAM ABOUT 7' ABOVE WORKING SEAM. AREA WILL BE REHABILITATED.
03/29/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None LOCATION #3 BELTHEAD ON TAKEUP, EE WAS OPERATINGA LIFTING JACK, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED, STRIKING HIM IN HIS LOWER JAW ABD CHIN.
03/01/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE WAS PUTTING UP THE FIRST BOLT IN THE ROW, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 2'X 2'X 3"" THICK, FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT ANKLE. HE RECEIVED STITCHES FOR A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT ANKLE, & A LSO A...
01/21/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BOOM JACK ON THE LEFT BOLTER. THE JACK SLIPPED AND COUGHT RT HAND BETWEEN THE JACK AND BOLTER FRAME. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION. INJURY WAS GREATLY REDUCED DUE TO P ROTECTI...
01/02/2002 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE RUBY ENERGY SITE ON 1-2-01. LOCATION WAS #2#5 HEAD LEFT OF XCUT, OUTBY SPAD 922. THE SIZE OF FALL WAS 50' X 20' X 7'. THE AREA ROOF IS SHALE AND HAS A 10"" RIDER SEA M. PRI...
12/03/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER WHILE INSTALLING ""TORQUE TENSION"" BOLT(DURING UPWARD PRESSURE), THE BOLT SPUN AROUND AND HIT HIM IN THE RT.ARM.