San Juan Mine 1 — Accidents

Total: 446 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 4d restricted Employee's back became stiff and sore following working all shift hanging Huesker mesh on the longwall recovery face.
12/26/2017 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None During an idle period the Night Shift Security officer observed a spon com fire in the North Field Stockpile. No other surface personnel were on site. Personnel were called in to extinguish the fire a...
11/16/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was jostled around in the seat during coal loading, as EE was reaching behind for a load log. EE was evaluated and released to return to duty on that date. On 11/28/2017 EE returned for additional...
10/27/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A machine cover slipped while it was being installed and the middle finger on the left hand was caught between the cover and a support beam on the machine. The impact caused a laceration to that finge...
08/28/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On August 28, 2017 at approximately 9:00 AM, a roof fall occurred in the Gateroad 404, CM Development Section. The fall occurred in the Last Open X-cut of Entry 2, at X-cut 68. The roof fell above the...
07/05/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While mining in #3 the Cutter Head contacted a rib pin causing the washer to break free. The washer projected back 50' at the operator striking EE in the forehead. Resulting in a laceration above the...
06/01/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's thumb was caught between the spacer bar and a steel arch during installation of steel sets.
04/10/2017 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 9d lost A miner with a previous cardiac history began to experience chest pain during the shift. Employee was immediately removed from the mine and transported to the emergency room for cardiac care. Personal...
03/17/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted During repairs on the longwall a mechanic felt a pop in back as EE pushed on a 30 MM end wrench. EE returned to duty. On 3/27/2017 this mechanic sought chiropractic care, identified as medical treatme...
12/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Manually pushed up on D11R track to remove last bolt when breaking track and strained right side rib/back area.
10/24/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee felt a pop in lower back when employee and another miner were lifting a bottom roller up into position during a belt move.
10/11/2016 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 54d restricted While operating the shearer the operator was struck by a chunk of coal that bounced off the back of the panline. The lump struck against the side of the EE's left leg.
08/23/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While preparing to install a new belt splice, the bottom belt moved unexpectedly when a pinch clamp failed, causing the belt to toss the cutting tool up, striking the employee in the mouth, breaking a...
06/21/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was struck on the arm by a transport manifold after employee had raised a shield to the roof on the set up face. Resulted in a lacerated forearm.
05/22/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While dismounting from a motor grader the employee shifted their weight while one foot was still on the ladder. This caused EE's hip to twist and EE felt something pull in their right inner thigh.
05/13/2016 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Two miners were standing in the panline when a slab came off the face, striking against the sprags, then breaking and rolling into the panline, striking the 2 employees. Both received contusions to th...
05/13/2016 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 385d lost, 185d restricted Two miners were standing in the panline when a slab came off the face, striking against the sprags, then breaking and rolling into the panline, striking the 2 employees. Both received contusions to th...
05/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was assisting 2 other miners lift up the Huesker mesh as part of the longwall roof support installation process. As employee was lifting, felt a twinge in back. As the shift progressed the pa...
04/27/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was moving toolbox from the storage area to another shop bay to begin repairs on a truck. 5th finger on right hand was caught between the handle and another toolbox.
04/24/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 14d restricted On the above date the employee was manually removing chunks of rock from a catwalk near a belt transfer. No treatment was immediately sought. Treatment was sought later and the employee was placed on...
04/04/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A surface foreman went to investigate the source of some smoke on a spoil pile in the Juniper Pit. Foreman found some remnant coal that was burning due to spontaneous combustion. Extinguished with wat...
04/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee strained their back while removing belt conveyor structure.
03/31/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 6d restricted Tripped while walking in the return. Tried to catch self by grabbing the rib mesh. Right middle finger was caught in the mesh and resulted in a fracture and laceration.
03/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 9d restricted Installing roof bolts. Went to place wrench back in the holder and missed. As the wrench fell employee tried to catch it which resulted in finger being caught between the wrench and the frame of the r...
03/22/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 47d lost, 104d restricted Lost balance and fell forward while walking along entry. Reached out with right arm and caught himself, causing pain in right shoulder
03/17/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost On 3/23/2016 the employee returned from 6 days off and reported that on last shift had strained knee while opening a mandoor. Sought medical attention on 3/23/16.
03/16/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The control room was notified by security that there was a fire at the stock pile at 4:52am. Control room notified 211 to investigate. EE drove to the fire and put it out with a shovel, notifying th...
03/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee stretched out to reach a piece of j-channel and as they pulled it toward self felt a burning sensation in pelvic area.
03/07/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 38d restricted On March 7 this employee was removing a staple from a hydraulic fitting, using a pry bar. The bar slipped, causing the employee's arm to swing across chest. EE felt a pop in shoulder. No medical treat...
01/21/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 3d restricted Employee was standing in back of a coal car taking down ventilation tube. Employee slipped and fell in back of the coal car with the ventilation tube landing on the employee torso.
01/12/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 90d lost, 24d restricted Employee was cleaning up and getting ready to put tools away after fixing a horizontal pin. Employee was carrying an impact wrench and tripped and fell with the impact wrench and hitting the shield to...
11/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 28d lost Employee was getting into the Fletcher 7074 & was in the process of moving his SCSR out of the way past the magnet door sensor. The door closed on his finger at the same time he tried to pull his fing...
10/11/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 237d lost The miner was crushed by a shuttle car and the rib, causing lower extremity fractures.
10/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While he was involved in a physical altercation with another employee, regarding shearer operation he was pushed onto the top of the shield toe. Caused him to seek medical treatment and was diagnosis...
09/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 206d lost While employee was turning off the lateral dust valve he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder and bicep area.
09/22/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the regular examination of the bottom landing for the emergency hoist, the examiner noticed that one of the guide ropes had some broken strands near the connecting point of the rope. The hoist...
09/19/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 24d restricted Walking into the charging station #9, slip on a rock approximately 4 inches in front of the battery. Tried not to twist my ankle and twisted my knee.
08/25/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was positioned in the LW panline conducting chain tension checks on the face conveyor chain. He bent over to pick up the chain tension ram which weighs an estimated 35 lbs. As he raised it up...
07/12/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Employee was putting his chock blocks down on the scoop when he felt a pop in his lower right abdomen. Reliance Medical Group diagnosed him with abdominal stomach strain and released him to restricted...
06/04/2015 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 8d restricted Employee stated he walked up 6 flight of stairs for three days and his left knee swollen. He replaced wear liner inside Hopper Chute.
05/29/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 205d lost Employee was walking around miner & felt a pull and pop in left ankle. Reliance Medical diagnosed - Avulsion fracture of left ankle.
05/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost While employee was building a stopping he tripped & hit the side of the trailer dislocating his right elbow.
05/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 3d restricted Employee was walking and felt a pop in his foot. Diagnosed by Reliance Medical, right 5th metatarsal fracture.
04/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During the process of picking pipe joint from rig to place in single pipe loader, employee picked up joint of pipe, suspended it in vertical position, swung pipe into pipe loader and in process of low...
04/19/2015 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was struck by a rib while moving a ventilation tubing that was on the ground. Employee sprained his right ankle.
02/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's statement: Moving power Cable to Sump Pump#2 caught meter(gas) with cable, pulled on meter which then snapped back upon release striking me in my face, hitting 2 front teeth on upper row. O...
01/21/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was cleaning crusher with an air chipper and caused her pain to her left elbow.
01/13/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 148d lost, 16d restricted While employee was cleaning a conveyor belt, he slipped and fell against a belt striking his left shoulder.
01/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost An employee at the plant was removing a drive belt from a motor for the feeder pan pulley and pinched right ring finger between the pulley and drive belt. Causing fracture to right ring finger.
12/30/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck near the left eye (under his safety glasses) with a high pressure plug from the main manifold block after removing the retaining staple from the plug. Employee received 6 stitches...