Shean Hill Mine — Accidents
Total: 10 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/15/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Electrician was installing a pump in a sump located outside on the hill ramp leading to the pit. He slipped into the sump while installing the pump, caught himself on the cable to the pump, tearing mu... |
| 03/10/2014 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | A shard of flew off of drill steel while roof bolting at the face, and stuck in ee right pointer finger. Reported it to his fellow bolter and removed it and continued to work every day till Friday the... |
| 01/01/2014 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While traveling from face to face while doing his normal maintence job, the miner caught his head on a roof bolt while driving on a man trip, spraining his neck. Miner waited to report the injury till... |
| 04/24/2013 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 2d restricted | Scoop operator was hand shoveling along the rib at the face of the crosscut B-4 production hole on the return side, when a piece of roof approx. 15"" wide, 4' long and 10"" thick fell from the roof in... |
| 03/18/2013 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 3d restricted | While bolting a face cut. The bolter operator was in the process of preparing to drill the hole for the inside bolt on his side of the bolter. When the bit touched the roof, a piece of roof rock 1-2""... |
| 05/08/2012 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Operator of a CAT 980G loader had just taken a bucket of coal from the stockpile, when the loader quit. He turned to check the problem and found a fire under the hood. He proceeded to fight the fire w... |
| 11/28/2011 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | He was driving miner bits into the auger head of the miner, when something struck his left eye. He did not notice much discomfort and continued to work, even reporting to work the next day for his ent... |
| 10/11/2011 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | While attempting to work loose a stuck drill steel in the roof, the drill steel became bound in the drill chuck with some side pressure. The drill steel snapped loose from the chuck striking the middl... |
| 06/07/2011 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While attempting to replace a splice on the 3-Rt Conveyor Belt, employee was attempting to re-cut the belt for a new splice and when closing the belt cutter, he pulled his left hand back and caught hi... |
| 01/09/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 8d restricted | Bolter operator was installing a roof bolt and felt a pain in his back as he straightened the roof bolt. Worked the rest of the shift with some discomfort. |