SHM 06 Highwall Miner — Accidents

Total: 9 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/13/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was putting chains on EE's pickup truck tires due to ice and snow. When EE stood up from locking the chains in place EE's boot stuck in the snow causing EE to twist and strain EE's right knee.
03/15/2024 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 9d restricted The highwall miner has just been recommissioned to Little Pete's Branch and is being assembled. EE was tightening the bolts on the super beam at the front of the HWM with a 3/4"" drive impact gun with...
11/09/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unhooking the shaft between the motor and the hydraulic pump to remove the planetary for repair. Employee was torqueing the connector with a wrench, when the connector broke loose their h...
05/11/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The incident was reported by EE on 09/15/2022. EE states that on May 11, 2022 was repairing a conveyor chain during the set up of the highwall miner at the Coal Mountain location when a shard of met...
03/04/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The T-Bar on the right rear track lifting cylinder broke causing the highwall miner to drop very fast and causing the operator to be jolted by the impact. The operator has a bruise on hip and a finger...
07/10/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Failure to remove stuck welding rod from push beam nut. Resulting in right foot puncture injury.
03/24/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was putting a metal plate back on the cutter head when it slipped and caught EE's finger.
03/18/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was sitting pins in the latch coupling of the push beams. EE swung a 20 lb. sledge hammer to hit pin and it glanced off hitting EE's left ankle.
12/12/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped from the tool sled in the highwall miner pit and slipped on ice causing employee to fall and stove left hand and cut left thumb. Employee's right side was also scraped.