Shoal Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,534 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/25/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was operating a miner when a rib rolled out hitting employee on the right knee and shin.
05/17/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee was cutting coal toward the longwall tailgate when a rock fell off the shear plow hitting employee on his right side and landing on his right ankle.
05/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Employee bent over to pick up a block when he felt a pop in his lower back.
05/10/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A methane Ignition occured in the number 1 entry on the west main left section as the roof bolters was installating roof bolts. As the roof bolter went to tighten the roof bolt he saw a flame from aro...
05/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee was moving miner cable out of roadway when she twisted her lower back.
05/05/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was plugging up an air greaser when he felt a pain and pop in left elbow.
05/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was helping recover ventilation tubing in the return when a clevis to a chain that was holding water pipe in place broke hitting employee about left ankle.
04/28/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was climbing down a ladder when his right foot slipped causing him to twist his left knee. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until December 7, 2011.
04/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was getting anti-freeze for the loader when she tripped and twisted right foot.
04/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Reportable only due to stitches. Employee was taking down a ventilation tubing elbow when the elbow slipped out of his hand. As he tried to catch it his middle right finger was mashed between the elbo...
04/21/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Reportable only due to fracture to index finger. Employee was helping with a belt splice when his right index finger was hit with a 4 pound sledge hammer.
04/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost Employee was recovering ventilation tubing and the chain that was used to hold the tubing up broke causing the tubing to fall hitting employee on the left shoulder. Employee did not start missing time...
04/18/2011 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was preparing to disconnect wiring in box, moved ground wire, arc flash burned hands and knocked backwards.
04/10/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing out a front end on a ram car when he mashed his middle right finger. Reportable only due to fracture to middle fnger.
04/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking by table in shop mconex caught right forearm against open can of welding rod. He received laceration size of 1 1/2 inches, EE received 8 staples.
04/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee picked up a tow bar for the longwall shear and mashed his little right finger between the bar and the a cover. Reportable only due to fracture to tip of little finger.
03/19/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was using a pry bar to line up a differential joint on a piece of equipment, when the pry bar slipped, causing the employee to fall to the ground landing on left wrist. Employee did not start...
03/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee was exiting a dozer when his right foot slipped causing him to twist his right knee. Employee did not start missing time from work until 03/24/2011.
03/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was roof bolting in the face area when a small piece of rock fell from the roof hitting employee in the left forearm. Reportable only due to stitches to left forearm.
03/08/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was chipping concrete off bolts with pick hammer, arm hit post, hammer glanced off toe plate and stuck employee's mouth, beaking front tooth.
03/02/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was helping unload a monorail box and as the operator of the equipment went to back up the forks went over the top of the employee feet.
02/27/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Heard a noise coming from the service elevator. After investigation it was found that a bearing to the governor rope was bad. Elevator was taken out of service at 12:55pm and put back in service at 3:...
02/21/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was running a miner when a rock fell from the roof hitting the employee on the head, shoulder and arm areas. Employee did not start missing time from this accident until 03/23/2011.
02/14/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 2:18pm the service elevator at the bottom landing went down as it was being attempted to be called to the top landing. The service elevator breaks would not release to allow the elevator to come to...
01/26/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Injured was taking down 1.25"" plastic line from mine roof when he cut the ties that held up the line it fell striking him in the top of the head.
01/21/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was roof bolting when a rock fell from the roof striking employee on his lower back.
01/20/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EE was operating a spader (60 lb) when the bit became stuck. As he attempted to remove it, he felt pain in his lower back.
01/20/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was standing behind the miner operator when a rock 8 inches by 8 inches rolled from the rib stricking employee on the right side.
01/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable only due to sutures. Employee was using a pry bar to work on the cat track on the roof bolter. The pry bar slipped, pinched his right hand between the bar and hose manifold.
01/13/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was getting off of a tractor and hit his head on the top of the tractor.
01/05/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Enployee was carrying two buckets of miner bits when he tripped over a pallet and strained his lower back. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 01/27/2011.
01/04/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was at shield #150 on the longwall when he stepped and twisted his right ankle.
01/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was handling panning when he received a laceration on his left forearm that required stitches.
12/23/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was walking across the roadway when he stepped on a rock and rolled his right ankle. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 12/28/2010.
12/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee stated he was walking and stepped off a small ledge on the floor and twisted his lower back.
12/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was getting out of the service pick up truck and twisted his right knee.
11/30/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:01am the elevator left the bottom landing area with the door not completly closed. The elevator was removed from service until repairs could be made. At 10:10am the door switch was replaced and t...
11/23/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost On 11/23/2010 employee strained his back, shoulder and neck when he fell to the ground. Employee did not start missing time until 12/29/2010.
11/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employees was installing forks on a Lo-Trac and fork fell hitting top of left foot. Employee did not start missing time until 11/29/2010.
11/22/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 3:00 pm an ignition occurred on the J- main section in the #3 entry. The roof bolter operator was re-tighting a rib bolt when an ignition occurred around the rib bolt. The flames were...
11/17/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states that we has working on top of derrick and a wire line jumped off spool. His boot slipped and he fell down the ladder. His left forearm got wedged between the ladder and the derrick,...
11/06/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None On the tailgate end of the G-9 Longwall, the rib above the last shield on the tailgate end rolled out. Although the rib shows some deterioration, the mine roof was never compromised and the tailgate g...
11/04/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Employee was riding a rubber tire man trip out of the mine when the rubber tire man trip hit a rib causing the employee to hurt his left knee. Employee did not start missing time until 11/10/2010.
11/04/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was riding a rubber tire man trip out of the mine when the man trip hit a rib hurting the employee's lower left back. Employee did not start missing time until 11/09/2010.
11/01/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 7:44 a.m. the C.O. room operator recieved a phone call from underground stating that the I-O section belt line was on fire. At approx. 10:10 a.m. the belt line was reported out.
11/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable only due to sutures. Employee stated he was putting wheel unit in part tray when he tripped causing his left leg to catch the corner of the tray causing Laceration requiring 3 sutures.
10/28/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable only due to 3 sutures. Employee was standing talking to another employee when a small rock fell hitting employee on his right forearm.
10/22/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee was riding to the section in a Lee-Tram when it hit a hole in the roadway hurting employees back. Employee did not start missing time due to this accident until 12/03/2010.
10/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Reportable Only due to sutures. Employee was helping move an 8"" steel water pipe, when Little right finger got caught between the pipe and a light bracket. **Employee did not start missing time unti...
10/16/2010 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None At 8:51am at the G-8 Pump Power center (SN- 48207-7/05)located at crosscut #7 on G-8, an employee saw arcing and smoke coming from around the transformer inside the power center. At 9:11 am the small...