Shoal Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,534 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/14/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable Only due to stitches. The employee was helping install a AFC chain on the longwall setup when his finger was hit with a hammer by a co-worker.
04/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was using a hammer to put in a foot shaft on the #2903 miner when the employee struck a board the hammer glanced off hitting the left index finger. Requiring 6 stitches
04/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was lifting top belt roller frame inplace, when he felt a pain in lower back. Employee did not go to the doctor from his injury until 04/14/2010, at that time the employee started missing tim...
04/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was getting out of a 3.5 loader when his foot got caught on the loader an causing his body to twist injuring his lower back.
04/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was putting cover on a 3920 flinger duster, When his right hand got caught between the cover and a radiator cap. 3 sutures to right ring finger.
03/31/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Employee was picking up belt structure when he felt pain in back.
03/30/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 204d lost Employee started to get into loader bucket while the loader was still moving. Employee right foot got caught between bucket and a rock on the foot wall.
03/29/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee strained his middle part of his back as he was greasing a SR-1 mantrip.
03/27/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee mashed his finger as he was laying a brattice block into position and got his finger caught between two brattice blocks.
03/27/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was attempting to drive in a conveyor hinge pin with a 20lb sledge hammer. The hammer glanced off the pin an hit the employee in the left ankle area.
03/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee was transporting parts to the rais bore project after arriving the employee was attempting to release the binders with a bar. The binders released and the bar hit the employee in the nose.
03/15/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee slipped and fell while walking in mud and water.
03/14/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was using a set of come-a-long to set a motor in place, when the hook slipped and caught left hand.
03/13/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator outage, no injuries, no emergency, no entrapment. Discovered CPI transformer primary side fuse was corroded. Clean it and the elevator worked. Out of service greater than 30 minutes.
03/08/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was drilling a roof bolt hole when a small piece of cap rock slid down the drill steel and broke in half. A piece of rock hit employee in the upper lip causing laceration to the upper lip tha...
03/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was attempting to rehang a roller hanger from the top. The employee dislodged the roller hanger and it fell hitting employee on the right hand.
03/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee felt a pain in his left abdomen area as he was pluging in a high voltage cable.
02/24/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 8:15pm the material hoist went down and showed motor field/lost fault. Trouble shooting was conducted and the hoist was put back in operation.
02/23/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The material hoist went down at approximately 6:07pm and showed motor field/lost fault. Trouble shooting procedures was conducted and electrical parts was changed out. The material hoist was put back...
02/22/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator went down at 11:12pm the initial cause appear to be electrical. After a investigation was conducted it was determined that a fuse was bad in the control transformer. Fuse was changed and the...
02/20/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Employee injured his right knee when the employee jumped onto the bucket of the loader to help another miner and hit his right knee. Employee did not start missing time on this injury until 06/15/2010...
02/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee was stepping up on a block when it gave way. As the employee grabbed a rib bolt to catch himself he pulled a muscle behind elbow. Employee did not start missing time until 02/24/2010.
02/19/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was stepping off of ladder when he slipped off ladder an fell down approximately 3 feet and landed on right leg and heel.
02/11/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator was shut down at approximately 2:48pm due to vibration. After an investigation it was determined that the vibration was due to slack in the hoist rope. The hoist ropes were tighten and the el...
02/10/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was walking to the elevator when employee stepped on small rock and twisted right ankle.
02/08/2010 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None During removal of rock on the east side of the Camp Creek Portal site are. The back-hoe struck and detonated an unfired detonator. At the time of the accident it was unsure what had happen. After an i...
02/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging pipe, when the pipe shifted catching left middle finger between pipes.
02/01/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was riding Lee-Tram when equipment hit hole in roadway and employee jambed his neck and shoulder.
01/27/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 9:30am the elevator was shut down for testing. At approximately 9:50am it was discovered that the bolt to the tension spring bracket to the emergency brake system was damaged. New par...
01/20/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Employee was getting off break car at top of slope and twisted left ankle. Fracture to metatarsal left 5th.
01/20/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee was operating a water car (Ram Car 3923) up a hill. The car would not pull up the hill so the employee turned around and headed back down the hill. When the employee hit the brakes she lost c...
01/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee was helping pick up belt rails to adjust chain. The rails shifted and pinched right hand between rails.
01/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Re-positioning belt rollers on a tractor when left hand was caught between two rollers. Laceration to top of left hand requiring 5 sutures.
01/11/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost Employee was going through a man door, when the air sucked him through the door, causing him to fall and twist his right knee.
01/07/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Ice had accumulated in the elevator shaft, the ice broke loose and fell down the shaft and damaged some beams and hoisting equipment in the elevator pit area at the bottom of the shaft.
01/05/2010 HOISTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was pulling down on the outside elevator door located on the 4th floor of the pre-plant, when employee felt pain in lower back.
12/23/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost Employee was stepping down from tractor on his right leg. Employee felt pain in lower back. Employee did not start missing time from work until 01/04/2010.
12/23/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was lifting a sprocket with come-a-long at the de-water, when the come-a-long fell, hitting the employee on his left hand against another chain.
12/20/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was measuring a timber when the rib rolled stricking him from behind and knocking him down.
12/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was coming off the plant elevator and hung left foot on elevator door causing him to fall on right arm and elbow.
12/10/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee stated he slipped while getting off a ram car and hit his lower back and side.
12/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was helping lift a steel grate onto the rib wall when it slipped hitting his left hand and fingers.
11/29/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee was stepping down off of rock dust tank and fell and twisted left ankle.
11/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost Employee was walking and stepped in hole and twisted right knee. Employee did not start missing time due to this accident until 01/13/2010.
11/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 154d lost Employee was lifting rock over on to pan line on the longwall when employee felt pain in lower back.
11/11/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was walking up a hill in the B-Bleeder area when employee felt a pain in his right lower leg area.
11/03/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The elevator was traveling down the shaft with four employees. As the elevator approched the bottom of the shaft, the elevator traveled pasted the landing by a few inches. This allowed the elevator do...
10/28/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was cutting a cable when the knife slipped and cut right upper leg. The laceration required 8 stitches.
10/16/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was making an on-shift examination when he slipped off a 1 1/2 foot ledge and strained lower back.
10/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was washing down floor at the pre-plant when the water hose slipped from his hand and a metal fitting hit employee in the nose and right cheek. Broken Nose