Shoal Creek Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,534 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/02/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable due to sutures. Employee was trimming belt when the knife EE was using slipped cutting employee above right knee.
01/29/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was tightening a fitting on a hydraulic hose when they felt a pop in left elbow.
01/22/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was making EE's examination at the camp creek hoist when EE slipped causing EE to twisted and hit EE's left knee. Employee did not start missing time due to this injury until 02/12/2018.
01/19/2018 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition occurred on the H-3 section at approximately 5:55 pm while mining the #2 face.
01/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 250d lost Employee was lifting a bottom V-belt roller and felt a pop in right shoulder.
01/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was washing down at the slope tail roller when they slipped and twisted left knee. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until February 28, 2018.
12/27/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 430d lost Employee was cleaning muck and coal fines at the west main belt discharge area when ee bumped head on a pipe causing ee to lose balance hitting right forearm on belt structure.
12/26/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Was going down steps when employee felt pop in right knee. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until January 15, 2018.
11/30/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was walking down the slope belt and pulled employees groin area when employee slipped and fell.
11/29/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee was working on slope belt when some wet material come off the belt knocking employee down. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 12/4/2017.
11/17/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was getting out of a man trip when employee twisted employee's left ankle. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 11/29/17.
10/24/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was lifting a water (trash) pump when EE felt a strain in lower back.
10/11/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost While moving a piece of ultra track on the long wall hand rail employee's right middle finger got mashed between the ultra track and hand rail. Did not start missing time from this injury until 10/13/...
10/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was lifting a box to place on the bed of the supply truck and felt something pull in EE's lower back.
09/26/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee was walking the north main belt entry when employee's feet slipped causing the employee to fall landing on left shoulder. Employee did not start missing time from the injury until 11/06/2017.
09/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was helping set a pump beside the long wall crusher when ee felt a strain in ee middle and lower back. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 9-29-2017.
09/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 281d lost Employee was helping make a belt slice and as the employee was pulling on the belt to place the template felt pain in right shoulder. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until 09/19/2...
08/30/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 177d lost Employee was working on the slope belt approximately 700 feet from the surface when EE got left arm caught between the top belt and the top side and middle rollers.
08/29/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was walking down the long wall face when employee slipped and strained employee's lower back.
08/24/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost Employee was trying to put bolt in relay bar when EE mashed right index finger.
08/23/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable only due to sutures. Employee was on the long wall face between shields 138 and 139 when a rock fell between the shields hitting left hand causing laceration to hand.
08/18/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable only due to sutures. Employee was cutting some guarding when the knife slipped cutting employee on the left forearm.
07/26/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The main hoist at Camp Creek Portal went down due to a problem with the hydraulic brake accumulator. The hydraulic brake accumulator was repaired and the hoist was put back in service at 2:54 pm on 07...
07/20/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Lose power on the camp creek portal side of Shoal Creek mine. The power lose effected the #7, #8, bath house and camp creek hoist. The hoist was in operation at the time with one person on the hoist....
07/19/2017 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was checking under the hood of the EDV company number 2783 with the engine turned off when the radiator hose busted spraying the employee on right side of body.
07/10/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 7:05 pm on July 10, 2017 a gas ignition occurred on the H-3 section in the #3 entry while the continuous miner was mining.
07/07/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The guide rope for the escape hoist located at cross cut 89 on west main was found damaged during a weekly inspection of the hoist. The damaged guide rope was repaired and the hoist was put back in se...
07/04/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The service hoist at the Camp Creek portal went down at 4:20 pm due to a power outage caused by an electrical storm in the area. After examination of the hoist it was determined that the hoist would n...
07/01/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was climbing on set ladder when ee rolled left ankle.
06/26/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The service hoist at the Camp Creek Portal went down at 11:37 am due to a bad power supply for the surface I/O rack. The power supply was repaired and the hoist was put back in service at 12:16pm on 0...
06/21/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost Employee had started walking down H-1 longwall face and when EE went to step over the leg jack on shield #6 EE slipped and rolled right ankle.
06/16/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was closing a water gate valve when their nose came in contact with the wheel on the gate valve.
06/14/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable only due to sutures. Employee was using a grinder to cut some bolts off when the grinder slipped and cut EE's left index finger.
06/14/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was using a wash down hose at cross cut 37 on West Main belt when employee tripped on hose and fell on left shoulder, neck and back area.
06/06/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost Employee was walking down the slope belt with a 48""x32"" piece of guarding for a cross under when employee felt a pop in employee's right knee.
06/06/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking down the slope belt and slipped and felt pain in left knee.
06/04/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee went to pick up tool bag and felt severe pain in lower back area.
05/24/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was removing a 3"" dust hose off the back of the rock duster when the hose came around and hit the employee in the right upper arm area.
05/16/2017 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was walking down the slope belt when a small rock came off the belt hitting the employee in the left ankle.
05/12/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reportable only due to sutures. Employee was change bits on the long wall drum when a small thin piece of rock fell from between shields hitting employee on the left forearm.
05/10/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 218d lost Employee had done work on the 216 Cat skid steer and had started letting the hinged canopy down when the employee feet slipped causing the front of the hinged canopy to hit the employee in the top of...
04/27/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was in the cab of the scraper when employee reached around with the left hand to shut the cab door with the right hand resting on the door frame post, and closed the cab door on the right thu...
04/13/2017 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 9:25 am a small fire around 1 foot in diameter was discovered while some repair work on the long wall stage loader was being conducted. The fire was located at the top of the Mary Lee...
04/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 164d lost Employee was lifting a bottle of oxygen and felt something pulled in right shoulder. Employee did not start missing time from this injury until May 4, 2017.
03/14/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 10:15 am a roof fall was discovered in the intersection at cross cut 53 on West main. The roof fall is approximately 10 feet high and above the anchorage point. This is a non-traveled intake and no...
03/09/2017 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A methane gas ignition occurred on the H-2 section in the #3 entry approximately 20 feet back from the face.
03/08/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was standing at approximately shield 160 on the longwall face when the roof in the gob area behind the shields fell (approximately 150'). The force of the wind blew the employee down causing...
02/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was carrying a bottom belt roller when felt pain in lower back.
02/25/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was walking to the long wall face when stepped on a rock and twisted right ankle. Did not start missing time from the injury until 04/10/2017.
02/24/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was getting off of a 657B Cat scraper when EE slipped and fell landing on the left knee.