Skyline Mine #3 — Accidents

Total: 212 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/23/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was in the process of installing the kickstand on the sloughing plate of the shear. Another employee had started to pull a staple to repair a leaking fitting. The employees were reminded to g...
04/01/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a rib bolt, the wrench broke and hit operator over the right eyebrow causing a laceration requiring 8 stitches.
02/27/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE was installing 7' roof bolt. Bolt was pushed into hole most of the way. The bolt bent so EE adjusted drill mast to straighten bolt. When EE tried to push it in again, the wrench broke and hit EE in...
02/16/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost Employee got out of the passenger side of a parked mantrip. The mantrip had parked on a piece of wood with the rear tire, leaving the wood leveraged up 4"". The employee did not see the wood in walkwa...
01/28/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was replacing a scoop push plate ram. Two miners were assisting employee. As the connection pin was being hit through the block and into the ram eye, the injured EE stuck a finger in the block hole...
01/07/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost EE bent over to pick up one end of a belt roll hanging bar. EE barely had it off the ground when they heard a pop in shoulder and pain down right arm. It is determined by Specialist that Bicep Tendon...
10/26/2020 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire at the tail of BC8 surface belt was found by surface employees. This fire was in the tunnel exiting the crusher building. Fire was out by 5:00 am. A distance of 135 feet of top belt and 135 fee...
10/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were pushing a 150 hp pump to the back of the bed of a dodge truck to unload it. The pump was top heavy and it tipped over and pinched the pinkie finger of the employee.
10/13/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Person in the area said the top started dribbling and then the intersection fell in. Area that fell was 8 feet high, 45 feet long in the beltline and 15 feet into the crosscut.
10/04/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was trying to split a small wedge with an axe. EE held it flat against a set can and struck the wedge. It did not break so they lifted it up with left hand and with the axe in right hand. When they...
10/03/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall was found during belt preshift. It had only fell 3' high. Examiner reported it to shift coordinator. When coordinator arrived with timbers and workers, it had fell up to 8' high, making it r...
09/15/2020 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was standing by foreman. Employee fell over forward and died. Miners tried CPR and Defibrillator but could not revive them. We believe the autopsy will reveal a heart attack. This fatal is no...
09/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE tossed a bottom roller into the bed of a dodge truck. The roller hit already loaded rollers and bounced back at EE. The tip of EE's left hand ring finger was pinched between two rollers, resulting...
08/25/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Miner was squatting at the 8-bay looking at the screen. The rib blew out pushing miner against the 8-bay covering miner with rib rash. It took approx. 45 minutes to get the miner uncovered & out of th...
08/20/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None What was described as a rib roll by the onshift foreman happened at the 8-bay. Rib roll occurred at 1:50 am while crew was working on face chain plug. While face chain was plugged, the graveyard shift...
07/26/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EE was shoveling at the tail of a surface belt. When throwing a shovel full of material onto the belt, slipped backwards and hit elbow on the cement floor. XRay to elbow was negative. EE returned to w...
07/25/2020 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee had just pushed pan and was going to pull up shields tight to the face. The coal and rock face fell into the already full pan. The rock hit the top of the spill tray and some came over onto t...
05/26/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On 5/26/2020 a roof fall was found in the #1 entry just inby crosscut 26 in the mine 4 submains. This fall was not above the anchor zone, and did not restrict airflow. However, it impedes the travel o...
05/19/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was in the beltline helping remove a 10' length of monorail. EE's end was placed on the ground and EE stepped back to go to the other end and stepped on a small piece of coal. This resulted i...
05/12/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Miner was breaking up a 3'X3'X2' rock on the shield toe with a Jack Hammer. The tip of the Jack Hammer slipped and the Jack Hammer went forward causing the miner to pinch finger between the Jack Hamme...
03/27/2020 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Crew pulled belt out of LW belt bank. They were in process of pinning the belt back together. EE got under elevated belt on knees to help line up splice. Once they were done, EE scooted out from under...
02/19/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the face of #1 entry in the mine 5 mains. Fall was 12' long of unsupported face, and 15' long of supported face. The fall was full entry wide and above the anchor zone of the s...
02/12/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Weekly examiners found a roof fall in the return entry in the south west reserves sub-mains. Fall was 3 foot high, 40 foot long, and 18 foot wide. This is not an escapeway. There was no change in vent...
02/06/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking past the feeder breaker coming out of the beltline. Employee states employee stumbled and fell onto back and tweaked it. Employee was taken to the hospital for X-Ray. X-Ray was ne...
02/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was trying to hang buggy cable anchor with cable still in it, by self. EE was using a high voltage hook to hook it to the mesh while EE clevised it to the belt hanger plate. EE lost control of i...
01/31/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost EE stepped backwards and rolled ankle. It was level ground and EE did not step onto anything. X-Ray showed no injury and EE returned to work. EE had an MRI on their own and saw a doctor on 3/9/2020. D...
01/30/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Belt man was walking to new location to shovel belt. EE was carrying a shovel in EE's right hand. As EE started down a grade EE got closer to the belt to hold on to dust pipe to sturdy self. The floor...
12/07/2019 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rib blew out and struck miner in the head causing small laceration.
11/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost EE was helping another miner carry 4"" X 20' aluminum pipe. They both had pipe on shoulder. EE in back fell. IE was in the front and felt pain in right shoulder. IE did not want to seek medical attent...
11/04/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a razor knife, miner cut index finger. Miner was not wearing the required cut resistant gloves.
10/04/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A three way intersection in the primary escapeway of the 4 Right Longwall section fell above the anchor zone.
09/26/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost While breaking up rock with sledge hammer at the Longwall Tailgate drive, a rock fell off the gob plate and landed on employees left foot causing a fracture on top of foot.
09/13/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 124d lost While a mechanic was trouble shooting a Utility Vehicle, they accidently pulled forward and the trailer wheel smashed miners calf.
07/21/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Injured person fell backwards onto Longwall panline and hurt their lower back.
06/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost While removing a radiator cap from equipment, employee received burns on forearm.
05/28/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall above the anchor zone in the intersection of Mine 5 LOB seam XC-204 in the #2 entry.
05/24/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found by a pumper. This fall was not in an escapeway or travelway. It was in a return crosscut. There was no change in ventilation.
05/06/2019 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A coal burst come from the top of the face area hitting a longwall propman in EE's airstream helmet. This resulted in a cut to the right side of EE's head and likely slight concussion.
04/16/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While starting up a stationary ladder, employee slipped and fell backwards causing hand to be fractured.
04/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost While removing a lump of coal off the longwall Bretby, the lump of coal fell onto employee's foot. EE's foot was on the drawbar knuckle. The downward pressure of the lump caused upward pressure from t...
03/05/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was walking down the longwall face carrying a rolled up hose. Their right foot slipped forward and they fell backwards injuring the left ankle as they landed on it. EE did not seek medical at...
01/31/2019 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A rib burst happened on the face and hit shearer operator. The piece of coal that hit them caused their safety glasses to cut their face.
01/11/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the old 9 East intake was found by preshifter.
01/04/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured person was walking up the longwall face. They tripped and fell forward and cut the palm of their hand on a piece of rock or something sharp.
10/01/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was using a pointed bar to operate a track jack. Employee stepped on the point with right foot to push down. The point went through EE's boot and broke the skin.
09/15/2018 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost After cutting through the headgate, the shearer began heading to tailgate. When the headgate drum was at shield 7, the injured miner stepped from shield 3 to shield 4. The upper part of the face wall...
08/22/2018 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Injured was hit by rib slough and fractured the collar bone.
07/24/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Loader operator dropped bucket on Employee's boot while Employee was loading a vent tube in bucket.
07/21/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pulled groin lifting a box. Employee was seen at the ER and was released to RTW. After a follow up visit with a specialist, it was determined on 08/31/2018 that surgery was needed. Employee h...
06/08/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost While working on shuttle car conveyor, employee was struck on the hand by a hammer