South Hallsville No 1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 121 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/15/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Traveling out of the pit, antifreeze was seen coming from the radiator. The operator placed his hand on the radiator cap to tighten it, in doing so it came off getting hot anti-freeze on his arm and l...
08/02/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 202d lost Employee was walking to supervisors truck at the asphalt area when he tripped over dozer tracks and hyperexteded his left knee causing swelling in the knee area. Employee was taken to the hospital eme...
07/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE was working on a machine placing a seat into the cab when he felt pain in his lower back
07/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost EE stuck his truck in the fill area. In helping the dozer operator hook the tow cable he twisted his left knee.
06/21/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was parking truck in the staffing area at the end of the night shift. He backed into another truck already parked. He said that he was blinded by the lights of a pickup leaving that parking lot. He ma...
05/06/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None When adjusting an irrigation pipe, a tye wrap needed to be cut to move the piping. A pocket knife was used, in the process the knife slipped cutting the person's left thumb requiring stitches.
02/28/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had finished grinding when he felt something in his left eye. Eye was washed out and nothing was found. The next morning the employee complained of his eye and something was found and had t...
01/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted A miner sprained his ankle while setting a pump. This required professional medical treatment that required means of immobilizing an injured part of the body. The employee did not miss any scheduled w...
09/04/2010 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 2:00 pm smoke was noticed coming from the north end of the Q area. The onshift supervisor investigated and called the local fire department, MSHA was notified around 2:20 pm. A call l...
07/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Three employees were positioning a 1""x8""x8' piece of plate when one end slipped off one stand and pinched the right thumb between the plate and the skid they were working on. Right thumb was fractu...
06/23/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On June 23, 2010 at approximately 7:15 pm three hay bales located in the M-5 area were noticed to be burning. The bales were located on the top of a hill; it is believed that a lightning strike from a...
10/26/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was setting up to replace removable floor in transformer room in Dragline. Employee fell through the floor opening when trying to reach the shackle that was located above the floor opening br...
06/11/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 268d lost EE's of Bronco Drilling company failed to return to their rig site when returning from town. This was a frequently traveled road by all Bronco EE's to the rig. Investigation revealed that all 3 EE's w...
06/11/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 268d lost EE's of Bronco Drilling company failed to return to their rig site when returning from town. This was a frequently traveled road by all Bronco EE's to the rig. Investigation revealed that all 3 EE's w...
06/11/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 268d lost EE's of Bronco Drilling company failed to return to their rig site when returning from town. This was a frequently traveled road by all Bronco EE's to the rig. Investigation revealed that all 3 EE's w...
05/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was preparing to gauge a screw jack from bottom of Revolving frame and bumped a stand and the stand fell, pinching left ring finger, causing a laceration. Five stitches were administered.
05/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was moving a peice of steel plate and the employee put plate down to get a better grip and the plate slipped and landed on the metatarsal part of his boot and fractured left foot.
05/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had something in his eye and had no idea when he got it in there or how he got it in his eye.
05/07/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding overhead and had some trash get into left eye.
05/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a wire that was caught in a dozer track when wire was pulled on it cut finger.
04/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stepping out of truck onto unlevel ground when he arrived and twisted ankle.
03/26/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Mounted bulldozer to change fuel filters. The bulldozer tracks were muddy and the oiler slipped and fell off dozer track to the ground.
03/03/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on equipment using a hammer to remove pin and piece of metal came off pin and embeded in left forearm.
12/13/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE received a personal emergency phone call & needed to leave work. Leaving the job site, ee was traveling on an oil & gas lease road running accross mine property. He lost control of his truck & roll...
08/22/2008 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None A water pumper noticed smoke at the begining of his shift as he was going out in the mine. Upon investigation he found a fire on mine property in the old C-area. This area was not accessible with our...
08/06/2008 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost Employee was working and started experiencing cramps in legs and cramps moved to upper body. Employee suffered from heat stress.
07/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While dismounting bulldozer operators foot slipped on track causing him to lose contact with hand grab iron and fall hitting his left elbow, lower back and back of his left leg on dozer track.
06/24/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Received a call of a fire in our South Hallsville Mine area. Fire Department responded along with the Harrison County Forestery Department, fire burned approximately 100 acres of pasture and pine tree...
06/01/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 260d lost Employee backing up with Dozer on the top of a pile of dirt. As the dozer made the transition over the top of the pile and began its descent, employee was turned in his seat looking back to the direct...
03/30/2008 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Received a call that one of the oil well locations had been struck by lighting, resulting in a fire; this was in an inactive part of the mine. MSHA number called, talked with MSHA EE and shortly afte...
12/08/2007 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Operator arrived for work on 12/09/2007 and reported that he had soreness and pain in his shoulder blade area. Operator had been ripping coal in the rib end of the pit and pushing it to the easi-miner...
09/13/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lost control of truck hauling hay. Employee stepped on his brakes to slown down, this caused the truck to pull immediately to the right. Employee tried to steer the truck back on the road,...
07/09/2007 FIRE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Fire started while truck (coal train) was fully loaded going to the hopper. Truck was traveling up hill at approx. 6 mph, operator called in a code, stopped truck and shut it down, fire suppression se...
07/09/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Fire started while truck (coal train) was fully loaded going to the hopper. Truck was traveling up hill at approx. 6 mph. Operator called in a code, stopped truck and shut it down; fire suppression se...
01/04/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting discharge hose with a utility knife. Discharge hose was propped up on his leg. During process of cutting hose, the knife slipped out of the hose and cut his leg.
10/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was putting new bushings on a dozer cylinder. When the bushing became stuck he hit it with a hammer, which flaked off striking him in the arm. In removing the sliver of metal, the doctor requ...
10/05/2006 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Employee died of natural causes - myocardial infarction (Heart Attack). See MSHA's correspondence: CMH&H Memo No. HQ-06-112-A (Sec 103), Memorandum for Allyn C. Davis. Classified Degree 9.
07/24/2006 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While Operator was mowing a dry hay field, a spark apparently was created between the hay mower and a rock in the hay field. Due to the very dry conditions, and the gusty Southeasterly winds, this ca...
05/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was swapping pickup beds from one truck to another and pinched his fingers between the truck frame and the box frame of the bed. This resulted in him receiving stitches in his 3rd finger and...
01/29/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was hauling a rock guard, when stopped at the shop he noticed that the guard had shifted and was partially hanging off the back of the truck. He lifted the guard to push it back on to the bed...
11/27/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Dragline oiler was removing the pump tray on 101 dragline to repair a leak. The tray was attached to the overhead crane when it was cut loose from the mounting brackets. The tray / motor shifted when...
10/05/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost Cleaning coal in ramp S2 area, dozer operator backed into a newly dug sump. Operator was wearing his seatbelt and suffered R/shoulder pain due to backing into the 12' sump at night.
08/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A HEADLIGHT THAT DIDN'T WORK. HE HAD REMOVED THE HEADLIGHT AND WAS LOLDING IT IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND SHOOK IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD RATTLE. WHEN HE DID THIS, IT BUSTED IN HIS RIGHT H...
05/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was doing a turn and undercut operation on hoist motor #2; at the time of the incident he was stoning the commutator. The stone kicked back and the middle finger of his right hand was caught...
11/17/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding metal on the dragline bucket when a small piece of metal flew under both safety glasses and face shield, lodging in right eye. Employee had the metal removed and was issued a pr...
06/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mechanic was filling a coal hauler trailer strut with grease when he lowered his dark glasses to better his vision. At that moment, the grease came out of the relief valve slightly spraying into hi...
05/03/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While lowering the axle on a Dart CH-160 trailer, the axle began to roll off of the jacks and extentions, When the axle began to fall, it hit the torsion bar and the bar hit employee in the left shoul...
05/03/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None While working on a Dart CH-160 Trailer, ee was lowering the axle on jacks and extentions and the axle began to roll off of the jacks and landed on ee's left foot and crushed it.
03/12/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS LIFTING A 55 GALLON BARREL OVER A STEP WITH AN OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN THE LIFTING TONS RELEASED THE BARREL. THE BARREL SAT DOWN ON THE EE'S RIGHT FOOT RESULTING IN 2 BROKEN BONES ON TOP OF THE FO...
02/05/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 3/8"" HAND DRILL WHEN THE BIT BECAME STUCK. THE DRILL ROTATED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE 4TH METACARPUS.