Speed Mine — Accidents

Total: 656 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/08/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing a bearing on a tail roller when his right middle finger got caught between the bearing housing and tailpiece frame.
10/31/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Shuttle car operator pulled under boom of the continuous mining machine. While loading the s/c, a rock became fowled in the conveyor chain of the continuous miner. The rock dislodged out of the boom &...
10/22/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking by the section power center and tripped over some cables. He reached out to catch himself when his had struck a rib bolt causing a laceration to his right hand.
10/21/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost He was walking into security building. A cat was in doorway, he tripped on cat, fell onto a chair and twisted left side and ribs and pain in neck.
10/17/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing bits on the continuous mining machine. One of the bits was broke off in the bit lug. Employee was using a hammer trying to beat the broken bit out of the lug. At this time a pie...
10/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was helping load a continuous miner on a low car when the cat pad made contact with the track rail and a piece of the cat pad slivered off and struck employee in upper left chest.
09/29/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was working on a de-watering pump in the return when he slipped on a wet rock and twisted his knee. EE worked his scheduled shifts and went off work on 1/7/2014 for surgery to repair a torn meniscu...
09/24/2013 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 504d lost Employee had a reoccurrance of an occupational illness due to having previous back related issues.
08/23/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was helping put a ram jack in the face conveyor when a portion of the face rolled out and struck him on the right ankle and foot.
08/22/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping change bits on the shear. Another employee was using a pick hammer to get mud out of a bit insert. A piece of the pick hammer chipped off and hit the employee in the face.
08/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was putting sand in the sanders on a diesel locomotive when he strained his back.
08/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee was manually loading monster mats in to scoop bucket when he twisted his right knee.
07/18/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost Employee was drilling a hole in the mine roof to install a roof bolt when a piece of rock measuring approx 1' L x 18' W x 1 1/2"" T fell from the mine roof striking him on the left foot.
07/18/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was scaling the rib when a piece of rock measuring approximately 78"" L x 31"" W x 3"" T fell from the mine roof and struck him on the right forearm.
05/17/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was pulling miner cable when he slipped on a rock causing his knee to twist when his foot slipped. Employee worked his regular schedule and went off work on 12/6/2013 for surgery to repair a...
05/14/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 214d lost Employee was untangling an emulsion hose when he pulled on it and fell to the mine floor straining his back. *Incident became reportable on 5/23/13.
04/12/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost The employee was operating a shuttle car on the South Mains Section. The operator was returning from the miner in eight right. As he passed through the #6 intersection, the shuttle car ran over a hole...
04/11/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shoveling on off-side of belt on 17 HG B-Belt, approximately 20 feet outby tailpiece. A slate bar was laying on top of the tailpiece. It is believed that a rock knocked the slate bar onto...
04/05/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was replacing a broken tie rod on a shuttle car when the pliers he was using slipped. *Did not become reportable until 7/31/13.
03/25/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee and a fellow was cleaning a tailpiece with a water hose. EE jumped up on the tailpiece to keep from getting wet. When he jumped off the tailpiece he felt a pop in his ankle. He felt pain but...
03/13/2013 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 41d lost Employee had a reoccurrence of an occupational illness due to problems with the liniments in his left knee. Employee has had liniment replaced twice and 9 previous knee surgeries.
03/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost The crew was in the process of making a belt move. Employee was climbing up onto 9HG belt line and felt a strain in groin area.
02/25/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine roof fell pulling three roof bolts in the area of the #2 Mobile Roof Support on 9 Headgate section.
02/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 207d lost EE was puling a oxygen bottle across the long wall face. The bottle became lodged between the relay bars. The EE pulled on the bottle catching his left ankle between the relay bar and oxygen bottle.
02/18/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to cut a hole threw a piece of heavy muddy line curtain. The utility knife slipped, cutting his left index finger.
02/08/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had knocked some stoppings with the scoop. A few of the blocks from the stopping were laying on top of the scoop canopy. When he trammed the scoop back across the section, he went under the b...
01/18/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was awarded claims for permanent partial hearing loss.
01/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost EE was removing a crib block out from under a Brookville 15 ton battery powered locomotive when the locomotive came down smashing his right thumb between locomotive and crib block.
12/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was placing a skirt board lid back on the side of the tail piece when the skirt board slipped and fell on the tip of his left fingers.
12/11/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred in the face of the #6 entry on 9 head gate section. It was approx. 15' L. x 6' T. x 20' W.
12/06/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered in the west belt entry at break 26. The roof fall is approximately 8-12'W x 15'L x 6'T,
12/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee stood on a piece of 6"" water line to hang a piece of chain on a belt hanger and slipped and fell spraining his right ankle.
11/27/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost The shield on the longwall pulled in trapping ee heel in between the relay bar and pontoon on the DPT shield.
11/20/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a sledge hammer to knock out a stopping and caught his hand between the hammer handle and the stopping this caused a laceration that required 3 stitches to close the wound.
11/08/2012 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis
10/18/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the mine roof was discovered at 85 brk on 15 HG. The fall was located in the c.c. between #2 & #3 entry. The fall meas. approx. 20' W. X 60' L. X 6' Thick. This roof f fall does not affect v...
09/21/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE had used the ATRS on the single head bolter to knock the stopping blocks stuck to the mine roof. A block had fell on the drill pot. EE walked up beside the bolter to remove the block off the drill...
09/19/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred. The fall occurred on 1 south Break No. 69 in the No.4 entry in the intersection. There were no injuries and the fall did not impede travel or air passage. The fall...
09/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost While working to fix the fouled longwall face chain the EE's hand was smashed between a face conveyor flight and the longwall pan line.
09/02/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost Employee was pushing against the monorail due to the dollies were fouled up. When the dollies broke loose the wheel on the monorail ran over his left hand fingertips.
08/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was taking buggy anchor down from where it was hung and it slipped. When he caught it something popped in his back.
08/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost EE states that he was spraying off belt structure with a water hose; hose behind him got caught in belt causing hose to be pulled into belt conveyor. EE did not release hose and his right arm got pull...
08/10/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the mine roof was discovered in the 9 hg ""C"" panel at #5 crosscut in the #4 entry. The fall measured approximately 35' long X 20' wide X 10' thick. The roof fall does not affect ventilatio...
08/08/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 132d lost EE was walking in locked and tagged out face conveyor chain and a piece of rock measuring approx. 132"" l. x 60"" w. x 4"" t. fell in front of shield tips, bounced off coal face and into conveyor chai...
07/30/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE was operating a roof bolter on the operators side when a piece of the rib measuring approx. 75"" l. X 11"" w. x 4"" t. rolled out and landed on his left ankle.
06/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was lifting 60"" top belt structure and strained lower back.
06/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While changing belt rollers EE was carrying a roller to change when he stepped on uneven ground curling both ankles and falling down.
05/24/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking along the longwall face and stepped into a depression in the mine floor causing him to fall onto his left wrist. EE was not diagnosed with a sprained wrist until 5/31/12 at which time a...
05/08/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was bolting in the return on 16HG. He was installing supplemental support for the future long wall belt entry. He was lowering the drill head from the roof when his left hand got caught between the...
04/14/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking threw a check curtain when a rock fell between the bolt & rib striking the employee on the right arm resulting in a laceration.