Speed Mine — Accidents

Total: 656 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/16/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was loading a drive onto a flat car to be transported to another location. They had the turn buckle pinned up with a rope hanger. As they were loading the drive on the flat car, rope hanger b...
03/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE was replacing damaged bolts near the section shelter. He pushed the bolt up and got his right thumb between the steel guide and roof bolt plate.
03/06/2012 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with Occupational Pneumoconiosis with a reward of 0%.
03/04/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee was installing a water ring in the drum on the long wall shearer. Employee pick up the water ring and felt pain in his lower back.
03/01/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was walking up steps to guard house, tripped and fell, fell onto porch, hitting her right shoulder.
02/22/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was installing 6 ft torque tension bolts in the 5 right cut. As he pushed the bolt up with the drill pot, the bolt broke causing the bolt to swing out striking him on the top of his left hand...
01/30/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was picking up one end of a piece of 72 inch top belt roller when he felt something in his right ankle ""pop"". *Employee continued to work until 2/13/12.
01/24/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost Roof bolt operator was installing rib bolts along with tensar in the return on a longwall developing section. The bolt man was extracting his steel from the hole when his steel became stuck in the ten...
12/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE #1 SOUTH MAINS AT BREAK #31 IN THE #2 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 100'L X 19'W X 9'T. THE ROOF FALL DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR TRAVEL.
12/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was puling gate closed and felt pain in chest
12/02/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was installing 12' cable bolts when the bolt bent causing it to come out of the drill chuck and struck employee on left wrist.
11/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 131d lost While standing at the section power center a waterline busted, EE attempted to move away and slipped when he slipped he attempted to catch himself straining his left shoulder resulting in a torn rotat...
10/25/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost EE was trying to retrieve some rope hangers from on top of feeder. The feeder was sitting on uneven mine floor and the feeder shifted back smashing his right toe.
10/15/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 176d lost Employee was operating a Fairchild scoop and swiveled the front section of the scoop to the right. This caused the rear section to spring the entrance door on to employee's left hand.
10/10/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the mine roof was discovered at 53 brk #1 west intake in the # entry. The fall does not a affect travel or ventilation the fall measured approx. 20' wide X 20' long X 6' thick.
10/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at 64 brk #1 south mains in the #2 entry the fall measured 20' wide X 20' long X 7' thick and did not affect ventilation or travel.
10/03/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was installing supply doors when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof and caught employee's right thumb between rock and supply doors.
09/27/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall was discovered between the #1 and #2 entry on the 2 south mains. The roof fall measured approximately 80' L X 20' W X 6' T.
09/08/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at 30 Break on 1 West Belt. There were no injuries due to the fall. Ventilation or travel was not affected by the fall. The fall measured approximately 50ft long by...
09/02/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at 94-95 Brk #2 entry of 1 South mains. This fall does not impair travel or ventilation. The fall measured approximately 110'L x 20'W x 5'T.
09/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE was getting ready to get on the elevator to start his shift. There was a speed reducer sitting on the outside of the elevator on the surface that needed transported underground. EE along with anoth...
08/29/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was stepping up on to a walk thru roof bolter when a piece of rock measuring approximately 32""l x 17""w x 2""t fell on his left shoulder.
08/27/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of the mine roof was discovered @ 24 Brk in 2 west Mains in the #4 entry. This roof fall does not impair travel or ventilation.
08/16/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee was installing a shear pin in the sheeps head on the relay bar at shield #152. The relay bar pushed out shoving the shear pin into the pan line. Three fingers on employees right hand were cau...
08/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee walking across gravel lot, slipped in gravel, felt pain in low back.
08/09/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing drill steel wrenches when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking his right hand. The rock measured approximately 12""L x 8""W x 2""T.
08/01/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee driving company truck on way to assigned shift. Driving downhill, said brakes felt ""hard"", lost control of vehicle, went into skid, hit fan support at site.
07/27/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Employee was walking between the stage loader and rib when his foot slipped on a rock, twisting his left knee. Employee continued working and went to the doctor in September where he was diagnosed wit...
07/23/2011 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Lightning struck one of the power poles at the Dawes substation causing a small fire on the power pole.
07/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's hand was caught between the gearbox bolt and the head drive frame
06/30/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee alleges he stepped in a rut causing him to twist his right knee. *Filed under protest due to part 50 audit.
06/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was unloading portable rock duster off of supply car and he lost his balance the tongue of the duster came down and mashed his right hand ring finger and right hand middle finger.
06/15/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was hanging continuous miner cable when continuous miner operator took up slack in cable knocking employee to the ground. *Filed under protest due to part 50 audit.
05/24/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee alleged he twisted his right ankle while walking to elevator. *Filed under protest due to part 50 audit.
05/22/2011 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was sitting in company vehicle watching fan site felt pain in right arm, had been bitten by a spider.
05/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was operating the Joy 7LS long wall shearer. A piece of rock approximately 2' long X 1' Wide X 6"" thick had become lodged in the bretby trough. EE lifted the rock out of the bretby trough an...
04/20/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a joy 21 s/c and a piece of the rib rolled off causing a laceration to his left ear that required stitches.
04/17/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a mandoor from an intake stepping on the longwall section ee cut his right hand causing a laceration that required 8 stitches to close.
04/15/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was hanging continuous miner cable when the roof bolter operator took up cable slack and the cable knocked employee to the ground. *Filed under protest due to part 50 audit.
04/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee alleged he was lifting a piece of steel off of the mule. *Filed under protest due to part 50 audit.
04/11/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee alleged he was operating a shuttle car coming from miner to feeder when he hit a hole and hurt his back. *Filed under protest due to part 50 audit.
04/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE was operating a scoop with a 3/8"" and 1/2"" chain connected to it and the other end of the chain connected to the conveyor chain on a continuous miner. He was pulling in the conveyor chain on the...
03/17/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the belt line between 72bk and 73bk on 2 South track/belt entry. The fall measured 20 foot in width 100 feet long and approximately 15 feet high. No escapeways o...
03/05/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None During cutting and welding tasks on the longwall face, there appeared to be some form of gas burning under the panline that was quickly extinguished.
02/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Walking out of security building when he stepped off last step onto ground - slipped on gravels and fell.
02/15/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was pulling mine spray lineout of water hole. While pulling he stepped on wooded bridge by the hole. His foot slipped and he fell backwards. When he tried to catch himself his right hand struck som...
01/31/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof occurred in all three approaches to the Cut-Thru EP. The fall is located inby spad 12370 in the no 1 entry, spad 12371 in the no 2 entry, and inby 12368 in the no 3 entry. No inj...
01/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 113d lost EE was plastering stopping when a few of the cinder blocks fell on him.
12/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at 1 south break #46 between the #3 & 4 entries measuring approximately 20'W X 6'T X 30'L.
12/22/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at 3 headgate break #3 between the #2 and #3 entries measuring approximately 20'W X 6'T X 80'L. This was originally reported to MSHA on form 7000-1 on 12/23/10.