Stones Chapel — Accidents

Total: 47 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee stated he was getting off the Clark 275 Front End Loader, while climbing down the steps of the loader he felt a sharp pain in neck - then in back - going all the way to his legs. Loader was...
01/29/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a backhoe. When he came to a stop, employee's feet slipped causing him to fall and break a bone in his right hand.
12/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was carrying bags of rock dust while kneeling over, when he felt his back pop and pain shooting through both legs.
11/30/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost **This accident was not reported until 12-11-2006** Employee stated that while shoveling she felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder. The area was muddy, slippering, and uneven. Employee has a pulle...
11/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was working on the header. The template that was being used fell off of the tandem roller and smashed his left hand, causing his hand to bruise and swell.
11/06/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Rock fell out between pins striking employee in the head causing a muscle to pull in his back.
10/31/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Slippery, wet, uneven surfaces that caused the employee to twist his left ankle cracking a bone in his ankle.
10/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Over exerted pulling on come alongs, pulling a muscle in his back.
05/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Third shift men were pulling a car cable, EE was standing beside miner and car cable hit him on the legs, knocking him down. He fell backwards onto the side of the miner and bruised lower back.
05/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost He was helping move miner cable, picked the miner cable up and felt pain in lower back.
05/09/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Hydraulic oil sprayed out of the boom lift jack of the roof bolter, spraying oil in miner's face, getting in his eyes. Miner was wearing glasses.
05/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Miner walked around shuttle car when he noticed small rocks chipping from the roof. He turned to avoid the falling rock, slipped in the mud and twisted his left knee. Hyperextened his left knee - st...
04/17/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Employee was putting up roof bolt in the face of the #3 right cross cut when the boom came down unexpectedly and struck him on his left knee. Possible torn ligements to the left knee.
04/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Employee was hanging miner cable, picked the cable up and felt a pain in his back. The roof was 5 1/2 to 6 feet high and he was lifting cable by himself.
03/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 169d lost He was helping lap belt with three other employees and felt something pop in left shoulder.
03/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was pulling and lifting a steel cable, used to pull the gob truck as it was stuck in mud. He felt a pain in left shoulder and neck.
02/16/2006 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EE WAS CHECKING THE WATER LEVELS IN A RADIATOR ON A DIESEL SCOOP. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN THE RADIATOR CAP, THE CAP BLEW OFF AND HOT WATER AND ANTIFREEZE BLEW OUT, BURNING HIS RIGHT ARM AND SIDE....
10/20/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost While employees were getting instructions at shack, a rock app 3"" - 12"" thick and 2' x 3' long, fell striking 2 employees on their heads shoulders and backs.
10/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee strained lower back while hanging miner cable.
10/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was changing out bearing on slope take-up and felt pain in his chest. Pulled muscle in chest.
10/05/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was getting off of step ladder and twisted his right knee when he turned to step away from the ladder.
09/26/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Taking water line apart with a hammer. Swung hammer to remove line and missed causing right elbow to strike belt framing. Soft tissue and ligament damage.
08/08/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Draw rock, 7 inches thick, tapering down to 1 inch thick 2 ft. wide, 4ft long broke at ATRS smashing left fingers, mainly index finger, against pot while employee was trying to get pinner still out of...
08/03/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was directing traffic on unit, when scoop dropped bucket on top of his foot. Scoop was sitting half way thru a curtain. Employee was on inby side of curtain and scoop operator was on outby s...
06/20/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost The brakes locked up on the #3 shuttle car causing the car to slide into the rib. The employee had his hand on hand rail and his hand was mashed into rib of coal. Cut little finger and ring finger,...
06/17/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing pin from splice hitting two hammers together when a small piece of the hammer head broke off and entered his left arm
01/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE was trying to move an empty pallet at #4 header. The pallet was stuck in mud and when he picked up on the pallet, he felt something pop in his right shoulder
01/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was loading a box of glue onto pinner and twisted his back causing pain in his back and right leg.
11/02/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Making a splice in #4 belt. Knife slipped and cut left index finger. Bandaged on unit and went to Dr. for stitches.
09/05/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None MUD SLIP IN INTERSECTION FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE. AREA IS APPROX. 20' X 20' X 8-10' HIGH.
08/27/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A mud slip occurred in the #5 entry at the last open intersection spad #6 to 50. this lsip caused an unintentional roof fall app. 20' x 20' x 6'. the intersection had been previously bolted.
08/10/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 181d lost Employee was shoveling on slope belt header and threw mud and coal up onto the belt and strained neck and pinched nerve.
05/10/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employees were attempting to jack up one side of tailpiece with a railroad jack to prevent #3 belt from contacting the tailpiece. The jack slipped out (kicked out) and off of a piece of wood that the...
04/28/2004 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was crawling and climbing around on #3 header, when left knee started hurting, by the time he got out side his left knee started to swell, which was around 7:00 p.m.
04/22/2004 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was watching cable to insure that there was slack in cable. Supervisor heard a pop and a ""grunt"" or noise and lost power on his equipment. Supervisor discovered EE laying on ground, uncon...
04/19/2004 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None #3 head drive is powered by tires. It appears the roller stopped and tires kept turning creating friction that ignited tires. Slip protection did not shut belt off.
02/24/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None MINING THROUGH SLIP AREA. HAD ALREADY ROOF BOLTED AREA AND PUT STEEL SETS UP. TOP FELL, TWISTING LEGS AND ROCKFALL OCCURRED. FALL WAS APPROX. 12 FT. LONG, 16 FT. WIDE, 8 FT. HIGH.
02/18/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None MINING THRU SLIP AREA. OUTBY APPROX 30' LONG X 17' WIDE X 10-12' HIGH FELL IN PULLING PINS OUT PINS WERE 5' TO 7' GLUE BOLTS, #5 ENTRY INBY SPAD #12+00 2ND NORTH PANEL OFF 2ND MAIN CAST.
08/05/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN UP A UNION ON THE MINER PUMP. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT EE IN THE RT. EYE AND BROKE HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
08/05/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 5d restricted EE WAS SETTING BITS IN THE LEFT MINER ON #1 UNITAND BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BUCKET OF MINER BITS WHEN HE PICKED UP THE BITS HE STRAINED HIS LOWERBACK.
07/08/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 247d lost EE WAS TRYING TO REPOSITION THE WELDING TRAILER SO IT COULD BE HOOKED UP. HE WAS MANUALLY PULLING IT AROUND AND PULLED LOWER BACK.
04/14/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EE WAS INSTALLING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ON OUTSIDE BELT DRIVE TO CLEAR UP MSHA VIOLATION. HE STEPPED IN MUD AND HIS RIGHT FOOT BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE TRIE...
03/24/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HANGING OUTBY END OF WING CURTAIN IN #6 ENTRY. LEFT BOLTER WAS IN LAST OPEN BETWEEN 6-7. BOLTER CABLE WAS HUNG ACROSS #6 ENTRY OVER HEAD OF HELPER WHERE HE WAS HANGING CURTAIN. BOLTER O PERATOR...
03/19/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HELPING TO ALIGN A 75 HP MOTOR ON A COAL FEEDER. CO-WORKER WAS PRYING THE MOTOR UP WITH A PRY BAR AND EE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND UNDER THE MOTOR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED LOOSE, MASHING EE'S LE FT SMAL...
03/13/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CO-WORKER WAS PUSHING THE COAL FEEDER TO MOVE IT WHILE INJURED WAS TRAMMING FROM THE CONTROLS. THE BUCKET OF THE COAL SCOOP SLIPPED UPWARDS PUSHING A LID LOOSE AND ON THE RIGHT THUMB OF INJURE D BREAK...
01/11/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CROSSING BELT LINE, WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME BELT STRUCTURE. CAUSING THE BELT STRUCTURE TO LACERATE HIS LEFT UPPER LEG.
12/17/2002 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost PUTTING THE MINER BREAKER UP - THE BREAKER FIRED AND BLEW BACK ON HIS HANDS.