Strip — Accidents

Total: 15 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/09/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 7:30 am during preshift examanation a rock fall was found on #3 belt line. at spad # 852 the fall measured 6 ft. thick by 18 ft. wide by 80 ft. long.
05/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost Was pulling miner cable out of roadway for miner to move across section, when he experienced pain in his lower back and hip. He went to E.R. at McDowell Hospital, was x-rayed and was told to see famil...
03/02/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a cable bolt, when drilling the hole his drill steel stopped up. He laid his left hand over the drill steel that was still inserted in drill head checking the suction on the st...
02/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Helping the mechanic work on push out lever on a Ram car, while prying down on the arm, he lost his balance and fell into the Ball hitch on a 4 wheeler buggy striking his right knee and the right side...
11/14/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Making preshift examination of beltlines and found a roof fall on #3 belt, one break outby #3 tail peice at spad #988, 3700 feet from face. 6 feet in height, 18 feet in width and 48 feet in length. No...
10/23/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Operator said he was letting the boom down on the roof bolter when something happened letting the boom fall hitting his right knee.
10/06/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Changing batteries on Ram Car at charging station when the operator went to unhook jumper cable from the batteries. A piece of draw rock fell hitting him on his left shoulder and back. The roc k measu...
09/09/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Fall on intake #4 entry outby spad 989 and inby spad 972. Fall is approx 50ft long by 18ft wide going down entry and 30ft by 18ft coming across break toward #3 entry. Fall is 5ft to 6ft thick.
08/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost He was putting a roof bolt up into the hole and was trying to unbend it and the roof bolt twisted. He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
07/24/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred 1 break inby spad 1225 in #3 entry. It was approximately 60' long, 18' wide and 1'-12' thick.
07/16/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was reaching for a wrench during roof bolting and had his hand positioned on the pot of the roof bolter, when a piece of rock fell striking his hand.
06/23/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 119d lost Miner operator was cutting in #3 entry, he was 4 rows of roof bolts back from last row of bolts, a piece of rock fell on right rib 93"" long 27"" wide and 3"" thick, hitting him and landing on his rig...
03/15/2005 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost EE WAS IN THE BATTERY BARN, CHANGING BATTERY ON SCOOP. BATTERY GASSED OFF AND BLEW UP. EE WAS NOT STRUCK BY FLYING DEBRIS, BUT THE NOISE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT HEARING LOSS, BOTH EARS.
03/08/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 324d lost EE SAID HE WAS SHOVELING ON #2 BELT LINE AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT ANKLE AND HURT IT.
03/22/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None WATER BUILT UP IN TOP WITH HILL SEAMS WHICH CUT THE ROCK WITH HORSE BACK IN TOP WHICH GOT SOFT BOLT DID NOT ANCHOR IN HARD TOP.