Tata Chemicals Mine — Accidents

Total: 666 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/08/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The cage was on the way down & was approx 100' from the station when ee noticed smoke. Upon inspection we found the bottom coil of a dual coal arrangement which activates the service brake release mec...
04/22/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing at the last row of bolts reaching in with hot stick to reset main breaker in cab. A piece of top peeled out striking employee on right elbow.
04/07/2006 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was trouble shooting the gathering head circuit on JCM-4R in panel SA02. He opened the main control box on the miner and was checking connectors, when he reached in the box, he touched lugs and did...
02/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 332d lost Employee stated that she got out of vehicle and slipped on snow & ice.
02/18/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist Failure Electric Problems.
02/07/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On Feb. 7, 2006 the #2 hoist was down from 9:00am to 12:00pm.
02/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was helping make a splice on SRM Panel belt. He reached to move the plunger to the next setting and another EE struck him with 8lb hammer on right hand.
01/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was helping pull a piece of belt when he felt a pop or pull in his right elbow. Employee did not miss any time from work but was restricted from working overtime for two weeks.
12/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SIX FOOT STEP LADDER AFTER HE LEFT A HAMMER ON TOP OF THE LADDER. THE HAMMER FELL FROM THE LADDER STRIKING HIM ON THE UPPER LIP CAUSING A LACERATION.
11/30/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING HYDRAULIC PROBLEM ON FB-1. HE PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. CUT FINGER BETWEEN GUARD & SHAFT.
11/12/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was bolting pin 1 room of panel 5 am when a seam seatection broke lose, the slab peeled off striking him and pushing him down. He had a small sut on left arm and a sprained right ankle.
11/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 42"" BELT TOP ROLLERS FROM BELT STRUCTURE TO PUT ON FORKS OF LO TRAC AND FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
11/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost Employee was lifting 42"" belt top of rollers from belt structure to put on forks of the Lo Trac and felted a strain in lower back. Accident was reported and closed with MSHA. Miner is going to be o...
10/25/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was pulling on miner cable with a hot stick when hot stick slipped off of cable. He fell folding his right leg under his weight. He said he felt something pop and could not put weight on it.
10/17/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BOX OPEN WITH A RAZOR KNIFE AND CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER. FINGER WAS STERI-STRIPPED.
10/13/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 36d lost, 46d restricted Employee had knee pain which gradually got worse from crawling around doing equipment maintenance. Employee was diagnosed with chronic degenerative knee condition.
09/19/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was helping pull fct roadway he climbed over the roadway and beltine and when he came off the other side he stepped on a rock and turned his right ankle.
09/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was helping change a shuttle car tire. Pushing and pulling on tire. A couple of hours later he complained of lower back pain.
09/01/2005 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 23d restricted EE WAS RELIEVED BY ANOTHER ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR. THE OTHER OPERATOR THOUGHT EE HAD LEFT THE AREA BECAUSE WHEN HE MOVED THE BOLTER THE FIRST TIME, EE WAS AT THE BACK OF THE BOLTER. WHEN HE MOVED THE...
08/11/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #2 man and material hoist experienced a malfunction that caused the hoist to be out of service for more than thirty minutes. an electrical connection had grounded due to water from the washing the sha...
07/20/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 44d restricted EE WORK OVER A PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED HIM TO DEVELOP LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (TENNIS ELBOW). HE REPORTED THE CONDITION ON 7/20/05
06/13/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE WORKING ON THE LIGHTS OF THE FRK30, HE STEPPED OFF OF FORKLIFT ONTO THE ELECTRIC SHOP FLOOR AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY TIME BUT HAD SURGERY ON 10...
06/08/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING A CLIP OFF OF THE FCT III BELT. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS FOREARM TO BE PUNCTURED BY A CLIP ON BELT.
05/31/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS SPLICING THE MINER CABLE IN PANEL SB17. WHEN HE WAS PULLING THE CRIMPING TOOL TOWARD HIMSELF HE FELT A POP JUST BELOW THE RIBS. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK, BUT WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY. (""ACTIV...
05/28/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CROSSING OVER FCT-3 IN PANEL FM04 AND WHEN FCT-3 TRAMMED FORWARD, HE FELL ON THE FCT BELT. HE ENDED UP WITH A LACERATION ON HIS HEAD, SWELLING LEFT FOOT, ABRASION ON ARMS. HE DID NOT MISS...
05/19/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO PULL A PIN OUT OF A SPLICE ON THE MAIN ROAD OF PANEL SB10 WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. THIS PULLED THE MUSCLE OR NERVE IN HIS THIGH. EE WORKED ALL HIS SHIFTS UP UNTIL...
05/12/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on the outby offside of Flexible Conveyor Train in panel SB10 when he slipped and fell, catching himself with left hand on the running FCT-2 belt which pulled his hand into the ro...
05/09/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BELTLINE & GOT HIS RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT & ROLLER.
04/30/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None SOUTH SPEAR POINT BROKE LOOSE FROM ANCHORAGE POINT CAUSING SKIP TO HANG UP IN LOADING POCKET. #3 HOIST WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR APPROX. 8 HOURS.
04/26/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted EE was using a sledge hammer and spike to knock a rock out of the rotor on a bore miner and struck his hand with the hammer.
04/10/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was helping pull the miner out of half pass (using hot stick to drag cable) to throw cable over on the rib in Panel SB10 and felt a strain in lower back.
04/09/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost (3 EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS OCCURRENCE.) EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK, HIT & KNOCKED DOWN BY CURL AND RIB ON THE OPERATOR SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT CRUSHED OUT IN PANEL FM03.
04/09/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK, HIT AND KNOCKED DOWN BY CURB & RIB ON THE OPERATOR SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT CRUSHED OUT IN PANEL FM03.
04/09/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 3d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK, HIT & KNOCKED DOWN BY CURB & RIB ON THE OPERATOR SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT CRUSHED OUT IN PANEL FM03.
04/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REMOVING A BELT CLAMP OFF BELT TRUCK. EE WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY ONE END OF THE BELT CLAMP, KNOCKING THE CAP OFF OF HIS CANINE TOOTH. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK.
04/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE ALLEDGED THAT WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE OR UNLOADING PANS OFF ROOF BOLTER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE SHOULDER BLADE AREA OF HIS MID BACK. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK, BUT WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY...
03/15/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was putting a pin in the hitch to hook up a trailer as he was twisting in pin the forklift rolled slightly forward, pinching his finger between the hitch pin and the back of the forklift. EE did no...
03/13/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was loading shuttle car. When shuttle car was finished loading and started to leave room, it hooked a rope that is used to drag miner cable. Cable pulled tight knocking employee to the ground...
03/10/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was driving FRK-21B down main south, hit a rock in road, twisting steering wheel and twisting left wrist. EE did not miss any work but was put on restricted duty.
03/08/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHAIN TO PULL THE TOP BELT BACK TO LINE UP A SPLICE ON THE BOTTOM BELT, AS THEY MOVED THE FCT, THE CHAIN GOT CAUGHT ON FCT ROADWAY. THE CHAIN BROKE & CAME FLYING BACK & HIT EE IN...
02/21/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was riding in mantrip on main south road. Mantrip hit a bump in road causing him to jog his back while sitting in front passenger seat. Employee did not miss any work but was on restricted du...
02/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE was lifting first top roller of stack of rollers the stock started to roll foward falling one side of his foot while trying to get out of way of falling roller. left foot or ankle.
02/01/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 81d lost, 75d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING M20-3 BELT DRIVE, HE STARTED TO WALK OUT OF THE AREA & TRIPPED ON SOMETHING. HE REACHED OUT TO BREAK HIS FALL & FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS RT. SHOULDER. EE DID NOT MISS ANY...
01/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading metal guards onto cage metal. Guards slipped, mashing his left little finger.
12/07/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WIRING UP BELT DRIVE MOTOR FOR SB11, RAISED ARM UP TO MOTOR WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM. HE DID NOT MISS ANY REGULAR WORK BUT WAS RESTRICTED FROM WORKING OVERTIME ON...
11/30/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee said while lifting top belt roller he felt pain in his back and lower right side. EE did not miss any regular work but was restricted from working overtime.
11/21/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 11d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BOLT SUPPLY TRAILER TOUNGE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES & THEN IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
11/06/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 151d lost Employee was swinging 20 lb hammer in panel sb14 driving pin enter support frame. felt pop in his left shoulder. ee did not miss any work but was restricted on overtime.
11/01/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR INTO 1 ROOM OF PANEL FM03 RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH CAUSED EE TO HIT HIS RT ELBOW ON CAB. EE CAME BACK TO REGULAR JOB BUT WAS RESTRICTED FROM WORKING OVERTIME
10/30/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REINSTALL A CABLE ON THE PULLEY FOR THE MAN CAGE GATE, A 4 X 4 X 6 PIECE OF WOOD WHICH WAS BEING USED TO PROP THE GATE UP FELL DOWN THE SHAFT AND DAMAGED THE BELL SIGNAL CABLE. TH...