Tunnel Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 495 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/02/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee tripped while walking along a supply train, slicing left hand on a piece of metal banding as EE attempted to break the fall.
05/19/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee strained left knee while installing a 54"" bottom belt roller.
05/18/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging belt structure with chain. As they wrapped the excess chain around the bedrail, the end of the chain hit them in the mouth, chipping a tooth.
05/15/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee's foot was pinched between the bolter pot and ATRS mounting bracket of a Joy 14-09 continuous mining machine.
04/08/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee stepped off an approximately two foot ledge and twisted their right knee when they contacted the mine floor.
03/27/2023 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire occurred in the Prep Plant while conducting maintenance work during an idle shift.
03/27/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lowering drill steels out of a freshly drilled hole and the steels momentarily stuck in the mine roof causing the starter steel to separate from the others. As EE reached for the steels s...
03/25/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was using a hammer to beat rust off a bolt and some rust got behind employee's safety glasses and into right eye.
03/13/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost On 3/13/23, employee was preparing to remove monorail on the lw headgate. EE was climbing over the crossover at the tailpiece. As EE went to take the first step down the ladder on the monorail side...
03/13/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was removing the inby sander box on EE's 30 Ton Motor to dump out the wet sand. While lifting, employee felt a sharp pain shoot up EE's lower back.
03/09/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was lifting an I-beam (approx. 200 lbs) into position to be lifted by a chain-hoist. As they moved the beam into place, employee felt discomfort in lower back.
03/08/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost On 3/8/23, Employee went to throw a shovel full of stone on the belt and felt a ""pop"" in right shoulder. EE worked until 6/21/23, but shoulder did not improve. On 6/21/23 occupational health restric...
03/04/2023 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was stepping over a coupler, in the longwall power train, and felt a ""pop"" in right calf as employee went to transfer weight from right leg to left.
02/06/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was shoveling coal and felt a sharp pain in their back.
02/04/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was raising the outby roll of belt that as going to be pulled on next. The inby roll was being pulled, pulled to the end of the spool. There were nails holding the last lap of belt to the spo...
01/26/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall above the anchorage point occurred on the 10 Left longwall panel in the #2 entry between 56 and 57 crosscut. The fall measured approximately 43 ft. long x 16 ft. wide x 8 ft. hi...
01/26/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was carrying rib block through a water hole that had silicate (from pumpable cribs) in it. The employee's pant legs became saturated in the water/silicate mixture. A few hours later EE's ca...
01/16/2023 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 144d lost The shotcrete spray crew was in the process of clearing the hoses between the machine and the spray nozzle. The employee was holding the nozzle when the material in the line broke loose, causing the...
12/21/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost While handling steel set supplies, employee slipped and struck EE's tailbone against the heel of EE's boot. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
12/11/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost While welding on an HG drum bit lug, a piece of molten slag dripped off the drum and fell into employee's boot, causing a burn. Employee worked up until 12/30/22, when employee was taken off work by...
11/30/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee had knelt down to check the temp on a bearing and felt a stabbing pain in EE's back. EE got self using guarding to climb onto a concrete curb. EE walked took about 3 steps, and when EE went t...
11/21/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was in the process of bolting a ""bagged"" area of roof screened top when a loose rock measuring 12"" long x 4"" wide x 1"" thick fell through the screen striking the employee on the front o...
11/14/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was trying to move a partially filled portable sand blasting unit that is on a dolly-type frame. When EE tipped the unit back on it's wheels, the weight of the unit knocked EE to the ground....
10/24/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost A rock approximately 2' long x 2' wide x 8"" thick fell our of the corner in #4 entry at 5 wall (inby left corner) and hit employee in the back, knocking EE to the ground face first.
10/22/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None walking across a ditch that was muddy and slippery causing them to fall
10/19/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The injured employee and two other employees were unloading pre-fab overcast panels. The panel they were handling twisted causing the injured employee to feel a pull in EE's lower back.
10/15/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee picked up a 50 pound bag of rock dust to put on the loading machine and felt pain in EE's lower abdomen, hear EE's naval.
10/05/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was in the process of picking up sand for the sanders on the motor. As employee was lifting the sand, at about waist high, they felt a pain in their lower left back.
10/01/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was on knees preparing to insert a new bottom belt roller. Another employee was walking by, carrying the old belt roller, and lost balance. The old roller fell from shoulder and struck the...
09/29/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner crew was cutting stone in the #2 entry. Employee was hanging cable/waterline in a roller hanger and was struck in the forehead by a piece of rock or carbide off a miner bit.
09/23/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was coming down the steps from the school house elevator, when EE tripped on the bottom step. EE put hands out to catch self and pinched the right pinky finger between the lunch bucket handl...
09/06/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost Employee was sending cars to the surface on the hoist cage at Battle Run. EE pulled the de-coupler cable to release the supply car, that was on the hoist cage, from another supply car. The first pull...
08/30/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was installing belt structure and pinched hand between two hard surfaces.
08/28/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was installing belt structure and pinched EE's hand between two hard surfaces.
08/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was performing longwall tear down duties on the face and slipped and fell on a wet surface, injuring wrist.
08/17/2022 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal A miner was fatally injured when the supply car on which they were sitting was struck by a locomotive, causing them to fall where they were crushed between the coupler and deck of the supply car.
08/15/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading belt cradles on the forks of the megatrac. They moved a piece of wood from the lift of belt cradles and two of the cradles slid together, pinching left pinky finger between them.
08/07/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was hanging rib mesh off of a ladder, approximately 5.5 ft off the ground. As they reached to attach the mesh, it didn't catch on the existing rib mesh, and their momentum and the weight of t...
06/23/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee had finger pinched between mantrip frame and belt dolly pin, while trying to remove the belt dolly pin.
06/14/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost Employee was in the process of removing the CM trailing cable and water line from a roller hanger. As employee pulled down on the roller hanger handle to unlatch it, employee heard a ""pop"" and felt...
05/26/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing an outside roof bolt off the Twin Boom Roof Bolter. Employee had just began to drill the hole when a piece of roof material fell through the wire roof mesh and struck their ri...
05/17/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost While standing on top of miner to reposition roof straps, employee strained left arm lifting the straps. Employee worked up until 10-15-2022, when EE was wrote off work by a doctor.
05/12/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking toward the rear of the miner after finishing putting up a roof strap. Employee had right hand on top of the dust box when a rock fell from between the straps and struck EE's righ...
05/12/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost An experienced trained beltman was prying up a piece of metal plate to align bolt holes on a booster drive frame. EE was working under a piece of belt guarding, under the belt. As EE pushed up on the...
05/10/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While installing roof screen off of the miner, the top fell in on the roof screen. Employee raised the timber jack to help get the rock off the screen. As the employee and miner operator were pullin...
04/19/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was cutting a huck bolt on ""A screen side"" sheet with torches. EE was cutting vertically/overhead when hot, melted metal went down EE's right arm sleeve. The melted metal was trapped in E...
04/16/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee was repairing the Plant Feed Head Chute while inside the head chute and slipped down. EE jammed EE's shoulder into EE's neck while trying to break EE's fall. Initial ER x-rays were negative f...
02/26/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees right foot slipped while cutting conveyor belt causing body position to shift resulting in a laceration to the left forearm resulting in 8 stitches. Employee was released back to work with...
02/25/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee and another employee were carrying a section of Ultra-Trac (approx. 200 lbs) to the crusher crossover from the last open X-cut. As employee tried to put their end on the crossover, the groun...
02/18/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Employee #1 was sitting in the shanty. Employee #2 was pulling a Dapco battery ride into the shanty, not knowing #1 was in there. #1 called out, startling #2, causing them to inadvertently hit the a...