Tunnel Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 495 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/15/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was helping mechanic service the miner head. As EE was handing the mechanic a ratchet wrench, a piece of rock fell out of the corner of the roof and struck EE in the left lower back.
02/11/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was spotting a top belt cradle at 57 wall on EM#1 belt. The employee attempted to toss cradle down. The cradle caught the employee's shirt and pulled the employee down. Employee's chin cont...
02/10/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost Employee was rib bolting in #1. EE was bringing the steels out of the rib to add the bolt wrench to finish drilling the hole. EE put hand near the steels to grab the bottom steel. The drill pot and...
01/13/2022 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost While washing out the basement of the prep plant sizer building with a water hose, employee was standing in front of a propane heater. EE didn't realize EE was as close as EE was to the flame. The b...
01/05/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting zip ties while recovering shield to shield hoses and cables. As they cut through the (heavy duty) zip tie with a razor knife (using force) the momentum carried their hand and kni...
01/04/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 38d restricted The employee was moving an approximately 65 lb. transfer pump, that was placed on a wooden pallet. The pallet was placed on the forks of a forklift. While stopped, the pump shifted, slipped off of the...
01/03/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee had the boom of the single boom bolter swung to the extreme right. When they rotated the mast, a drill steel, which was longer than the tray, was caught by the mast, and flipped upward, stri...
01/02/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was unloading belt structure on 10 Left Section. During the process of placing a bedrail along the rib, the employee pinched left hand between the mine rib and the bed rail. This resulted i...
12/23/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling up on a cam lock hose, which was stuck in the mud, to take apart at a coupler. The coupler was not coupled which allowed the free end of the coupler to come out of the mud and hi...
12/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was changing the cab filter on a 980M end loader. EE was positioned on the second step of the end loader ladder 34.5"" off the ground. EE didn't maintain 3 points of contact.
11/20/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walked out of the beltline to the track entry through the equipment doors. EE was hanging the curtain back over the equipment doors when EE got dirt in left eye.
11/18/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking a hose off of a pump to clean it, and when the hose broke loose EE scraped EE's fingers off the metal plate below. Stitches and a small fracture to the right ring finger.
11/14/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost Employee and two other mechanics were removing an ATRS jack from the EM#5 miner. They were using a come-along to assist with the removal. Employee was helping pull the jack out and felt a sharp pain...
11/11/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was standing on the track rail. Employee went to step up onto motor with right foot, when employee's left foot slipped and went under the step to the motor, causing an abrasion to left foot....
10/28/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was guiding/turning the rock deflector into position as the ATRS jack was being pressurized. They were mining through a clay vein, which had caused bad top conditions. The pad on the ATRS w...
10/15/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was flipping a stack of roof straps on the supply car. When the stack rolled over, they smashed EE's left middle finger between the straps and the supply car.
09/30/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was discovered at East 1-60 xcut between the track and belt. The fall was 20' long X 15' wide X 7' high. The fall was called into the MSHA hotline at 3:53 pm. The fall was investigated...
09/21/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was loading straps onto the miner. Employee finished loading a set of straps and was returning to the scoop when EE tripped over a rock. As EE tried to catch self, EE felt a sharp pain from...
09/20/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Employee was lifting two buckets full of tools, to put in the back of EE's EMU, and felt a sharp pain in the lower back.
09/19/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 155d lost Employee picked up an oxygen tank and felt a pop in lower back. Employee worked up until 11-18-2021, when they were written off work by a doctor.
09/03/2021 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee was spotting face chain links. Employee was sitting on the tailgate drive housing with left leg hanging over the edge. A rock rolled out of the face/top, catching employee's leg between the...
09/03/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall at or above anchorage occurred on the South Mains #1 belt at 14 x-cut. The fall measured 10'L x 16'W x 6'H.
08/30/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Cement burns to both right and left calf area of legs
08/26/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee got off motor to throw switch and slipped in the mud, striking left shoulder on the ground. Employee worked until 8/31/2021.
08/14/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was part of motor crew moving a feeder. The car carrying the feeder came off track at EM#1 at 106 wall. Employee climbed onto car and into feeder and was throwing crib block out of the feed...
07/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee and others were in the process of re-installing the belt winch cover and it became jammed. As they worked to free the cover, it let loose suddenly, pinching employees right middle finger bet...
07/13/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost Employee was positioning roof strap, screen, and still steel to top while standing on rib protector door and a ""detail"" welded to the miner frame. As the drill pot was being ran up, foot slipped, a...
07/01/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was placing steel set leg when leg fell due to wet conditions scraping the arm as it went down
06/09/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost The 8 Left belt went down with the head gate shields pulled in tight. Employee crossed stage loader to exit the face. As employee was coming down on the walkway side of stage loader, EE slipped and...
05/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 268d lost Employee was tossing a cobra drill through a mandoor @ 76 wall from the belt to track entry. The top in that area is roughly 60"". The employee was bent over and felt an immediate pain in EE's lower...
05/01/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting away the zip-tied cardboard from a new pair of channel locks. As they were cutting, they slipped and sliced the back of left hand.
04/30/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 153d lost Employee was helping to change a vertical pin at #1 shield. Employee lost balance in the mud and fell backwards. Employee's right leg was stuck in the mud, preventing the leg from moving as the employ...
04/27/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was loading/sending supply cars up the hoist. The belt skid was too far on one side of the car so employee was using a jack and pry bar to move skid up and over the edge of the flat car. Em...
04/21/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost Employee was going to get back on EE's motor when EE tripped and fell forward, striking EE's left knee on the ledge, to the opening, of the operator compartment. Employee was not able to get an MRI u...
04/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee stepped up into motor and felt a pop and stinging sensation in right knee.
04/13/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Employee felt pain in abdomen after dragging slickline and noticed a bulge in navel. Diagnosed with a hernia. Injury was not the result of a compliance or training issue.
03/07/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned fall of the roof was determined at 7:25 pm. The fall was on the East 2 Belt at crosscut 26. The dimensions were 13' Long X 12' Wide X 8' high.
03/05/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had just finished drilling EE's first steel and added the second steel. EE said the hole and steels were ""kind of kinked"" and the steels were about half inserted together. EE meant to drop...
03/03/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing ""winter gloves"" to put metacarpal gloves on. EE's hands were tight in the gloves, making them hard to remove. When EE pulled the glove off, EE's hand struck a metal barb on t...
01/27/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 247d lost Employee was loading supplies onto scoop when they stepped into a hole and tweaked left hip. Employee was wearing all required PPE and was fully trained. The employee did not seek medical treatment a...
12/26/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing broken bolts from the paddle wheel cover on the shearer. EE was hitting them with a hammer and chisel. EE re-adjusted hand and didn't realize hand was over the chisel and struck...
11/16/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall measuring 16' long x 16' wide x 7.5' above normal mining height occurred at 19 x-cut on EM#3 between #2 and #3 entries.
11/13/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee was hosing at the tail of the stacker belt. Employee stepped onto a piece of coal, causing right ankle to twist. Employee worked up until 7-22-2021 and wasn't given an off work slip until 8...
10/25/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was prying on a damaged belt roller with a slate bar to free it from the belt structure cradle. The slate bar slipped pinching EE's left thumb between bar and bed rail. The employee was wea...
10/06/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall measuring 50' long x 16' wide x 9' above normal mining height occurred at 128 x-cut in the 7 Left Section between the track and return entries.
10/02/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was raking coal from under the 6 Left impact bed. As EE pulled the rake back, the end of the handle was pulled between the roller and the belt, sucking the rake out of EE's hand, causing the...
09/24/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had finished changing miner sprays and was beginning to exit the top of the miner when EE slipped and put EE's hands out to catch self. EE's right hand caught a bundle of roof bolt plates, c...
09/15/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While checking chutes in overland crusher building, a baseball sized rock bounced out hitting employee in the nose.
09/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee inadvertently lowered the wrong locker basket, prior to employee's shift, while getting dressed. The basket struck employee on the head, causing a laceration.
08/31/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to free up the scoop winch hook from the winch frame by striking it with a D-ring. EE set down the D-ring and the hook released, falling and striking the employee in the right mid...