Tunnel Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 495 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost Employee was helping pull 1.5"" high pressure hose slack when a valve, that was part of the hose being pulled back, was inadvertently opened. This caused the hose to ""whip"", striking the employee a...
08/30/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was working in an awkward (close quarters) position, removing the horizontal pins from lw shield relay bars. EE was using a 2lb hammer. The hammer glanced off the pin head and EE's momentum...
08/24/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost IE & co-worker were carrying a mounting plate for belt head. IE was walking backwards with the plate and tripped on a 2x2 piece of roof mesh causing IE to fall with plate landing on the right leg thig...
07/31/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was unloading bags of sand on the Battle Run Portal bottom. Employee was walking with a bag of sand on shoulder when they rolled their right ankle.
07/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 40d lost The crew was changing belt out on 8 left, EE was installing keeper pins in bar of winder it was not aligned properly when it moved to align it caught EE's little finger at the finger nail.
07/20/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in the 6 Left Intake (#3 entry) at 108 wall. The roof fall measured 12' high x 20' long x 16' wide. The fall was found and mine management was notified at 8:38 am. Mine management called...
07/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was pumping cribs in the longwall intake entry. While removing the valve from the fill hose to move to another crib, EE got concrete in EE's right ear. Flushing was ineffective and minimally...
07/10/2020 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee was entrapped on the School House Portal elevator. An old coil shorted out when it rubbed against the frame in a bridge rectifier that leads to the brake motor. The employee was out of e...
06/18/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Employee was repositioning the bulkhead on the rail car. They loosened the strap on the bulkhead, causing a piece of 85# rail to fall off the side of the rail car and onto the top of employees left fo...
03/30/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was climbing down ladder of CAT 988 Endloader and felt a ""pop"" in left knee. The endloader was parked on uneven ground, making the last step longer than normal. Employee is fully trained...
02/21/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Employee had advanced ""leaky feeder"" communications cable. The employee picked up the spool of leaky feeder cable to put on the power center and felt a pain in lower back. The employee is fully tr...
01/28/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was using a slate bar to move track rail closer to rib. As employee re-positioned the bar for better leverage, employee hit a finger on the eyelet used to attach the safety rope on the rail...
01/08/2020 POWERED HAULAGE INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Driver was backed into plant with 20 ft of hose laid out to keep out from under belt line. Rock was ejected from belt and hit EE on left ankle and foot.
12/17/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sitting on the panline and was having trouble remotely controlling the LW shield beside the shield they were under. Employee slid down to access the solenoids from the problem shield and...
12/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost Employee had picked switch throw up with EE's hand and went to step on it to switch rail position. As EE pressed on the throw with EE's foot EE felt a sharp pain in EE's foot. Employee is trained an...
12/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting in replacing a LW leg jack. Employee reached and handed ""come-a-longs"" to another employee that was in the back of the shield. When employee pulled their hands back out of t...
12/06/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was lifting a ""snake head"", at the tailgate, to get it out of the way. EE felt a pain in EE's side as EE moved the snake head.
12/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had finished working on the filter housing behind the JNA panel, EE pinched EE's finger between the panel and the visible disconnect handle.
12/02/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was pulling torque arm out of belt take-up motors, the torque arm came out all the way unexpectedly and fell on top of left foot. Causing a minor abrasion and contusion of the left foot.
11/26/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was on top of the mule ""neatening up"" the mule cable. When EE finished, EE jumped off the mule and landed awkwardly on the mine floor, injuring EE's right leg, just above the ankle.
11/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was hanging a spool of wire. Employee had one end in the rope and thought they had the other end secured. When employee went to let go the second end wasn't secure and began to fall. Emplo...
11/07/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost Employee had just moved the loader cable when they stepped back a couple of steps into a hole, causing them to lose balance and fall. EE fell back on right hand, injuring right middle and right ring f...
09/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost Employee finished filling water car and was recovering the hose from the belt entry. Employee had hose in both hands when they tripped over a rock, falling on their left side. As employee fell, the...
08/19/2019 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee removed bus bar from scoop charger to meter SCR's. When putting bus bars back on, employee dropped the bus bar onto positive and negative leads, causing an electric arc which resulted in the...
07/31/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost 2 EMPLOYEES WERE DRILLING WITH A DRILL WHEN ONE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND LET GO OF THE DRILL IT SWUNG QUICKLY WITH THE HANDLE STRIKING THE RIGHT JAW. THE RESULT WAS A BROKEN JAW.
07/12/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was drilling to install bolt. Employee was going to start second steel, when first steel slid down, preventing the second steel from fitting. Employee tried to push 1st steel up but it woul...
07/12/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was prying down to remove rock from bottom, bar slipped and rolled catching bottom belt and roller forcing bar across right forearm and chest. Resulting in bruising to chest and bruising and...
06/21/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BANDS FROM A PILE OF STRUCTURE, ONCE CUT THE LOAD BEGAN TO SHIFT AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO BALANCE THE LOAD. ONE PIECE CAME OUT STRIKING EE'S RIGHT FOOT ON THE SIDE.
06/04/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was finished dusting and in the process of throwing dust hose slack over the loader, to start wrapping up the hose. Employees left foot went under the pan and the loader operator panned down,...
05/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost Employee was washing rollers with a water hose. At the same time EE was monitoring a skirt board, which was rattling around, the end of the hose got caught in the sausage roller and pulled both hands...
05/12/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee was in the engine compartment working to replace the head gasket on #8 mantrip. EE was prying on the pulley with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped causing employee to fall down into the engine...
05/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A contractor employee was cleaning off a plate of metal to prepare for a weld to clear some dust from the surface, the employee used mouth to blow the dust off the plate when a foreign object entered...
05/05/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Fully trained ee #1 was helping loading skids of block into the scoop bucket. Fully trained ee #2 was operating the scoop and went to reposition the scoop to square it up to the skid of block. Employe...
04/26/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee started changing steel out on air drill when drill went off. Employee thought drill was turned off, did not realize this and when air came back on, their fore and middle finger were pinched b...
04/24/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling feeder cable slack, employee #1 and employee #2 miscommunicated and both went to cut a ""roy"" rope to release tension, at the same time. Employee #1's right middle finger was cut by th...
04/22/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Experienced mechanic #1 was holding the torque multiplier in position as another experienced mechanic #2 torqued the bolts. The torque multiplier slipped and mechanic #1's right pinky finger was pinch...
04/11/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost A trained miner, with 11 years of total mining experience, was stepping backwards into a x-cut, to move away from loading machine, and stepped into a hole causing EE to twist and fall. Employee was w...
04/09/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A trained miner, wearing all PPE, with 1 year experience as a trackman, was replacing a track frog switch on 106 back switch. EE was using a track jack to spread the rail in order to install the frog...
04/01/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had EE's arm resting on the bolter tray of the miner. A rock fell out of the top, striking EE's right forearm, causing injury.
03/29/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost Employee was installing cable bolts. Employee drilled up, leaving the steel in the top while holding it up with left hand. Employee was moving the next steel to put it in the drill pot. A rock fell fr...
03/27/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was holding up the pan line to shield ""snake head"" coupler with a pick hammer in right hand. The relay bar was out (close to the snake head) and ee was using left hand to feel for alignmen...
03/07/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was cutting a coupler out of green discharge line. The line was wet, employee's gloves were wet. The knife slipped and cut employee's left thumb due to bad hand placement.
03/06/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was running the shearer towards the headgate from the headgate side of the shearer, coal/rock riccocheted from the cutting drum, off the cow, and got into employee's eye.
02/18/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing waterline during a belt move. Employee was lining up existing waterline to new waterline, when a joint of waterline slipped from employee's wet gloves, pinching right pinky fi...
02/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee #1 and employee #2 were working together trouble shooting the Roto Jet Pump pulley. They went to spin the pulley together when employee #1 left ring finger became pinched between pulley and...
01/30/2019 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost While servicing the shearer, employee was struck by an open, 1/2 filled can of oil that was being tossed back into the shield/gob. The employee was struck by the can in the right knee, causing injury...
01/25/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Center bolter cable was being pulled by the scoop. Employee was standing approximately 3' from cable. As the cable was being pulled, it flipped toward center of entry, striking employee in the left...
01/17/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost When putting a roof strap onto the strap jack, a rock fell out of the top, on the opposite side of the miner, causing the other end of the strap to bounce up and hit the employee's left hand. The em...
01/02/2019 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was examining belt in low area. Employee twisted awkwardly while bent over and felt pain in lower back.
12/29/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 119d lost While helping 4 other men hang high line cable, employee felt a pull/pain in right shoulder. The employee worked up until 1-27-2019 as a ""weekend warrior"". Employee called us on 1-30-2019 and said...