Tunnel Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 495 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/18/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was standing on the miner dust box ledge, cutting wire from around a bundle of bolts and lost EE's footing. As EE tried to catch self EE's right ring finger contacted a bundle of roof bolt p...
12/11/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was adding a second steel when a rock fell from the binder and caught the left index finger between the rock and the bolter pod.
11/29/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost Employee was working on #86 shield. The shields were pulling under automation. As the shearer passed, #88 shield pulled in automatically. The employee's left foot became caught under #88 shield pon...
11/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee #1 and employee #2 were installing a (non-pressurized) new high pressure shield hose. Employee #1 had ahold of the end going into the shield block and loosened grip for employee #2 to push t...
10/29/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a plastic strap and knife slipped causing laceration to finger.
10/28/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was operating a cement mixer at a crib plant. EE stepped off of the operator's platform and twisted right knee. Please note that the employee continued to work unrestricted until 11/2/2018. O...
10/25/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost Employee #1 signaled employee #2 to back up motor to take tension off of the water car coupler. Employee #1 thought the water car was uncoupled from the motor and told employee #2 to pull away. The...
10/24/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was shutting door on back of trailer, tripped over a crib block of wood and fell down.
10/02/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After attaching a C-clamp to chute and pushing plate in to weld, employee bent over to pick up a grinder, and the C-clamp popped off, striking employee in the chin causing a laceration.
10/01/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 121d lost Employee lost footing, tried to catch self, and wedding ring got caught on a bolt on the windshield of motor. This resulted in skin tearing. The finger was later amputated, at the hospital, because...
09/20/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a Simplex Jack. EE was lowering structure when bar slipped and caught EE's chin.
08/28/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was carrying bolts to the longwall face for the pan line bolter. When they set the bolts down onto the tray, they sliced their forearm on a bolt plate that was laying in the tray, causing a l...
08/28/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall measuring 25' long X 16' wide X 6' above normal mining height occurred on the East Mains #2 Belt at 25 wall.
08/17/2018 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost A mechanic was injured when a loader lid fell onto them accidentally while looking at hydraulic hoses under the lid. The lid struck them on the left side of the face causing a laceration above the lef...
07/20/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee struck hand with a sledgehammer causing injury.
07/12/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sealing a stopping with pre-mixed mud. As EE slung the mud against the wall, the splatter got behind EE's glasses and into EE's left eye.
05/03/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall above the anchorage occurred in the Minch Mains 10 Right Longwall Tear Down Face in the Belt Entry at #4 x-cut. The area measured 16' long x 16' wide x 8' high.
05/01/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unloading crib blocks off the mule, when throwing crib onto the stack, employee pinched right pinky finger between two crib blocks.
04/30/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing shield to shield hoses and used the pick end of hammer as a punch. A contractor for Williamstown struck employee's hammer to drive out a staple. Employee was struck by a piece...
04/28/2018 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a piece of equipment when EE was struck by a piece of coal rib in the left index finger.
04/13/2018 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rock fell from the top, bounced off the ventilation tubing, and employee was struck by the rock in the nose.
03/27/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a union on a two inch waterline when the pipe dropped down and struck the employee on the right ankle causing a non-displaced fracture.
03/17/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 74d lost Two employees were in the process of putting the cover back on the tail gate sprocket. They had two bolts to put in yet. 2ndemployee was using the hammer trying to get the bolt holes lined up. Injured...
02/09/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 346d lost Employee was riding out of mine on mantrip. The mantrip hit a motor stopped on haulage track. Employee head hit Plexiglas of windshield and ee body was thrown forward.
02/08/2018 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost EE said ee was turning a light switch off on A-40 Volvo articulating truck and jammed hand on dash of A-40
11/08/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing bolts using a Fletcher single boom bolter. As ee tilted the drill mast the steel got caught on the ATRS causing it to bend, pinching ee's finger between the drill clamp & the s...
11/03/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall measuring 12 ft. long X 8 ft. wide X 6 ft. in height occurred at the anchorage point in the #3 belt entry of the 9 Right longwall panel at spad 7+40.
10/23/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned dome shaped roof fall occurred at or above the anchorage in the East Mains #1 belt entry at crosscut 49A. The fall measured 16 ft. long by 16 ft. wide by up to 6 ft. in height.
10/21/2017 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hanging a ventilation tube & a couple small stones fell from the mine roof. As employee stepped back to look at the roof a larger stone fell & struck employee on the top of the left foot.
09/26/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assembling the longwall stage loader on the 10 Right set up face. As employee was tightening a bolt employee's crescent wrench slipped and employee's body fell forward causing left forear...
09/12/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping another mechanic remove bolts from the cable handler jack on a Joy loading machine. The adjustable wrench the other mechanic was using slipped off the bolt head and struck the inj...
08/27/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to trim a poly panel. The knife slipped, lacerating ee left index finger.
06/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was off loading used belt rollers from a supply car into the bucket of an end loader. The end loader bucket contained some loose trash. One of the rollers contacted a 4' mine bolt in the buc...
05/24/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 274d lost While working as a pumper installing cans in the longwall entry, the injured employee turned to hand a pogo stick to someone and felt a pop in knee. EE was transported by ambulance to the hospital wit...
05/23/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a JLG scissor lift. As they moved the machine closer to the work area, their right hand was pinched between the operator's basket handrail and a steel beam.
05/05/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a ratchet binder from a supply car. After releasing tension from the binder ee noticed the binder hook was jammed in the D-Ring of the supply car. EE yanked on the binder strap t...
04/13/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using the pointed end of a pick hammer to punch a drain hole in a 5 gal. hydraulic oil can. Employee's left hand was on top of the can supporting it. As employee took a horizontal swing a...
03/27/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to cut the plastic banding off a roll of green rock dust hose and sliced left wrist.
03/19/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a slate bar to pry on the axle of a diesel locomotive. The slate bar slipped, pinching employee's left pinky finger between the slate bar and a piece of angle iron.
03/16/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was releasing the tension off a side pull belt clamp. The clamp slipped off the belt and back lashed, striking the employee in the face.
03/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Injured Worker was carrying a 60lb jackhammer on shoulder down to 23 Wall; IW felt pain in left shoulder and stopped what EE was doing.
02/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing the top row of blocks on a permanent ventilation stopping and got dirt in eyes. Employee went to a local treatment facility and was prescribed anti-inflammatory drops.
02/16/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Employee smashed a thumb between a crib block and the body of a shuttle car causing a laceration and fracturing the tip of the thumb.
01/02/2017 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee removed snap ring that retains the cap for the shearer cutter shaft and gear oil under pressure pushed the cap from it's seat propelling hot oil which contacted both hands and forearms causin...
12/07/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a shovel to push a large rock off the longwall shear. The shovel slipped and employee fell against the shear. Employee stuck hand out to catch fall and it contacted the pointy end...
12/05/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was pounding the keeper staple out of a longwall ram jack hose with a hammer and chisel. When the staple let loose, stored hydraulic pressure propelled the hose upward smashing employee's le...
10/11/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading roof straps on a scoopcar. As employee pulled two straps off the stack they drug left forearm across the rest of the stack causing a laceration.
10/08/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost Employee was on overtime. EE stepped in a hole in the haul road injuring knee. EE did not seek treatment until 10/10. EE followed up with a Occupational Health Facility on 10/12 (next available appt.)...
10/06/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee stepped out of operator compartment of supply motor and twisted left ankle on rib sloughage.
09/30/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was installing a 4' supplemental bolt in uneven roof with a dual boom bolter. When employee torqued the bolt, the bolt head snapped. As employee lowered the bolter mast the 10""x24"" bearing...