Tunnel Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 495 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Employee had barred one end of a stick of supply rail off a railcar. When the other end of the rail was barred off the opposite end of the railcar, the end already on the ground bounced up into the a...
09/19/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 160d lost Employee stated first experienced pain in shoulder three weeks prior while installing bolts in low top but opted to work thru it. On reported date of injury the pain escalated. Employee sought treatme...
09/11/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A unplanned dome shaped roof fall measuring 25 x 25 x 7 occurred above the anchorage in the #2 entry of the 8 right section at 77 wall.
09/10/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting with a single head bolting machine & drill steel became stuck in wrench. EE struck steel & wrench against side of machine in an effort to free and injured left hand.
08/31/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting two roof straps off a stack and caught right forearm on an adjacent stack of roof straps resulting in two lacerations.
08/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was oiling a shuttle car cable reel chain and the cable reel cover fell shut slicing left thumb.
08/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sealing a stopping with pre-mixed bucket sealant and splashed some of the sealant in EE's eyes.
08/27/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A unplanned dome shaped roof fall occurred above the anchorage in the #4 entry of the non-producing East Mains #3 section at 19 wall. The fall measured 26 ft. x 18 ft. by up to 7 ft. in height.
08/23/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 2d restricted Employee was finishing up the shift. Parked the dozer and began shoveling tracks. Employee strained a muscle in back.
08/19/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was climbing into the walkway of a fletcher dual boom bolting machine. The machine was positioned on a downward grade making the walkway entrance higher than normal. EE fell while entering, s...
08/19/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A unplanned dome shaped roof fall occurred above the anchorage on the 8 Right development section at 81 wall in the #2 entry. The fall measured 16 ft. long by 20 ft. wide by up to 7 ft. above normal...
08/11/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost Employee was setting the leg for an air lock door frame. EE pushed the plate against the mine roof & snugged bolt. The plate slid pinching right middle & ring fingers between the plate & the square st...
07/08/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 156d lost Employee was helping install 8 ft. bolts in a outby area and a piece of stone fell & struck EE in the head & neck area.
07/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee smashed left ring and middle fingers between a wooden crib block and metal I-Beam.
06/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee bent over to pick up a bag of rockdust and felt a ""pop"" & ""crack"" in the middle part of lower back.
06/06/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing downwind when a longwall shield was lowered. The dust blew off from the top of the shield and got in eyes behind glasses. EE went to a treatment facility and right eye was scan...
06/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling on a air pump discharge line. Employee's hands slipped on the wet line & employee cut left pinky & ring fingers on the slack end of a breeze band.
05/04/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Driver A was driving down the hill from refuse site unloaded in an articulating truck and struck driver B coming up the hill in a loaded articulating truck. Impact occurred on driver B's truck on the...
04/28/2016 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred on 7 Right no. 3 entry at 97 crosscut. Dimensions are 20 feet long by 16 wide by 6-7 feet high.
03/19/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost Employee fell & injured EE's shoulder while bolting on 3/19 but didn't report injury until 3/24. EE was seen by local ER dr. & continued working until follow-up appt. on 3/31. EE was placed on modifie...
03/17/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's right ring finger was pinched between a cover plate and the body of a Joy 14-09 continuous mining machine.
03/12/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Employee & 2 other workers were lifting a rock over the side board of the reclaim belt. As they lifted EE felt a pop in right shoulder followed by sharp pain. EE was seen at a treatment facility on 3/...
03/10/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee twisted knee exiting coal pile behind miner. EE was taken to hospital & issued full release. EE continued working EE's normal job, & is still working, but had fluid removed from the knee on 3...
03/10/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost Employee knelt down to remove a rock from the belt line walkway. As EE lifted the rock EE felt a pain in EE's groin area.
02/29/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was operating a shuttle car and hit a bump in the haul road causing EE to hit EE's head off the canopy. EE was seen at a local ER which initiated a series of specialty care appointments ultim...
01/29/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's right middle finger was pinched between the wrench of an air powered torque multiplier and an adjacent bolt head. The injured employee was holding the tool in place and told EE's buddy to g...
01/21/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee exited mantrip to throw track switch. Employee slipped on the track switch cover and fell. Employee stuck employee's arm out to break employee's fall and dislocated employee's left thumb.
12/23/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped in the shower & sliced his right middle finger on a metal soap dish.
12/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While putting a roller in that was overhead he hurt his right shoulder putting roller back at tunnel ridge.
11/29/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting green ""rock dust"" line with a utility knife and the knife slipped slicing his left index finger.
11/25/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned dome shaped roof fall occurred above the anchorage point on the 7 right gate section in the #2 track entry at 93 crosscut. The fall measured 16 ft. long x 18 ft. wide x 7 ft. above norma...
11/22/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was handling the miner cable and caught his left ring finger bwtween the cable and cable handler on the boom of the miner.
11/12/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 440d lost Employee was running the headgate side of the longwall shearer towards the head ""on air"" (not cutting coal). The longwall was idle & every third shield was advanced. The employee became entangled in...
11/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was handling a damaged roof strap and the corner of the strap punctured his left hand through his glove.
11/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 29d lost While in the process of re-installing a longwall panline cover the employee's left ring finger was pinched between the cover and base of the panline, severing the tip of the finger at the first joint...
10/25/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost While in the process of re-railing a supply car the car shifted and struck employee in the left lower leg, fracturing his tibia just above the ankle.
09/14/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting off the company #3 walk through bolter. He began to fall. He reached out with his right hand and grabbed the machine to help break the fall. His hand became wedged and the force o...
08/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading ""sausage"" type belt rollers into the bucket of a battery scoop car. As he was throwing a roller into the scoop he lost his grip on one end and pinched his left pinky finger betw...
07/30/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a ""Cobra"" drill to install ""key hole plate"" belt hangers in a high area. He lowered the drill and was in the process of removing the drill chuck & augers. The top auger separate...
07/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dragging a 1"" rubber hose while injecting cement into a pumpable crib. Walking back to crosscut 89, employee tripped on a piece of banding material. Falling face first to the ground, the...
07/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was throwing a piece of ventilation tubing over the miner head and slipped and fell, fracturing his left arm.
07/06/2015 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pressurized hydraulic line pulled out of fitting spraying employee in face with fluid. Some fluid got behind his glasses and into his eyes.
06/30/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a rock dust hose in his hand attempting to cut it with a utility knife. The knife slipped and cut the palm of his left hand resulting in 13 stitches to close the wound.
06/29/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tramming a Fletcher single boom bolter from crosscut onto track. The off-operator side tram chain broke and a link of the chain struck him lacerating his left leg just below the knee.
06/26/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a top ""sausage"" roller on the 5R right section conveyor belt just outby the section tailpiece. When he removed the roller hanger from the bed rail the belt tension forced the r...
05/26/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned roof fall occurred above the anchorage near the 5 Right Longwall Tear down area. The location was at 5 Wall, 1-2 crosscut. The dimensions of the fall were 50 feet long X 15 feet wide X...
05/18/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee strained his lower back while in the process of using a bar to position a stick of rail into place so it could be secured.
05/18/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting waterlines back on longwall shields. He was beating a seized coupler with a pick hammer and struck his left pinky finger.
05/08/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Operator was running a Cat D6 dozer on the refuse fill. The dozer went over a small pile and before the operator could slow the dozer the front dropped over throwing him forward causing his head to st...
03/21/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tearing down a brattice with a sledge hammer. The hammer hit a block, slipped and struck the employee on the little finger of his right hand. This caused a laceration to both sides of t...