Tunnel Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 495 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was helping to re-rail a supply car. Jacks were being used on both sides of the car. The jackmen got out of synch allowing the car to slightly rotate toward employee, pinching his left pinky...
05/06/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The drill steel got caught in the roof mesh while exiting the drill hole. The employee grabbed the drill steel to help assist it through the roof mesh, as the steel came loose it slid down pinching an...
04/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was exiting Joy loading machine and got his feet tangled in cable slack and began to fall. He tried to break his fall by grabbing the loader and banged his right wrist off the body of machine...
04/20/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing 2nd bolt in row. Pushing the bolt into the hole through screen, screen was loose and a piece of rock fell (6""x6""x1/4""thick). He turned his head away from it but was struck i...
04/18/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the outer jacket of a shuttle car cable with a utility knife when the knife slipped causing a 3/4 inch laceration near the base of his left thumb.
04/08/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost EE was carrying a bag of rock dust and tripped and fell against a scoop car injuring his right wrist.
03/07/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing bits on tailgate drum of the 2A longwall shearer when a football shaped piece of roof material approx. 2 ft. long by 1 ft. wide by 1 ft thick fell from between tip of shield and...
02/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Riverload out on a loaded barge EE was positioning a barge when he slipped and hit his head on the barge and cut his ear.
02/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loading straps on miner when straps slipped and the holes in the straps where EE had his little finger closed and pinched his right little finger.
01/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 369d lost Employee was walking by the longwall power center when he slipped on wet rockdust and fell on his lunch bucket.
12/19/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee bent over forward to pick up a slate bar and a piece of loose roof fell hitting him in the back of the head approx. size 24""x10""x1
12/19/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost The employee was carrying supplies on the longwall tear down face, he was walking in the pan line ( Locked and Tagged out). He hit his head on a shield that was lower than the others, which knocked hi...
12/15/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing hangers with another employee. His buddy was using a hammer. The hammer slipped out of the employee's hand and struck the injured employee in the mouth, chipping a tooth.
12/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost Employee was picking up a belt rail (approx. 100 lb.)when he felt a pain in his upper right arm
11/03/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Operator was traveling inby on a brookville locomotive with two full cars. The track switch at 36 wall on the east mains haulage had been left for the curve causing the trip to enter the switch. The m...
10/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Pulling on super post to get it un stuck from scoop bucket and felt something in my back pull.
10/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost EE was helping to take down a joint of ventilation tubing. The operator on the other end of the tube dropped his end hyper extending EE's fingers.
10/24/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost STARTED TO PUT HIS LEFT KNEE UP ON THE BACK OF THE SCOOP BUCKET AND HIS RT. KNEE POPPED 2 TIMES THEN HE FELL
10/09/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was helping change batteries on a scoop when the winch hook slipped catching his hand and spraining his thumb and hand
10/01/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Lowering ATRS when a rock fell and struck employee in face causing laceration.
09/22/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states he was fire bossing the 1 Left belt, walking the offside of the belt and was struck by a piece of rock that fell from the top at 14 break on the 1 left belt off side.
09/18/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 16d restricted Employees were making a belt splice when the employee working started to hit the splice with a hammer as the employee reached to touch the splice. the injured employee's hand was hit by the other empl...
09/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was dropping down high voltage cable to be loaded and removed from the longwall power when a hanger he was lowering caught his left thumb near the first joint. the weight of the high voltage...
09/12/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Lowering red devil rope comealong lever slipped and caught thumb between lever and latching mechanism
09/02/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While tramming the tailpiece during headgate push, employee's foot became lodged in monorail hoses and knocked him over. Employee was laying down with his left hand in the tailpiece controls. As the h...
08/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bretby came out of the cable tray, ee stop shearer and replaced the bretby. When handling bretby, the pin retraining the hoop cut ee left hand, ee stayed on the job.
08/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was moving rock dust bags and felt pain in back
08/27/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee stepped on a rock, his foot slipped off and twisted his ankle
08/26/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employees were setting timbers when a piece of loose rock fell hitting the employee on the head and back
08/06/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was peeling belt with a belt utility knife to attach to belt winder. the utility knife slipped, slicing employee on palm of left hand.
06/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost @ employees were carrying a super post on their shoulder. The injured employee was in the back. The front employee raised the post too high and it hit a roof strap. this sudden stop strained the injur...
06/02/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee picked up an oxygen bottle on his shoulder to move it and hit the roof with it causing contusion and breaking his right little finger.
05/17/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding and received flash burns to his eyes.
05/13/2012 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted Fire tap tee for the Teknite (spray machine) blew off and struck employee in the lower right arm as he was turning on the water.
05/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wet conditions. The employee was cutting a 12 inch piece of fusible pipe that was getting on top the ground sloping over a hill into a curve. When the employee went to make the final cut the pipe flip...
05/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was attempting to throw a manual track switch that had a lot of tension on it. He was using his foot in an effort to securely latch the switch throw lever. His foot slipped off the lever allowing i...
04/09/2012 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 108d lost Employee was installing center bolts with a roof bolter. He asked other bolter operator to back up a little. Other operator said something, he turned to ask what and placed his hand in the scissors of...
04/05/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee bent over to remove suction hose from Fletcher single boom bolter. He put his right hand on bolter head to gain leverage to remove hose. A rock measuring 4"" X 6"" fell from roof and struck e...
03/22/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was removing a 12'drill steel from roof and felt sharp pain in left shoulder blade. He states he was pulling very hard and center section of steel did not want to come out of roof.
03/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 17d lost Employee was lifting or pulling and felt a strain in his abdomen. The employee was diagnosis with a hernia on 3/20/2012. His 1st day off was 3/20/2012
03/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 17d lost Employee was lifting or pulling and felt a strain in his abdomen. The employee was diagnosis with a hernia on 3/20/12. His 1st day off was 3/20/12
02/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost employee was hanging 4 inch pipe with drop coupler shut-off, chain came loose and pipe fell and struck the outside of his foot and fracture his toe.
02/27/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing clevis on the headgate drive and was using a bar to align the clevis the bar was lowered and the clevis slid down the bar and pinched his finger
02/23/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was running the roof bolter on the left side of the miner. He asked the operator to move the miner to reposition his drill steel. When the miner was moved the rib guard pivoted and pinched hi...
02/22/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was carrying a bag of rockdust along the tailgate belt at #2 break when a rib rolled out striking him on his right leg.
02/14/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was standing on the side guard bar on the miner when he slipped and bumped his abdomen. Employee stayed on the job and did not seek medical attention until 2-23-2012. He was diagnosed with an...
02/01/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist car loaded with supply car caught at the surface landing and set safety dog which stopped cage and bent 2 guide rails.
01/07/2012 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Smoke was discovered at the #1 silo at the river loadout. the smoke indicated that a fire was present in the silo.
01/06/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoist which transports supplies and men into the mine at the battle run portal was transporting a supply car into the mine, when the car reached the bottom landing, the cage caught the bottom land...
01/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 102d restricted Two (2) Iron Workers were working on top of a monorail structure. The structure twisted & collapsed when attempting to reposition a beam. EE #1 fell to the ground injuring his right knee, right should...