Underground Black River Operation — Accidents

Total: 200 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/09/2012 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee's audiogram showed a reportable shift.
02/04/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 7d restricted Employee reported minor discomfort in back after installing skirtboards. Stated he had prior visits to chiropractor for previous back issues. Visit to the chiropractor on 2/6 resulted in back spasms w...
12/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost EE was tied off with lanyard as he was on belt preparing to rig the pingate. Client's didn't see lockout causing belt to release and EE to lose footing and fall into pingate.
10/27/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was underground in the mine at Carmeuse. He was laying on his back underneath the undercarriage of the 320 using a four inch grinder to grind on the undercarriage. Once he was done grinding,...
09/22/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While load explosives employee removed his gloves to tie the primacord together. While was pulling the cord, a small rock fell from above and struck his left hand between the thumb and index finger ca...
09/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 24d restricted Employee was training on powder loading of face holes in heading when a rock fell from the back striking right leg. Laceration to lower part of leg and hairline fracture of knee cap.
08/18/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Man Car lost communications with hoist operator. Replaced microphone on radio in hoist house restoring communications at 12:30pm.
06/02/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee alleges back injury while operating loader over uneven ground.
04/12/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While loading a face, a baseball size rock fell from the face and struck the employee on the right upper side of the back.
10/04/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Fuses blew on the transformer that powers the slope hoist. This caused the slope car to be inoperable from 9:30 PM to 2:00 AM.
09/21/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost, 23d restricted Employee reported Carpal Tunnel Syndrome case on 9/21/10. Claim was filed with Workers Compensation Carrier and after investigating it was determined work related on 2/10/2011.
07/05/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Main Hoist went down at approx. 11:45pm due to a breaker failure. Repairs were made and back in operation at approx. 4:55pm July 6, 2010.
01/14/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Employee was in process of removing shims from a jaw crusher. A hydraulic cylinder is used to push the jaw forward to allow clearance for removal. As pressure was being applied to the cylinder, the ba...
09/18/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Solenoid sticking on one of the brakes of main hoist. When the computer senses too little or too much brake pressure, or an abnormality it sets all the brakes, until a system check is complete in the...
08/12/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 5d lost, 30d restricted Operator of the mechanical high scaler suffers from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in his wrist which requires surgery.
06/22/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost power to main hoist resulting in the reprograming of computer system. Power restored, computer reprogramed hoist resumed normal operation 2:20pm
06/04/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost power to main hoist resulting in the reprograming of computer system. Power restored, computer reprogramed and hoist resumed normal operation 12:35pm.
04/16/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost power to main hoist resulting in the reprograming of computer system. Power restored, computer reprogramed hoist resumed normal operation 2:38pm.
01/27/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost power to main hoist, resulting in the reprograming of computer system. Power restored, computer reprogramed, hoist resumed normal operation 7:30pm.
11/07/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tramming bench drill to top of bench area, when the drill started sliding on an incline. The drill struck a rib, causing the operator to strike his head inside the cab, which caused a sca...
09/30/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During normal operation of the hoist. The hoist stopped running and would not reset. The code given was another brake solenoid in fault. Repairs were made changing one of the main brake accumulators,...
09/27/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During normal operation the Main Hoist stopped operating giving a halt signal message on the computer for solenoid brake switch in halt. The problem was identified and solenoid relay reset. Hoist has...
09/18/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During normal operation the Main Hoist shutdown and would not run from the control switches in the Hoist House. A relay in the Wonder Ware was receiving a fault alarm in the Slack Rope circuit. Electr...
08/04/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was working a long and elevated conveyor in the mine. When he descended the ladder back to the lower level, he stepped on a rock below the water level under the conveyor and sprained his left...
07/08/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mine Maintenance employee was attempting to dismount a piece of equipment underground, when his foot slipped causing him to contact the tracks on the excavator with his right shin causing a substantia...
01/07/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A fall of ground happend on the main slope of the mine at Black River. This fall of ground blocked access of the main hoist. The fall of ground is approx. 250 feet down the sloped incline into the min...
08/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Technician was working in a space with large amount of limestone & dust. A large piece of limestone entered the top of his boot and worked down to the ankle. The piece of limestone created a burn on h...
04/19/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At or about 3:10 pm power was lost to the mine amd some of the surface facilities due to power loss from the incoming service line. The power lost effected the Main Hoist and stop operation until line...
02/21/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While conducting the bi-weekly inspection and operation the hosit was unable to decend down the shaft due to a build up of ice in the shaft. The build up of ice covered approx. two-thirds the diameter...
09/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was lowering a steel Hammer plate (side wall of a hammer tool for scaler boom) to the ground off of lift forks and was trying to stand it up at the same time. The steel fell over on upper pa...
09/06/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During normal operations, main hoist stoped operating, due to fault code in the direct drive system. Reset direct drive system and hoist is operating fine.
08/03/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost power to whole mine and main hoist for 45 mins. Evacated employees to Main Shop per SOP. Troubleshooted the problem. Found bad 10 amp fuse for the main switch gear circuit board control. Called...
08/01/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Around 11 am, the Main Hoist lost power and would not reset. Electrican immediately called in to troubleshoot and fix problem. The microprocesser went bad and was replaced.
07/01/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Around 2:00 am, main hoist began periodically running in the halt position. Then after numerous times of resetting power, the hoist finally stopped operating. Discovered that the microprocessor that...
04/20/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has experienced a STS in his right ear hearing levels. Employee wears hearing aids and has for several years. Some levels of hearing have been very high or non responsive.
04/10/2006 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Mine fire occurred on P19 belt, between the new crusher and the sizer/transfer area. It started sometime between 4 am, 4-9-06 and 6 am, 4-10-06. The mine was empty at that time. Our investigation be...
02/08/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Mining operation was in process of changing the main hoist cable. Employees were using the escape hoist to enter & exit the mine. While 3 employees were on escape hoist, the hoist malfunctioned, sus...
01/21/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 20d restricted EE was walking down a slightly rocky slope and caught right foot on a rock. He tripped and fell forward and landed on his hands. He clipped one of the bones in the top part of his foot midway betwee...
11/06/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Allegedly felt slight pain in back while putting in a idler roller for an UG conveyor. Employee waited several days before reporting injury. The injury occurred on his last day on shift and he decide...
07/01/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Power outage from 0115 to 0315 7-1-05 Friday morning in Mine due to heavy storm lost power from KY Utility. Evacuated to the Shop. Called in to Roger Rowe at 7-6-05 at 10:20 am and reported. Mining...
04/14/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall in K west panel 90 West/206 South. Dimensions of Roof fall: @ 40 ft long by 20 wide and @ 6 feet thick. This area and depth of rock is above the 4 foot anchorage point. This was an extent...
01/31/2005 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Unsure how accident happened. Best guess is that the one or both of the left side wheels of the tractor caught a rib and caused the tractor to overturn. The employee was found under the left fender...
12/23/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Loss Electrical power to underground mine due to ice/snow storm. Power came on and off several times until around Friday morning, 12-24-04, it finally remained on. The mine was evacuated during that...
12/22/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee pinched finger in between vertical pipe canopy structure and roof bolter man basket, while the basket was moving into next position. Employee required 4 stitches and was given an antibotic.
08/10/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 67d lost, 19d restricted Employee climbed out on unprotected area of haul truck catwalk to retrieve misplaced lunchbox, lost footing and fell @ 6-7 ft on lower back/tailbone area.
08/06/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE states that she strained her neck while monitoring the crusher hammer in operation. She had her head turned to right and down some while sitting and operating crusher/crusher hammer.
03/30/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted WHILE LOADING HAUL TRUCKS AT THE BENCH ON ROUGH GROUND THE BOUNCING OF THE LOADER CAUSED A NECK MUSCLE TO BECOME STRAINED.
01/18/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted WHILE WALKING TO WORK SITE EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING WHILE WALKING THROUGH MUD AND WATER.
01/06/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE DRILL, LOST HIS FOOTING FROM STEP FELL AND STRUCK LEFT ELBOW. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO EE AND HIS SUPERVISOR HIS LEFT ELBOW WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, MERELY BRUISED. ON 2- 20-04 T...
11/06/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted TWO EMPLOYEES (THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER) WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT A HAMMER ON THE HAMMER ASSEMBLY. WHILE THE EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING A PLATE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT S HOULDER...