West Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 308 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/31/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was laying on the shop floor underneath the #10 Wagner LST 25X removing the bolts from the axle support plate. As the last bolt was removed, the plate fell to the ground and smashed EE's left...
09/25/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was exiting the porta potty at the mine site headed back to her truck that was parked 15 feet away, when she fell forward hitting the ground. She was taken to the Hospital where x-rays showed...
09/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost The employee was at the #5 drive area at #38 X-cut. He was removing a drive. He was on the in by side of the 25-X. The 25-X oper was backing up, EE reached for the winch hook that was on the tip of th...
09/17/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Person was removing an inner race off of a Pickup truck #120 Isuzu. He was removing the bearing race with a heel bar and a hammer. As he struck the heel-bar a piece of the race broke off and it penetr...
08/28/2015 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were in the process of setting a simplex jack to support roof in the belt line. When they applied pressure to the jack a piece of the roof broke and struck the employee in the upper left...
06/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was preparing to help make a belt splice. He grabbed the template for the splice. He had it resting on the splice board when it slipped the pin slid through the template and caught his fi...
03/17/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was applying whip checks to the hoses at the head-gate area of the LW. When he pulled the staple the back pressure popped the #13 valve out of the connection and struck him on the left ri...
03/10/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was using a 3/4 ton come-a-long to remove a 40' roll of 60"" mine belt from a 975. The belt was lifted high enough for clearance, and then was being lower to the ground when the come-a-long r...
01/07/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was attempting to remove a plastic plug from a valve bank he was replacing. He grabbed his razor knife and tried to pry the cap out. The knife blade cut through the cap and also cut his l...
12/01/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was letting down a track jack that was holding up a take-up truck. As he applied pressure to the jack handle it slipped hitting him in the left side of the head resulting in a small lacer...
10/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost The employee was dropping miner cable from the mine roof, the miner cable had tension on it. As it came down it bent the employee over backwards and to the side. Resulting in a strain in his mid to lo...
09/22/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing cables from the #1 shield in prep. for extended push. He was cutting down zip ties and as he was performing this duty he cut through his left arm just above his wrist. Receiv...
09/16/2014 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal EE was operating the company #24-43 Wagner ST 2DS Can-setter at x-cut #11 in B Canyon,#2 entry in the 23rd East intake. When the victim was found, he was unconscious & unresponsive, his mid torso was...
08/08/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While shoveling silt onto the #2 main line belt, employee's left shoulder started hurting. After approximately another hour shoveling and the pain worsening, EE was brought outside and transported to...
06/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Dropping a Kennedy overcast panel down. The first course of block had been removed. They were attempting to move the panel when it dislodged a piece of the wall(approx. 4 block) that fell striking emp...
05/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was preparing to swap base lift hoses. He was waiting for the shearer to pass and he had his hand on top of the base lift. When the shearer came passed. They pushed the pan over and the b...
04/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 8d restricted The employee had a drill steel stuck in the roof. When he pulled on it to get it out the steel came down on his finger smashing it between the steel and the drill box. Resulting in stitches and a smal...
02/25/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was lifting a Kennedy panel off of the top of a damaged overcast. When he put his hand up and over the top of the panel, there was a metal shard on the top side of the Kennedy. He placed...
02/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE and his partner were putting up a metal mat. The mat was bent and they were trying to get it to stay on the TRS. The mat fell and struck EE in the right middle finger. Resulting in a 1"" laceration...
01/03/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 200d lost Two employees were pulling a SC into the mine with a 25X. They had 2 3/4"" chains between the machines. They went around a corner to backup. When they started forward the chains had slack in them an c...
01/02/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was installing a compressor for a 25x shield hauler. He had the compressor in place an was preparing to mount it to the machine, when it rolled on it side and smashed his finger against th...
11/13/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While setting a roof bolt in the roof, the employee was using a drill steel wrench to finish pushing it to the roof. With his hand on the wrench, he attempted to set the bolt. The wrench slipped off t...
11/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While building a Kennedy stopping the employee had just raised one of the panels, he remembered that he needed a drain pipe under the panel. When lowering the jack the panel stayed up. While removing...
10/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to change the wench on the #9 Wagner 25X in the surface shop. As he removed the last bolt, the wench slid back and smashed his left hand between the wench and the frame and cut...
10/17/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted while pulling the shuttle car slack in 20th East, Employee had secured a loop of shuttle car cable to the Mini Trac and walked away when he noticed that the nip was falling off of the machine. As he w...
10/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was initially injured on 10/5/13 at the 23rd West drive area when he was standing on a cinder block to operate a come-a-long and his foot slipped off of the block thus spraining his left ankl...
09/15/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to set a simplex jack, he was holding the jack with his left hand & had slide the top section of the jack up to the roof. As he was jacking the jack upwards, the top section of...
08/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 64d restricted 2 employees were changing a top roller in the tail piece in 22nd West. While attempting to install the new roller, the roller slipped and smashed injured miners right hand between the roller and the f...
08/26/2013 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost As employee was preparing to enter the operator cab of a Wagner 25X in 22nd West, rock and coal sloughed off from the roof/rib and hit his right shoulder area. EE went to the ER, x-ray were negative,...
08/14/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After drilling a hole, the employee placed a roofbolt on the drill head and as he attempted to push the bolt into the hole, the bolt missed the hole & hit the mine roof causing the roofbolt to bow out...
08/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was setting up the #3 face in 22nd West. He was preparing to install a ventilation tube (that was laying on the ground) into the existing ventilation tube that was hung from the mine roof. He...
05/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 50d restricted Employee strained his right shoulder while attempting to tighten a hydraulic fitting on the Eimco 975 in the surface shop. EE was taken to the Doctor, examined & a MRI was ordered & he was released to...
04/07/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was building a metal cross over on the 2nd West Mains belt conveyor at cross cut #8. As he would tack weld the pieces together, he neglected to lower his welding hood and when he started to w...
03/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking the angle iron rails off of a Kennedy stopping at x-cut 25 in 20th West, so the stopping could be removed. As he went to throw a rail aside, the rail caught his right leg and cut h...
03/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee and 2 other employees were attempting to place a monorail dolly onto the monorail system at x-cut 26 in 20th West. When the dolly slid into place, it smashed his right thumb between anoth...
02/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Injured employee and another employee were carrying a 60"" bottom belt roller on their shoulder, up the slope on the 2nd West belt entry at x-cut #2. As the employee stepped over a small roll in the m...
02/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee picked up a 4"" aluminum pipe that was approximately 4 foot long. As he attempted to toss the pipe along the rib at x-ct 75 in the left mains, his glove snagged a sharp burr on the end of the...
02/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 8d restricted Employee was lifting a 5 gallon bucket of hydraulic oil into the bed of an Isuzu pickup truck when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He was initially examined by a doctor on 2/26/2013 and diagno...
02/23/2013 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 29d lost, 9d restricted Employee was operating a Fletcher double boom roof bolter in the face of the 21st West development section. As he went to drop his canopy, his right hand was placed on the material tray and as the col...
02/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to remove the cover from the exhaust filter housing on the #9 25X located at x-c 37 on #5 road when the cover slipped out of his grip and smashed his left thumb resulting in th...
02/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 42d restricted On 2/11/13, Employee strained his lower back as he was attempting to lift the end of a vent tube into place in the #2 entry of 21st West. EE reported the incident to his foreman and continued working...
02/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost As the employee exited the forklift on the surface, he slipped on the ice and twisted his left knee, EE was taken to the hospital and examined and released to return to work. EE had a follow-up visit...
02/08/2013 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was repairing a damaged overcast when another employee working upwind of him dumped a bag of mortar mix and some of the mortar mix was suspended into the air current and blew into the employe...
01/29/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While retrieving vent tubes from the face area of the #1 entry in 21st West, the employee twisted his left ankle. EE was examined by a physician and the results of the x-ray were negative and the EE w...
01/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 12d restricted On 1/11/13 the employee claims that as he was walking down the slope in 2nd West intake from the last open x=cut towards the transformed, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right groin. The employee...
11/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 1d lost The employee and two others were installing 60"" top roller clusters in the new belt line in the 1st West Mains section. As they lifted the cluster, it slipped from the injured employees hand and as h...
10/08/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was working on the 17-2 battery scoop in the 1st West Raises section. As he attempted to place the cover on top of the machine into place, when he lifted the cover and twisted to slide it int...
09/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After the employee exited from the Isuzu mantrip # 23-22, as he slammed the door shut on the mantrip, he smashed his index finger on his left hand in the door resulting in a laceration to the finger w...
09/18/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While conducting an on shift examination in the tailgate area of the longwall in 17th East, The examiner lost his balance while traveling thru an area where the shields had been pulled in and when he...
08/28/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a shuttle car cable in his left hand while preparing the cable for a splice when his razor knife slipped and cut the palm of his left hand. 7 stitches were required to close the w...