West Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 308 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 63d restricted The injured employee was roof bolting in the face of the #1 entry of 10th East section. After drilling a hole, he was attempting to insert a tube of resin into the drilled hole and as he reached above...
08/22/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was in the process of retrieving 6"" plastic aqua pipe from the tailgate entry of the long wall (16th East). He hit the plastic couple with an ax in an effort to break the coupler when a...
08/21/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was at xc 22 in the #2 entry in the 10th East section working on the 1"" water tee when the pillar yielded and the employee was struck in the left knee by a piece of coal that was expelled fr...
08/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was retrieving 4"" pipe from the belt line in16th East and stacking the pipe in xc #16 when he stepped on a board and a nail penetrated thru his rubber boot and the nail punctured the bottom...
07/31/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was using a sledge hammer to remove a solid block stopping in 14th east return, when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He reported the incident and 5 days later (8-5-12) he went to the...
07/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Employee was cleaning the area in the dog leg of 15th East in preparations of a seal to be installed. Employee attempted to move a rather large piece of rock from the area when he felt a sharp pain in...
07/02/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting the electrician to make a splice in a pump cable. Employee was holding one end of the cable in his left hand while prepping the end of the cable. As the razor knife cut thru the...
07/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The employee was loading mono-rail trucks onto a trailer. He had loaded 14 trucks onto the trailer and as he went to load the 15th mono rail truck, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
06/26/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was originally injured on 6/26/12, when he tripped over a relay bar on the longwall face in 15th East and jammed his left shoulder into the shield leg. EE was taken to the local hospital for...
06/10/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee was tending the miner cable and as the miner was backing up, he bent over to grab the cable to move it, when the face expelled a lump of coal that struck his thumb on the left hand resulting...
06/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Employee was hand loading roof bolts from the bucket of the section battery scoop onto the roof bolting machine. As he bent over to pick up the 3rd bundle of 3 bolts, he felt a sharp pain in his lower...
05/28/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to slide the forks on the Mini Trac together. He placed his right hand on top of the left fork at the slide bar area and as he lifted the front of the fork up with his left han...
05/16/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to recover a 3' X 3' ventilation regulator from an unused overcast. He was using a razor knife to trim away the foam mine sealant when the knife slipped and contacted his right...
04/11/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost Employee was attempting to carry a bad belt roller from the belt line into the intake, as he attempted to go thru the walk thru mandoor in the stopping, he tripped over his own feet and hit his left s...
04/10/2012 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None An inundation of methane and hydrogen sulfide gases occurred in the Mains section, in the #93 x-cut between entries #3& #4 while the miner was cutting in the face and encountered a fault/void. A CMI w...
04/07/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was advancing a shield at mid face when there was an outburst of coal from the face area and the employee was struck in the left elbow and left shoulder by coal which was expelled from the fa...
03/29/2012 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx 5:55 PM an inundation of methane occurred at the tailgate of the longwall face and at the MPL's in the back of the panel, in the panel #20 longwall section as a result of a cave in the gob....
03/19/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While operating the Wagner 2DS scoop, the cab hit a belt chain that was hanging down from the mine roof and rock dust and rust from the chain flew into right eye. Went to the optometrist on 3/20/12 &...
03/15/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating the taigate drum of the shear in the 17th West Longwall at shield #141 when a bounce occurred. He was struck either by the rubber bounce guard or by a piece of coal in the right...
03/07/2012 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was operating miner in the mains. Water was dripping from the roof and running into his eyes. Later in the shift they became irritated and sore.
03/07/2012 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee sustained chemical burns to both eyes, while operating the roof bolter in the #1 Entry face. While drilling holes to install roof bolts, excessive water was gushing out of each of the holes....
03/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to place the duct tube into place on the scrubber of the longwall crusher in the 15th East set up section, when the duct tube slipped and smashed his right hand resulting in a...
02/04/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was working on the surface in the upper yard connecting 20 foot lengths of 6"" plastic pipe together. As the employee bent over, he felt a pain in his lower back. Employee was diagnosed at th...
01/26/2012 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a damaged hose on shield #61 on the idle face when there was a bounce/outburst and the employee was hit in the back by a piece of coal that was expelled from the face.Emplyoee su...
01/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was injured while unloading 8""X8""X7' square set from a material trailer. As the employee reached for a square set that was on the deck of the trailer, another square set fell from the pile...
01/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 107d lost Employee initially injured his right shoulder while emptying a trash can in the surface shop on 1/12/2012. EE was examined by a doctor, diagnosed to have sustained a strain shoulder and released to re...
12/21/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had finished drill a hole and had inserted a tube of resin and a roof bolt into the hole. Employee pushed the bolt up into the hole with the drill head and then lowered the drill head and ins...
12/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking down the stairs out side of the con spec building and as she went to step off from the last step of the stairs, onto the ground, her foot slipped and she stained her right hip as...
11/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE was attempting to unplug a 5hp flight pump, as he went to lift a shovel full of silt, he felt a sharp pain in his back between his shoulder blades. EE was diagnosed as to have sustained a possible...
11/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to install a new tram motor on a shuttle car when the motor shifted and smashed his right index thumb and severed the thumb between the fingertip and the first knuckle. 16 stitches w...
10/26/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Employee was attempting to hook a bridle from the feeder breaker to the scoop so that the feeder could be moved to another location. After stopping the scoop, he positioned himself between the scoop a...
10/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost After setting the ATRS on the Shummar Pan Bolter, a slab of rock measuring 2"" x4'x 6"" fell from between the two rows of roof mats and grazed him on the chest.
10/07/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost As the ATRS on the Shummar Pan Bolter was set, a slam of rock measuring 2'x4'x 6"" fell from between the 2 rows of roof mats and stuck the employee in the back of the head thus knocking him to the gro...
10/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was tightening the lug nuts on the section battery scoop by using a 1/2 inch drive ratchet with a cheater pipe when the lug nut broke off and the employee fell to the ground thus spraining hi...
09/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was standing between two 6 1/2 foot omega cans that were lying on the mine floor and as the can setter operator went to retrieve another can, the cans were rolled together thus smashing both...
09/21/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was standing along side of a shuttle car looking into the cable reel compartment of the car when the rib sloughed off and the employee was hit in the back of the right knee by a piece of coal...
08/30/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As the employee was entering the cab of the battery powered section scoop, he snagged his left forearm on a piece of tie wire that was attached to the cab, resulting in a laceration which required 10...
08/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was changing out bad rollers along the #3 min line belt. EE was dragging a roller along the belt line while walking backwards and he tripped over another roller which had just been removed fr...
08/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was moving crib blocks from a cross cut. As he lifted a crib block and threw it up on the rib, he felt a pain in his lower abdomen. He continued working for a couple of hours but the pain kep...
08/09/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost The contract labor employee was shoveling coal onto the 16th West conveyor belt. As he threw a shovel load of coal up onto the belt, he mis-judged the height of the belt and his shovel hit the bottom...
08/08/2011 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The contract employee was walking thru the box check stopping just inby the belt portal, As he stepped thru the 5'X4' mandoor and reached back to close the door, the door slammed shut on his left wris...
08/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was standing on the relay bar of shield #50 washing the shear, when his foot slipped off of the relay bar and he fell to the ground and hit his head on the toe of the #50 shield. 9 stitch...
07/27/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating the right side drill head of the Fletcher roof bolter in the rock room of 15th East when the pillar yielded and the employee was struck in the mouth with a small piece of co...
07/22/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking along side of the refuge chamber at x-cut 31 in 15 1/2 West, the employee cut his left arm on a piece of tie wire that was being used to tie the chain link fence to a square set. 9 stitc...
07/13/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a non injury coal dust ignition on 7/13/2011 at approximately 10:40 on the left hand side of the cutter head on the miner located in the #1 face area 17th West. The miner was grading bottom...
07/08/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was securing chain link fence to square sets with tie wire. While attempting to tighten the tie wire, his dykes slipped off of the tie wire and hit him in the mouth, requiring 6 stitches.
07/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 32d restricted Employee was using a weed eater to cut down weeds when he lost his footing and as he almost fell, he reached out for a jersy barrier to catch his fall. As a result he injured his left shoulder. EE con...
07/04/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Prior to the start of the employees shift, while getting dressed in the change room, after the employee had put on his boots, he stood up and struck his head on the bottom edge of his top locker door...
05/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE was bending a roof bolt to install in a low spot along the rib, when he felt a sharp pain in his right elbow.
05/20/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While helping 2 mechanics remove the radiator from a Wagner LST5 diesel scoop, the radiator slipped and smashed the injured employee's right index finger requiring 10 stitches.