West Ridge Mine — Accidents

Total: 308 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/20/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A sight string was hung from the roof screens so that the cans in the tailgate could be set in a straight line. After wedging in a can, the mini-trac was tramming out-by to get another can when the si...
05/07/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 152d lost The contractor employee was kneeling on the section conveyor belt at the tailpiece to foam between the feeder breaker and the tailpiece when the belt was turned on from an outby location. The employee...
04/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was attempting to move a 5hp Flyght pump from a water hole that had been pumped down. The employee lifted the pump about waist high when he lost his grip on the pump handle and the pump lande...
04/14/2011 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted The injured employee was assisting another employee to hang a 5 hp flight face pump from the roof screens along the rib line in preparation for mining in the face. As the pump was hung from the edge o...
04/12/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was watching as another employee was using an ax to break a 6"" plastic aqua pipe coupler when a small piece of plastic broke off of the coupler and hit the injured employee in th...
04/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 65d restricted EE strained his right wrist while hanging the roof bolter cable in the mains section. EE was re-evaluated by a doctor on 4/30/2011, at which time he was referred to an orthopedic surgeon and ordered t...
04/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 168d lost EE was lifting a bottom roller into the hanger bracket on the #2 main line belt, he felt a pop in his right shoulder. Employee was taken to the ER and released to return to work. As a result of a foll...
04/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was attempting to place a roof mat onto the ATRS of the roof bolter and stepped too far, and as he stepped off of the cat walk of the roof bolter, he caught himself with outstretched arm on t...
03/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were retrieving 20 foot sections of dust pipe. As one of the employees dropped his end of the pipe onto the ground, the other end of the pipe flipped up and stuck the victim in the mouth thu...
03/11/2011 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost On 3/12/11 employee reported to his supervisor that his eyes were irritated and that the night before when he got home after work and removed his contact lenes, there were coal fines and rock dust und...
03/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Person was removing a chain from a belt top roller the chain sliped and hit him in the left leg just below the knee
03/08/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 133d restricted Employee was injured on 3/8/11 when he was struck in the left knee by the end of a 20' piece of 6 inch aqua pipe that was being pulled around a corner. Employee continued working until 6/15/2011, at w...
02/22/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to cut a hole in a piece of conveyor belting, when his hand slipped and he cut his left index finger. 7 stitches were required to close the wound.
02/09/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was working on shield #71 and using a 4 pound hammer to clean off the areas to be worked on when a small metal fragment became embedded in his right eye. Employee was wearing prescription saf...
02/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking at x-cut 72 in #2 entry of 14th west when he caught his left ear on a damaged roof screen that was hanging down. 6 stitches were required to close the wound.
01/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost EE was roof bolting and had finished drilling his next hole. Roof conditions were lower than normal and when he tried to install the 6' bolt, he could not get the bolt far enough in the hole to push t...
12/06/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was walking up the longwall face, as he stepped over the relay bar at shield #43, he stepped on a lump of coal and strained his left ankle.
12/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to place a spare drill box in the parts car when the drill box slipped out of his hands and smashed his left middle finger between the drill box and the shop car causing a laceration...
12/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost EE was attempting to put a tailshaft slide plate on the feeder breaker when the slide plate slid off and smashed his left hand between the slide plate and the ground resulting in a fractured left midd...
11/17/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While retrieving the 2 piece drill steels from the hole that had been drilled, the 2 sections of steel became stuck together. EE lifted the steels up off of the drill head and dropped the steels back...
11/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MSHA inspector was preparing to do in evaluation of the scrubber system on the miner. He had the cover lifted into the air and placed his hand in the area from which the cover had been lifted. Inspect...
10/30/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using 2 prybars to reposition the engine cover so that the mounting brackets could be rewelded. As EE hit the cover with a hammer, 1 of the pry bars flipped out and stuck him in the face. Resul...
09/24/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a 6.5 foot long drill steel to try to pry the keeper pins into place on the battery scoop. The drill steel slipped and hit the employee on the right side of his neck and on the right jaw....
08/30/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to remove a broken fitting from a spray block on the miner. As he attempted to hit a pick hammer into the fitting to extract the broken fitting, he missed the pick hammer and struck...
08/30/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was unloading mono-rail trucks out of the bed of an Izusu pickup and putting them into a cable skid. As EE tossed the last mono-rail truck onto the pile, it started to fall off of the pile and as t...
08/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As EE exited the Izusu mantrip at the mouth of the 13th west section, she inadvertently slammed the door on her right hand and smashed her right ring finger. 5 stitches were requred to close the wound...
08/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As EE was unloading seal blocks from a pallet to put them on a roller conveyor, the block slipped out of his hand and as he attempted to catch the block, his little finger on his right hand was smashe...
08/17/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was dropping a welder cable which was hung with insulated hooks. As EE reached up and unhooked one of the hooks, the hook dug into his little finger on his right hand and the weight of the cable ca...
08/03/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted As EE was shoveling the mine floor between the RA and the stopping, a piece of coal fell from the rib and struck him on the left shoulder.l
07/15/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using his right hand to guide a 2 piece sectional drill steel into a drill hole with the aid of the drill head when the steel got stuck in the hole had bowed the steel resulting in his hand bei...
07/14/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a sledge hammer to knock out an old stopping. As he knocked out an Omega block out from the top row of the stopping, against the right rib, a small piece of rock fell from the roof/rib ar...
06/22/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As EE was stepping off of the roof bolter, his right hand slipped on the wet surface of the machine resulting in a dislocated #5 finger on his right hand.
06/11/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost EE had completed his shift & scaned out from the mine. While on his motorcycle traveling down the county road leading off of the mine property, EE states that he hit an obstuction laying in the road....
05/25/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost As EE was getting out of a mantrip at x-cut 65 in the left mains, his left foot got stuck in the mud and he strained his left knee as he lifted his leg. EE continued to work until 6/16/2010, at which...
05/24/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As EE was operating the tailgate drum of the shields, he was standing at shield # 97 when a small rock fell from between shields 96-97 and struck him in the right ear. 4 stitches were required.
04/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a water hose to wash out a plugged belt tranfer point. When the plug was cleared, a chuck of coal bounced off of the belt and struck the EE on the right side of his face requiring 3 stitc...
04/05/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 279d lost, 15d restricted A rock was dumped onto the belt conveyor from the stageloader conveyor and as the rock landed on the belt, it flipped up and struck the employee on the back of his right hand thus fracturing his right...
03/19/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 201d lost, 106d restricted As EE was operating a Gehl skid loader the Gehl started to buck and his feet came off of where they were positioned at the same time as he lowered the forks, thus pinning his feet between the forks an...
03/16/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As EE was attempting to pull a come-a-long out of the tool box on a 975, the come-a-long struck him in the upper lip which required 2 stitches.
02/26/2010 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE was shoveling the ribs in the face as part of the clean up cycle, when a piece of rock sloughed off the rib near the roof and struck the EE in the right ankle.
02/03/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working approximatly 60 feet inby the #3 portal when he slipped on some ice and fell to the ground, landing on his belt wearable CSE 100 self rescuer, resulting in the fracturing of 2 ribs on h...
01/27/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a 1 1/2 ton come-a-long and a belt chain to secure a load of omega cans on an open trailer. As EE tightened the come-a-long, the belt chain broke and recoiled stiking the EE in the face....
01/21/2010 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None vendor delivering rock dust to the mine site and had arrived at approx. 2:45 pm. He checked in at the warehouse and was working removing straps that secured the load. Employees coming to the warehou...
01/05/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 159d lost As EE lifted the miner cable over his head, he heard a pop and felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. EE was examined at the hospital and released to return to work. After working 1 shift, he return...
01/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was conducting a weekly examination, as he traveled thru the mandoor at x-cut 56 in the right mains from the return to the intake, he shut the door and as he turned to walk away, on his second step...
12/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost On 12/16/2009 EE as he was setting a timber and the rib sloughed off and knocked the timber and EE to the ground. As EE reached towards the round while falling, he injured his right shoulder. EE worke...
11/06/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a razor knife to round off the edges of a piece of 2"" plastic pipe so that the pipe could be coupled to another piece of pipe, when the knife slipped and cut his wrist which required 4 s...
11/03/2009 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 149d lost As EE was loading bolting supplies into the scoop bucket, the rib sloughed off and knocked out a rib timber and the timber struck the EE in the right shoulder. Thus fracturing his collar bone.
10/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was retieving the section drill steels out of a drilled hole. As he seperated the upper steel from the lower steel, the upper steel dropped and smashed his hand between the 2 sections thus cutting...
10/15/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 2 EE's were attemping to change an impact roller on the ash analizer when the 6' pry bar slipped out from under the roller and struck one of the EE's in the left side of the face.