Willow Lake Portal — Accidents

Total: 602 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/14/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A unintentional fall occurred ont he 3rd east in #5 entry at the 25 + 90'. fall was 19' wide by 19.5' wide by 8' high.
07/12/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Unintentional roof fall in 3D #5 entry between 22 and 23 x-cut 60' l by 17' w by 8' high. Area was timbered off and had several cable bolts installed as additional support.
07/05/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentiona fall occurred outby the 003 unit in 3D entry at the 9+60' #15 x cut in the #2 entry. The fall was 20' long by 20' wide by 7' high.
07/05/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional fall occurred in 3rd East. Entry at the #44 xc in #1 entry. fall was 30' long 18' wide and 8' high.
06/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was bending/leaning over the side of the Roofbolter lifting a bundle of plates to move them up to his boom for use. As he was pulling on the bundle a wire which holds them together was hung o...
06/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Employee was lifting a Ramcar articulating hyd. cylinder upon the side of the car when he felt pain in his shoulder.
05/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost Employee was lifting and loading belt structure. Made a turn and felt pain in his left shoulder. He agravated it again hanging miner cable since. He has continued to work until 03/14/2006. Having surg...
05/23/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was crossing over a conveyor belt and when he stepped down off of the belt he stepped on a rock and twisted his ankle.
05/22/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at 51+80 in the #7 entry on the 3rd East return.
05/21/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 36d lost As a result of doing repetitive motions using hand tools, such as wrenches, channel locks, screwdriver, sidecuts, come-alongs in association with Belt Maint., both hands are going numb, loosing his gr...
05/20/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on 004 unit at #8 entry 15 by 30' in 4 way intersection. Fall was 30' long by 20' wide by 6 1/2' high.
05/11/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional fall occurred on 004 mining unit at the 17+90' intersection on entry #2. Fall was 8' high x 20' long x 20' wide. 4' fully grouted bolts were used. Fall was due to adverse roof conditi...
04/27/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee was helping change out the Coal Hauler Batteries. He was handling the Jumper cable used in this process when he felt pain in his right shoulder. Employee did not miss any work until 07/12/200...
04/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of unloading some belt rollers off of a pallet. He had cut the metal bands and tucked it under the pallet. As he pulled the second roller off the pallet the band came loose...
04/25/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was a scoop operator and had just supplied the roof bolter. He had walked back to enter the operators compartment, bent down and had just stuck his head inside the cab when a rock fell from t...
04/13/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred int he 3nd east at the 30 & 10 in the #2 entry fall was 30x 20x 6'. fall was due to adverse roof conditins.
04/04/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 169d lost Employee was standing on a 8"" water line greasing the drive roller and tail rollers when he slipped off the water line and injured his knee.
03/22/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost EE had just got on section and was walking around the feeder to shovel the conveyor tail piece. he stepped on a piece of coal and twisted his knee.
03/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Employee was helping pull a piece of belting upon the conveyor Tail for adding Skirt Rubber. As he was pulling he felt pain in his Lower/Upper Back between his shoulder blades. Didn't miss work until...
02/08/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 198d lost EE WAS TRAMMING THE CONT MINER WHEN A SMALL SULFUR BALL FELL OUT OF THE ROOF AND STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD AND TOP OF LEFT HAND. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 02/14/05
01/27/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE was using a cutting torch, laying on his side, cutting on a beam at the #1 conveyor Belt Tail. A piece of hot metal flew into EE's ear. He did not fill out an acc. report at that time. He started h...
01/12/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing some bolts in a coal transfer chute when he slipped and grabbed the side of the chute with his hand, when he grabbed his thumb was cut or lacerated on a piece of jagged metal.
01/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pushing a piece of rock off of the top of the cont. miner. As he pushed the rock another thin piece spun around and struck him on the arm.
01/05/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional entries 8 & 9. no one was injured and ventiletion a passage of mess was not affected. the fall was caused by a hidden slip.
01/02/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was walking up #6 entry going to the roof bolter when he stepped over a pile of loose material and twisted his ankle.
12/18/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 38d lost STARTED COMPLAING OF HANDS HURTING & GOING NUMB & LOOSING GRIP. STARTED MISSING WORK 3/28/05. SURGERY ON 3/31/05
12/06/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 3RD EAST #6 ENTRY, #74 X-CUT. THE FALL WAS 7' HIGH X 15' WIDE X 20' LONG. FALL WAS DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITION ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF BOLTS.
11/23/2004 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Cont miner was mining in #1 room on unit 5. He had mined in approx 15' on rt side of face. The operator and ramcar operator saw a orange glow at top of miner head. This lasted only a few seconds and t...
11/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND A CONVEYOR DRIVE USING A FLAT SHOVEL. HE WAS THROWING THE MATERIAL ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
11/21/2004 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF HYD. OIL TO THE CONT. MINER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SMALL PILE OF COAL & TWISTED HIS KNEE. EE DID NOT LOSE TIME FROM WORK UNTIL 12/14/04.
11/19/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 3RD EAST NEUTRAL AT 55 XCUT. THE FALL WAS 20'WIDE X 20' LONG X 7'HIGH. FALL WAS DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE.
11/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BUNDLE OF RESIN FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOF BOLTER TO THE FRONT, WHEN HE PICKED UP THE BUNDLE HE TURNED TO MOVE TO THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
11/14/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS OPENING A BAG OF ROCK DUST LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE BOLTING MACHINE WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED UP THE BOLTER AND TRAMMED FORWARD, RUNNING OVER EE'S FOOT.
11/09/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was installing a roof bolt that was bent a little in the head end. He slipped, causing him to hit the rotation level before he was ready. He had a hold of the pin and it spun around out of hi...
11/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was in a crouched postion with both hands. trying to remove a drill steel stuck in a drill hole. while pulling down ont he steels he felt pain in his lower back.
11/07/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE STUMBLED & FELL, TWISTING HIS KNEE.
11/06/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE UP TWO SECTIONS OF DRILL STEELS THAT WERE HUNG TOGETHER. HE WAS MOVING THE DRILL BOX IN AND OUT USING THE BOOM EXTENSION LEVER. HE MISSED THE EXTENSION LEVER AND HIT THE BO...
11/05/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 151d lost WAS HELPING BUILD A BRATTICE WHEN HE PICKED UP A BLOCK & WAS LIFTING IT OVER HIS HEAD & TURNING AT THE SAME TIME. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
11/03/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was moving a bundle of resin from one place to another, when he picked up the bundle. He twisted around and felt pain in his lower back.
10/17/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost EE WAS ROOFBOLTING & WAS BENDING A 6' BOLT TO STRAIGHTEN IT FOR INSTALLATION. THE BOLT TURNED & SPUN AROUND WITH HIM AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BEND IT.
10/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 164d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CONT MINER CABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HANGING IT FROM THE ROOF. AS HE AND THE SUPERVISOR STARTED TO HANG IT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
10/09/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EMPLOYEE WAS RE-STOCKING HIS ROOF BOLTER TRAY WITH MATERIAL. A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS FOREARM AND PUSHED INTO A STACK OF ROOF BOLTER PLATES CAUSING A LACERATION BETWEEN HIS WRIST AND ELB...
10/02/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Empoyee was adjusting a bottom roller using a prybar/screwdriver. as he attempted to move the roller with the bar, it slipped of the roller and it struck his thumb against framing. roller and bar were...
09/29/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH A CONVEYOR BELT MOVE AND WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT THE BELT WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LOWER THIGH ABOVE THE KNEE.
09/27/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON UNIT 4 #6 ENTRY 39+60'. THE FALL WAS 35' LONG X 20' WIDE X 6' HIGH. FALL WAS DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE. BOLTS WERE 4' FULLY-GROUTED.
09/27/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee was hanging roof bolter cable, while the bolter was moving. The bolter ran out of cable and jerked the cable down from the roof, striking the victim and knocking him down. Employee didn't mis...
09/14/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO SCALE DOWN SOME ROCK FROM THE ROOF. HE HAD A SLATE BAR IN HIS HANDS AND READY TO PRY WHEN THE ROCK FELL ON THE BAR. THE BAR GLANCED OFF OF THE CANOPY AND STRUCK HIM ON TH...
09/09/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 191d lost EE WAS DRIVING A PERSONNEL CARRIER DOWN A TRAVEL ROAD. HE RAN OVER SOMETHING OR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND INJURED HIS BACK.
09/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A THIN ROCK HAD FALLEN DOWN AND ONE END WAS RESTING ON THE LINE CURTAIN. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH IT OFF WHEN IT FELL ONTO HIS HAND. THE SHARP EDGE ON THE ROCK STRUCK THE EE'S THUMB (LACERATION - S...
08/23/2004 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 3RD EAST TRAVELWAY AT #50 CROSSCUT 35 + 00. FALL WAS DUE TO ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF 6' FULLY GROUTED BOLTS. FALL WAS 30' LONG, 20' WIDE, 8'HIG...