Willow Lake Portal — Accidents

Total: 602 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred @ 93+66 on the Main North (crosscut 118) in the #3 entry. The fall was in the entry. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury....
10/28/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 5B intake @ crosscut 114 in the #3 entry. The fall measured 24'x 22'x 9' thick. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men, or cause personal inju...
10/24/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was hand dusting a cut out of 7 Left when a rock measuring 30.5""x 35""x 3.5"" thick fell from the roof between the rib and first row of roof bolts and struck him on the head and right forear...
10/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee claimed that he was eating dinner at the dinner hole underground with his safety glasses on when he felt something in his right eye. Employee was seen that after noon by Harrisburg Medical C...
10/20/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 5B belt line at crosscut 99 in the #4 entry. The fall measured 22'x 25'x 8' and will be cleaned up. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or...
10/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted A mechanic was in the process of re-installing a cover on the roof bolter when it slipped out of his hands and struck him on both shins. He was taken to Dr. office where he received 6 stitches in his...
09/26/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 5A travel way at station 16+80 in entry #5. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. The fall was in the secondary escape way which wa...
09/12/2011 HOISTING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were loading onto the cage, EE could not hear what the foreman was saying, so he moved closer but did not realize his right hand rested on the rail of the cage. A co-worker shoved the door t...
08/31/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 29d restricted Employee was operating a Getman Tractor pushing a rock dust pod into a cross-cut. He had his right hand resting on a pinch point warning sign. When he articulated the machine, the center-section sto...
08/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking toward the face, slipped on the mine floor, fell, and struck his forearm on a sharp rock. The employee finished the shift, but later went to a doctor who applied 9 sutures to cl...
08/22/2011 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 17d lost EE was removing covers from top of cont. miner. When he was dismounting miner, his foot slipped off side rub rail, causing him to strike lt leg against rub rail of machine. EE received small abrasion...
08/21/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was standing on a conveyor take up frame beam when he stepped off the beam onto a water pipe and rolled his left ankle. The employee was restricted to surface work on 8/22/2011.
08/20/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was moving a miner from the face into position for the next cut. A rock fell from between the bolts and struck the employee on the back. He fell to the ground and rock hit his left heel a...
08/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee states he was helping the miner operator remove a rock from the machine. He braced himself and started to push, when he felt a ""pop"" and pain in his left calf muscle. Diagnosis was a to...
08/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the mmu 015-0 working section entry #5, 3rd left panel off 8th west submain. The fall measured 25'x18'x6.5'and will be cleaned up. It did not affect ventilatio...
08/04/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee ( coal hauler operator) has been exposed to repeated jarring of his neck while operating his hauler. Finally, after a bouncing occurrence on the date of the report, the employee requested to...
07/15/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was loading muck bucket with 630 Mucker rock fell off of mucker dipper striking him on 3rd finger of his left hand.
07/06/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 1st right panel off 5th North Main (1A) intake air course entry #4 @ 7+35 (crosscut 10). The fall did not affect ventilation, affect passage of men or cause...
07/05/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2nd right panel off 5th North Main (2A) left side return aircourse entry #7 @ 5+25 (crosscut 7). The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause...
06/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 30d lost, 32d restricted Extra drill steel fell and hit our employee on the back of the head and left shoulder.
06/27/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states he was installing a resin roof bolt. He bent the bolt, inserted the glue tube, then pushed the bolt in the roof. He failed to completely insert the bolt past the bend, and raised hi...
06/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 5A travelroad at 52 crosscut on the 8th West panel. The fall measured 25 feet x 20 feet x 6 feet high. The fall had been bolted with 6 foot fully grouted r...
06/02/2011 HOISTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was riding cage out of shaft had his hand on the outside causing it to get smashed.
06/01/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states he was putting a metal cover on a continuous mining machine when a rock fell from between the bolts and struck his right hand. This caused a laceration to the top side of his hand an...
05/31/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost While shoveling the 5C head his shovel got caught in belt and kicked back. When the shovel kicked back it dislocated pointing finger on his right hand and tore the tendon. Employee continued to work...
05/31/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost The employee (a Mine Examiner) states he was walking on the back side of the 4th North belt when he tripped over a water line coupling, fell, and struck his forehead against the belt structure. The...
05/25/2011 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE was running 630 Mucker when bullhose blew apart and caused dust. Ee was dodging bullhose and landed under mucker bucket when it fell and pinned him.
05/18/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states he was roof bolting, and stuck his drill steel wrench in the roof. He hit the wrench with a hammer and the wrench fell from the roof smashing his left little finger between the wrench...
05/17/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was assisting with grinding, Employee felt like he had something in his eye, employee stated he did not know if it happened at work or at home.
05/16/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted Employee states he was helping get a continuous miner out of a cut when the machine was hung up. He states he was tossing crib blocks under the tracks of the machine, when a rock fell from beyond supp...
05/16/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the MMU 011 working section at station 7+35 Entry #8 intersection and the crosscut between Entry #7 and #8. The fall measured 50 feet x 19 feet x 9-10 feet high...
05/10/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee ( a roof bolter operator) was waiting in a cross-cut outby the face loading his boom tray with supplies. He said he started to walk toward the back of the machine when a small rock fell fro...
04/21/2011 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EE stated he hurt his leg will walking the overland belt. On 12/15/11 the ee had back surgery. The operator is reporting this as an illness because the surgery repaired degenerative issues and does no...
04/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred @ 52+50 (x-cut 86) on the 5B travelway. The fall measured 20'x 22'x 7'. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. The fall did affect passage...
03/16/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was shoveling on the belt line when a rock approx. 2 feet around and 12 inches thick fell from the roof and struck him on the head causing strain and pain to his neck.
03/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Employee and others were hanging miner cable early in the shift. Employee is not certain of the time of any injury, but felt pain in his groin later in the day. Employee was diagnosed with an inguinal...
02/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee is a roof bolter and stated he had a rock fall on his ATRS. He was preparing to clean the rock, turned toward the rear of the machine, when a rock fell from between the bolts and struck the...
02/17/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the old worked out 1st East panel off the 1st South Sub-main. The fall was at station 14+00 in the #8 entry. The fall measured 20 feet x 20 feet x 6+ feet high...
02/13/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 2nd West,station 63+73 in entry #4. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 30 feet x 20 feet x 7 t...
01/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 195d lost Employee stated that he went to kick battery breaker off to lock and tag out for next shift. It was hard to kick off so I pushed real hard, something popped and burned in my left shoulder. Employee la...
01/14/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at 75+30 in entries 1 and 2 in the 4H panel. The fall did affect ventilation because it took out a stopping between the intake and return. The fall did not affect...
01/11/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 12d lost Injured cannot point to a specific incident. He states that due to the repetitive work of his job(mechanic), his right shoulder started hurting over time and kept getting worse. His Dr. took him of...
01/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee walked through a curtain and stepped in a depression in the floor and twisted her ankle. Employee was released for restricted duty on 01/12/2011, then fully released for regular duty on 01/...
01/06/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 4C belt line between 72 and 73 crosscut in the entry #6. The fall measured 40 feet x 19 feet x 6 feet high and will be cleaned up. The fall did not affect...
01/04/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was found on 3rd shift while examiner was making his returns. Fall measured 60'x19'x8' high. Fall affected ventilation. It knocked out part of a return air stopping. Fall di...
01/02/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 33d lost Due to many years of operating equipment employee is experiencing numbness in both hands. He was diagnosed with carpel tunnel in both hands and had surgery on both hands.
12/23/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was driving a small mantrip into a crosscut and attempted to manuever past a coal hauler battery when his left front tire contacted the left rib. This caused the steering wheel to jerk and s...
12/20/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at 88+53 on the 2nd West between the belt entry and the travel-way. The fall did not affect ventilation, affect passage of men or cause person injuries. The fall...
12/19/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 4G at station 48+30 in the crosscut between the belt and travel way. The fall measured 18feet x 18feet x 6feet. The fall did not affect ventilation, passag...
12/17/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping the mechanics replace shuttle car cable. Injured was pulling cable off a new spool when his foot became entangled in a loop of cable on the floor. He tripped, stumbled, lost his...