Willow Lake Portal — Accidents

Total: 602 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/15/2010 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at station 23+80 entry #3 on the 4C intake and return. The roof fall took out a stopping that separated the intake and return. The stoppings were rebuilt and the p...
02/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in the Battery barn and was letting the lid down on this battery. He unhooked the rod that held it up and the lid fell shut. When it slammed shut it threw a small rock up and it s...
02/04/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee stated that he was using a metal pry bar to pry a piece of rock off the top of the miner. As he was prying the rock slid very quickly off the machine and struck the victim's foot. Started mis...
02/01/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 182d lost, 34d restricted Employee stated that after scaling some rock down with a bar he had pain in his shoulder. He is a 58 yr. old man who has had problems on the contralateral shoulder. Dr. report showes bone spurs, tendi...
01/31/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 160d lost Employee stated that he was standing a battery cell upright when he felt some pain in his left shoulder. Employee has had surgery on this shoulder before and discomfort in this shoulder since. The MRI...
01/30/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee stated he was using a 3/4"" ratchet and socket to remove a nut on a steering jack on a Ram Car. The ratchet slipped internally and he lost his balance and tried to compensate with his other l...
01/21/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 229d lost Employee stated he was taking a ride down the slope when the brakes apparently failed. He caught up with another ride and thought it would stop him; also he tried emergency brake and tried to shift th...
01/20/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 23d lost Employee has been complaining about numbness in his right hand for some time. He has operated a continious Miner for several years, using the cab levers and the remotes. He was diagnosed with Carpal T...
01/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee stated that he was bending down to pick up the miner cable to move it over out of the road, when he had a sharp pain in his lower left side of his back. He has had prior back problems and the...
12/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee stated he was walking over to the left side of the section, when he stepped in a hole twisting his right ankle. He also fell on his face and blooded his nose. Did not miss any work but was pu...
12/18/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof occurred on the 4C panel, station 32+90 entry #4 in the neutral on the backside of the belt. Ventilation was not affected. It did not cause personal injury or affect the passa...
12/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Employee stated he was helping hang the Miner cable and his left shoulder started hurting. This shoulder has been bothering him for a while, but this time it seemed like it was worse. He continued to...
12/14/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee stated he was attempting to install a 6'roof bolt. He had inserted the bolt into the drilled hole and started pushing on it to straighten it. As he was pushing away he felt pain in his lower...
11/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated he had just finished drilling a hole and was removing his two pieces of drill steels. These steels were stuck together and he was trying to pull them apart. He had to use a lot of pull...
11/24/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Employee stated he was roof bolting on his knees and when he swung the boom over to install a rib pin he lost his balance. When this happened he grabbed the controller in such a way that he let the dr...
11/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was trying to dislodge top section of pinner steel by pulling on it with hand, he had left bottom steel in the drill pod, when his right hand was pinched between the two sections of steel, ca...
11/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee stated he had got out of the scoop and had started walking, when he stepped in a tire rut and twisted his knee. Employee continued to work until 11/30/2009, when the doctor took him off work...
11/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that after his normal work shift, at his home, his arms started to hurt. The only thing he could relay it to was removing/handling concrete blocks from pallet in the process of buildin...
11/02/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee walking into x-cut off the travelway to get rock dust for bolter, the dust was thick and a pallet was cover with dust. The employee caught his right foot on the pallet and twisted his right k...
11/01/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was swinging bolter boom over to install rib bolt when the boom pushed up a piece of rock and struck employee's left ankle. His foot was in a hole when he started to swing the boom.
10/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Employee stated he was helping move and hang the Cont. Miner cable when his shoulder which had been hurting started hurting worse. On the night of 12/06/2009 he left the mine with his shoulder hurting...
10/28/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was examining the CO monitor areas and the conveyor tail area. He grabbed a belt hanger chain and stepped up on the frame to look at the monitor. When he did this his foot slipped and he twis...
10/26/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at 49 crosscut on the 5A travelway station 26+60 entry #5. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. The fall did affect the secondary escape...
10/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employe was trying to pull scubber door shut by pulling on chain attached to door. He grasped the chain with both hands to pull door shut. He felt pain in his stomach and belly button as he pulled the...
10/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Pulling miner cable out of perimeters, there was a wind row of gob, cable got tight and came over wind row and struck employee on the left ankle.
10/15/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Employee stated he was resting with his foot up on the bumper of the scoop. A piece of roof rock fell and struck him on the head and knee, broke and fell to the ground. He continued to work and then h...
10/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 185d lost Employee was pulling on the miner cable with wet gloves. While pulling on the cable his hands slipped off the cable causing him to lose his balance and fall backwards on his back and straining it. E...
09/27/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 48d lost Employee complained of his hands going to sleep and hurting when he had to hold onto something. He has been a roof bolter for 25 years+. He is claiming Carpal Tunnel in both wrist.
09/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was struck by rock that fell out between roof bolts, laceration to right knee which required stitches.
08/31/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 146d lost Employee stated while roof bolting he was removing steel from the roof. His shoulder which had been bothering him started hurting more intensely. He continue to work till 9-30-2009 when he was taken o...
08/15/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2B intake at crosscut #31 entry #4. The fall did not affect ventilation passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 40 feet x 18 feet x 12 f...
08/13/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 43d lost Employee is a mechanic and has been for 30+ years. He has had wrist pain and weakness for some time. He was repairing on a personel carrier and his wrist couldn't hold up a trailing arm and it fell. T...
08/11/2009 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was changing batteries on 516 scoop. He was trying to pick up the charge battery, when the jumper cable got pinned between the scoop and the battery. The employee then tried to remove the jum...
08/10/2009 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 90d lost Employee stated that he was kneeling down to move the miner cable out of the roadway and felt pain in his lower back.
08/04/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a hole in the roof with a roof bolting machine. As he was retracting the drill steel out of the roof a piece of rock slid down the drill steel causing a laceration to the his ri...
08/04/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was drilling a hole in the roof with a roofbolter when a piece of rock broke loose and slid down the drill steel. The rock flew off of the drill steel and struck employee in the mouth causi...
07/30/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 33d lost Employee was using a 3/4"" drive ratchet taking bolts out of a Wheel Unit. The ratchet malfunctioned and broke loose while he was applying pressure. When this happened, he said both wrists started hur...
07/29/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Employee was unloading a big bag of rockdust when the corner of the bag gave way causing the employee to fall backwards onto the scoop. This caused a injury to the lower lumbar area.
07/23/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the old 1A return @ station 31+80 between entries 9 and 10. The fall did affect the ventilation on the #4 unit which was idled until all work was completed and...
07/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 2nd East panel off of the 1st South sub main in the #8 entry at station 23+75 in one of the return entries. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of...
06/23/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured in the 2C intake in entry #2 at station 6+75. The primary escapeway re-routed around the fall area. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. T...
06/22/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured on the 4C travel road at 46 crosscut. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. The secondary escapeway was re-routed around the roof fall area...
06/22/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking to location to monitor CM tools on Joy 14-15 miner. While en route, he experienced a severe cramp in his left foot. He noticed he was walking differently and went to the doctor on...
06/01/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 4C return at 9+80 station in the #2 entry. The roof fall measured 24 foot x 25 foot x 6 foot. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause...
06/01/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the Old #3 worked out panel (1st West off of the 1st North Sub Main) at 20+00 station entry #6. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause pe...
05/31/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Mantrip slid into hole while employee riding in back, bounced him up, he landed on rescuer, pain left hip/lower back. Dr put him on physical therapy, didn't miss any work from accident, later sent to...
05/27/2009 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE stated he was walking beside the roof bolter, when his left knee gave way, causing him to go down.
05/25/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 11d lost Employee stated that he was having some tingling and numbness in his right hand for quite some time. After years of repetitive use of the domanant hand he was diagnoised with Carpal Tunnel Syn. and st...
05/23/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a conveyor (belt) cutter after cutting the belt for splice installation. As he removed the hold down the other employee was cranking the cutting blade out of the way and the inju...
05/09/2009 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 154d lost Employee stated he was walking & apparently slipped & said he hurt his lower back. After investigation, he has had back problems for some time according to him. CT Sacn shows mild bulging disc which e...