Willow Lake Portal — Accidents

Total: 602 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/07/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Employee stated he was helping more the miner cable and had some discomfort in his shoulder. Has had pain before.
04/23/2009 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 60d lost Employee was overseeing a Fire Brigade training session underground. His lower back had been hurting and as the day progressed the pain got more intense. He has had prior back surgery( 2 times).He con...
04/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Employee stated he was starting to push a roof bolt up in a hole and his shoulder started burning. Employee has just had surgery on this shoulder about 6 to 8 months ago. He didn't return to work unti...
04/14/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured in a 3-way intersection on the 1st East return in the #11 entry at station 34+30. The fall did affect ventilation so the unit was shut down and the stopping line re...
04/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee stated he maybe stepped on a uneven place in travel road which caused him to fall to the ground early in the shift. He also stated later that he was building a stopping, tripped & fell backwa...
03/27/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee stated he was carrying a 1/2 bag of rockdust walking backward dusting the face area. As he twisted around he stepped in an uneven place on the floor, stumbled and this caused his leg to buckl...
03/27/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee is a examiner and stated that while making his route which is walking he slipped going under an underpass and had pain in left and right ankle. Started missing work 6/6/09.
03/21/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured at #71 cross cut on the Main North Entry #3. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 20 feet x 20 feet x 6...
03/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost Employee stated he was picking the miner cable up and walking it out of the roadway. After he got done he said it felt like his shoulder poped. Employee was unsure of the injury so have been waiting o...
03/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 252d lost Employee was removing a tie down strap from a tool box and was lifting a metal tongue up and pulling on the strap. Felt pain in his lower back.
03/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee stated he had gotten out of his Shuttle Car to walk away, when he stepped on uneven ground and sprained his ankle. Employee started taking off work on 03/06/2009.
03/04/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee was throwing a crib tie under the belt when he smashed his right index finger between the crib tie and a bottom roller. He had a fracture and laceration to the tip of his index finger and req...
02/27/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee has had discomfort for a while in the lower abdomen. The dicomfort has progressed and with his normal activities on this day and the progression of discomfort he wanted to turn in a report. E...
02/14/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee stated he was operating a cont. Miner and turning a left handed slider. A rock fell from between the bolts and struck him on the head. He has continued to work until taken off by a doctor on...
02/12/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Employee stated he was driving the slinger duster down a travelway, when he thinks he hit a hole and caused him to be bounced up and hit his head on the canopy. He felt in his neck and head. Employee...
02/06/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was walking beside a parked ramcar. The parked car was sitting a little out in the intersection and another car came through from the other direction, hit the parked car and knocked it sidewa...
02/05/2009 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 254d lost Employee stated he was walking checking out the mining unit when he felt a little pain in his knee. When he got on top and was taking a shower the knee started hurting terribly, causing him to almost...
02/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee stated that he was getting out of the cab of the roof bolter and tripped over a curtain. He fell backwards and hit his right elbow on the machine canopy and also fell on his right leg. Empl...
02/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost Employee stated he was walking around a power box when he apparently tripped over a 3/4'' water hose. He stated he fell to the ground but tried to catch himself with his hand. His shoulder was disloca...
01/18/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 252d lost Employee was taking a golf cart down to position it for an Examiner. As he went around the corner at the bottom, he lost control of the golf cart and struck the metal wing wall, causing him to jerk hi...
01/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee stated he was helping move the Cont. miner cable over out of the way when a piece of tie wire hung in an ear ring. Not realizing it was caught in the ear ring he continued to walk on moving t...
01/14/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred between 7+80 and 8+40 in the #9 entry in the 7th West Submain (return). The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The area wa...
01/10/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Employee stated he was bolting and was straightening a 6' bolt for installation when it slipped in the grip of his hand. The bolt spun around causing the employee to jerk and fall foward injuring his...
01/05/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 4C at station 22+40 entry #1. The fall measurd 93 feet x 20 feet x 8 feet. Since the fall was located 2 entries over in the return from the examiners route...
01/05/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 207d lost Employee stated that he was driving a Ramcar and ran over a 4-5"" timber causing him to bounce up and hit his head on the canopy. He continued to work and then was taken off work on 01/13/2009 with a...
01/05/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An Unitentional roof occurred on the 4B at station 30+20 entry #10. The fall measured 38ft x 20ft x 6ft high. Since the fall was located 2 entries over in the return from the examiners route this is n...
01/03/2009 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the old 5D worked out panel (Return) at station 10+30 between entries 1 and 2. The fall measured 50 feet x 19 feet x 6 feet high. The fall did not affect venti...
12/20/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing beside the bolting machine with his hand resting on the top of the machine. A rock fell from the roof and struck his hand that was on the machine. Employee was treated and sent...
12/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee stated he was helping unload 3 ft. crib ties off of a trailer when another person grabbed one and threw it off and it glanced off of another one and hit him in the left knee. Employee has con...
12/15/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was trying to get an insert out of a roof bolter wrench. As he struck the wrench on the metal lip on the side of the bolter machine, he struck his left index finger between the wrench and lip...
12/07/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall fell on the 4C travelway at x-cut 85 station 11+90 entry #7. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. The fall did affect the secondary escapeway. St...
12/05/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unitentional roof fall occured on the 4C travelway at 49 crosscut station 13+30 entry #7. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. The fall was in the secondary escapeway but...
11/28/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at 63 crosscut on the 4C intake escapeway at station 3+50 entry #8. The fall did not affect ventilation or cause personal injury. The fall did fall in the primar...
11/21/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee stated he had walked up to the Bolter to cut a few pieces of tie wire. The Bolters were installing bolts and as the injured employee reached to cut the wire, the bolter operator trammed fowar...
11/09/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee stated he was helping splice a conveyor belt. They were in the process of installing the pin when it became lodged because of the splice clips not aligning up so he reached out to push the be...
10/28/2008 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 56d lost Employee stated he was helping unload material from a vehicle when he turned and stepped on a uneven place in the roadway injuring his left knee. Apparently his knee had arthritis in it for a long tim...
10/24/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee stated he was out-by the mining section picking up trash and putting it a trash car. After putting a wooden pallet into the car, his shoulder started hurting. It had been bothering hi m some...
10/12/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 3C panel at station 27+55 (x-cut 35) between Entry 6 and Entry 7. The fall measured 30 feet x 18 feet x 5 feet. The fall did not affect ventilation, passag...
10/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost Employee stated he was walking beside a shuttle car carring 2 empty oil cans, when he tripped/slipped on a piece of rock laying on the floor. He fell on his left shoulder and had pain aftwards. He con...
10/09/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee stated he was walking on the unit when he struck his head on a low brow. His neck was hurting so he went to medical services. He started missing on 10/23/2008 and was given an MRI. This stat...
10/03/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee was going after bit for the cont. miner, tripped over the cable and fell on his right knee.After investigation and a MRI was done , it showed that this was not an injury. The knee had a cyst...
10/02/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 181d lost EE stated he was walking to his Shuttle car when a small piece of rock fell from the roof and struck him on his head and neck. Rock was 1-1/2"" thick X 11""W X 29"" long. It broke into several pieces....
10/02/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the Main East at 39 crosscut between #6 and #7 entry station 30+20. The area had all approaches timbered off pryor to the fall. The fall measured 30 feet x 18...
09/26/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 22d lost Employee stated his knee had been hurting him for about 3 weeks and had gotten worse. As he walked down a road U/G his left knee gave way and he fell to the ground. Employee had a MRI on the 29th and...
09/18/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee stated he was rockdusting and turned to walk on when he struck his head on a roof bolt on a lower browl of the roof. There was dust in the air and he didn't notice this top was a little lower...
09/18/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was drilling with jackleg when a rock fell from the top and struck him in the right hand.
09/09/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Employee stated he was rock dusting and handling a rock dust hose on a conveyor line, when struck his head on a hanging roof bolt. Injured claimed he didn't hit it very hard. (Jammed neck) Employee w...
09/08/2008 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 51d lost Employee stated his knee had been bothering him for a while but after lifting the miner cable up and moving it he must have twisted it. He continued to work until 1/23/2009 when he was taken off work....
09/06/2008 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 147d lost Employee stated he was installing the first Roofbolt in a x-cut when a coal slip in the coal rib slid out and struck him in the back of the legs causing his knee and ankle to strike the metal on the R...
09/05/2008 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee stated he was lifting and moving the Cont. Miner cable over when he must have overextended his knee. He worked until 10/08/2008 when a MRI was done. The MRI showed a lot of osteoarthr itis an...