Willow Lake Portal — Accidents

Total: 602 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee has had a bad left knee and possibly favoring it, as he was walking across the unit doing his examination, he stepped in a tire rut and twisted his other knee. Employee continued to work unti...
12/16/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was a roofbolter and had finished bolting a place. They backed the machine up shut it off and the injured bent over and started cleaning his dust box out. A rock fell from betwqeen the bolts...
12/13/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 1A return at station 49+07 between entries 1 and 2. The fall did not affect ventilation, affect passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured...
12/10/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 3C intake at station 41+70 entry #4. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured app. 20'x20'x6' high....
12/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was operaring a cont. miner, when a rock fell from the roof and struck him on the neck/shoulder and leg. The rock fell from the rib to the first pattern bolt and struck the victim. He continu...
12/01/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured on the 3C return at station 29+70 in the #1 entry. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 20'x20'x10'high....
11/29/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured in the old 2C panel return at station 72+95 entry #6. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause pesonal injury. The fall measured 20'x20'x6'hig...
11/27/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured in the 1A panel returns at station 29+40 entry #10. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause pesonal injury. The fall measured 25'x20'x4.5' hig...
11/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 138d lost Employee stated that he was uncoupling a 3"" victraulic alum. waterline that was hung on a conveyor tail piece and against a coal rib. Not realizing the there was tension on the pipe when he uncoupled...
11/23/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee stated that he was roofbolting at the face and a piece of roof fell from between the rib and bolter canopy and struck him on the leg and ankle. Person was transported to medical services and...
11/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee stated that he and another employee were moving the cont. miner cable out of the center of the entry so the miner could get by. After he was done he felt a sharp pain in his lower left rib ca...
11/06/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional rock fall occured in the 1A panel at crosscut #46 between entries 7 and 8. The fall did not affect ventilation, passege of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 25' x 18'...
11/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated he was standing and observing about 6 ft. behind another person who was removing a belt splice pin. As this person was striking a tool with a hammer, a small piece of steel broke off,...
11/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee stated he was taking a roll of line curtain to the face, when he stepped in hole and twisted his Right knee. Employee was transported to medical services ER and saw his regular doctor on 11/0...
10/23/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 158d lost Employee stated that he had installed a bolt close to the rib and had let the pressure off his canopy to swing his boom over toward the center. The canopy didn't come down, it was hung on the rib so h...
10/23/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 003 active working section between entries 6 and 7 at station 42+25. The fall did not affect passage of men, ventilation or cause personal injury. The fal...
10/16/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the old 2D return at station 69+40 entry #6. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 30' long x 18'wi...
10/10/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the Main North Intake at crosscut #112 entry #3. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 25 feet x 25...
10/05/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Section Supervisor stated that the Cont. Miner operator was preparing to locate the miner to mine #1 entry. The machine was shut off and they heard the roof working in the intersection. They quickly b...
09/22/2007 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Some electrical wiring had gotten together and got hot enough to burst into flame, burning some insulation off of wiring and rubber off of hyd. hoses. The fire was put out in less than 10 min. A call...
09/21/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Employee stated that he was operating a cont. miner and had backed it up out of the cut. He walked up beside the machine to look at the roof conditions, thinking he might have to trim some top. He tur...
09/12/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 3rd East worked out panel at 54+60 in the #5 entry. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 12 feet...
09/12/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was in the surface shop installing a transmission in a underground mantrip. The transmission became hung and wouldn't go in any farther so he was pulling at it trying to get it to free up. Al...
09/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost Employee stated that he was walking up to the face area to stagger out the roofbolters. He stepped in a hole on the mine floor and twisted his right knee. He did not go to the doctor until the next da...
09/04/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee stated he was changing batteries in his car when they slipped off. This jarred the car causing the employee to hit his head in the canopy. The employee was under a doctor's care for a non wor...
09/01/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was roofbolting in a rock fall area where the roof was higher than usual. As he looked up to watch his drill steel, a small piece of rock fell from the roof and struck him in t...
08/30/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at entry #1 at 5+40 station on the 9th West Panel at the #1 seal at the 2A north seals. The fall did not damage the seal itself, affect ventilation, passege of men...
08/30/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at entry #9 at station 7+20 on the 5B panel (1st South off of the 8th West). The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fal...
08/15/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 005 working section at 1+95 entry #2. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury. The fall measured 12 feet x 12 feet x...
08/12/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the East submain off of the Main North at station 32+20 between entries 6 and 7. The fall did not affect ventilation, passage of men or cause personal injury....
08/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee stated he was operating a Mini-Trac and was sitting on a piece of curtain in the seat. He went to get out of the cab, when his foot slipped on the piece of curtain and he fell. As he fell he...
08/08/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred at the #6 entry at station 8+40 on the 2nd north main off of the 3rd west submain (return). The fall did not affect ventilation or passege of men. The fall was t...
08/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee was helping change a Boom Hyd. Jack on a Roofbolter. After having it changed he bent over and lifted it onto a transportation ride. After this he felt a pain in his lower stomach area. Medica...
07/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee stated he was lifting and moving some waterline so he could get supplies into a x-cut and as he picked up on one end of the pipe he felt some pain in his shoulder. He continued to work until...
07/27/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee stated that he was sore from roof bolting the last day or two and was helping hang the Cont. Miner trailing cable. After he and three others hung a couple X-cuts of cable, he told his supervi...
07/24/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee stated that he and another person were trying to remove a steel cover on a Cont. miner with a pry bar. The cover came loose and the bar slipped, and when it did, the cover went up then down a...
07/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Employee stated that he was on top of the cont. miner and had been servicing the head hing pins. As he stepped off he put his left foot down on the ground, slipped and struck his right knee on the top...
07/18/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the East submain at 28+70 station in the #5 entry. The fall did not affect ventilation of passage of men. The fall measured 22 feet x 30 feet x 9 feet high....
07/16/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee complains of back spasms/pain and has a past history of spasms/pain in the same area of his back. After driving a tractor down the 4b travelway the employee felt spasms/pain in his lower bac...
07/09/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 232d lost Employee stated that he was walking thru a curtain and struck his head on a curtain board on the other side, knocking him backwards. Has had prior back surgery.
07/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 218d lost Employee was working in an area of the mine with a low top setting cribbing. He was bent over and turned to get a piece of lumber. After he picked up the lumber, he turned with the lumber in his hand,...
06/30/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None # 1 Unit # 3 entry at 30+80 survey tag there was a roof fall in this intersection. The fall was the whole intersection and fell 8' to 10'. The ccnveyor belt tail was inby this area in the # 6 entry...
06/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost Employee stated he was examining the slope belt and as he was walking down the slope he slipped on a piece of pipe laying on the concrete floor and fell, twisting his back.
06/02/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 190d lost Employee stated he was preparing to set a water pump at a sump at 171 X-cut. The bank of the sump gave way, causing the employee to fall in the sump twisting his ankle.
06/01/2007 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Worker said on 6-1-07 he felt pain when hanging cable. He reported it on 6-6-07 and missed worked on 7-9-07. An MRI on 6-18-07 showed at L5-S1 prominent degeration to the intervertebral disc, T11-12 m...
05/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Employee stated that he was carrying 4 buckets of miner bits to the miner and felt some pain/discomfort in his lower back. Remained working until 06/06/2007.
05/26/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Employee stated he had climbed upon the raw coal stacker and did some work and was climbing down. As he reached the last step and started to step onto the ground, which was a longer step, he twisted h...
05/21/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost Employee stated that he was walking from his ramcar to go help the miner operator when he slipped/tripped over a piece of far-clay and fell to the floor. He stuck his hand out to break his fall and ap...
05/18/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 267d lost Employee stated that he was riding in a mantrip sitting in the very back seat when the trip hit a bump and threw him upward and his head hit the canopy. The employee has had fusion surgery on his back...
05/15/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occured at 156+11 station, entry #7 on the main north return. The fall did not affect ventilation or passage of men. The fall measured 18 foot x 18 foot x 6 foot high. Th...