Canyon Fuel Company LLCMining Incidents in 2023

Seal #6 in the Mine 2 West Mains failed due to water impounding behind seal

The top in front of the end tailgate shield and in the immediate tailgate entry of the 11RT longwall section fell and restricted the airflow below the required minimum quantities. MSHA's hotline was called and a modification was approved to mine with low air flow.

At approximately 4:00 pm January 29, our longwall Tailgate had closed off enough that we needed to go on our Longwall Tailgate Blockage Plan. Field Office Manager was contacted. A field inspector came to the mine and issued a K-Order. We properly trained our LW miners and set up to mine under the TG Blockage and K-Order. The TG Blockage was due to an unforseen displacement.

While advancing shields, Shield 159 got hung up, EE went to climb over leg ram to assist Shield 159 on advancement and left sided foot slipped in between the leg ram and spill tray on pan then the pan rocked back from shield 159 hanging up and pinching foot between the ram and tray.

EE was setting a circuit breaker on 5 West belt drive, when EE set the breaker the breaker arc flashed causing burns to the back of EE's hands and legs. While getting away from the flash EE reaggravated EE's right shoulder that was from a previous injury when EE stumbled into the rib.

While EE was performing routine maintenance on the traction planetary on CM-111 EE felt a pop in EE's elbow on EE's right arm.

Employee was walking and tripped over a piece of coal. When EE stood up, EE hit EE's head on a vent tube causing injury.

While EE was helping to install a high voltage nip into the power center on the longwall, they were holding the nip and when the other EE repositioned to plug in the nip EE felt a pain in their right shoulder.

Rb-11 was installing rib mesh in XC-3 coming from the 1 Left 7 North Tailgate section in the set up room about 50' into the cross cut. The miner was attempting to hold the rib mesh in place during the bolting process when a slab of coal came off the rib landing on and pinning the miner to the ground.

Employee was hanging vent tube and coal rolled out from behind mesh striking them on the leg. They did not start to miss work until 1/30/2023.

Employee was cleaning and working on beltline and smashed a finger while handling a belt roller.

EE was setting mesh on the ATRS setting up for the next row of bolts. While doing so, the left rib popped sending a piece of coal through the air and hitting EE in the upper lip left side causing a laceration.

EE finished drilling outside hole and top steel got stuck. EE used 4' steel to try to get it out. EE was holding down the mat with their elbow to connect the two steels together to pull the stuck one out. While pulling the steel down the mat slipped from under their elbow, springing up and cutting through their long sleeve shirt causing a laceration on right forearm.

Employee suffered a stroke while walking in the beltline. They later suffered a severe stroke at the hospital. Mine investigation determined it was a personal medical incident.