All MSHA-reportable accidents at Eighty Four Mining Company operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
Three men were entraped in the Livingston Portal Elevator when a fuse had blown in the elevator control room. The elevator had stopped at about 100 ft. in the shaft from the surface. There were no injuries that resulted to any persons in this incident. The men were safely removed from the elevator at 10:20 AM.
The Livingston Portal elevator was removed from service for a bent safety rod. There were no persons injured as a result of this event. The elevator was repaired by the elevator contractor and placed back in service at 8PM.
During the normal weekly Airway walk, an examiner discovered a roof fall blocking the aircourse. There was no damage to equipment, and no persons were injured as a result of the event. This occurred at the #9 X-Cut line in the old 23 Mains area.
A surface electrician was in the process of making his routine inspection of the Hallam Portal elevator when it stopped halfway up the shaft. Maintenance personnel reset controls to put the elevator back in service. There were no persons injured or equipment damaged as a result of this incident.
On 9/19/09 at 4:30AM, the interior doors on the Somerset elevator failed to close. The incident occurred as an employee stepped off the elevator at the mine level landing. The elevator repair service repaired the door lock mechanism and replaced a guidewheel on the elevator in order to put it back in service. There were no persons trapped, or injured as a result of this incident.
A roof fall occurred on an intersection in the old #6 entry of 33Mains. The fall has occurred in an inactive area of the mine. There were no persons injured, or equipment damaged as a result of this event.
In the process of making the weekly exam, a roof fall was discovered by the examiner. The location of the fall was in the cross-cut immediatly outby #22 Seal. No persons were injured or equipment damaged due to the event.
There were 2 elevator service employees who became stuck on the Livingston Portal elevator. This occurred when they stopped to examine the governor rope and were going to continue up the shaft. There were no injuries or equipment damaged as a result of this incident.
In the process of chipping ice in the Livingston Portal elevator shaft, a piece of ice fell damaging an elevator door switch on the shaft bottom. An employee became stuck on the elevator in the process. The employee was able to get off elevator at 7:48PM. There were no injuries as a result of this incident.
Employee was stuck on Livingston Elevator at 1:00 AM the elevator contractor was called and the employee was able to exit the elevator at 1:50 AM. No persons were injured or equipment was damaged as a result of this entrapment.
Failure in crosscut and partial failure of intersection at 90 x-cut off old 33 Mains track at 88 sump. There were no persons injured or equipment damaged as a result of this roof fall.
Elevator at Livingston Portal stopped entrapping two individuals from 2:45 PM to 4:25 PM when they were able to exit the elevator.
Ice that was being chipped from shaft wall fell damaging the wiring for the over travel and slow down switches.
On 12/10/2009, the employee was walking toward the power center in his work area. He stated that he tripped on a rock in the walkway and fell on to his right side. He continued to work at his regular job until 12/17/2009, when he started missing work due to pain in right leg.
Employee was in the process of cleaning out a shelter hole along the track haulage. His left foot was placed on a coal shelf on the mine bottom by the shelter hole. As he reached down to pick up a large piece of coal toward the back of the shelter hole, his left foot slipped causing him to hyper extend his knee. The employee started missing work on 10/10/09 due to this event.
Employee was walking down the steps at the Prep Plant. She slipped on the last step twisting her left knee. She has continued to work until 10-2-09 when she started missing work for a torn meniscus.
On 3/31/09 the employee was kneeling down using a water hose to clean material from under a belt pan. The hose blew out, causing the employee to be startled and strained his left hamstring in the process of getting out of the way. The employee started missing work on 4/2/09 for a severe left hamstring strain.