Gibson County Coal, LLCMining Incidents in 2016

At approximately 13:00 a non-injury accident occurred when the Caterpillar D10 dozer (Serial #AKT302) slid in the #4 clean coal feeder on the clean coal pile.

The employee was walking up the cat walk to grease the head roller of the slope belt. While walking up the cat walk ee felt a sharp pain in back.

While loading a belt trailer some belt structure rails fell on the employees right foot. Employee was given restrictions that do not allow employee to fulfill employee's normal work duties.

The employee was entering the cab of shuttle car and twisted right knee.

The employee was picking up loose supplies and lost EE's footing. EE fell on EE's left shoulder causing a incomplete tear of EE's rotator cuff.

While operating a mini-trac, a piece of loose material fell from the mine roof causing a laceration to the employees left arm. Sutures were required to close the wound.

During a belt lay, nylon rope was being hooked up to pull on belt. The employee bent over to assist hooking up the belt and scratched left eye. Antibiotic ointment was prescribed as a precaution.

Cribs were built underneath a shuttle car to perform maintenance. After the work was done the support was being removed and the employee got finger caught between the ends of two crib blocks. This caused distal tuft fracture. Employee was diagnosed on 8/10/16.

The employee was walking through an intersection where the roof bolter cable was tied to the mine roof carrying a wrench. The cable started to fall as the employee was walking under it. As the cable fell the employee tried to catch it but the cable fell on the wrench in employee's hand knocking it back and chipping a tooth.

The employee was inserting second drill steel while roof bolting. The employee cross threaded the steel in the chuck. While trying to correct the issue tension built up on the steels and contacted left hand. The steels caused a laceration through metacarpal gloves. Sutures were required to close the wound.