Hamilton County Coal, LLCMining Incidents in 2024

EE was placing hog panel on ATRS when it got bound up, EE pulled on it and felt a burning sensation from right shoulder down to EE's bicep.

While traveling to #1 entry in a shuttle car, EE hit a bump in the haulage road, causing EE to strike EE's head on the shuttle car canopy. At the time EE felt pain in mid-chest and mid back area.

While building a double block wall, EE lifted a block up and was trying to get it in place when it rolled and landed on EE's right pinky finger. EE was wearing black cheetah gloves at the time of incident. EE was taken off work on 01/20/2025 for surgery.

While lifting block for building wall EE experienced pain in EE's groin and hip. EE was taken off work on December 13, 2024 for surgery.

While moving a trailer hitch out of the slope yard track area, EE felt pain in EE's left side lower back. Was taken off work on 11/20/2024

While pulling a 72"" bottom frame from the slope track through the compartment mandoor EE strained EE's lower back. Was taken off work on 10/17/2024

Assisting belt crew during a belt extension on the D3HG8 section. While installing a bottom roller the bottom roller bracket was not sitting flush enough with belt rail to install the ""J"" bolt. EE kicked the bottom roller bracket with right leg trying to get bracket in place and felt a pop in left knee.

Employee and another crew member were hanging miner cable in the #5 entry. When they lifted the cable to hang it, employee pulled something in their left shoulder. Continued to work until 7/18/2024 When employee was taken off work.

While working on the North side of the slope belt at Arch 737, EE stepped on mandoor, the door shifted causing EE to fall through. EE landed below on the slope track, lacerating left arm causing EE to receive stitches.

Checking water sprays on feeder as they turned to walk away rolling their foot. As they tried to catch themselves, they twisted their left wrist. Fracturing the wrist.

While looking over right shoulder as EE was backing out of the x-cut, EE turned into a bundle of cribs on the left side. The cribs pushed into EE's lower left leg fracturing EE's left ankle.

Filling up supply insert, while transferring 7' roof bolts from one supply insert to another, EE stepped on some loose roof bolts laying in insert causing EE to slip and fall. EE tried to catch self with left hand, EE's hand went between the pile of loose bolts and the side insert, jamming EE's left hand and wrist.

In the process of loading the last clean up car in the #3 entry on the left side of the cut. They positioned the miner cable on the rib and started loading the shuttle car. As employee was loading the car, a rock 40"" long, 8"" thick and 8"" wide fell from the roof at the left rib line and cantilevered back striking them in the head and back area.

While reclaiming cables and hoses from the roof for the panline, they had their left hand under the cables to support them. The force of the falling cables and hoses slammed their left hand down against the panline.

Unloading pump ride, they grabbed pallet from back of ride, as they were pulling the pallet a Victaulic coupler that was underneath pallet gashed their left-hand palm area. Causing them to receive stitches.

Operator was backing miner out of cut, they went to reach their tools on the machine and a rock fell off the rib and smashed their hand. Causing them to receive stitches to the top of their right hand.

Helping another crew member load props in a scoop bucket, EE threw EE's end of the prop in the bucket and it kicked back, smashing EE's ring finger between the bucket and the prop, causing EE to receive stitches.

While working on a conveyor chain under a shuttle car, when getting up off the ground, hard hat fell off and they tried to catch it, causing them to lose balance and fall head first into the shuttle car, causing a laceration which required staples.

A rock came off the drum of the shearer and hit them in the face, causing them to receive stitches to their chin.

Trying to get the U-joint out of shuttle car by hitting it with a hammer. The hammer bounced off and struck EE's left thumb, causing EE to receive stitches. EE was wearing gloves at the time of incident.

Cutting bands off of dust hose, EE lost footing on the shield foot. When EE slipped EE cut self on left forearm while trying to catch self, causing to receive stitches.

Diesel Scoop was pushing shuttle car from the dump end, EE was in the shuttle car with left hand on the door frame. The bucket of the scoop slid across the cab of the shuttle car, pushing the door against EE's hand, mashing left ring finger causing EE to receive stitches. Employee was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

While removing shield to shield cables, EE was cutting the cable ties holding the cables to a trunk line. EE's left hand was holding the trunk line and cutting the cable tie, as EE pulled through the cable tie the blade struck in in the forearm causing EE to receive stitches.

EE was drilling a hole in the mine floor with a sinking hammer drill to install an anchor pin for the take-up track structure. When they finished drilling the hole, the drill steel became stuck. As they were pulling on the hammer drill to free the stuck drill steel, it pulled free causing their right thumb to be smashed.