All MSHA-reportable accidents at Highland Mining Company LLC operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.
A roof fall occurred in the #2 entry of the 1st Main North off the Second West from 25' inby XC 18+24 to 10' outby XC 20+64. There were no injuries or disruption to ventilation. The fall was approximately 90' long by 18' wide by high. The fall was discovered around AM. There was no equipment involved.
A roof fall occurred in the #3 entry of the 1st main north angle off the 2nd west, unit #6 MMU-067-0, spad #13+14, just inby last open cross cut, up to face. The fall was approx. 40'L x 18'W x 6'H. There was no equipment involved, no injuries and no disruptions to ventilation. The fall was discovered at 4:58am.
A roof fall occurred in the #3 entry of the 1st main north angle off the 2nd west, Unit #6 MMU-067-0, spad #23+14. The fall was approx. 20'L x 20'W x 12'H. There was no equipment involved, no injuries and no disruption to ventilation. The fall was discovered at 8:25 AM.
A roof fall occurred in the 1st main west supply road in the #7 entry. No people or equipment was involve there were also no disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx. 15' H. 20'W. 20' L. It occurred at approx 5:00p.m.
A roof fall occurred in the 1st Main East, #8 entry at XC 32 no injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx. 18' long - 18' wide - 8' high. The fall was discovered around 1:00 AM. There was also no equipment involved.
The power was off due to a blowed fuse on the K.U. line side, has to wait on bucket truck from Madisonville, KY to come down. The hoist was down from 10:20 am to 11:25am
A roof fall occurred at approx 2:38 AM in the Main East at x-cut 30 spad #18+52 in the #9 entry to #10 entry. No injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx 100' long x 20' wide x 8' high.
A roof fall occurred in the #6 entry in the 1st panel North off the 2 Main West spad #12+24 measuring 18 ft wide, 18 ft long, 10 ft high. The fall was discovered at 9:45 pm.
A roof fall occurred in the #8 entry of the 2nd main west old #1 unit. No injuries or disruptions to ventilations. The fall was approx 55' long X 19' wide X 8' high. The fall was discovered at approx 1:33pm between x-cut 79 and 80 inby spad 5 + 46.
A roof fall occurred in the supply road of the 2nd main west - old, #1 unit, no injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx 82' long, 18 wide, 8' high. The fall was discovered at approx 12:pm at xc79 spad 53 + 46.
a roof fall occurred in the supply road of the 2 main west old #1 unit. No injuries or disruptions to ventilation. The fall was approx 18'long x 18'wide x 8'high. The fall was discovered at approx 10:45pm at x-cut 78 spad #52474.
Stated: Employee was bolting in the #5 entry in unit 3. He had drilled his first steel, had his bottom steel in the chuck and was attempting to join the two when his index finger on his right hand was caught between the top of the second steel and the mine roof.
Stated: Employee was walking between road grader and rib to access cab of grader. Waterline was hung at 5' off mine floor at this location. Employee hit head on waterline coupling, slipped and rolled her ankle. Later diagnosed with fracture.
Stated: employee had just tightened a jack pipe on a tail piece. As he stepped down, he twisted his left knee. Due to waiting on MRI results, 14 days, and movement of safety personnel, this report was inadvertently delayed.
Stated: the employee was riding in man trip with curtain covering wet seat. Part of the curtain was hanging out and caught on a bundle of bolts around a fall area. The curtain pulled and twisted his knee. Diagnosed with degenerative knee and meniscal tear, no surgery will benefit. Due to waiting on MRI results to determine injury/illness classification, this report is filed late.
Stated: Employee was swinging boom in to install next pin when he slipped and fell. He caught himself with his right arm and overextended his wrist. Initially diagnosed with fracture. Cast removed on 10/06 by orthopaedic doctor, diagnosed with no fracture. Still off work with pulled tendon/ligament.
Stated: He was getting out of a scoop to hook up a chain. He took a step towards the pinner he was hooking up. He stepped on a large lump of coal. He twisted his knee. The accident happened on 09/09/2011. The first day he missed was 10/24/2011, the day of surgery, to repair a torn meniscus.
Employee stated: He had been cutting bottoms for a new belt drive. He was beside the miner when a piece of coal rib sloughed off. He had cut 2' of bottoms but had not undercut the coal. The piece was 4""-6"" thick X 2' tall X 5' long. The toe of his boot was under the apron when he jumped and twisted to avoid the falling coal. He broke the navicular bone in his right foot.
Stated: Employee was hanging cable across the 3rd left XC when he slipped and twisted his left ankle. The mine floor had a 4"" displacement with loose material at this location. The bolter cable was stretched tight with no slack as he was trying to push the cable up and over to the roof bolt plates to hang it.
Sub. under protest to abate cit. #8504175. EE alleges that he was ent. though mandoor on out-by airlock doors when he caught his foot on top of mandoor frame causing him to fall striking his shin and falling on his torso pushing tape measure into his ribs. The op. is curr. invest.the EE's claim and reserves the right to amend and/or retract this report as info. becomes known to op.
Employee stated: while putting belt dogs on the belt, his left toe caught on a rock lying on the bottom. This caused him to fall on his right arm. He was working in the splicing hole at the 3B drive. His initial Dr visit indicated a possible fracture but further diagnosis is contusion/sprain.
Emp. stated he drilled hole with top steel then inserted bottom steel into the top steel. When putting the bottom steel in the chuck it stuck on the edge and popped his right hand as it went into the chuck. As a result a fracture of the right index finger was received.
Employee stated he was running to avoid falling rock and struck the pin tray in his rib area.
Stated: After falling on ice felt pain in his back.
Employee stated: He was opening a set of airlock doors at the slope bottom. He opened the first half and had his hand on the second half when someone opened the mandoor to the golf cart parking. The pressure change caused the first half to slam closed catching his hand between the two halves. The outside temperature was 15 degrees.
Stated: Had started to put his outside pin up, and his first section of pinner steel was 1 inch in the roof when a piece of rock broke loose from the top and struck his hand
employee stated: Holding a belt knife with his left hand. He was hanging a line curtain , while attempting to cut the curtain he cut his left forearm with the knife and received 6 sutures. The employee came back to work the next scheduled shift
Stated: The employee was cutting the metal bands on a bundle of roof bolts. He had cut the first band and as he cut the second band the first one sprung back and struck his left upper arm. It lacerated his arm for about 2 inches. The laceration required 9 sutures to close. No work missed.
Stated: The employee was removing a nail holding the end of the belt to the roll. While using one hammer to drive the claw end of another hammer behind the nail head, a sliver of metal flew into his right arm. The puncture wound was the size of the head of a #2 pencil. The doctor at the hospital cut the skin to access the metal and this laceration required 4 sutures to close.
Stated: Employee was helping take down the rod used to hang a roll of belt for a belt extension. As another employee took the nut off the end of the rod to remove the collar used to hang the bar, EE had his hand on the belt core. When the end of the rod fell, his finger was mashed between the belt core and the collar on the other end of the rod.