All MSHA-reportable accidents at Jim Walter Resources Inc operations in 2015. Fatalities appear first.
IGNITION - A methane frictional ignition occurred in the No. 4 entry on the No. 7 section, E-11 Headgate. The miner was cutting bottom 10' from the face curtain line side of the No. 4 entry when the ignition occurred. The flame was put out with the wash down hose on the miner.
IGNITION - Methane frictional Ignition occurred in the No. 1 entry on the No. 12 section E10 Headgate. The miner was cutting the bottom rock on the curtain line side of the No. 1 Entry when the ignition occurred. The flame was put out with one fire extinguisher and the miner sprays.
IGNITION - Occurred while cutting in the No. 2 face on the No. 6 section. Operator had cut approx. 22 feet out of face and was cutting bottom rock when the frictional ignition occurred. The small flame was on the curtain line side of the entry, lasting 10 to 15 seconds and was extinguished with a fire extinguisher.
ROOF FALL - Occurred on No. 7 section in No. 2 entry face. Miner operator had cut 6 to 8 feet of top when started to flake and was backing the miner out when top fell in the face cut to just pass the first row of roof support. The unsupported area of roof pulled two of the roof bolts out but roof did not fall above the regular roof supported area.
IGNITION - Occurred while cutting bottom on No. 6 section in the No. 3 to No. 2 cross-cut on the curtain line side. The flame was orange in color, lasting approx. 10 seconds and was extinguished using a fire extinguisher.
ROOF FALL - Occurred on No. 12 section in cross-cut between No. 1 and No. 2 entry and 20 feet into No. 2 and No. 3 cross-cut. The rock fall was approx. 40 feet x 20 feet and approx. 15 feet high. The time of the fall was recorded as the time the section foreman conducted the pre-shift exam and discovered the roof fall.
IGNITION - Potentially occurred on No. 2 Longwall while cutting on face chain at tailgate drive sprocket. Employees did not see a flame or flash, just heard a noise around the panline.
IGNITION - Occurred while mining in 2 to 3 crosscut on No. 6 section. The flame burned appox. 15 to 20 seconds, orange-yellow in color and was extinguished with a fire extinguisher.
IGNITION - Occurred while cutting coal and bottom rock when a methane frictional ignition occurred on the curtain line side of No. 2 entry on the No. 6 section E10 tailgate. The depth of the cut was approx. 23 feet. The flame burned approx. 10 to 20 seconds and was extinguished with a fire extinguisher.
IGNITION - Occurred on mine floor while cutting bottom in the No. 1 entry on the No. 6 section when a frictional ignition occurred on the left side of the entry in the mine floor. The flame was orange in color and lasted 5 to 7 seconds. The miner crew backed miner up while leaving the water sprays on the continuous miner.
ROOF FALL - Occurred in the No. 3 and No. 4 entries on 12 section outby the last open cross cut. The rock fall was above the 6 feet resin bolts. The rock fall was approx. 40 feet long, 19 to 20 feet wide.
IGNITION - Occurred on mine floor while cutting bottom rock in the No. 2 entry on the No. 6 section E10 tailgate entries. The flame burned approx. 7 to 10 seconds and was extinguished with a fire extinguisher.
ROOF FALL - Occurred on the No. 1 longwall. The fall was approx. 200 feet outby the longwall face in the No. 1 entry and fell above the roof bolt anchorage. The rock fall was approx. 20 feet long and 10 feet wide and did not block travel or impede ventilation.
IGNITION - Occurred while cutting mine floor in the #4 entry on 6 section E10 panel. They were cutting mine floor and approx. 10 feet in bottom outby the face on the off curtain side of the entry. The flame lasted approx. 10 seconds and was put out with one fire extinguisher.
IGNITION - Occurred while cutting in the #4 entry on 6 section E10 panel while cutting in the roof. The flame burned for approx. 30 seconds or less and was put out with a fire extinguisher.
Employee had changed out a hose on the #60 shield and as he was raising and lowering the shield a 90 degree fitting broke, the hose whipped around striking employee on ankle causing a contusion to left ankle.
Employee was attempting to open door on powder box and (he had is ring finger on his right hand in the crack) when he opened the door, he mashed his finger. Surgery will be on 12/4/15. No work.
Employee was working to re-install pin on #112 shield that had backed out and when he bent over to lift clevis head he felt a burning pain in his stomach. Employee was diagnosed with a hernia on 11/25/15 and started losing time due to surgery.
Employee was walking to the face on the longwall, as he came around the end of the stage loader he stepped to the side to avoid a hose and slipped and fell catching himself with his left arm causing a dislocation of his left shoulder requiring surgery.
Shift started at 11 PM on 10/21. While employee was attempting to load a barrel of chain onto the forks of the lotrac, the operator exited the lotrac to assist and then the lotrac rolled forward and rolled against employee's right foot/ankle.
Employee was crossing under the By-pass belt at the cross under carrying a pair of come-a-longs on his shoulder when the come-a-longs hit on the cross under causing him to fall backwards, landing on a belt turn buckle on the mine floor resulting in two fractured ribs.
After arriving at the unloading point the employee got off of his Locomotive and began disconnecting safety chains from between the four Locomotives. As he was walking by Locomotive 43, the sight glass for the coolant system popped off and sprayed the employee with coolant fluid, contacting him on the left shoulder, neck and face.
Employee was helping lay track underground and was putting tie clips around to latch the ties to the rail and the rail slipped falling on his right foot causing fracture to foot.
Employee was getting off back hoe and lost his footing. He caught himself grabbing onto a beam to hold on injuring his right arm. His first date of loss was 09/01/2015.
Employee was walking and slipped off side of track rolling his left ankle. This has resulted with a fracture.
Employee started his owl shift on 8/20/15 @ 11:00 PM. Employee went to area where a brattice wall was being built. He stepped on a block that was under water and rolled his right ankle. Crutches and boot was administered by doctor. Right ankle sprain.
Employee was on surface walking to rock truck when he slipped and fell on some gravel, when trying to catch himself with his left hand he tore his rotator cuff requiring surgery.
Employee was setting a 30 h.p. pump and shoveling material over boots when the bunker washed out. Employee then felt burning on both of his legs. He is being treated for chemical burns.
Employee was operating the left side of the roof bolter and was using a bolt wrench to push roof bolt into the hole when he felt pain in right shoulder resulting in Rotator Cuff Tear requiring surgery.
Employee riding bus when bus struck 2"" pvc pipe, which pushed the pipe coupling into the employee's left arm, causing a laceration requiring 20 sutures
Employee was helping install a whole belt frame, when pushing frame across bottom belt to another employee he got his hand caught between the whole frame and rail causing fracture and sutures to the ends of third and fourth fingers of his right hand.
Employee was de-trashing belt take up area when he picked up a bottom take up roller and felt pain in lower back causing lower back strain.
Employee was using a bar and wrench to tighten up bolts on track rail when wrench slipped off of bolt as he was pulling on bar causing him to fall backwards hitting his elbow on rail resulting in fracture to elbow. *EE started losing time again on 9/11/15 due to continued pain in elbow.
Locomotive derailed and employee was helping jack locomotive back on to the track. After jacking approximately 4"", the load shifted and the jack kicked out striking employee in the face. Employee received stitches and is awaiting surgery to fix his fractured nose.
Employee was using a spinner wrench to tighten the cathead on the power center, as he was pulling up on the wrench it slipped causing the wrench to hit him in the mouth breaking teeth.
Degas crew was moving the degas drill. As the employee was loosening the jack a rock fell hitting his right shoulder knocking him down and he fell back on his ankle causing fracture to right ankle.
Employee pulled slider rail forward and it slid out of the bracket striking him on the right shoulder. Employee worked up to his surgery date which was 7/13/15.
Employee was blowing up a shield and the tip of the shield was under the previous shield. When the shield tip slid from under the other shield, a rock fell either off the shield or from the top striking employee on the right hand. Employee had surgery on 5/29/15.
Employee was washing at the bottom of the slope - standing on loose coal. The loose coal gave way and employee lost his footing falling to the footwall. The water hose he was using apparently whipped around striking him in the face/eye area. He was taken off work with the first date of loss being 5/15/2015.
Employee was drilling a hole for a 6' pin, as he was adding a second drill steel and pushed the pot up the drill steel bowed, catching on the insert and the drill steel struck his left hand causing fracture to hand.
Employee was at the roofbolter when he lost his balance, slipped down under the operator side of the drill mast and accidently grabbed the controls causing the foot on roofbolter to come down catching the tip end of his boot causing fracture and sutures to toes on right foot.
Employee started work on 5/10/15 at 11:00 PM. Employee was walking down slope when he slipped and fell injuring his left foot. Employee stated that he looked to see what caused the accident and he had stepped in a hole and it was not visible due to water. Doctor took him off work since he had a fracture.
Employee was pushing against the fork of the Lo-Trac to re-adjust for picking up a core box, when he felt a pop in his left elbow. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT UNTIL TAKEN OFF WORK 7/27/15 DUE TO A PROCEDURE BEING DONE.
Employee was helping build additional cribs due to the top deteriorating at the mesh line alongside the trailing shields. As the employee set the last two crib blocks on top of the crib, the rocks came off of crib onto him causing laceration to lower leg requiring sutures.
Co-worker cut bands on pallet on the outby end of a car while employee was standing on the inby end. When the bands got cut, the weight shifted and caused the banded rollers to fall off the car striking employee in left ankle causing a fracture. Started losing time 4/28/15.
Employee was stepping off a ladder from the loader and felt sharp pain in the back of his knee, top of calf muscle. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 7/27/15. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 8/1/15 DUE TO SURGERY.
Employee was walking down #3 entry of the section, when he stepped on some small rocks twisting his ankle causing sprain to ankle.
Employee was walking when he stepped in a hole and his foot slipped back causing pain in his left calf muscle.
Employee was helping lift a 50HP motor in the prep plant, using boom truck and chain falls, from off conveyor belt to drive base when the motor hung on something and suddenly came free employee raised his arm to shield himself from motor which forced his arm into an electrical cabinet causing fracture to arm.
He was walking in mine and struck his head on metal strap. He suffered a concussion.
Employee was checking rockdust hose coming off of a manifold, just after he opened a ball valve to let air through, the hose came off of rockdust pipe hitting employees right hand causing fracture to hand.
Employee was operating a continuous miner on 3 section and was cutting #2 entry, standing at the back of the miner loading a shuttle car when a rock fell out of the top from between the row of pins striking him on the head and shoulders causing fracture to collar bone and broken teeth.
Employee was on the roofbolter, after he handed a new bolt and plate to an employee to install, he went to step down off of roofbolter twisting his left ankle causing sprain to ankle.
Employee stated that he sprained his right ankle when he stepped off of the rock dust motor. He started his shift on 1/30/15 at 11:00 PM.
Employee was moving structure from back of cross cut and stacking by the track with a lo track. Employee was exiting lo track and stepped part way on a 4"" cinder block and rolled his left ankle. The block was buried part way in rock dust and was not visible. Started losing time on 1/29/2015.
Motor 57 came off top of hill and slid into 183 man bus. Employee was not able to get off before motor hit. He bumped his knee on edge of bus and twisted his knee. His shift started on 1/25/2015 at 11:00 PM and his injury occurred on 1/26/15 at 6:05 AM.
Employee was roof bolting when some top broke up and came onto the canopy, he was using a rock bar to remove the rock when the bar slipped hitting him in the mouth chipping teeth and causing laceration to his lip requiring sutures.
REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employees knee was struck by an old 2 inch Aquamine pipe that was sticking out from under main discharge pipe, causing laceration to knee requiring sutures.
Employee was walking down the entry when he stepped on a rock, twisting his knee causing pain. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT UNTIL 3/5/15 WHEN HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK DUE TO SURGERY ON HIS KNEE.
Employee was going through a brattice man door at cross cut 621. She opened the door, started through the door and the air caught the door. She was trying to hold the door and it caused her to strain her right shoulder and lower left leg trying to protect herself. We could no longer accommodate work restrictions starting on 2/19/2015.
Employee was standing on a ladder hooking come-a-longs in monorail when a part of the rib fell out pinning his leg against the ladder causing injury to his knee and shoulder. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT AND DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 4/8/15 DUE TO INCREASED PAIN IN SHOULDER.
REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee had put e-bolt in and was under the shield on the longwall when a rock fell glancing off an employee's hard hat striking his left hand causing laceration requiring sutures.
Employee was finishing up scooping behind the cage. There was a piece of blue Aqua 2"" water line about 7' long buried in the gob. When he filled the bucket and raised it up to take it to the car, the pipe got free and slid down the edge of the bucket striking him in the face. He received four sutures in upper lip.
Employee's shift started on 6/15/15 at 11:00 PM. Employee was pulling shield #42 up and as it set he moved to pull shield #41. Rocks fell between shields and cut the right arm right above the elbow. Sent out for treatment and received 15 stitches.
Employee was lifting scaffold board up onto the pallet of blocks. His finger was caught between the end of the board and the edge of blocks. He was taken to the doctor and received two stitches. Returned to work on 6/6/2015.
Reportable only - Employee was standing close to where they were burning a bad insert out of 120 miner head, when the hot insert was hit with a hammer to clean the slag off a piece of slag came over his glasses landing in the corner of his eye.
REPORTABLE ONLY - Employee was assembling 6"" Aquamine pipe, while trying to connect a 6"" to 4"" reducer his left thumb was hit by victaulic coupling causing fracture to tip of thumb.
REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was attempting to loosen a clevis pin with pliers when the pliers slipped off, his left arm recoiled back striking a yield tube on the adjacent supply car cutting his arm requiring sutures.
REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was holding a 3/8 chain that was connected to a water pump, when the other employee moved the equipment to get slack in the chain, the chain tightened up and a broken link caught his finger causing fracture and laceration to end of finger resulting in sutures to his finger.
SUTURES ONLY - Employee was standing between shields 3 and 4 behind the dog house operating tailgate end of shear, when the shear entered the stump of coal a rock hit the employee on the face causing laceration requiring sutures.
REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO SUTURES - Employee was helping change a shear shaft on a continous miner, when the man in front of him was using a 4lb shop hammer that slipped out of his hands striking the employee on the right side of his face and ear causing a laceration requiring sutures.