All MSHA-reportable accidents at Knight Hawk Coal, LLC operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 1st East Panel (001-0) off the Main South Entries in #2 entry at #1 cross cut at the +120 foot mark. This fall was located in the center of the intersection approximately 18' wide by 18' long and approximately 30 to 36 inches high. MSHA was notified within the prescribed time frame.
An unplanned roof fall occurred at Knight Hawk Coal LLC, Royal Falcon mine on 6-2-2009 in the Main North return. MSHA was immediatly notified and all steps required were followed. No K-order or citations were issued since it was in the return outby the tailpiece. No injuries or equipment damage happened in this fall.
Knight Hawk Coal LLC, Royal Falcon Mine has had an unplanned roof fall in #4 entry at the +570' cross cut in the Main North return. No equipment or people were envolved in the fall. The fall was called in within 10 min. of discovering it. All the required steps have been taken.
An unplanned roof fall was discovered in the Main North section in #7 entry at the +1495' mark. The fall was immediately called in to MSHA and all proceedures have been followed. We at Royal Falcon have moved the 001-0 section into the 1st West Panel and have abandoned the Main North.
Knight Hawk Coal LLC, Royal Falcon Mine has had an unplanned roof fall in the 1st E. Panel at the +580' mark in the #5 entry. Plans have been sent to MSHA to clean up the roof fall. No one was injured or hurt in the fall. No equipment was involved in the fall.
We at Royal Falcon Mine had an unplanned roof fall on 1/18/2009 in the #2 entry at the +770 cross cut in the 1st E. Panel. A Fletcher double boom roof bolter was partially under the fall. A plan for recovery of the bolter was approved by MSHA and the bolter has been recovered. A clean up plan has has been approved by MSHA and clean up is now underway. No one was injured.
We at Royal Falcon Mine had an unplanned roof fall in the 1st East panel at the +580 cross-cut in the #6 entry inby the section tailpiece. The roof fall fell on our Joy 12 continuous miner. All rehab plans have been approved and been followed. No one was injured in the fall.
A truck driver was delivering a load of lumber to the mine site. While the fork truck operator was unloading the truck, the truck driver walked around the other side of the truck when the fork truck operator accidentally pushed over a bundle of lumber, crushing the truck driver fatally.
A rock fell from the roof between the roof bolts in the #4 entry of the 1st E panel striking the employee in the back. This caused him to fall and twist his left ankle. He went to the Dr. during our Christmas vacation and is unable to return to work as scheduled on 1/4/10. Due to the ankle injury.
EE is just now getting his knee worked on from an accident that occurred last year. He has worked at full capacity until today. He was hooking a hydraulic hose up to water the roads from a scoop when he stepped on a piece of coal and turned his knee.
EE was putting a roof bolt in a trimed off corner of an intersection. He bent over to pick up the roof bolt after drilling his hole and felt a pain in his left shoulder and neck. He continued to work from the date of the accident until Monday, 10/19/09.
The miner was walking around the roof bolter when he twisted his left knee, afterwards he knelt down to clean out his dust box and could not straighten his leg when he tried to stand up.
lifting a crib tie he felt a sharp pain in his lower back
Employee was in the process of shoveling out the converyor chain on a highwall miner, when he lost his footing and fell.
The employee was working on the Main West head roller out in the pit. When he was done, he stepped on the belt rail to get down. His foot slipped and he tried to catch himself by grabbing the coal shute, which caused him to strain his right shoulder. He continued to work until Monday, 6/29/09.
Roof bolter was pulling drill steel out of chuck when he felt a pain in his left shoulder. He had continued to work after the accident until 10-19-09. The accident caused a tearing of his left shoulder rotator cuff. He has missed his first day of work on 10/19/2009 due to having surgery.
Was in the process of changing the main hyd. pump on a D-11 Dozer using a cable crane, inadvertently pushed the wrong button on the remote that operates the crane.
Two mechanics were trouble shooting a breaker and plug on the transformer with a muti-meter. The breaker had lost power several times, when mechanic was checking the plug, with the meter, it went phase to phase.
Employee was trying to hang the continuous miner cable by himself when he felt pain in his right shoulder. The pain continued to get worse and he had to have surgery on it on 5/11/09. Ron worked until the day he had surgery.
Ram Car operator got off of his car to move some miner cable out of his haulage road. He felt a sharp, pulling pain in his stomach. He went to the doctor to have it checked out and found that he had a hernia. He will have surgery to correct the hernia.
Backing the miner out of a cut, he stopped the miner to put a loop of a cable onto the tail, the cable strap was to short to reach the hook on the tail, he swung the tail over, smashing his right forearm between the coal rib and the miner tail.
Miner was fueling tractor at fuel station. When tank was full, EE lifted nozzle from tank and the weight and stretch of the hose pulled EE off balance. EE fell approximately 5ft., landing on EE's left wrist and hand.
Two mechanics were trouble shooting a breaker and plug on the transformer with a multi-meter. The breaker had lost power several times, when the mechanic was checking the plug, with the meter, it went phase to phase.