All MSHA-reportable accidents at Maple Creek Mining Incorporated operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.
ROOF FALL, 2ND MAIN SOUTH INTAKE AIR COURSE, XCUT NO. 60, APPROX 30' LONG, 20' WIDE, 7-8' HIGH. THIS SECTION HAS NO HISTORY OF METAN LIBERATION. IT IS CONCLUDED THE FLAMES RESULTED FROM CUTTING VERY HARD ROCK CAUSING DUST TO IGNITE. Y
ROOF FALL IN THE RIVER HEADINGS ""C"" ENTRY BETWEEN 41 AND 42 CROSSCUTS. FALL IS @30 FT LONG, 16 FT WIDE AND 4 FT HIGH. FALL IS ON THE #1 COAL BELT. AREA WAS DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED WITH 6 FT ME CHANICAL ROOF BOLTS. OVER TIME SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT-I.E. 7 FT POINT ANCHOR, POSTS HAD BEEN ADDED. STRATA CONISTED OF LAYERED SHALE.
ROOF FALL IN THE 3 RIGHT 1 EAST, #3 BLEEDER ENTRY. FALL IS 100 FT LONG BETWEEN #3 & #4 CROSSCUTS, 20 FT WIDE & 8-10 FT HIGH. ROOF CONSISTED OF LAMINATED SANDROCK & WAS SUPPORTED WITH 7 FT POIN T ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS WITH SEVERAL CRIBS. SPOTTED. AREA WAS MINED JAN 1994 WITH A CONTINUOUS MINER.
ROOF FALL IN THE NEW EAGLE 3 MAIN AREA 54-55 CROSSCUT IN 00 ENTRY. FALL IS APPROX 18' WIDE, 40' LONG, 7' HIGH. AREA WAS MINED 8-01 WITH CONTINUOUS MINER & SUPPORTED WITH 7' POINT ANCHOR ROOF B OLTS.
ROOF FALL IN THE NEW EAGLE 3 MAIN AREA FROM 26- 28 CROSSCUTS OF 00 ENTRY. ROOF FALL IS 17'WIDE, 25'LONG, AND 7'HIGH, AREA HAD A CLAY VEIN RUNNING DIAGONALLY THRU. AREA MINED @ 6-01 WITH CONTIN UOUS MINER AND SUPPORTED WITH 7'POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS.
ROOF FALL IN THE NEW EAGLE 3 MAIN AREA FROM 49- 50 CROSSCUT IN THE 000 ENTRY. FALL IS APPROX. 18'WIDE, 20'LONG, 7'HIGH. AREA HAD A CLAY VEIN RUNNING ACROSS ENTRY. AREA WAS MINED @7-01 WITH CONTINUOUS MINER AND SUPPORTED WITH 7'POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS.
ROOF FALL IN NEW EAGLE, RIVER HEADINGS SECTION #1 ENTRY AT 11+70'. FALL IS 1/2 INTERSECTION DIAGNALLY AND @ 2.5'INTO CROSSCUT. FALL IS UP TO 42FT.LONG, 17'WIDE, UP TO 11'HIGH. A CLAY VEIN RAN DIAGNALLY THRU THIS INTERSECTION. AREA WAS MINEDWEEK OF 3-3-02 WITH CONTINUOUS MINER AND SUPPORTED WITH 7FT. POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRACK ENTRY IN AN AREA WHERE THE ROOF HEIGHT IS 5 1/2 FT. EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A LOW BEAM.
EE WAS EXITING A RUBBER TIRED MANTRIP. AS HE STEPPED OUT, HE STEPPED ON A CEMENT BLOCK. THE BLOCK ROLLED CAUSING EE TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN A HIGH AREA. EE STOOD ON DRILL BEAM TO PUSH RESIN IN DRILL HOLE. HE STUMBLED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE ROOF BOLTER CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 55 GAL DRUMS OF ANTI-FREEZE OFF A WAGON AT THE LONGWALL RAMP. EMPLOYEE GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN 2 DRUMS.
EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO SLEW A WATER PUMP INTO POSITION. EE LATER COMPALINED OF GROIN PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A 3"" BY-PASS GATE VALVE FOR THE WATER PUMPS. HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 11/26 WHICH WAS FIRST DAY OFF WORK.
EE WAS RIDING IN A PASSENGER SEAT IN A RUBBER-TIRED, BATTERY POWERED MANTRIP OUT OF THE MINE. AS THE MANTRIP MADE A RIGHT TURN IT BRUSHED THE CORNER OF THE COAL BLOCK. EE SAID THIS CAUSED HIS RIGHT FOOT TO GO OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE MANTRIP AND HIT THE RIB, BENDING HIS RIGHT FOOT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS IN THE PREP PLANT. AS HE STEPPED OFF THE LAST STEP HIS LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT.
IN PREPARATION FOR REMOVING BELT FROM THE LONGWALL BELT TAKEUP, 2 EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING UP THE HYDRAULIC BELT WINDER. THEY WERE PREPARING TO SET THE WINDER CORE BAR IN PLACE. ONE EE LET GO OF THE BAR BEFORE THE OTHER CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL. THE HEAVY STEEL BAR SLID & CRUSHED EE'S RT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST THE BELT WINDER.
TWO MEN WERE BOLTING ON SINGLE BOOM BOLTER. CABLE BOLT MAN WAS HELPING SHOVE CABLE BOLT INTO T/5 CHANNEL. STOOD BACK AS OPERATOR WAS TIGHTENING BOLT STRAP. T/5 CHANNEL STRAP SWUNG AROUND STRIK ING IN FACE, BELOW LT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A STOPPING USING 6 IN SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK. AS HE LIFTED A BLOCK TO PLACE IT IN THE STOPPING HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
A 55 GALLON DRUM HAD BEEN FILLED WITH PIECES OF WOOD WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM CONVEYOR BELTS AND CHUTES ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE PLANT. THE EMPLOYEE ROLLED THE BARREL TO A CHUTE TO DUMP IT I NTO SCRAP PILE. HE LEANED THE BARREL AGAINST THE CHUTE AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE BOTTOM TO DUMP THE BARREL. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN.
THE SERVICE BRAKE FRO THE SECTION SCOOP CAR HAD ""LOCKED UP."" THE EE ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE BRAKES. WHEN HE LOOSENED THE HOSE TO BLEED PRESSURE HE WAS SPRAYED ON HIS LEFT HAND/FOREARM BY HOT BRA KE FLUID.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING AT REMOVING MONORAIL AT THE LONGWALL HEADGATE. AFTER REMOVING A SECTION THE INJURED EE TURNED TO THROW IT ON TOP OF THE STAGE LOADER HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LE FT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD A RAM JACK ON TOP OF THE LONGWALL SHEAR TO TRANSPORT IT TO #129 SHIELD. BEFORE THE JACK WAS SECURED TO THE SHEAR IT ROLLED OFF, FELL, AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE BELT STRUCTURE AT THE LONGWALL BELT TAILPIECE. HE SLIPPED IN MUDDY CONDITIONS AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING FROM AN OUTBY POWER CENTER TO A SET OF WATER PUMPS DURING HIS ELECTRICAL EXAMINATION. HE STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE COAL, STUMBLED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS CHANGING BOTTOM BELT ROLLERS. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE OLD ROLLER AND IT FELL ON HIS FINGER.
REPLACING A BELT STRUCTURE RAIL AT BOX CUT-ON #1 SLATE BELT. WHILE LIFTING STRUCTURE, HAD PAININ LOWER BACK.
WHILE PREPARING TO HELP DO BELT MAINTENANCE WORKTHE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING AN ACETYLENE CYLINDER TO THE SITE. THE ROOF HEIGHT WAS LOW, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN.
AFTER FINISHING HIS SHIFT AS MEO AT REFUSE PILE, EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING HIS BOOTS ON METAL GRATING OUTSIDE THE LUNCH ROOM. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL. NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTI ON UNTIL 9/22/02. HIS FIRST DAY OFF WORK WAS 9/25/02.
EE WAS TENDING BULLHOSE, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING UP AN INCLINED WALKWAY ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT. THE WALKWAY IS METAL GRATING WITH A HANDRAIL, BUT THE EE STATED HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY CAUSING HIM TO SLIP. HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8-26-02 WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
AFTER CHANGING OIL IN THE LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR TAILGATE DRIVE GEARBOX THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE PROTECTIVE COVER ON THE DRIVE. HE GOT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE COVER & MOUNTING PLATE.
EE WAS CARRYING TWO- 16' CABLE BOLTS INTO BLEEPER, JUST INBY 17 X-CUT, FELL AND HURT RT. KNEE. WHILE WALKING BACK ON HIS OWN, FELL AGAIN INBY 4 X-CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CEMENT TO PATCH HOLES IN THE FINE SLATE SCREEN CHUTE. AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB HE BAGAN TO DEVELOP A RASH ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE WORKED 2 MORE DAYS UNTIL 7/20/02 W HEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT RECOVERING BELT STRUCTURE FROM AN IDLE BELT. THE CREW HAD UNBOLTED SOME SIDE RAILS FOR REMOVAL. ONE OF THE RAILS FELL AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE RIGHT FOOT ABOVE THE META TARSAL PROTECTOR.
EE WAS WORKING AT REMOVING 4 IN. WATERLINE FROM THE BELTLINE. A TOP BELT CRADLE WAS OBSTRUCTING THE RECOVERY PROCEDURE. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE CRADLE. WHEN HE LIFTED THE CRADLE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WORKING RECOVERING CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE FROM A BELT ENTRY. AS SHE PICKED UP A TOP BELTCRADLE SHE FELT PAIN IN HER RT. SHOULDER. NOTE: EE WORKED 7/1/01 MIDNIGHT SHIFT, AFTER WHICH SHE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
DURING THE LONGWALL RECOVERY PROCEDURE THE EE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP & LOAD A 4"" X 12' STEEL ""I""BEAM ONTO A SCOOP CAR BY HIMSELF. HE PICKED UP ONE END OF THE BEAM AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING BAGS OF ROCKDUST THROUGH AN OPEN MANDOOR TO THE BELT ENTRY. HE COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK AND LEFT LEG PAIN.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE LONGWALL SETUP FACE AS A G.I.L. A SCOOP HAD TRAMMED DOWN THE ENTRY & HAD HIT & DISLODGED SEVERAL POSTS WHICH HAD BEEN SET. THE EE BENT OVER & PICKED UP A POST TO MOVE IT & FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
AFTER MAKING A SPLICE IN A CONVEYOR BELT THE EE WAS RELEASING TENSION ON A SET OF COMEALONGS WHICH HAD BEEN USED TO GAIN SLACK IN THE BELT. THE COMEALONG BECAME STUCK ON A TOP BELT ROLLER. WHI LE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE COMEALONG THE TOP ROLLER ""POPPED"" OUT & STRUCK EE IN THE CHEST.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE A BEARING ON THE CRUSHER BULL WHEEL SHAFT. THE FITTING IS @ 6' OFF FLOOR LEVEL. THE EE STOOD ON THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TO REACK THE FITTING. EE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF MOT OR STRIKING HIS BACK AND SIDE AGAINST RAILING.
EE WAS WORKING AS LONGWALL SHEAR OPERATOR. SOME LARGE PIECES OF ROCK HAD FALLEN OUT & INTO THE FACE CONVEYOR. EE WAS USING AN 8 LB SLEDGE TO BREAK THE ROCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOUL DER. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 6-17-02 AT WHICH TIME HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING DOWN SLOPE. STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS CARRYING BOLTS FROMT HE PARTS CAR TO A SHUTTLE CAR WHICH WAS UNDER REPAIR. EE TRIPPED OVER SOME LOOSE MATERIAL AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COME-A-LONG TO TENSION THE BELT TAKE UP ROLLER. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 4-29-02 WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION, FIRST DAY OFF WORK.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY IN AN AREA WHERE THE BOTTOM WAS WET. EE SLIPPED IN THIS WET AREA & STRAINED HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS WORKING AS A LONGWALL HELPER, PULLING SHIELDS AND PUSHING FACE CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS WORKING AT THE HEADGATE AREA A PORTION OF THE COAL RIB ADJACENT TO THE #1 SHIELD ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK EE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS WALKING/EXAMINING THE #1 SLATE BELT CONVEYOR ENTRY. HE WAS WALKING THRU AN AREA THAT HAD MUDDY BOTTOM. THE EE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE SHIELD TOES ALONG THE LONGWALL SET UP FACE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT BETWEEN A SHIELD TOE AND A RAM BAR, TWISTINGHIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A SET OF CEMENT STEPS INTO THE REPAIR PIT AT THE UNDERGROUND SHOP. THE STEPS WERE WET. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL.
EE WAS EXITING THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF THE ROAD GRADER. AS HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND, HE STEPPED IN A HOLE, AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF A FLAT BED TRUCKWHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP. EE SLIPPED TO GROUND LANDING ON BOTH FEET. EE COMPLAINED OFPAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WORKING ON A BARGE ON THE RIVER HARBOR TRYING TO START A GASOLINE POWERED PUMP BY PULLING ON A STARTER CORD. EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING MUCK NEAR A BELT TRANSFER POINT. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.
EE LIFTED A CHAIN COMEALONG TO PUT IT ON THE LONGWALL STAGELOADER. HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN A SET OF STEPS COMING OFF AN OVERCAST. SHE SLIPPED ON A STEP AND FELL.
EE WAS WALKING AROUND A COAL STORAGE BIN AT THE PREPARATION PLANT. HE STEPPED IN A WATER PUDDLE AND SLIPPED. EE STATED HE FELT PAIN INHIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP AN INCLINED WALKWAY MADEN OF WOODEN PLANK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE WALKWAY AND FELL. NOTE: EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 2/5/02 - FIRST DAY OFF WORK.
EE WAS UNTYING A BARGE ROPE FROM THE TIMBERHEAD OF A BARGE IN THE RIVER HARBOR. THE END OF THE ROPE WHIPPED AROUND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE TESTICLES.
EE WAS LIFTING A 3 IN WOODEN PLANK, 14 FT LENGTH TO BE SET AS ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY. EE SADI HE BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS TAKING A BELT CROSSOVER OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT IN PREPARATION FOR A POWER MOVE ON THE LONGWALL SECTION. A SECTION OF DRAW SLATE @ 5' X 2' X 3"" FELL, STRIKING EE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT FOOT.
AFTER FINISHING A CUT WITH THE CONTINUOUS MINER,EE WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE CUT. THE CM WAS BACKING DOWN A HILL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ~3'X 2' X 8"" THICK SLID OFF THE BACK OF THE CM AND STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG.
EE WAS HELPING BELT REPAIR CREW FINISH A SPLICE IN THE CONVEYOR BELT. THEY HAD USED A COME-ALONGAND ROPE GRAB TO GAIN SLACK IN THE BELT. THE ROPE GRAB DISLODGED FROM THE BELT AND STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING ROCK DUST HOSE THRU A CROSSCUT FROM THE TRACK ENTRY TO THE BELT ENTRY. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOWON A TIMBER, LYING ON THE FLOOR.
EE WAS TAKING A SECTION OF MONORAIL OFF THE TOP OF THE STAGELOADER. THE END OF THE MONORAIL DROPPED, PUSHING UP THE OTHER END, WHICH HE WAS HOLDING, PINCHING HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE MONORAI L AND THE MINE ROOF.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE SECTION. AFTER DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE HE INSERTED THE ROOF BOLT IN THE HOLE. AS HE PUSHED UP ON THE ROOF BOLT, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING NEAR THE LONGWALL RECOVERY LOADING RAMP IN THE TRACK ENTRY. HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF BELT AND FELL. EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND ON A RAKE.
DURING A ROOF FALL REHABILITATION THE EE WAS TURNING AN OLD OUT OF THE ROOF. THE BOLT HAD A METAL STRAP ATTACHED TO IT. WHEN THE ROF BOLT CAME FREE IT FELL AND THE METAL STRAP CUT THE EE ON TH E BACK OF THE LEFT HAND.
EE WAS WORKING ALONG THE LONGWALL RECOVERY FACE.HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL. HIS RT. FOOT WAS PLANTED AND WHEN HE FELL HE TWISTED HIS RT. ANKLE.
EE WAS CHANGING OUT STEEL IN JACKLEG DRILL, SLIPPED & FELLON RIGHT HAND CAUSING SPRAIN TO RIGHT WRIST.
EE WAS WORKING AT THE REFUSE SILO, USING A REMOTE CONTROL UNIT TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE FLOPGATE TOLOAD SLATE TRUCKS. AFTER LOADING THE LAST IN A GROUP OF TRUCKS THE EE WALKED TOWARD THE BIN TO CHECK THE SILO GAUGE. A SMALL PIECE OF SLATE WHICH HAD BEEN LODGED IN THE FLOPGATE BROKE OFF ANDFELL, STRIKING THE EE ON THE FOREHEAD.
AFTER REPAIRING A REFUSE CHUTE THE EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF CHUTE. THE EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 4' STRIKING HIS FOREHEAD.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER, LADDER FELL CAUSING EE TO FALL 8'. THEN A 6' TIMBER FELL ON RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS WORKING ON A CREW TAKING DOWN HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE. EE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON A CABLE HOOK WHEN A SECTION OF CABLE CAME DOWN. THE LOCK CLIP ON THE CABLE HOOK CAUGHT THE EE'S LT. THUMB.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING A POST ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY. AS ONE FINISHED HAMMERING THE WEDGE ABOVE THE POST A PIECE OF SLATE 12"" X 12"" X1"" BROKE OFF, FELL AND STRUCK HIS NOSE.