All MSHA-reportable accidents at Maple Creek Mining Incorporated operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
ROOF AT IN THE 2 EAST LONGWALL SECTION, #3 ENTRY, 20 CROSSCUT. ROOF FALL IS IN AN AIR COURSE EXAMINED WEEKLY AND WAS FOUND ON 11-3-03. THE FALL IS IN A 3 WAY INTERSECTION AND IS @ 20 FT LONG, @ 20 FT WIDE AND @ 8 FT HIGH WITH A SLIP RUNNING DIAGONALLY THRU THE AREA. THE AREA WAS MINED JULY '03 AND SUPPORTED WITH 7 FT POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS.
ROOF FALL IN THE HAZELKIRK SECTION RETORN, 7 CROSSCUT, FROM 0 TO 00 ENTRIES. FALL IS @ 40'LONG, 17'WIDE, 8-9'HIGH. AREA WAS MINED JANUARY 03 WITH A CONTINUOUS MINER AND SUPPORTED WITH 7'5/8"" DIAMETER RESIN ASSISTED ROOF BOLTS.
ROOF FALL IN THE HAZELKIRK 1 SECTION IN #4 ENTRY BETWEEN 11 & 12 CROSSCUTS. FALL IS 16'LONG, 18'WIDE & 8'HIGH. ROOF CONSISTED OF LAYERS OF WILD COAL & SHALE WITH A CLAY VEIN RUNNING FROM TOP T O BOTTOM ACROSS THE ENTRY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FALL. AREA WAS MINED ON 1-18-03 WITH A CONTINUOUS MINER AND SUPPORTED WITH 7'RESIN ASSISTED POINT ANCHOR ROOF BOLTS WITH HEADER BOARDS.
AN EE WAS A PASSENGER ON THE SPINNER ELEVATOR WHEN THE ELEVATOR MALFUNCTIONED. EE WAS TRAPPED ON ELEVATOR FROM 12:55PM 1/8/03 TO 1AM 1/9/03
ELEVATOR OUTAGE AT SPINNED SHAFT WITH ONE EE TRAPPED ON ELEVATOR. ELEVATOR REPAIR COMPANY CALLED OUT AND REPAIRED ELEVATOR BY 0255. PROBLEM: HIGH SPEED RESISTOR BURNT UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF A SCOOP. HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE FELL AGAINST THE SCOOP CAB. NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK / SEE DOCTOR UNTIL 1-5-04 WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY OFF DUE TO THIS INJURY.
EE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ALONG A CONVEYOR BELT. THE SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND BOTTOM ROLLER, JERKING SHOVEL, AND TWISTING EE'S ARMS.
DURING LONGWALL RECOVERY PROCESS, EE STARTED TO CLIMB OUT OF PANLINE, OVER CABLE HANDLER. HIS RIGHT FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN PANLINE, HE SLIPPED AND FELL SIDEWAYS, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS CARRYING A 5 GAL. CAN OF HYDRAULIC OIL ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE. HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
DURING LONGWALL PREPARATION FOR RECOVERY EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LIFT AND HANG A ROLL OF SCREEN ABOVE SHIELDS. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOW BACK PAIN.
EE WAS WALKING INTO THE CONTINUOUS MINER SECTION. AS HE WAS CROSSING A WOODEN BRIDGE HE STEPPED ON A PROTRUDING NAIL WHICH PUNCTURED HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS WALKING FROM THE CM SECTION FEEDER TO THE POWER CENTER. THE AREA WAS MUDDY. THE EE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND HYPEREXTENDED HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN A CM SECTION. THE ROOF BOLTER WAS PULLED INTO A FRESH CUT, ATRS PRESSURIZED AND EMPLOYEE HAD INSTALLED THE OUTSIDE ROOF BOLT. HE SWUNG HIS DRILL HEAD IN AND BEGAN TO DRILL THE INSIDE BOLT HOLE. A PIECE OF ROCK @ 7' X 4' X 13"" BROKE FREE, FELL FROM ROOF, GLANCED OFF CANOPY AND DRILL HEAD AND A PEICE HIT EMPLOYEE ON RT LEG BELOW KNEE.
EE HAD PICKED UP A TRACK TIE FROM A SCOOP BUCKET, THE TIE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, FELL, AND PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TIE AND SCOOP BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 15 IN CRESCENT WRENCH TO LOOSEN A HYDRAULIC FITTING ON A SCOOP. THE FITTING ""BROKE"" EASILY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS LEFT RING FINGER AGAINST THE SCOOP. NOTE: EMPLOYE E CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10-27-03 WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EE WAS HELPING RECOVER BELT STRUCTURE. HE PICKEDUP A BOTTOM ROLLER AND BEGAN WALKING. EE STEPPEDON A ROCK & FELT PAIN IN THE ARCH OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
DURING INITIAL LONGWALL SET-UP EE WAS CARRYING/ HANGING SECTIONS OF MONORAIL WITH ANOTHER EE. EACH EE WAS HOLDING AN END OF A MONORAIL SECTION. THE OTHER EE DROPPED HIS END CAUSING THE MONORAI L TO FLIP UP AND STRIKE INJURED UNDER THE CHIN.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRUCK HAULAGE TOWARD THE CONTINUOUS MINING SECTION. THE EE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE MATERIAL CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND GROIN.
EE WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN BINDER TO SECURE LONGWALL PAN LINE TO THE SUPPLY CAR. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
DURING INITIAL LONGWALL SET UP, THE EE AND 2 OTHER WERE FLIPPING OVER A SECTION OF LONGWALL FACE CHAIN. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL A SECTION OF 2 IN PLASTIC WATER LINE DURING A PUMP INSTALLATION. EMPLOYEE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS MAKING A SPLICE IN A MACHINE CABLE. AS HE STRUCK THE SPLICING ANVIL WITH A HAMMER, A SLIVER OF STEEL SPALLED OFF AND STRUCK EE ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST FINGER IMPALING ITSEL F.
EE WAS STEPPING THRU A 30 IN. X 30 IN. MANDOOR LEADING TO THE BELT ENTRY. HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
EE WAS PUTTING THE FINGER ON THE ROOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD. EE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE FINGER AND DRILL HEAD.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE. HE WAS WITHDRAWING 2 PIECE DRILL STEEL FROM ROOF. THE TOP SECTION OF STEEL FELL AND STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT HAND.
EE AND 2 OTHERS WERE RAISING AND POSITIONING A STEEL BANK BOARD AT A NEW BELT TRANSFER INSTALATION USING 3 COME-ALONGS. ONE SET OF COME-ALONGS WAS DISCONNECTED TO READJUST THE HOOKUP; A SECOND SET SLIPPED OFF THE BANK BOARD, ALLOWING THE BANK BOARD TO TILT AND FALL. THE BANK BOARD PINNED THE INJURED EE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR BELT.
EE WAS IN THE 2 MAIN BELT CONTROL ROOM. WHEN THE BELT STARTED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESULTED, CAUSING A LOUD BANG. THE EE TRIED TO JUMP THROUGH THE 30"" X 30"" MANDOOR TO GET OUT OF CONTROL ROOM AND HIT HIS RIBS/THIGH ON DOOR FRAME. EE WORKED UNTIL 8-7-03. FIRST DAY OFF.
EE WAS WALKING UP STEPS FROM 3RD FLOOR TO 4TH FLOOR OF PREP PLANT. HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT CALF.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLASTERING A STOPPING WITH B-BOND. EE DEVELOPED A RASH ON HIS RIGHT WRIST/ FOREARM AREA.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON A CM. SECTION. HE HAD TO BEND A 7 FT ROOF BOLT TO INSERT IN BOLT HOLE. EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Employee was carrying dray bags of flog up a set of steps. some of the flop spilled on steps making them slippery. Employee slipped and bumped his left heel on steps.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING, SLIPPED ON PIECE OF ANGLE AND FELL DOWN ON BEAM WITH RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST.
A BUCKET FROM AN ELEVATED AREA FELL AND THE CONTENTS STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S FACE. HE DID NOT STOP WORK OR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4/28/03.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRACK TIES INTO A SCOOP BUCKET. A PIECE OF ROOF COAL 2-4 IN THICK, 2-4 FT WIDE FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HEAD AND SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EE WAS COMING DOWN A SET OF STEPS FROM THE BLENDING BIN TRIPPER CAR. HE SLIPPED OFF A STEP AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK. NOTE: EE WORKED UNTIL 4-2-03 WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
AFTER PUTTING HYDRAULIC OIL IN THE SECTION ROOF BOLTER, THE EE WAS WALKING AROUND MACHINE, THE MINE FLOOR WAS WET, SLIPPERY AND UNEVEN. THE EE SLIPPED, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT. KNEE. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 4/3/03 WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER SECTION. SHE STATED SHE FELT PAIN IN HER RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW.
EE WAS LOADING A PIECE OF TRAILING CABLE ONTO A CAR FOR TRANSPORT OUT OF THE MINE. EE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 4/4/03 WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY MIS SED DUE TO THE INCIDENT.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE SECTION. HE WAS WITHDRAWING THE 2 PIECE STEEL FROM A DRILL HOLE. THE TOP SECTION OF STEEL FELL & STRUCK EE ON THE RT.LEG BELOW THE KNEE. NOTE: EE WORKED UNTIL 3/12/0 3, WHEN HE FIRST SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTN. 3/12/03 WAS FIRST DAY OFF WORK DUE TO INJURY.
EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A 6""SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK. WHEN HE LIFTED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT. AS HE RAISED A SHOVEL OF DIRT HE FELT PAIN FROM HIS RIGHT WRIST TO RIGHT FOREARM. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2-25-03 BUT CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-4- 03 WHICH WAS HIS FIRST DAY OFF DUE TO INJURY.
EE SLIPPED ON THE TOOL TRAILER ACCESS STAIRS. THE STAIRS WERE PACKED WITH SNOW. HE HAD A FIRM GRIP OF THE RAILING BUT SPUN HIMSELF OVER AND LANDED PRONE ON TOP OF THE RAILING. HIS INJURIES INC LUDE A BRUISED NOSE, SPRAINED SHOULDER, AND NECK, AND PULLED GROIN MUSCLE.
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE SCOOP BATTERIES. BATTERY HAD BEEN SET ON THE STAND. EE REACHED TO REMOVE A PIECE OF WOOD WHICH WAS BETWEEN THE BATTERY AND THE LIFT JACK ON THE SCOOP. THE BATTERY TILTED AND PINCED THE EE S RIGHT THUMB.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE TRACK ENTRY AT THE SHAFT BOTTOM. EE HIT HIS HEAD ON A LOW BEAM.
EE WAS PULLING A SCOOP CHARGER POWER CABLE THROUGH A STOPPING. EE STATED HE FELT GROIN PAIN.
DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, SNOW AND ICE HAS COVERED MUCH OF THE JOBSITE. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG BELT LINE NO 6 WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICY GROUND, FALLING ON HIS BACK AND SIDE.
EE AND ANOTHER WERE BANDING AND LOADING 6 INCHES WATER PIPE ONTO A SUPPLY CAR. AS EE WAS BANDING A LOAD OF PIPE (TIGHTENING THE BAND) THE BAND BROKE, WHIPPED BACK AND STRUCK EE ON BRIDGE OF NO SE.
EE HAS FILED A FEDERAL BLACK LUNG CLAIM WITH THE US DEPT OF LABOR. NO ONE MINE CAN BE NAMED IN SECTION A AS EE WORKED ON MANY VARIOUS SITES WHILE EMPLOYED BY RAINIER, INC. FROM 1998-2003.
ON THE DAY IN QUESTION SEVERAL MINERS WERE ADVANCING THE CONVEYOR BELT IN 1 MAIN SECTION. VICTIM WAS FOUND LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR AT THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY, CONSCIOUS & ALERT. CO-WORKERS ADM INISTERED FIRST AID & BEGAN REMOVING HIM FROM THE MINE IN THE HOIST. WHEN THE HOIST REACHED THE SURFACE, VICTIM HAD NO PULSE OR RESPIRATION. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:25 PM AT THE E.R.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT THE FACE IN C.M. SECTION. THE SUCTION FOR HIS DUST COLLECTOR BECAME CLOGGED AND TOP OF 2 PIECE DRILL STEEL STUCK IN ROOF. HE BEGAN CLEANING THE DRILL HEAD. THE TOP SECTI ON OF DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF ROOF AND HIT EE'S RIGHT THUMB, AGAINST DRILL HEAD.
EE WAS WALKING UP STEPS TO SURFACE LAMPHOISE. SHE SLIPPED AND BEGAN TO FALL, CATCHING HERSELF ON RAILING WITH LEFT HAND AND TWISTING HER LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DRILL HOLES TO HANG MONORAIL ALONG THE LONGWALL CONVEYOR BELT. HE WAS DRAGGING A SECTION OF 1"" FLEXIBLE AIRLINE TO THE NEAREST COMPRESSED AIR TAP. HE COMPLAINED OF PA IN IN HIS RIGHT CALF.
EE HAD FINISHED ROOF BOLTING A CUT. HE WAS ROCKDUSTING THE ROOF AND RIBS OF THE CUT. A PIECE OF ROCK AT 3 FT DIAMETER BY 8 IN THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, AND STRUCK EE ON RT FOREARM.
EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY. EESTEPPED IN A HOLE, SLIPPING ON A PIECE OF SLATETWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE