Marfork Coal Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2019

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #14 Cross Cut of the #1 Section's Left Return. The fall was approx. 50' in length, 20' in width, and 7' in height.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #48 Break along Horse Creek #9 Belt. The fall was approximately 20ft long x 20ft wide x 4/5ft in height.

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the face of the No. 2 Section approximately two breaks inby spad no. 14625 in the no. 5 entry extending across the cross cuts to the no. 7 entry. The fall was approximately 140 feet in length.

Roof fall on No. 1 Section; No. 1 Entry, 1 break outby face near survey spad 14357.

Roof failure from intake portal inby approximately 16 feet.

While traveling through the escapeway door, the employee's left leg got caught between the door and frame of the Fan House.

While pulling feeder cat head to power center employee felt pain in back.

While lifting a panel door to gain access to the engine compartment, the hinge pin on the door broke off dislodging the door and causing employee to lose balance and fall down between the push arm and the cats.

Employee was installing a bolt for a shuttle car anchor when EE lost EE's footing and fell resulting in a bruise and soreness. EE continued to work until 11/03/2019 when EE was taken off work due to infection that resulted from the injury.

While installing roof bolts in the No. 8 Entry, miner was attempting to bend a 6 foot bolt when miner felt a pop in lower back.

Employee stated while handling a cable pull rope, employee felt a pain in back/shoulder area. This employee has suffered and continues to suffer from multiple back/shoulder related injuries due to repeated trauma, therefore Marfork Coal Company is submitting this as an Occupational Illness due to repeated trauma.

While employee was carrying a half roll of curtain, employee stated employee felt pain in employee's back.

Employee was stepping off of the dozer when employee rolled ankle.

While employee was walking back to the shuttle car, EE struck EE's head on a roof strap.

While laying track rails, employee was using a slate bar to flip a rail when the slate bar sprung back and hit EE across the shoulder and collar bone.

While traveling in a shuttle car to the feeder, the employee hit a hole in the bottom and injured back. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 9/13/2019.

Employee was guiding scoop operating in an attempt to get a roll out of the belt. While EE was instructing EE to come in, the scoop bucket struck the employee on the right foot.

While tramming from #9 entry to the feeder, employee ran over a block causing employee to bounce and strike head on the canopy.

While walking down the belt entry, the employee tripped on a cable and fell injuring EE's knee. **This was deemed compensable by workers compensation on July 11th, 2019.**

While employee was carrying a bag of rock dust employee felt a pain in lower back.

While changing batteries on scoop, the battery forks on the scoop got caught on a battery tray as operator was bowing them down. The forks slipped off the battery tray causing the operator to be bounced around in the operator deck. Lacerated operator's ear resulted in stitches.

Employee was exiting underground forklift cab when their foot allegedly became caught between the seat and frame causing them to fall backwards landing flat on back. The operator has completed its investigation of the alleged incident and has determined the incident may meet reportability criteria as set forth by the regulation.

While operating roof bolting machine, the miner was installing a T3 channel strap. During installation, the strap came in contact with the drilling steel, causing the strap to spin around, striking the machine operator's hard hat on the left side of their head. There were no witnesses to the incident.

Miner was cleaning entry for track installation utilizing a Fairchild scoop. While cleaning, the scoop ran over the track rail causing the operator's deck to make contact with the mine roof. The miner's head was slightly pinched between the mine roof and scoop frame. Resulted in lost work days and sutures.

Employee was pulling curtain from underneath gob and felt a sharp pain in shoulder and forearm.

While attempting to line bolt head up with drill chuck, miner bumped rotation on drill chuck while holding the roof bolt. EE's glove was snagged and EE's fingers became entangled around the bolt.

While setting up roof bolting machine in the No. 4 Right crosscut, a rock fell from the mine roof striking the employee on the arm. Resulting in a laceration requiring 3 stitches.

While bending a roof bolt back out after installing in the drill hole, employee's hand slipped causing the roof bolt plate to lacerate the forearm. Stitches were required.

Employee was dropping miner cable when EE's right hand was caught by the hook on the rope hanger, lacerating EE's hand above the palm. Resulted in 10 sutures.

Employee was hooking up a chain to a battery charger with a track mounted locomotive. As the locomotive operator tightened up the chain to remove the slack, employee's right index finger became pinched. Resulted in a laceration requiring 6 sutures.

While employee was opening the scoop battery lids, they became fouled. When re-positioning EE's hands to get a better grip, the lid fell striking EE's left middle finger.

While walking outby in the No. 6 Entry, miner hit a metal roof strap with left shoulder causing a laceration resulting in 10 sutures.

While waiting for scoop to stop in order to unhook pull rope from bucket, the employee slipped off a ledge and was caught between the ledge and scoop bucket.

While employee was tossing an oil bucket, EE's finger was cut when a jagged edge contacted EE's finger causing a small laceration that required two stitches.

While employee was getting out of the scoop, EE cut EE's right arm on a piece of metal.

While employee was moving up cable anchor, there was tension on cable and when freed struck the employee in the mouth.

While installing a belly pan on 345 CAT Excavator, the corner of the pan came loose striking injured at the top of EE's forehead causing a laceration. Two staples were required.

Employee was operating scoop cleaning the No. 9 entry along the rib on the curtain side when the scoop struck a curtain rod causing it to break and enter the operator's deck. Curtain rod struck employee in the mouth resulting in four sutures.

Employee exited scoop and rock fell from rib striking employee on the left knee causing them to fall forward. Incident was reported immediately to MSHA. Employee received full work release from medical facility.

Employee was attempting to anchor EE's clothes basket after pulling it up, the latch did not connect securely to the anchor and the basket dropped striking the employee in the head. Resulted in two staples.

Miner was dropping trailing cable slack from the mine roof from a roof bolter. While handling the cable the take up reel engaged and began taking up the cable slack. A cable rope hanger hook caught the miner in the webbing of EE's hand between index finger and thumb resulting in laceration/puncture requiring stitches.

Miner was cutting open a rock dust bag when knife slipped and cut miner's left hand. Resulted in four stitches.

Miner was attempting to remove rock from the boom of the shuttle car when the rock tilted upward smashing right hand between rock and mine roof. Resulted in laceration requiring five stitches.

While picking up cut ends from mine timbers, a timber fell over striking the employee on the right hand. Employee continued to work and sought no medical attention until 01/25/2019 due to continued discomfort. Diagnosed with fracture of the 5th finger on the right hand.

Employee is diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.

Employee was diagnosed with Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.

Employee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.

Employee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.

Miner was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.

Employee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.