All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mettiki Coal WV, LLC operations in 2015. Fatalities appear first.
An accidental roof fall was discovered by mine personnel, with no equipment damage, no injuries, and no interruption of the ventilation system occurring. The roof fall measured apprx. 35 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 8 feet high, falling approx. two feet above the anchorage point. The roof fall was immediately dangered off.
A unintentional roof fall was noticed by mine personnel. No injury or equipment damage occurred, with no interruption to the ventilation system. The roof fall measured approx 25 feet long and 17 feet wide, falling aaprox 2 feet above the anchorage point. The roof fall area was immediately dangered off and supplemental roof support set around the perimeter of the fall area.
Mountain View Mine incurred elevated water levels and inundation in our bleeder ventilation entries due to snow thaw and large amounts of rainfall, which disrupted the mine ventilation system.
Employee was struck on the lower leg by a mine maintenance repair part when he attempted to assist another employee position/carry this part.
Employee was pushing pan line on the long wall when a roof fall occurred behind the supports, producing enough force to cause the employee to be jolted enough to fall.
Employee was working in an elevated position on a step ladder, utilizing a pipe wrench to tighten fire suppression plumbing, at which time he incurred pain in his left shoulder.
Employee was positioned on a long/wall support pontoon to remove a relay bar bolt while the AFC panline was being dismantled/removed outby him. As the outby section of pan line was removed, it created a jarring motion of the pan line where the employee was working and struck the employees knee, causing pain/injury.
Employee was unloading ventilation tubing from shuttle car and felt pain in right shoulder. Employee was examiner at ER and was released to return to work. Employee worked his next scheduled shift and then followed up with his family physician and taken off work pending MRI diagnosis. First day missed for this injury is 10/29/2015
Employee was positioning a hydraulic ram jack and pinched his finger between the end of the hyd. ram jack and the AFC pan line, causing injury to his finger.
Employee was installing concrete blocks into a ventilation regulator wall, when one of the blocks fell out of wall and mashed the employees finger.
Employee was helping lay rail. While letting the rail down with a road jack, the jack handle slipped out of employee's hands and struck him on right eyebrow
Employee was taking the DC shuttle cable off anchor and received a shock.
Employee was attempting to close the operators compartment door on a locomotive at which time the door came closed on his finger.
Employee was attempting to reposition a removed section of shearer rack bar on the AFC pan line at which time the employee's finger got pinched between the rack bar and the armored face conveyor pan.
Employee was wrapping ventilation tubing, and as the roll of tubing wrap was being tossed over top of the tubing, the employee missed catching the roll and it struck him on the face, causing a laceration to his upper lip.
Employee was attempting to retrieve a section of ventilation tubing that was hung with nylon straps to the mine roof. Employee utilized a knife to cut the nylon strap, at which time he also cut his finger.
Employee was removing couplings off 8 inch victaulic water pipe that was hung from the mine roof, when the pipe position shifted and pinched his finger between the pipe and the mine roof, causing injury.
Employee was performing maintenance on a roof bolting machine and placed his hand on a swing out type side guard, when a piece of mine brow rock came down and struck his left middle finger, causing injury.
Employee was working on a belt line and fell, as a result of not noticing the belt cross over he attempted to utilize was not yet secured to the belt structure.