Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.Mining Incidents in 2012

A reportable roof fall was found in E4 Headgate, entry 1, crosscut 19 to 20. The fall was approximately 10 to 12 feet high, 20 feet wide and 30 feet long.

A reportable roof fall occurred at F-Seam, #71 XC, between entries 5 and 4. The fall was approximately 17' wide, by 20' to 25' long, by 6.5' to 7' high.

While operator was conducting a shaft inspection from the hoist inspection deck, a tree struck the surface power line causing an underground power outage. The person performing the shaft inspection was unable to leave the hoist until power was restored approximately 45 minutes later.

A reportable roof fall was found in E Seam, E4 Headgate, entry 1, between crosscuts 20 and 21. The cap rock failure prevented access through the belt entry. The cap rock failure was approximately 20 feet wide and approximately 13 feet in length.

While performing system checks on the automatic hoist at Shaft #1, a programming glitch occurred, making the hoist inoperable. The programming glitch was identified and corrected, allowing the hoist to be put back into immediate operation after being inoperable for approximately 50 minutes.

A reportable roof fall was found in F Seam, entry 5, between crosscuts 25 and 26. The fall was approximately 20' long, 18' wide, and 6.5' high.

When advancing tailgate shields during normal mining, the immediate roof fell in front of the last four shields, preventing access to the tailgate entry from the longwall face.

Riding in the back of a mantrip at the end of his shift when EE hit his head against the top of the mantrip jamming his neck when the mantrip hit a bump.

Employee was cleaning behind a door. Another employee entered the room carrying a heavy box. The door swung and the door handle hit employee in the lower back. Employee worked through the shift and the next day, went to a Dr. 2 days after who stated it was bruised but problem was degenerative. Worked through 08/24/2012 when another Dr. said pain was from incident.

EE states he had hand on hydraulic boom and leaned over fork truck to check position of hitch. Another employee rolled the forks back, catching EE's left ring finger between the barrel and the eye of the hydraulic cylinder, resulting in a laceration requiring sutures.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF WOOD WITH AN AX, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER, RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CLAMP ON A STEEL CABLE. THE NUT WAS STARTED ON THE U-BOLT. INDIVIDUAL RELEASED HIS HOLD AND REACHED FOR A WRENCH TO COMPLETE TIGHTENING THE NUT. NUT CAME OFF, RELEASING THE U-BOLT WHICH STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE, CHIPPING HIS UPPER FRONT TEETH. EMPLOYEE DID NOT VISIT THE DENTIST UNTIL 03/16/2012 AT WHICH TIME HE HAD THE TEETH REPAIRED.

Employee alleges he was operating the tailgate shearer drum as the shear cut toward the tailgate. When the face popped ejecting a piece of coal approximately 8 X 4 X 2 striking employee on the left side of the head resulting in a laceration to the ear and to the side of the head requiring stitches.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CUTTING TABS OFF A SCREEN PANEL USING A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.