Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.Mining Incidents in 2015

During the weekly examination, a reportable roof fall was found in F Seam Southwest Main Intakes in entry 3, XC-20. The fall was approximately 30' long, 15' wide and 7' high.

A reportable roof fall was found during the weekly examination in Sly Gulch Return, Entry 3, crosscut 10. The fall was approximately 45' long, 27' wide and 7' high.

While performing the daily hoist inspection, the power tripped due to a fault in the process logic system. The hoist was down approximately 83 minutes while the problem was diagnosed and the faulty positioning switch was replaced.

A reportable roof fall occurred in E South Mains, Entry 3 at crosscut 19. The fall was approximately 15 feet high, 25 feet wide and 25 feet long, damaging the high voltage power cable and nitrogen line.

AMS operator discovered that Deer Creek hoist had lost operational power. Due to surface travel distance to the site, the hoist was inoperable for more than 30 minutes. When personnel arrived at the site, they found a circuit breaker had tripped. The circuit breaker was reset, restoring power to the hoist.

As employee was lifting top frame of 84"" structure on to a pallet, he started to feel pain in his groin area.

After delivering concrete to mine, employee's foot slipped on the combined sand & concrete build-up that was around the pipe that the employee was pouring concrete into, causing him to fall. When falling he stretched out his right arm & hand to catch himself & his right shoulder became dislocated when his hand hit the ground.

Employee was trying to pull a bent roof bolt back out of the roof. He hooked the roof bolt plate with the mast, the plate slipped and swung back, striking the employee on the lip.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO UP-RIGHT AND ALIGN THE BALDERSON ATTACHMENT WITH THE FORKS ON A SCOOP. HE PRIED DOWN ON THE BAR, UP-RIGHTING THE ATTACHMENT. ONCE UP-RIGHTED, THE ATTACHMENT TIPPED FORWARD CAUSING THE PRY BAR TO STRIKE THE FRAME OF THE FORKS. THE PRY BAR RAPIDLY SPRANG UPWARD, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD, RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

Employee states he and another employee were positioned in the cable basket removing de-energized high voltage cable. After removing a strap, the cable lodged between the angled support bolt and the stirrup on a truss. When the next strap was removed, the cable dislodged from the truss, striking employee's hardhat and pushing his head into the cable basket causing a laceration.