All MSHA-reportable accidents at Oak Grove Resources LLC operations in 2018. Fatalities appear first.
IE was setting up to start loading with the CM. IE had adjusted IE's tubing for ventilation & as IE walked outby towards the end of the CM a rock hinged off of the last row of roof bolts & knocked the tubing down. The tubing knocked IE down & the rock flipped over onto IE's left ankle which caused the injury.
IE was assisting in the building of an overcast. As the crew lifted an I-beam IE felt a pain in the right shoulder. IE continued to work until 1/30/19 and that is when they started missed work due to this incident that happened on 10/21/2018.
IE was traveling North in a locomotive as the tail Locomotive to the #6 Loco that was pulling supplies. As the #6 loco went into the 18E switch that was left open by someone the #6 loco hit the manbus that was left unattended in the 18e switch & the IE that was driving #9 loco at the tailend was injured as well. IE started missing on 9/25/18 due to this incident.
IE was traveling North pulling supplies with a locomotive. As ee was approaching the 18E switch, the locomotive went East into the switch because someone had left it open. IE's Locomotive struck a parked manbus that was unoccupied. IE starting missing on 9/26/18 due to this incident.
IE was washing down the floor in the #1 drive house on the surface belts. IE stepped off of the stair step onto the concrete floor & felt a pain in lower back. IE did not miss work until 06/13/2018. Dr. hasn't found anything wrong yet but IE hasn't returned to work due to back hurting.
IE was helping on longwall recovery. IE had been sitting on the mine floor taking hoses off of shields. The material in the J-Cribs had mixed with the mud on the mine floor causing burns on IE's buttocks & back of legs. IE started missing on 5/23/2018.
IE was helping with the longwall recovery. The material in the pumpable cribs had mixed with the mud & water on the recovery face. Employee had gotten this chemical on the back of legs & buttocks. It caused chemical burns to the skin. The Dr kept EE off for 5 days due to the burns.
Face chain had broken & they were trying to put it back together. They had a com-a-long holding the tensioner motor down. The operator engaged the tensioner but put too much pressure on it & the com-a-long chain broke & hit the I.E. in the nose & right side of face. It fractured their nose & safety glasses pushed up & got stitches above the eye.
I.E. was unloading vent tubing from a scoop. I.E. tripped over the track rail & landed on the other rail with right knee. I.E. was wearing knee pads. I.E. was taken to the Dr. & only bruising was found. I.E. was released to return to work but stated that I.E. just felt that I.E. couldn't return yet.
EE was walking out of zero gate when the EE twisted the right ankle. EE did not disclose the incident or have incident report filled out until 1/23/18 with complaints of pain to the ankle.
IE was helping on the longwall recovery face. EE was unhooking the shield to walking shield hoses. EE was standing between the shield & the crib when a 2'X4""X2""-4"" thick rock fell on EE. EE had 1 small laceration on forehead that required stitches & another small laceration on the back of the head. No broken bones were found by the Dr.
I.E. was assisting in changing belt rollers in the slope. As I.E. released the come-a-long, left middle finger was caught in the chain. It cut the tip of the left middle finger off. I.E. went to Dr. & was treated. I.E. came back to work on next scheduled shift & has not missed any work due to this accident.
EE was using a cross-over to go make a seal on the examination route. When they stepped off of the cross-over they slipped & cut head on the hand rail of the cross-over. EE received 3 staples to close the wound but returned to work on the next shift. No work was missed due to this incident.
We have contracted GMS to help with set-up of our new longwall. One of their employees went to the return to use the bathroom & didn't have any toilet paper so they used a knife to cut a shirt to use instead. They cut the left thumb trying to cut the shirt to use for toilet paper & got 3 stitches. They returned to work their next shift & missed no time.
Crew was pulling gate box cable slack on the trollies. The cable dog got caught & broke. When the cables came down it hit the I.E. in the right ankle causing a small cut which required 3 stitches. I.E. did not miss any work due to this incident.
I.E. put a bolt on the boom of bolter after drilling hole. When ee moved boom the bolt hung on the frame of the bolter & popped up, hitting ee in the mouth. It moved one of ee front teeth forward causing ee to get dental work. The I.E. has not missed any time due to this incident.