Performance Coal Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2001

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL ON HAZY SECTION, ENTRY #5, TRAPPED THE RIPPER HEAD TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE FALL WAS 12'L X 16'WIDE AND 4'THICK. THE ROOF SUPPORT WAS 4'RESIN W/6' TORQUE TENSION NO INJURED NO PASSAGE BLOCK.

A ROOF FAILURE OCCURRED IN OLD WORKS AT HA3Y'S SOUTH PORTAL 96# BK #3 ENTRY NEAR SPAD 12253. NO AIRWAYS OR TRAVELWAYS AFFECTED. THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED AROUND 7-30-00 USING 4'RESIN BOLTS. THE F ALL MEASURED 20'L X 20'W X 6-8' THICK.

ROOF FAILURE OCCURRED BETWEEN #1 & #2 BK AT 67 BK ON H6-12 SECTION AT NEAREST SPAD 11090-11091. ~80'LONG, 18'WIDE, 72""THICK. 300' OUTBY FACES. AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH 6' RESIN BOLTS. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF PERSONS. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. WAS CRIBBED OFF.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED 2 BREAKS OUTBY SPAD 12502 ON THE HEADGATE 14 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 80' LONG, 19' WIDE & 4'-6' HIGH. THERE WAS NO EFFECT ON VENTILATION BU T DID AFFECT WEEKLY EXAMS. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND FALL WILL BE TIMBERED FOR A TRAVELWAY.

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL ON NORTH MAIN ENTRY #3 AT SPAD 6569 WAS 90 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 4 FT THICK. THE FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHOR. 4 FT RESIN BELT WAS USED ALONG WITH TEMBERST CRIBS. PASSAGE WAS BLOCKED. VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED, NO EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED AND NO INJURY.

A ROOF FALL ON RT 4 SECTION UNINTENTIONAL CAUGHT THE MINER. THE MINER HAD FINISHED 1ST LIFT OFF RT HAND BLOCK 5 ENTRY AND WAS BACKING OUT, WHEN THE FALL OCCURRED. THE ROCK WAS ONE BIG SLAB WAS 0-6' THICK. VENTILATION OR PASSAGEWAY WAS NO CHANGED. NO INJURIES.

EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE LOADING A PIECE OF 5' TOP BELT STRUCTURE ONTO A SUPPLY CAR WHEN HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 PIECES.

EE WAS SIMPLY BENT OVER/WALKING UNDER A LONGWALLSHIELD. WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOWER #3 BELT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE BELT TAKE UP AT HEADGATE 15 BELT DRIVE. HE HAD WELDED OVER 2 HOURS USING A FULL FACE WELDING HELMET. THAT NIGHT HIS EYES STARTED HURTING HIM. HE WENT TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.

EE WAS UNDER THE #5 SHIELD CHECKING THE SLARK IN THE LONGWALL FACE CHAIN A ROCK FILL FROM THE TOP, HIT THE SHIELD BROKE OFF SWING BACK UNDER THE SHIELD HITTING. EE AND OTHER AGAINST THE PANLIN E. THE ROCK WAS 6"" LONG, 4' WIDE AND 6 TO 8 INCHTHICK.

EE WAS WALKING BY ROCK DUSTER & TRIPPED & TWISTED KNEE WHEN HE FELL.

INJURED WAS GETTING OF LOADER WHEN HIS FEET HIT THE GROUND HE STEPPED ON A STITCH CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HURTING HIS WRIST AND ANKLE.

THREE MEN WERE ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE A NEW CONVEYOR MOTOR FROM A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN ONE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

SC OPERATOR ON EVENING SHIFT AT UPPER BIG BRANCH'S HAZY SECTION WAS GOING TO MOVE THE CONTINUOUSMINER CABLE THAT WAS HUNG IN 4 RT CROSS-CUT CLOSED TO THE RIB FOR MORE CLEARANCE. AS HE WAS PLAC ING A HANGER, A RIB MEASURING 4' X 2' X 6"" FELL STRIKING HIS RT ARM, SHOULDER AND FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CUT AND SET TIMBERS. HE STEPPED OFF REAR OF SCOOP, TIMBER ROLLED OFF SCOOP STRIKING HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.

EE WAS HANGING VENTILATION CURTAIN IN #2 ENTRY ON HG-14 SECTION WHEN A COAL RIB TURNED OUT AND STRUCK HIM LEFT LEG. XRAYS REVEALED NOTHING BROKEN. BUT SPECIALIST DIAGNOSEDDAMAGE TO SOFT TISSUE IN LEFT ANKLE.

EE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF MANTRIP AND WAS WALKING TOWARD BATHHOUSE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

HE WAS INJURED WHEN HE OPENED A TRACK AIRLOCK DOOR AND IT WASN'T PROPERLY SECURED AND IT SWUNG BACK ON HIM.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING A BOLT HOLE & WAS WALKING BACK TO THE CONTROLS TO MOVE THE BOLTER UP FOR THE NEXT ROW WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. EXAM BY ORTHPEDIC SURGEON INDICATES DEGENE RATIVE ARTHRITIS

EE WAS BENT OVER LIFTING A PIECE OF TOP BELT STRUCTURE IN A LOW HEIGHT AREA, WHEN HE FELT PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADE.

THE LONGWALL SECTION WAS MOVING TO A NEW SET UP.EE AND OTHERS WERE BUILDING CRIBBS AS SHIELDS WERE BEING REMOVED. AFTER #30 SHIELD WAS REMOVED, A ROOF BOLT BROKE AND THEY RAPIDLY GOT UNDER OTHER SHIELDS FOR COVER. IN PROCESS EE TRIPPED AND FELL CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS CAP LIGHT BATTERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A CRIB IN #1 ENTRY ON H6-12 AT SPAD 11415. AS HE WAS LEVELING A CRIBB BLOCK, A ROCK BROW MEASURING 28"" WIDE 47"" LONG 12"" THICK ROLLED AWAY FROM RT RIB. HE WAS STRUCK ON HIS RIGHT ARM, SHOULDER AND ANKLE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A ROCK OFF THE LW FACE CONVEYOR SPILL BOARD. AS HE PUSHED UPWARD, THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCK CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF #56 SHIELD.

INJURED AND 2 OTHER MEN WERE TRANSFERRING A PACKAGE OF PRE-FABRICATED TRACK AIR DOOR FROM A SUPPLY CAR TO A SCOOP. ONE MAN WAS ON EACH END AND ONE IN THE MIDDLE. AS THEY WERE PLACING THE MATER IAL ONTO THE SCOOP THE MIDDLE MAN LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING THE WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO INJURED'S END. HE COULDN'T HOLD ON AND THE ACTION CAUGHT HIS HAND AGAINST SCOOP.

EE WAS PRYING ROCK OFF THE MINER WHEN THE SLATE BAR SMASHED HIS RIGHT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER. THE INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WAS HELPING TO HANG 6"" WATER LINE. WE RAISED THE WATER LINE UP WITH A FORKLIFT & HE PUT A BOLT THROUGH THE CHAIN. THE WATER LINE SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE BOLT & CHAIN.

EE WAS HELPING LOAD CRIBB BLOCKS ONTO SUPPLY CARS TO BE TAKEN INSIVE THE MINE A CRIBB BLOCK HAD FALLEN OFF A PALLET. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW IT BACK ON THE PALLET IN DOING SO HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST OTHER CRIB BLOCKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 1/2 HEADUS IN BACK OF 1 TON SUPPLY TRUCK, MAKING ROOM TO LOAD OMEGA BLOCKS. HE BENT DOWN AND PUT ONE HAND ON RT SIDE RAIL OF TRUCK, IT FOLDED DOWN CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.

THE SHEAR WAS CUTTING OUT ON HEADGATE SIDE. THE NO. 2 SHIELD WAS MANUALLY KNOCKED OFF PUSH, WHEN THE RELY BAR FELL EE WAS POSITIONED SO THAT HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS UNDER THE RELY BAR.

EE WAS HELPING ALIGN THE SECTION TAILPIECE. HE HEARD A COAL RIB BREAK LOOSE AND HE DOVER UNDER THE CABLE MONORAIL. THE RIB KNOCKED A TIMBER SUPPORT LOOSE THAT HIT HIM IN THE BACK, FORCING HIS HEAD INTO THE VALVE CHEST ON TAILPIECE.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE IN #2 ENTRY ON H6-15. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT UP, A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL STRIKING THE TRS ARM AND SLID DOWN STRIKING EE ON HIS RIGHT FORE ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LEVER CHAIN HOIST TYING DOWN A LONGWALL SHIELD WHEN IT SUDDENLY RELEASED STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BACK SIDE.

CUT HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING NYLON HANGERS TRIPPED AND FELL CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS PREPARING A ROOF BOLT CABLE TO BE SPLICED. HE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS HELPING UNLOAD SHEETS OF METAL ONTO HE-14, #4 TAILPIECE WHEN HE PINCHE HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN A SHEET OF METAL AND THE TAILPIECE.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT CHEEK BONE.

EE WAS STACKING ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES ONTO THE BOLT MACHINE. AS HE BENT OVWER TO GET MOR SUPPLIES A BUNDLE OF BOLT PLATES FELL OFF THE SIDE OF BOLTER, STRIKING HIM ON HIS RT. FOREARM.

EE WAS HELPING MOVE A SHUTTLE CAR THROUGH A SECTION OF AIR LOCK DOORS. HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE FRAME AS HE CHECKED THE CLEARANCE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIS HAND.

EE WAS OPERATING THE HEAD SHEAR END. WHILE CUTTING THE FACE THE DRUM THREW A ROCK THAT HIT EE'S LEFT FINGER THAT HAD BEEN RESTING ON THE PANLINE BACKBOARD.

MEDICAL INFORMATION INDICATES CUMULATIVE TRAUMA WITH CURRENT SYMPTOMS SUPERIMPOSED ON REPETITIVE INJURIES TO SAME BODY PARTS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

EE HAD RETURNED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO FROM A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY. HE WAS JUST WALKING WHEN'HIS BACK GAVE OUT.\

EE THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AT END OF SHIFT FROM OPERATION THE ROOF BOLTER. EE HAS EXPERIENCED BACK PROBLEM. NO NEW EVENT OCCURRED. THIS REPORTED ACCIDENT IS CLASSIFIEDAS OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS FROM REPEATED TRAUMA.