Pinnacle Mining Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2007

A roof fall was discovered in the #3 entry of the 9E submains off of 9 South.

A roof fall occurred in the #5 entry of the green ridge #2 mine.

8O Section #8Break #2 Entry had been mined 05/04/2004 7,663 Feet from 8Q Face. Fall approximately 18' wide, 40' long and 10' high.

An old roof fall was discovered just inby the bottom of the slope. The fall is located in the old #1 heading and extends over in to the #1 to #3 crosscut and appears to have happened several years ago. This area is not traveled on a regular basis.

A roof fall was discovered near the Lambert Branch intake shaft by the fireboss as he was conducting his daily inspection.

A roof fall was discovered in the 8 haulage bleeders by the examiner as he was making his weekly walk. The fall is located at 8I.

While welding a restraining clamp on the #2 shield of the 8O longwall an orange flame was observed on the mine floor. Employees in the area quickly put the flame out with a combination of a fire extinguisher and a water hose. Both of which were located at the site.

Elevator inoperable for more than 30 minutes. Door switch on the bottom malfuntioned. No injuries involved. No one trapped. Steps to prevent. Continue daily maintenance and checks.

A roof fall occurred on the 8Q section in the unbolted face of the #1 heading. The falling rock damaged two bolts in the last row of bolts.

A roof fall was discovered on the 8P section by a fireboss making his weekly exam. The fall was located at #16 break in the intersection and extending over into the 2x3 crosscut.

A roof fall occurred on the 8O section. The location of the fall was in the #2 heading in the intersection located at the #24 break.

A roof fall occurred in the #1 entry on 8N. The fall occurred in the intersection of the #2 crosscut.

A roof fall was discovered in the #1 entry at #8 break on the 8N section. The roof fall measured 20 wide by 60 feet long.

Roof fall 8 South, #1 Break, #3 to #4 entry, 20'W x 45'L x 10 to 15' high. Area has been cribbed off and flagged. No injuries, not a travel way.

Roof fall at 8 South #25 Break, #3 to #4 entry. 18'longX18wideX5'high. The area is cribbed from both sides.

A roof fall occurred at 27 Break on the empty side 18' wide x 20' long x 5' high. No injuries occurred. Area is cribbed and flagged off.

A roof fall occurred on the 8O section. The fall location is in the #2 entry at #26 break in the intersection. The fall is 18 feet by 14 feet by 40 feet long.

A bridge rectifier failed on the 8 haulage elevator. The component was replaced and the elevator put back into service.

A roof fall was discover by a fireboss while conducting his outby walk. The fall was located between #6 and #7 break in the #1 entry on the 8 West section.

An accumulation of water in the #2 entry at varying locations from #5 break inby to #40 break prohibited the use of normal mine tranportation in this area. A new pump discharge line was installed.

A roof fall was discovered at the #24 break on 8West in the #2 to #3 crosscut. The fall is 20 wide by 100 feet long by 10 feet high.

A roof fall occurred in the 9 haulage bleeders in the #4 entry at #46 break. The fall was 40 feet by 40 feet by 10 feet high.

Injured was drawing a rail together with come-alongs to narrow the gauge on the track. He was between the two rails when one of them broke striking him on top of the foot.

Injured stepped on the edge of the 8R feeder to reach a bolt when his feet slipped out from under him & he fell & landed on his right ankle. This resulted in a hairline fracture of the right ankle.

Injured was walking up the #1 entry on the 8O longwall beside the monorail when he stepped in a hole and twisted his ankle.

Injured was hanging a piece of miner cable when he felt something in his back pull. He did not miss any work as a result of this accident until 11/06/07.

Injured was replacing a roof bolt that had been damaged. After starting to drill a piece of rock measuring 88 inches long by 36 inches wide by 6 inches thick fell and struck individual on the head and neck.

Injured was replacing a roof bolt that had been damaged. After starting to drill a piece of rock measuring 88 inches long by 36 inches wide by 6 inches thick fell and struck individual on the left ankle.

Injured was backing a dozer off of the clean coal stock pile when the emergency brake set causing the dozer to come to a sudden stop. The injured jerk his neck when this happened.

Injured was helping to pull a pump cable which he had thrown over his shoulder. As he was pulling the cable around a timber he felt a pain in his shoulder.

The injured was checking the oil level on an air compressor which had stopped. When he went to remove the oil cap to check the oil level, hot oil blew out of the compressor striking the individual on the face and arm.

Injured and another individual were hanging curtain in the #3 entry. They had set a timber and the injured was holding up a piece of curtain to be nailed up. The timber sucked out pulling the curtain away from the injured and he felt something pull in his lower abdomen.

Injured and co-worker were laying 55 gallon barrels down. Had laid 4 barrels down when injured felt pain in lower back.

Injured was bolting top in #6 entry when foreign materials fell, falling in behind his glasses and into his eyes. Scratched eye.

Injured was on a 6' ladder build a stopping that was 10' high when the stopping fell. A block struck injured on the Left elbow.

Walking from mantrip to section, twisted ankle on a rock and fell on right hand and fractured wrist.

Injured was removing belt clamp from #24 belt. The counter weight was suspended and held by 2 sets of 6 ton chain hoist. Chains broke, dropping the counter weight tensioning the belt. This threw the injured upwards into the structure causing injury on left side; compression fracture to the 10th vertabra and he was fitted for a back brace.

Injured was struck in the neck and back when a loose piece of rock fell and struck the injured.

Injured was cleaning rocks out of jackline when loose rock fell out of the face and struck him on the head and neck.

The injured was preparing to unload roof bolting supplies when the scoop blade was lowered down on his left foot.

Injured was trying to lift a spool of wire rope on the bus when she felt a pain in her lower back, right hip, and leg.

Injured was cleaning in the jack line and was crawling to the next location to clean. While crawling his glasses fogged up and he had difficulty seeing causing him to run his head into a shield and hurt his neck.

Injured was in the process of changing a bolter tire and could not get it off. As he was trying to beat the wheel off with a hammer it bounced back and caused him to strain his wrist.

Injured was changing a fuse out on a portal bus when he bumped the pole causing it to come in contact with the trolley wire. This resulted in a burn to his right hand.

Injured was pushing the head side of the plow toward the tail to change wear shoes. As they were pushing the plow with a single prop the check valve blew out striking injured on the inside of the right ankle.

Injured was cleaning in the jackline and putting a piece of rock under the tailside skid. He was pushing rock further back under the skid when the positive set activated and caught his finger between the rock and the bottom of the skid.

Injured was tramming a portal bus through the outby set of double doors when the trolley pole came off of the wire and swung around and struck him on the right side of the head. The trolley pole limiter was not in use.

Injured was dropping high voltage cable, as he was lifting the cable out of a hanger a rail located directly behind him rolled over and struck his left heel.

Injured was delivering belt structure. As he was removing a piece of belt structure from the scoop blade he felt pain in his lower back.

Injured was stepping across a steel beam lying on the bottom. When he stepped down he stepped on a rock and turned his ankle.

Injured was bent over picking up a bundle of wedges when a stack of crib blocks fell over and struck his left thumb.

Building braces for belt line. I-beam slipped, pinning left hand between two I-beams.

Injured was walking along side of a roof bolter when he stepped on a pile of cable and twisted his ankle.

Clearing of rock on the grizzly on 8 1/2 floor. Rock bounced off floor struck individual in left foot causing individual to twist left knee. Claim is being contested. This claim form is being submitted to terminate an MSHA citation.

Injured was in between shield 123 and 124. When a rock 11"x12"x3" fell from the roof striking him on the head. Causing him to be knocked out for 20 seconds or so. Injured was transported to the hospital to be checked out.

Employee was removing bolts from equipment. While removing, he was using an impact gun in one hand and with the other hand was applying pressure to the bolt head. Bolt came free from the employee's grip and cut the knuckle of the ring finger on the left hand, requiring stitches.

Injured was picking up a crib block when a piece of rock 6 inches by 6 inches and 0 to .5 inches thick fell and struck the injured on the right ear. The injury required 4 stitches to close the laceration.

Injured was working at #120 shield when a piece of rock fell between the shield and mashed his finger against another piece of rock.