Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining CompanyMining Incidents in 2000

THE TYRO CREEK ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 1:20 PM UNTIL 2:45 PM DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE ON THE MOTOR FIELD CIRCUIT.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED ON OUR MAIN #1 BELT (#4ENTRY) AT SPAD 20 AND 30. THE FALL IS APPROX 55' LONG BY 21' WIDE BY 6' THICK.

THE TYRO CREEK ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 9:30 PM UNTIL 12:30 AM DUE TO A DRIVE BLOCK BREAKING OFF OF ELEVATOR DOOR.

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE #11 CROSS-CUT IN THE J-MAIN RETURN (SPAD 138+30)THE FALL IS APPROX. 49' LONG, 19' WIDE, 8' HIGH.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE L-5 ROOMS IN THE #2 (TRACK ENTRY) INBY SPAD #5+20. THE FALL IS IN AN INTERSECTION AND IS APPROX. 45' LONG, 18' WIDE & 8-10' HIGH.

A ROOF FALLING HAS OCCURRED ON OUR BELT TAKE UP UNIT AT SPAD 83 & 90 ON OUR BOB 3 BELT. THE FALL IS APPROX 110' LONG, 18' WIDE, AND VARIES IN THICKNESS FROM 6' TO 10'.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURE ON THE L-2 SECTION IN THE#4 ENTRY INBY SPAD #74+50. THE FALL IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FALL WHICH OCCURED 8/16/00 AND IS APPROXIMATELY 90' LONG X 18' WIDE RANGING FROM 4' - 15' HIGH.

THE SERVICE ELEVATOR AT THE CEDAR CREEK PORTAL WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 9:30 PM UNTIL 11:00PM DUE TO THE SECONDARY SLOW DOWN SWITCH ON THE BUFFER.

THE TYRO CREEK ELEVATOR WAS DOWN (OUT OF SERVICE FROM 2:50 PM TO 4:30 PM DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LIMIT SWITCHES.

REMOVING COAL FROM BOTTOM OF 1-UD PIT.DURING THIS PROCESS THE FLOOR ABOVE BEGAN GRADUALLY TO SETTLE AND MOVE. AS A RESULT THE HAUL ROAD BEGAN TO CRACK AND SETTLE ALONG WITH THE FLOOR. FLOOR MO VEMENT STABILIZED AND STOPPED AFTER ABOUT 24 HOURS. MOVEMENT MEASURED INCHES PER HOUR AND TOTALED ABOUT 24 HOURS AND TOTALED 4' TO 15' DISPLACEMENT ALONG RAODWAY FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE MOTOR PIT AREA BETWEEN CROSSCUTS #07 AND #08 AT SPAD #9 + 85. THE SIZE OF THIS FALL IS APPROX 18'W X 40'L X 7'H.

EE WAS USING COME-A-LONG TO HELP STRAIGHTEN WINCH HOUSING ON SCOOP WHEN HOOK SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK EE ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE RESULTING IN A LACERATION AND FRACTURE. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCC URED ON 12-9-00. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED TO CORRECTTHE FRACTURE.

EE STATED HE WAS HELPING CARRY MONORAIL THRU A MUDDY AREA WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE RIB STRIKING HIS RIGHT SHOULDERTHIS RESULTED IN ROTATOR CUFF DAMAGE & REQUIRES SURGERY TO CORRECT. 1ST LOST WORKDAY OCCURRED ON12/12/00

CHANGING 37.25 X 35 TIRE & WHEEL BREAKING DOWN TIRE BEAT SEAT BAND FELL OUT OF TIRE AND FELL ON TOP OF EE S FOOT.

EE WAS REMOVING CAP FROM 8"" METAL PIPE THAT EXTENDED TO THE SURFACE AND A 6"" DRISCO PIPE WAS BEING INSTALLED FROM THE SURFACE WHEN A WELD BROKE ALLOWING IT TO FALL TO THE BOTTOM. APPROX. 26' C AME OUT OF THE HOLE AND A PORTION OF WHICH STRUCK EE ON THE LEFT LEG. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS LEG.

EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING ON SLOPE BELT AND WHILE WALKING SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 11-9-00.

TRUCK DRIVER DRIVING A LOADED 160 TON RIMPULL TRUCK UP A RAMP STALLED OUT WHEN IT SPUN OUT ON A MUDDY SPOT IN THE RAMP. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS AND JACKKNIFED, CAUSING THE TRACTOR TO ROLL ON ITS SIDE. DRIVER DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9/7/00.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS STEPPING OFF OF RAILROVER (PERSONNEL CARRIER) AND SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. THIS RESULTED IN A TORN ACL JOINT. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 9/1/00.

DISMOUNTING WATER TRUCK, HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF HANDRAIL AS HE WAS PASSING THE BOTTOM STEP. HE LANDED HARD ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, STRAINING HIS KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT NOW HAS TAKEN TIME OFF TO HAVE SURGERY ON THE KNEE.

EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WITH A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT ON IT WHEN HE FELT A BURNING IN HIS LEFT FOOT AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT. EMPLOYEE'S FIRST LOST WORK DAY DID NOT OCCURE UNTIL 1-2-01.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE AND WHILE LIFTING A BLOCK HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POPPED. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 7/26/00.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WALKING AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 7/26/00.

EE WAS MOVING 2/0 SHOVEL POWER CABLE WITH TWO OTHER EES. THE CABLE WAS RUN THROUGH A SHEAV THAT WAS ATTACHED TO HIS TRUCK AT A CHAIN. UNKNOWN TO EE THE CHAIN HAD COME UNATTACHED AND WHEN ANOTH ER PICKUP PULLED THE CABLE IT MOVE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE THOUGHT AND THE CABLE WAS PULLED OVER HIS LEFT FOOT,TWISTING IT AND FRACTURING HIS LEFT HEEL.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING STRAW BALES INTO A STRAW MULCHER WHEN EMPLOYEE THREW A BALE. IT HIT TH EMACHINE AND BOUNCED INTO INJURED'S LEFT LEG. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN AND WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR. HE T ORE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS FROM PREP PLANT C&L LEVEL TO 5TH LEVEL. THE STAIRS WERE WET, BOTH FEET SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM AND WHEN HE FELL THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY PULLED ON HIS RIGHT ARM HE HAD HOLD OF THE HANDRAIL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY PULLED HIS RIGHT ARM OUT OF THE SOCKET, DISLOCATING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING AT THE HEADGATE AREA WHEN HE STEPPED ON A T BOARD LAYING IN THE MUD & SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. EE'S 1ST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 4/14/00

EE STATED HE WAS HELPING UNLOAD 6"" METAL PIPE WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF PIPE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED 3 /8/00.

EE WALKED AROUND CONTINUOUS MINER DURING SET-UP IN FACE AREA. THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIM AND HE RE-POSITIONED MINER ON CENTERLINE AND THE BOOM OF THE MINER PINNED EE'S LEGS AGAINST COAL RIB. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 3/2/00.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN THE SECTION OF TRASH AND UNUSED MATERIALS. WHEN HE WAS LIFTING AN OLD ATERIAL PALLET, THAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUD HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HIS FIRST LOST W ORK DAY WAS 3-17-00.

EE WAS INSTALLING DRIVE LINE COVER ON D10N DOZER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST THE TORQUE CONVERTER STRIKING IT WITH HIS LEFT LOWER ABDOMEN. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA ON 2 /18/00. HIS FIRST DAY AWAY FROM WORK WAS 2/21/00 AND HAD SURGERY ON 2/22/00.

EE STATED, HE WAS HANGING A WET AND MUDDY DROP CURTAIN WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK BECAUSE HE DIDNT THINK IT WAS SERIOUS AT THAT TIME. EE S FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 2-8-00.

EE WAS OPERATING THE SHEAR, SHEN A ROCL FELL FROM BETWEEN THE SHIELDS STRIKING THE EE'S RIGHT HAND THAT WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE HANDRAIL. THIS RESULTED INTO A LACERATION, WHICH LATER BECAME I NFECTED WITH THE FIRST LOST DAY WAS 2/1/2000.

HE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ONTO IR DRILL USING A HANDRAIL. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN RIGHT BICEP.CONSULTATION WITH DOCTOR DETERMINED THAT SURGERYWAS NEEDED TO REPAIR TENDON AND ROTATOR CUFF ON ARM AND SHOULDER. SURGERY ON 12/13/00.

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PUT LINKAGE IN A SHAFT ON A COAL DRILL, WHILE PULLING ON PRYBAR, IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK ON THE UNDER SIDE OF HIS CHIN. RECEIVED A LACERATION ON CHIN WHICH REQUIRED NIN E STITCHES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING A DOZER, SLIPPED ON DECK &STRUCK ELBOW ON HANDRAIL.

EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK HISRIGHT EYE STARTED HURTING. HE WAS SENT TO DOCTORAND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL AND RUST WAS REMOVED FROM HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BRAKE CHARGER PUMP WHEN HIS HAND WAS CUT BY A HOSE CLAMP BAND. HE RECEIVED 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND AND WAS RELEASED TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT A NYLON STRAP WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EE'S THUMB. SEVERAL STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. EE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.

CO-WORKER WAS USING A HAMMER DURING A REPAIR OPERATION WHEN A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT FLEW INTO EMPLO9YEE'S EYE AND BECAME IMBEDDED. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. FRAGMENT WAS REMO VED BY DR. NO IMPAIRMENT.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS FILLING ROCK DUST MACHINE AT BOREHOLE WHEN THE HOSE GOT STOPPED UP. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNSTOP HOSE WHEN IT BLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS POSITIONING OIL BATH AND GUARD ON ROTARY BREAKER DRIVE CHAIN AND WAS RESTING HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, WHEN THE CHAIN STRUCK THE GUARD, THROWING IT UPWARD AND C ATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE GUARD AND ANGLE IRON. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE AND LACERATION TO HIS FINGER.

EE WAS SERVICING SCOOP BATTERIES WHEN THE BATTERY COVER FELL, STRIKING HIS RT. INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK IN SHOP ON EUCLID WATER TRUCK WHEN PARTICLE OF DIRT GOT INTO HIS EYE. NO IMPAIRMENT TO VISAION. DR. WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE DIRT.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REMOVING SCALE ROCK FROM CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE PIECE BROKE AND FELL STRIKING HIS 3RD RIGHT FINGER MRESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPRATING SHEAR WHEN A PIECE OF COAL WSA THROWN FROM THE SHEAR DRUM AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE, RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING RACK BOLTS. HE PUT IN A BOLT HOLE AND REACHED FOR A HAMMER WHEN THE BOLT FELL OUT OF THE HOLE AND LANDED ON HIS LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC TIE STRAP WITH POCKET KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL TIN ON OVERCAST WHEN A PIECE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE FOREARM RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

EE WAS HELPING ANGLE BOLTER AND WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL WHEN THE JAWS WERE CLOSED ON THE STEEL HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JAWS AND THE STEEL. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION AND FRACTURE T O HIS FINGER AND THE FIRST JOINT.

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A 2 PIECE STEEL RESULTING IN A LACERATION

MAKING UP TIRE/RIM ASSEMBLY FOR HAULAGE TRUCK. WHILE WORKING TO POSITION THE LOCK RING, THE LOCK RING SLIPPED AND PINCHED EE'S FINGER.

EE STATED HE WAS REMOVING TIN FROM AN OLD BRATTICE WITH A AXE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST A PIECE OF TIN RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

EE WAS HOLDING A CRIB BLOCK WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER INSTALLING A TORQUE CONVERTOR WHEN THE HEAD OF THE HAMMER STRUCK ANOTHER OBJECT CAUSING THE HANDLE TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

EE STATED HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE GOV CAR LOCATED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POCKET AT THE MATERIAL SLOPE WHEN SOMETHING SHARP STUCK IN THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND. AN EMBEDDED OBJECT HAD TO BE REMOVE D FROM HIS HAND.

EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND WHEN HE PLACED THE DRILL STEEL AND STARTED THE ROTATION A PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EE ONT HE LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO LEFT INDEX FI NGER.

EE WAS DRILLING 12 HOLE FOR CABLE BOLT AND THE FIRST SECTION OF DRILL STEEL STUCK IN HOLE AND AS HE WAS INSTALLING LONGER 2ND SECTION THE FIRST SECTION FELL FROM THE HOLE CATCHING HIS THUMB BE TWEEN THE TWO SECTION RESULTING IN A CONTUSION AND LACERATION.

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE RESULTING IN A SMALL LACERATION AND A FRACTURE TO HIS NOSE.

EE STATED HE WAS PULLING ROCK DUST HOSE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EE STATED HE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER & NOW IT HAS MIGRATED UP IN HIS NECK. THIS HAS BEE N ONGOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. EE'S 1ST WORK DAY LOST OCCURRED ON 2/16/01.

EE WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEES MOVE A VACUUM PUMP WHICH HAD BEEN LOADED ON A 4 WHEEL CART. WHILEPULLING & PUSHING HE HURT HIS BACK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 1/2/01.

EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN BOTH HANDS SURGERY WILL BE PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT HAND ON 11-10-00 WHICH WILL BECOME HIS FIRST LOST WORK DAY. SURGERY MAY BE PERFORMED ON H IS LEFT HAND AT A LATER DATE.

AS A RESULT OF HANDLING HAY ON THE MINE SITE, EMPLOYEE WAS INFECTED WITH WHAT WAS LATER DIAGONOSED AS SPOROTRICHOSIS, A FUNGAL DISEASE.

ORIGINAL INJURY 7-20-1998. DIAGNOSED WITH MEDIAL COMPARTMENT DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 4-5-2000 DUE TO TREATING PHYSICIAN PLACING HIM ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HANDS ON 3/23/00. SURGERY HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.

THE EE HAS A HIST OF BACK PROBLEMS DATING BACK TO PRIOR 1982. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE & AS TIME PROGRESSES ON HIS CONDITION HAS WORSENED. HIS DR OF THE BIRMHAM PAIN CTR IS CURRENTLY TREATING EE SINCE 8/99 FORPAIN MGT. EE STATED IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME FOREHE COULD NO LONGER WORK. ON 3/22/00 EE WAS HANGING A SET OF COMALONGS DURING HIS NORMAL WORK ACT

EMPLOYEE SUFFERS FROM DEGENERATIVE CONDITION OF THE LEFT KNEE WHICH CAUSES HIM PAIN FROM TIME TO TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE STANDS UP FROM A KNEELING OR SQUATING POSITION. HE EXPERIENCED SUCH AN EPISODE OF PAIN WHILE ON THE JOB ON 2-16-00 WHEN HE STOOD UP FROM A KNEELING POSITION AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON THE FAN SHROUD OF O DOZER.

EE STATED WHILE HE WAS LEAVING HIS WORK AREA, HE TRIPPED WALKING ON THE TRACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND LAND ON HIS HANDS AND LEFT KNEE. HIS FIRST LOST WORKDAY WAS 2-14-2000.

EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. HIS FIRST WORKDAY WILL BE 2-2-2000 DUE TO SURGERY.

EE WAS TIGHTENING A 11/4"" NUT W/A 3/4"" RACHET WHEN HE FELT A PIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW. THE DR DIAGNOSED HIM WITH TENNIS ELBOW. THIS CONDITION PROBABLY OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 WKS FROM SHOVE LING & BARRING FROZEN MATERIAL OUT OF A BELT CHUTE

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A FLEXABLE WATER LINE, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT ARM.