Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining CompanyMining Incidents in 2002

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURED IN OUT L-MAIN INTAKE @ SPAD 57 & 38 IN THE #6 ENTRY IT IS APPROX. 30' LONG X 20' WIDE X 8"" HIGH. THE PASSAGE OF WORKERS OR VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED.

THE TYRO CREEK ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM APPROX. 0200 UNTIL 0500 DUE TO A RESISTOR IN THE DOOR PANEL BURNING OUT.

A HOISTING ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED ONT HE MATERIAL SLOPE WHEN 4 MATERIAL CARS WHICH WERE UNCOUPLED FROM THE BONNY CAR BECAME RE ATTACHED WHEN THE HOIST OPERATOR PULLED THE BONNY CAR TO THE PITMO UTH. AS THE CARS TURNED OVER THE KNUCKLE THEY UNCOUPLED AND TRAVELED THE LENGTH OF THE MATERIAL SLOPE. NO INJURIED RESULTED FROM THIS ACCIDENT. ADDITIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN IM

THE SERVICE ELEVATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 5:01PM UNTIL 8:40PM DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN THE GOVERNOR ROPE.

A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED IN L-MAIN @ SPAD 30+79 (ABANDONED L-3 HEADER HOLE AREA). THE FALL IS APPROX. 15' W X 55' L X 6' HIGH.

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING RFROM THE SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME UNEVEN BOTTOM AND INJURED HIS RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING A DOZER IN THE STEAMBAY. A THIN FILM OF ICE DEVELOPED ON TOP OF DOZER DUE TO THE WASHING. EMPLOYEE WENT TO TOP OF DOZER TO CONTINUE CLEANING AND SLIPPED ON ICE. HE EXTENDE D HIS KNEE CAUSING A STRAIN ON IT.

EE HAD PULLED GREASE HOSE FROM REEL IN SHOP TO EQUIPMENT (122 DOZER) HE WAS WORKING ON. HE WENT BACK TO REEL TO PULL MORE HOSE OUT AND TRIPPED OVER HOSE.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PLUGGING MOTOR PLUG UP TO CHARGER WHEN CHARGER PLUG BLEW UP BURNING RIGHT HANDS MIDDLE FINGERS.

CUTTING DUMP ROPE (3 1/2"" WIRE ROPE) FROM DUMP SOCKET OF DRAGLINE. ROPE WAS TWISTED AND IN A BIND. WHEN TENSION WAS RELEASED, AFTER ROPE WAS CUT WITH OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH ROPE SLAPPED HIS LEFT LEG/ANKLE AND DROVE IT INTO SOCKET.

EE WAS WORKING TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM A DOZER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED KNEE STRAIN.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD WATER TRUCK. WYHEN HE TRIED TO OPEN VALVE TO LET WATER FLOW IT WOULD NOT OPEN. EE THEN JUMPED UP TO GRAB ROPE ON VALVE TO PUT ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON ROPT, ATTEMPTING TO FREE STUCK VALVE. WHEN VALVE CAME LOOSE, EE HIT GROUND (LANDING ON HIS FEE) AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS HELPING MOUNT TIRE ON A RAM CAR, USING A ROCK BAR TO HELP POSITION THE TIRE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK. HIS FIRST LOST DAY DUE TO SURGERY WAS 4/3/03. O HAVE SURGERY TO REPAIR THE TEAR.

EE STATED HE LIFTED A BUNDLE OF ROOF PLATES AND AS HE LIFTED THE PLATES A WIRE WHICH SECURED THE PLATES STUCK THRU HIS GLOVE INTO HIS FINGER RESULTING IN A PUNCTURE WOUND. THE FINGER BECAME INFECTED. HIS FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 3/23/02.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING ON A RATCHET, TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A DRIVE DRUM ON A HEADER WHEN THE RATCHET BROKE. EE FELL BACKWARD AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN A TURNBUCKLE AS HE FELL, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. EE'S FIRST LOST WORKDAY OCCURRED 3/8/02.

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE MEASURE CYCLONE OVERFLOW PIPE WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE PIPE. EE'S FIRST LOST WORK DAY DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL 7/11/02. THIS EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE AND HAD PREVIOUS NECK SURGERY.

THE INJURY OCCURRED WHILE THE INJURED WAS GRINDING METAL PLATE WITH A HAND HELD ELECTRIC GRINDER. A PIECE OF FOREIGN DEBRIS (RUSTED METAL) FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND ENTERED HIS RIGH T EYE.

WAS USING LARGE GUZZLER HOSE TO VACUUM UP SPILLED COAL. HIS FOOT SLIPPED, PUTTING STRAIN ON HIS ABDOMEN, CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING. HE CONTINUEDWORKING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BUT HAS NOW GONE IN FO R SURGERY AND WILL BE OFF SEVERAL WEEKS. DR SAIDHE HAD A HERNIA.

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING DOZER ON COAL PILE WHEN HE BACKED OVER A RIDGE. THE DOZER CAME DOWN & JARRED HIS BACK & NECK. EE HAS HAD PREVIOUS NECK SURGERY. HIS FIRST LOST WORK DAY DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL 4/17/02 DUE TO SURGERY.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CAR POOLING TO WORK IN A PERSONAL PICKUP. THEY ARRIVED AT THE PUBLIC PARKING LOT AND ONE GOT OUT. THE OTHER TURNED THE CAR SHARPLY AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE PICKUP KNOCKED HIM DOWN & RIGHT REAR TIRE RAN OVER HIS ANKLE & LOWER LEG CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING FROM PARKING LOT TO BATH HOUSE AND TRIPPED OR SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING HIS BACK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURRED 1-4-02.

RETURNING BACK TO WORK AFTER LUNCH BREAK, HE ENTERED THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR WHERE A GUST OF WIND BEGAN TO SLAM DOOR CLOSED. MECHANIC REACHED BACKTO TRY TO STOP DOOR BUT CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FING ER BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR JAM, SMASHING FINGER. CUT END OF FINGER AT AN ANGLE FROM TIP TO FIRST JOINT FROM END.

REMOVING A CABLE ROPE ALIGNMENT PIN ON 65 TON BOOM SHEAVE. THE DRAFT PUNCH MOVED AND HAMMER STRUCK PALM SURFACE ON LEFT HAND. RESULTING INJURY WAS ONE INCH CUT ON PALM OF LEFT HAND REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES.

EE USING 16# SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE WEDGES FROM DRAG SOCKET. WHEN STRUCK WEDGE A METAL SHARD FLEW OFF STRIKING LEFT CHEEK.

EE STATED HE WAS MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER AND HAD STOPPED TO HANG CABLE ON MINER. HE STATED A DEFLECTION PLATE HAD BEEN ADDED THE SCRUBBER DISCHARGE AND WHILE STANDING AT THE REAR OF THE MINER. HE BEGAN TO MOVE IT AND THE MINER SLOACHED CATCHING HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN IT AND THE FOOTWALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FUEL TRUCK WHEN HE HIT AN ICY PATCH OF ROAD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO INTO A SKID. WHILE TRUCK WAS SLIDING IT HIT A DRY SECTION OF ROAD AND THE FUEL TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

WEATHER WET AND MUDDY. EE WAS SECURING A LADDER TO REPLACE QUARTZ LIGHT ON 2300 SHOVEL. FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST TRACK. SUSTAINED LACERATION TO SCALP AND CONTUSION TO HEAD. LACER ATION REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.

INJURED WAS GREASING CRUSHER BEARING WHEN PICK CAME OFF CRUSHER, KNOCKING COVER OFF AND STRIKING INDIVIDUAL IN LEFT HAND AND FOREARM.

WHILE DISMOUNTING RUBBER TIRE DOZER AFTER WORKING ON IT HE STEPPED ON A ROCK ON THE GROUND, FELT PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE. (HE SCHEDULED HIS ANNUAL VACATION FOR DEC. 16 TO DEC. 27, 2002 AND HAD ORTH OSCOPIC SURGERY ON 12/18/02 TO REPAIR A TORN MINISCUP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS REGULAR SCHEDULED WORK DAY WITH A RELEASE FROM HIS DOCTOR).

INJURED WAS PULLING A 1"" AIRLINE BESIDE L.M. HEADER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A FIRE SUPPRESSION OUTLET RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS SHOULDER.

INJURED WAS GRINDING ON METAL SKIRT AT BM #2 HEADER WHEN THE GRINDER SLIPPED OFF THE METAL RESULTING IN LACERATION TO LEFT LEG APPROX 6 INCHES ABOVE THE KNEE.

EE WAS CUTTING WOOD ON A TABLE SAW WHICH WERE 2"" X 2"" IN SIZE. HE THEN STARTED CUTTING SMALLER PIECES OF WOOD & DID NOT ADJUST HEIGHT OF BLADE, LEAVING BLADE HIGHER THAN NEEDED. WHEN PUSHING S MALLER WOOD THROUGH THE CUT FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH BLADE CUTTING TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS SERVICING EQUIPMENT AS HE WALKED AROUND SERVICE TRUCK HE STUMBLED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A CUT ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

EE WAS REMOVING DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER WITH CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS WHEN THEY SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS FINGER INTO PARTICULATE FILTER HOUSING. THIS RESULTED IN A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS LT. INDEX FINGER.

EE WAS USING A ROCK BAR TO PRY A HYDRAULIC JACK WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED, CAUSING EE TO FALL AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND COAL RIB. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FING ER.

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE DISMANTLE AN OVERCAST WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THEY WERE REMOVING THE LAST SIDE SECTIONS OF TING WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS WHEN THE OVERCAST SUPPORT BEAMS SHIFTE D AND FELL, STRIKING EE ON THE SHOULDERS CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR. THIS RESULTED IN CONTUSIONS TO HIS SHOULDERS AND LACERATIONS TO BOTH LIPS.

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE DISMANTLE AN OVERCAST WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THEY WERE REMOVING THE LAST SIDE SECTIONS OF TIN WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS WHEN THE OVERCAST SUPPORT BEAMS SHIFTED AND FELL, STRIKING EE ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK OF THE HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE STATED SHE WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT TO WAREHOUSE AND STEPPED ON A ROCK AND INJURED HER FOOT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENTUNTIL 5/16/02 AND WAS SENT TO DOCTOR ON 5/20/02. EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED ON 5/20/02 WITH A HAIRLINE FRACTURE TO THE 3RD METACARPAL ON HER LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS LIFTING BEAM INTO ELEVATOR PORTAL WHERE IT COULD BE POSITIONED ONTO CHAIN FALLS. POSITION EE WAS STANDING WHEN HE LIFTED BEAM CAUSED HIMTO TWIST RIGHT KNEE. WENT TO DR. 4-17-02.

EE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPING TO SHUT OFF DIESEL ROCK DUSTING MACHINE HE GOT HIS FINGERS IN THE FAN BLADE OF ENGINE. THIS RESULT IN A LACERATION OF THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGER ON HIS LE FT HAND.

EE STATED HE WAS RECONNECTING 2"" HYDRALLIC LINE WHICH TOOK 2 PEOPLE TO BEND WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND THE METAL END COUPLING STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH. THIS RESULTED IN THE 2 UPPER FRO NT TEETH BEING CHIPPED.

EE STATED HE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS @ BREAKER & HAD BOTH HANDS FULL & SLIPPED ON WET STEPS & FELL ON HIS BUTTOCKS & LEFT SIDE. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE 9TH LEFT RIB.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS PREPARING ROOF BOLTS & BEARING PLATES FOR ROOFBOLTING WHEN ONE OF THE BEARING PLATES STRUCK HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE ON THE END OF HIS LITTLE FINGER.

EE MISSED HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK ON 12/11/02. HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK RELATED PROBLEMS DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 1980'S. HE HAS RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE DURING MOST OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH P/M LOCAL. PER THE ADVICE OFSEVERAL DR.'S, SURGERY ISN'T AN OPTION.

REPETITIVE STRESS INJURY (CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME) RESULTING FROM HAND/ WRIST MOTION OVER TIME WHILE OPERATING EQUIPMENT.

EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN BOTH HAND. EE'S FIRST LOST WORK DAY WILL OCCUR ON 6-10-02 DUE TO SURGERY.

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING RAM CAR & HAD STOPPEDTO HELP OTHER EE'S MOVE MINER CABLE. EE TOLD SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HE HAD A CATCH IN HIS HIP. EE HAS DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEA SE AT ALL LEVELS. EE'S FIRST LOST WORK DAY DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL 6/3/02

EE STATED HE SLIPPED WHILE MOUNTING D-10 DOZER AND AGGRAVATED HIS BACK & NECK. FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURED ON 2/7/02