Rockhouse Energy Mining CompanyMining Incidents in 2001

FOREMAN WAS CONDUCTING PRESHIFT EXAM AND DISCOVERED THE FALL IN RETURN AIR COURSE (#1 ENTRY) ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY THE SECTION. FALL ~6' HIGH BY 25' LONG BY 18' WIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TRUSS BOLTS USING A HYDRAULIC GUN. AFTER THE GUN PRESSES THE TRUSS TIGHT IT RELEASES TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT. HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE GUN AND WHEN IT RETRACTED IT AM PUTATED THE FIRST JOINT OF HIS LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING CRIB BLOCKS AND HALF HEADERS 5 BREAKS DUE TO A DOWNED SCOOP. NEAR THE END OF THE SHIFT, HIS BACK STARTED HURTING. WHEN HE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING, HE WAS HAVING MUSCLE SPAS MS IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING HANGERS INTO BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HANGER GOT FOULED. HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN HANGER AND BELT STRUCTURE WHEN ANOTHER EE TRIED TO PUT HANGER INTO PLACE.

EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE BOLT BENT. HE TOOK A HOLD OF THE ROOF BOLT TO REMOVE IT. HE ACCIDENT HIT THE ROTATION LEVER AND THE ROOF PLATE STRUCK HIS ARM CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIR ING SITICHES.

WALKING DOWN TRACK DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HEAD AND SHOULDER.

EE WAS RIDING IN THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP. WHEN THE SCOOP ENTERED A NARROW ENTRY, EE SLIPPED AND HIS LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP AND THE RIB.

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP, TRAVELING OUTSIDE OT PICK UP SUPPLIES. APPROX. 50' FROM THE SURFACE THE SCOOP LOST HYDRAULIC POWER AND BRAKES. EE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE SCOOP AND RAN INTO A PREFA B WALL. EE WAS STRUCK BY A TIMBER. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED PERLVIS AND DISLOCATED LEG.

EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT ARM CAUSING A FRACTURE.

EE WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTER CABLE AGAINST THE RIB AS A CO WORKER WAS MOVING THE BOLTER TO ANOTHER HEADING. THE OPERATOR TURNED THE ROOF BOLTER OFF, LEAVING THE CABLE REEL ON. WHEN THE BOLTER OPE RATOR TURNED THE BOLTER BACK ON THE CABLE REELEDUP JERKING EE S FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE TWISTED HIS FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM THE SHUTTLE CAR TO THE RIGHT BOLTER. CONDITIONS WERE WET AND MUDDY. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND HIS FOOT SLID SIDEWAYS TWISTING HIS ANKLE. HE WAS TRANSPORT ED TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE TO THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE REFUSED A CAST AND CAME BACK TO WORK AT HIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE AND A CO-WORKER WERE LOADING BELT ROLLERS IN A SCOOP BUCKET. CO-WORKER THREW HIS END OF THE ROLLERS IN THE SCOOP BUCKET WHICH CAUSED THE OTHER END OF THE ROLLERS TO CUT INJURED'S MIDD LE FINGER. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

WHILE BOARDING A MANTRIP EE SAT DOWN ON HIS SELF RESCUER. HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WS TOLD TO REMAIN OFF WORK UNTIL 9-24-01.

EE WAS MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK ACROSS A OVERCAST. HIS FINGER WAS CUT WHEN TANK STRUCK A ROCK. INJURY REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ONT HE CHIN AND NECK CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE NECK THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE WAS HANGING ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A DAMAGED PART IN THE CABLE. EE SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. HE WAS TAKEN TO WILLIAMSON MEM HOSP WHERE HE WAS KEPT OVER NIGHT FOR OBSERVATION. EE RET'D TO WORK NEXT SHIFT

EE WAS DRILLING A TEST HOLE AT THE FACE, USING 2PIECES OF STEEL. AS HE WAS LOWERING THE DRILL POD THE TOP PIECE OF STEEL FELL FROM THE ROOF & STUCK IN THE CHUNK. HE PULLED ON THE STEEL & WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT STRUCK HIS RIGHT JAW CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

EE WAS INSTALLING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE CONT'D TO WORK UNTIL 10/4/01, AT THIS TIME HE WAS TOLD BY DR TO REMAIN AWAYFROM WORK

EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINING BELTS WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HAD X-RAYS PERFORMED WHICH REVEALED INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT AND SCAR TISSUE FROM A PREVIOU S INJURY.

DUE TO A HISTORY OF BACK PAIN FROM REPEATED TRAUMA, EE HAS BECOME UNABLE TO PERFORM HIS NORMAL WORK DUTIES. LATER DETERMINED TO BE OVER-REPORTED.