The Marshall County Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2016

A roof fall was discovered at 7:08 pm at 59 wall in 2 South walkway. The fall is in an intersection and only affected half of the walkway. No ventilation was affected and the travelway has been resupported by posts. The fall is approximately 10' high, 16' wide, and 30' long.

A roof fall was discovered in the 5 North #2 area between crosscuts 83 and 84 in the #6 Entry. The fall is approximately 80' long, 16' high and 16' wide. No ventilation or travelways were affected. All accesses have been posted and dangered.

While working in 1 South to correct a stone that had fallen in the walkway, the barometric pressure dropped drastically. The stone in the walkway was decreasing the amount of ventilation. The mine was evacuated due to a methane inundation in 1 South at 11:45 pm.

An area in the 1 South Seal walkway was found to have a stone approximately 10'long, 4'wide and 4'thick. This was not above anchorage but the travelway was blocked temporarily.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 9-20 on the mainline haulage. The fall is approximately 16' wide, 30' long and 10' high. Mainline haulage is blocked but ventilation is not affected. The area has been rebolted and is in the process of being cleaned.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 16-21 from the track to neutral entry. The fall is approximately 16' wide, 10' high and 25' long. No haulage or ventilation was affected and all accesses have been dangered off.

A roof fall was discovered at 8:05 am at crosscut 13-16 from track to neutral. The fall is approximately 10' high, 16' wide and 30' long. No haulage or ventilation was affected and all accesses are posted off.

A roof fall was discovered in crosscut 2-15 between the track and belt. The fall is approximately 10' high, 30' long and 14' wide. No ventilation or travel ways were affected. The area has been posted off.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 17-18 between the track entry and the neutral entry. The fall is approximately 12' high, 16' wide, 30' long. No haulage or ventilation is affected. All accesses are posted off. The area is approximately 4 miles from active sections.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 17-13 between the track and the belt. The fall is approximately 10' high, 16' wide and 30' long. No haulage or ventilation was affected. All accesses have been dangered off.

A roof fall was discovered at 3:20 p.m. between crosscuts #30 and #31 of the 5 North Left Side Return. The fall is approximately 100'long, 10'high, and 14'wide. The area in posted of prohibiting travel, however ventilation has not been disturbed.

A roof fall was discovered at 7-36 crosscut between the belt and the track. The fall is approximately 18'long, 20'high and 16'wide. No ventilation or travel way was affected. All accesses have been posted off.

A roof fall was discovered in crosscut 13-33 1/2. The fall is approximately 12' long, 10' high and 14' wide. No ventilation or travel ways were affected. The area is approximately 5 miles from active workings.

A roof fall was discovered in the 13-17 crosscut between the track and the belt. The fall is approximately 10' high, 15' long, and 16' wide. No ventilation or travel way was affected. Both sides have been posted and dangered off. The area is approximately 5 miles from active mining.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 7-48 on the #7 Belt line. All areas have been dangered off.

A roof fall was discovered in the Conner's Run Return. The location is just outby the #1 Drive. The fall is approximately 16' wide 12' high and 40' long. No ventilation is affected however the travelway is temporarily impeded. The area is 15 miles outby working sections.

A roof fall was discovered at crosscut 15-10 between the track and belt. The fall measured approximately 16' wide and 50' long. No ventilation or travel was affected. All approaches have been posted and dangered from travel.

The Cameron Portal elevator governor circuit tripped and 2 employees were stuck on the elevator for 32 minutes. The breaker was reset and the employees were brought to the surface.

A roof fall was discovered in the #1 Entry at #48 crosscut of the 5 North #2 Belt area. No ventilation was affected. The fall measured approximately 20' high and 16' wide.

A roof fall was discovered on the #13 belt line at crosscut #12. No ventilation was affected. The fall was 16 feet wide 20 feet long and 10 feet high.

The Blake's Ridge elevator stopped with two employees on the elevator at 2:15 a.m. The employees were removed from the elevator at 3:10 a.m.

A roof fall was discovered in an air course in the old 7 east area. No ventilation was affected. The fall was 20 feet by 20 feet by 10 feet high.

The Blake's Ridge elevator stopped with employees on the elevator at 8:09 pm and were freed at 9:05pm.

The Cameron elevator door switch became frozen and stopped elevator. Cleaned door switch.

An employee became entrapped in the Fish Creek elevator from 11:22 pm to 12:30 am on 1-5-16. The elevator limit switch was changed.

A fully trained miner was injured when loading supplies on a scoop. A roof bolt was under a skid of rock dust and when being winched onto scoop bucket the bolt sprung loose hitting the Rt. Knee. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor were any protective devices involved.

A fully trained miner received Medical Treatment for an accident that resulted in stitches when miner was miner was using a hammer and chisel and a piece of metal was embedded in miners left cheek. The accident was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

A fully trained miner was injured when loading rail onto a rail car. While repositioning a clevis, the rail rolled catching left middle finger between two rails. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor were any protective devices involved.

A fully trained miner was injured when using a splice knocker and a hammer, the individual missed the knocker and hit themselves in the left thumb with the hammer. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was injured when the left heel was caught and pinched under a track rail. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

Employee while putting cooking plate onto the belt, lost grip and the plate hit left knee. Cause of this injury was not paying attention to task at hand. Compliance with rules/regs, PPE, mining equip/systems not a factor. Miner proficiency may be a factor.

A fully trained miner was injured when ee was using foot to spread rock dust. The following day ee felt pain in left knee. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was injured when loading beams onto a scoop car. While carrying the beam on EE's shoulder EE's hands went numb. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was injured while moving a Z-Drill. The individual was carrying the drill when ee slipped and fell causing the drill to hit self in the groin. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was injured when the D565 mantrip derailed at 144 crosscut on #4 Track. The mantrip hit a piece of chain causing the derailment. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was injured while moving track supplies on the #4 track. While moving the supplies miner felt a pain in rt. side abdomen. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was shoveling the walkway on 5 North #1 belt when EE felt a pain in left shoulder. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was tramming the roof bolter from 0 to 1 entry. The machine made contact with the rib line and a piece of metal on the canopy struck EE in the right ear causing a laceration. The injury was not result of any compliance issues nor did it involve any protective devices.

A fully trained miner was pushing a winch when a piece of metal slid off the winch straining the employees lower back. The incident was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved. The employee did not begin missing work until 02/09/2017 (15 Weeks Later).

A fully trained miner injured left knee when walking in the track entry of the 15 East section. No mining equipment was involved. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve protective devices.

A fully trained miner injured lower back while carrying rollers from the belt line to the track. No mining equipment was involved. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve protective devices.

A fully trained miner was injured when moving 15' beams. While moving the beams the individual felt a pain in their upper back. No mining equipment was involved. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor did it involve protective devices.

A fully trained miner was injured when carrying and unloading a high voltage cable. No mining equipment was involved, the individual felt pain in their back. The injury was not a result of any issues with compliance or protective devices.

A fully trained miner injured left knee when descending a belt crossover. The individual turned too soon and struck knee on the handrail. No mining equipment was involved. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor did it involve protective devices. Though the accident occurred on 09/26/16 the miner did not start missing work until 10/17/16.

While using a come-a-long to remove a cable reel from a shuttle car, the come-a-long slipped from the roof strap and pinched small right finger between the come-a-long and the shuttle car.

While using a box cutter to cut zip ties, individual cut rt. index finger.

Rib rolled out between two straps hitting the individual in the upper Rt. thigh.

Stepping down off of #3 Tail when stepped on a block and twisted rt. knee.

Assisting hooking cables to loader to back out, when twisted to get another cable and felt a pain in left knee.

While carrying dust from a supply car to the scoop, the individual stepped on loose debris and felt right knee give out.

Employee while stepping back to continue task of cutting fabric protector off a roll of fabric, EE claims to felt pain in knee. Cause of this alleged injury was not paying attention to where EE was stepping. EE did not report this incident until the next day. Compliance with rules/regs., PPE, mining equip./systems not a factor. Miner proficiency may have been a factor.

When stepping off of a motor, the employee stepped on a rock and buckled knee.

While changing a top roller on the #17 belt after it was emptied, locked and tagged out, the come-a-long being used to raise the top belt slipped allowing the top belt to drop. The individual was between the belts changing the roller and the top belt pushed EE's head into the structure causing a laceration to EE's right ear and a fracture to EE's skull.

While walking through crosscut 209 the individual stepped on a roll of belt that had a nail sticking out. The nail punctured EE's right foot.

While uncoupling cars in 154 switch, the pull rope snapped causing the individual to fall into the coal rib jamming shoulder.

EE was delivering stone to the location for Lincoln Contracting. As the bed of the truck was being lowered electricity from the powerline allegedly arced striking the bed of the truck. Upon inspecting for fire at the right rear of the truck, the right front tire exploded striking EE with debris. MSHA jurisdiction is in question by Marshall County Coal Company.

While lifting a base plate onto the longwall shearer, it slipped and struck left middle finger. *Employee did not start missing work until 5/30/2016.

While the individual was traveling as a Federal Inspector escort on the Mainline #7 Belt, EE stepped in a hole and twisted left knee. NOTE: Individual worked 5/11 through 5/13 after the incident. EE began missing work on 5/16/16.

While loading damaged doors from the 15-35 track spur, the individual caught finger between the door and the track car causing a laceration that required sutures.

While traveling to Blake's Ridge, the #1 Brookville motor went into the 15-35 switch. The motor hit the equipment doors causing the doors to fall on the individual creating discomfort in left shoulder and upper back.

While uncoupling hoses and using two hammers, a metal shard broke off and hit the individual in the neck.

While operating a 636 scoop and loading pan line, the piece of pan line on the scoop caught another piece of pan line. This caused the pan line on the scoop to bounce. The scoop car also bounced causing the individuals head to strike the canopy causing neck pain.

While using a jack to jack the track up, the bar slipped and rolled causing a strain to the individual's right shoulder.

While moving a "Z" Drill in the longwall panline, the individual slipped and fell hitting left shoulder and left elbow in the panline.

After loading a rail onto a rail car, the individual was attempting to move the rail to the center of the rail car. While doing so employee pinched employee's right middle finger between the rail and another rail that was already on the car.

Holding a hose while another individual was using a hammer to hit the coupler when a piece of metal sheared from the coupler and went into the injured person's left index finger.

When stepping off of a diesel motor, individual felt a "pop" in employee's left knee.

While uncoupling two man busses that were blocked against motion, the operator of the man bus activated the automatic uncoupler, pinching 4 fingers on the individuals right hand.

Employee was unloading roof support beams from a mine car with another employee. Employee felt a pain in employee's back.

While traveling on #505 Motor on the mainline haulage of 16 track, the motor picked the switch at 16-27 track spur. The motor derailed and struck the inby rib injuring the individuals left wrist. NOTE: Employee did not miss any work until 4/12/16 as a result of this injury.

Employee was installing air and discharge line. Discharge line was completed. The compressed air line had been shut off and bled 2-3 hours before removing the air line end. While removing the end it blew off striking the injured in the mouth.

When loading a beam onto a supply car, employee heard a "pop" in employee's right shoulder. Employee did not begin missing work until 03/08/2016 for the injury.

Employee slipped on ice at the top of the slope while holding handrails. Felt pop in shoulder.

Employee was unloading bags of cement from a flat car, turned and allegedly twisted employee's right knee, resulting in a knee strain.

Employee was walking from the fan to the face and hit right knee on a vent tube. Began losing time on 1/25/2016.

Employee was going through a mine stopping and with the ventilation velocity and pressure employee lost employee's balance, and as employee tried to catch self, employee fractured employee's left wrist while coming in contact with the mine floor.

A fully trained miner was injured when EE was removing belt structure from the 16 West belt. The injury was not a result of any compliance issues nor were any protective devices involved.

Employees were tossing and stacking 45 pound cement bags and the injured employee caught a bag with EE's right long finger in a position that caused a dislocation.

While moving stone to set up drill for bolting, left ring finger was pinched between two rocks.

While cutting a slick line on the longwall tailgate, the bow saw slipped and cut the individuals right index finger. (Received 6 stitches)

While inspecting the water sprays on the longwall shearer, a rock fell from between the shields pinching the individuals left hand between the shearer and the rock.

While examining the construction area at 13-12 beltline, a piece of rock fell from the roof striking the individual on the left small finger.

While using a knife to cut neoprene, the individual's right hand slipped and caused the knife to cut left hand between the thumb and palm.

While taking down de-energized high voltage cable, the individuals hand was caught between the cable and a roof strap causing a puncture/laceration of the right thumb. Sutures were received.

Employee was using a cutting torch when a small piece of slag landed in ear canal causing a small burn, slag was removed by a physician at a local clinic.

Employee was awarded 9.33% Partial Disability for hearing loss.

Employee was awarded 1% partial disability for hearing loss.

Employee awarded 10% partial disability for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded 10% partial disability for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded 15% Partial disability for Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded 10% partial disability for hearing loss.

Employee was awarded 4.66% Partial Hearing Loss.

Employee was awarded 15% for Hearing Loss.

Employee was awarded 5% Partial Disability for Hearing Loss.

Employee was awarded 8.1% Partial Disability for Hearing Loss.

Employee was awarded 15% partial disability for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded 10% partial disability for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded 15% partial disability award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded 15% partial disability for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded a 20% partial disability for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee was awarded a 10% partial disability for Occupational Pneumoconiosis.

Employee has been granted a 10% Occupational Pneumoconiosis partial disability.

Employee has been granted a 10% Occupational Pneumoconiosis partial disability.