All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wolf Run Mining LLC operations in 2018. Fatalities appear first.
An unintentional roof fall was discovered by a Mine Examiner on the Lyons Mains Section. The roof fall was in the #6 Entry between spad #s L416 and L462 and measured 82 ft. L x 18' W x 12 ft. H. No people or equipment were damaged or ventilation disrupted.
An unintentional roof fall occurred on the #2 section outby. There were no injuries or equipment damaged, and no escapeways blocked.
An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 4 RE Panel in the no. 4 entry at Spad K409. The fall measured approximately 18 feet wide by 18 feet long by 10 feet high.
An unplanned roof fall occurred on the #4R pillar section. There were no injuries or equipment damage due to the fall and no escapeways were blocked. The section will be pulled back 9 blks where mining will resume
The Rope Ripper Tripped on the Mine Elevator causing elevator to stop operating. There was an employee on the elevator at the time of the occurrence. Employee was stuck on elevator from 8:47 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. for approximately 1 hour and 3 minutes (63 Minutes).
The mine experienced a possible face ignition on the 2 Left Section MMU 002. The ignition occurred at the face of the #6 entry approximately 103 feet inby spad number K143.
The victim was servicing/working on the C/M around the scrubber motor area when a piece of the coal rib measuring approx. 3'L x 2'H x 15""T rolled out crushing the victim against the machine.
The injured was using a slate bar to pry down loose roof rock when the 4th finger of right hand was pinched between the bar and the ATRS raise arm of the roof bolter resulting in approximately 3/8"" of the end of finger being pinched off.
Employee was pulling a motor from Air compressor using a Come-a-long. When ee felt a sting between shoulder blades. Employee continued working until 2/19/19.
The injured was working assisting others in removing a belt take up system. EE bent over to move a section of the tum table and felt a burning in the abdomen. EE was seen by a physician on 11/16/18 and was diagnosed with an inguinal hernia that will result in surgery to repair.
EE was operating a radio remote controlled continuous miner when EE was struck on the top of the head by a piece of roof rock measuring approximately 65 inches long by 21 inches wide by 1 inch thick. Resulted in a fracture to EE's C4 vertebrae.
EE was opening a large (3 ft by 6 ft) mandoor that was part of an airlock. Unknown to ee the door in this airlock was not fully closed and when ee opened the door ee was going to pass through ee felt pain in left bicep and shoulder.
Employee was helping hang CM cable. Felt sharp pain in the right shoulder, left arm and neck. Employee continued working until 2/18/2019.
EE was helping 2 other employees pull the slack out of the Amsteel rope they were placing around a sheave wheel in order to pull a conveyor belt back together when EE experienced pain in EE's lower back extending down EE's left leg.
EE was walking backward dragging the continuous miner cable and water line when ee tripped over a loop of the slack and fell onto back. Resulted in a contusion to ee right tricep and lower back and ee also hyperextended left knee.
The injured was assisting another mechanic install an air to air cooler on a diesel tractor. As they were lowering the cooler into place manually. Employee felt a sharp pain in the right knee. Employee continued to work at their normal job until 10-26-2018 when they had surgery on their knee.
EE was repositioning drill station of the twin head roof bolter. EE swung the drill station ee had gloved right hand resting on the hand hold on the underside of the operators canopy. Canopy came in contact with a roof bolt plate that was not flat against the roof due to uneven roof and the plate cut the 3rd finger of right hand requiring 3 sutures to close the laceration.
EE was in the process of installing belt hangers using the roof bolting machine and 5 foot long roof bolts to secure the belt hangers to the roof when the 4th finger on ee right hand was caught between the drill pot and the ATRS. This resulted in an open fracture and tissue loss to this finger.
The injured was using a set of 3/4 ton chain tuggets to secure a load on EE's supply trailer when the pin holding the hook in the chain failed allowing the device to strike EE on the left knee resulting in a bruise.
EE was walking towards the continuous miner and was carrying a bucket of miner bits and when EE stepped onto the miners trailing cable and water line, EE felt pain in the right heel.
EE was walking in the walkway of the walk-through roof bolter when they tripped on a raised portion of one of the floor plates and struck their left knee on the blower motor.
The injured was struck on the head and shoulders by a piece of roof rock that fell out between roof bolts. The rock measured 4ft. 9 inches long, by 2 feet wide and was up to 8 inches thick.
The injured along with another were in the process of changing a tire on a 6 person diesel personnel carrier. They were in the process of loosening the lug nuts on the wheel when the 4 way lug wrench came off the nut allowing 1 arm of the wrench to strike the injurer's gloved 5th finger of EE's right hand between the wrench and fender resulting in a laceration requiring 3 sutures.
While using a hand held grinder to remove a weld from a piece of metal the grinder disc caught and the grinder bounced back allowing the rotating disc to strike the injured on the chin resulting in a laceration requiring sutures to close.
Employee was helping another mechanic set a shuttle car fender back in place, when employee caught left ring finger under the fender causing a laceration that required 7 sutures to close the wound.