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FMC employees were attempting to seal the hoist shaft at the Bremen Portal at Ken American Paradise Mine No. 9. Steel beams were welded in place metal decking was secured covering the shaft. Methane accumulated in the shaft and caused a series of two explosions 4-5 seconds apart. The second explosion killed FMC employee. No other fatalities or injuries occurred.
Employee was in the process of examining the beltline and twisted right knee.
Roof fall occurred at xcut 22 entry 9 in the Main East return air course. The roof fall measured 35'L x 20'W x 8'T. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted roof bolts and 8' megabolts. Date of development was 9/2017.
Employee was on man cage while exiting the mine. The employee bent over to pick up lunch box and was struck on the right shoulder with a piece of ice.
Roof fall occurred at x-cut 20 between entries 2 & 3 of the Main East. The roof fall measured 55"L X 18'W X 5"T. The roof fall will be cleaned up utilizing MSHA approved roof fall clean-up plan. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted roof bolts and 8' mega roof bolts. Date of development was 9/2017.
Employee was in the underground shop area picking up rockdust bags to throw in dumpster when EE struck right ear on a sprinkler head on the fire suppression system. This resulted in a laceration to the right ear causing sutures.
Employee was riding in covered mantrip while wearing safety glasses and felt something in eye.
Roof fall occurred at x-cut 54 between 10 & 11 entries of panel 5. The roof fall measured 50'L x 18'W x 8'T. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 5' fully grouted roof bolts. The date of development was 11/2018.
Roof fall occurred in the 9 seam in the 1st Southeast sub main entry 2 between footage markers 5220 and 5140. The roof fall measured 25'L x 20'W x 10'T. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted roof bolts. The date of development was 12/2018.
Employee was operating diesel mantrip on 3B supply road and a piece of rock fell struck employee's left shoulder.
Employee exited mantrip at the end of shift and felt pain in lower back and left leg.
Employee was operating 4 man diesel ride in reverse. Employee struck head on high voltage cable, panicked and instead of applying brake the employee floored the accelerator causing injury to neck.
Employee was examining beltline and felt pain in right knee.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 seam on the 8th 54 beltline between xcuts 7 & 8. The roof fall measured approximately 12'L x 6'T x 18'W. The fall will be cleaned up utilizing the MSHA approved roof fall clean up plan. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted and 8' mega roof bolts. Date of development 3/2010.
Roof fall occurred in the First North Main #1 entry xcut 29. The fall was L16' x W18' x T8' and was supported with 6' fully grouted roof bolts. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. Date of development was 9/2015.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 seam in the 1st Northeast submain panel 1 at xcut 9 between 8 and 9 entries. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted bolts and 8' megabolts as supplemental. Date of development 10/2017.
Employee was removing panel rubrail from a shuttle car. When the rubrail was being placed on mine floor employee injured left thumb.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 seam panel 6 between xcuts 48 - 49 in the #6 entry. The roof fall measured approximately 50'L x 19'W x 10'T. The fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 5' fully grouted roofbolts and 8' megabolts used as supplemental. Date of development 7/2018.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 seam panel 6 between xcuts 46-47 entry 7. The roof fall measured 50'L x 19'W x 10'T. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 5' fully grouted roofbolts and 8' megabolts as supplemental. Date of development 7/2018.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 seam in the 1st Northeast Mains at crosscut 5 entry 4. The roof fall measured approximately 16'L X 18'W X 8'T. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted roof bolts and date of development was 7/2018.
Employee was walking in the last open between #4 and #5 entries on #3 unit. Rock fell out between roof bolts striking employee's right foot causing injury.
Employee was roof bolting in the face of 5R on #1 unit. Employee was in process of adding pinner steel and was struck by rock from immediate roof on right index finger causing injury.
Mantrip was leaving #1 unit at end of shift. Employee stated allowed right foot to extend partially out of mantrip. Mantrip turned at intersection employee's big toe was injured when right foot came in contact with coal rib.
Employee while gathering coal samples at the clean coal stacker placed right hand on winch. The winch popped causing laceration to employee's hand.
Employee was operating shuttle car #34 on the #3 unit. The employee turned too early in the shuttle car causing the shuttle car to turn into the rib instead of intersection between entries 7 & 8. Restricted duty as of 6/11/18.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 seam in the 1st Northwest Submain entry 0 between crosscuts 14 & 15 in the inactive workings. The roof fall measured 8'T X 17'W X 15'L. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 6' fully grouted roof bolts. The date of development was 6/10/15.
Employee was walking to the face of #4 entry of #1 unit and bumped head on roofbolt.
Employee was removing curtain from shuttle car reel and felt pain in lower back.
A roof fall occurred in the 9 Seam panel 4 entry 5 between 101 and 102 crosscut in the inactive workings. The roof fall measured approximately 70'L x 9'T x 18'W. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The roof was supported with 5' fully grouted roof bolts. The date of development 3/2018.
A roof fall occurred in the 11 seam at crosscut 208 in entry 5. The roof fall measured approximately 20'L x 18'W x 3'T. The roof fall will not be cleaned up. The secondary escapeway was re-established in the adjacent entry. The roof was supported with 4' fully grouted roofbolts and date of development was 10/2007.
A roof fall occurred in the 11 seam between crosscuts 207 and 208 in entry 4. The roof fall measured approximately 25'L x 18'W x 3'T. The roof fall will be cleaned up and re-supported according to the approved site specific action plan. The roof was supported with 4' fully grouted roof bolts. Date of development was 10/2007.
Employee walked thru the underground shop and did not get low enough while walking under fire suppression system and bumped head causing laceration.
An unintentional roof fall occurred in panel 4, entry 6 in crosscut 56 intersection. The roof fall measured 18'L x 12'W x 6'T. The roof fall will be cleaned up and re-supported according to approved site specific plan. The roof was supported with 5' fully grouted resin roof bolts. Dated of development was 12/17.
An unintentional roof fall occurred in Panel 4, entry 7, crosscut 40 intersection. The roof fall measured 8'T x 19.5'W x 35'L. The roof fall will not be cleaned up and immediate area was re-supported. The roof was supported with 5' resin roof bolts. Date of development was November 2017.
An unintentional roof fall occurred in the First Southwest Mains entry seven, between crosscuts thirty-four and thirty-five. The roof fall measured 6'T X 19'W X 60'L. The roof fall will not be cleaned up and immediate area was re-supported. The roof was supported initially with 6' resin/tension roof bolts. Date of development was June 2010.
An unintentional roof fall occurred in the First Northwest Submain number eight entry, between crosscuts seventeen and eighteen in the straight. The roof fall measured 18'W X 16'L X 6'T. The roof fall will not be cleaned up and the immediate area was cribbed off and secured. The date of development was October 2017.
Employee was operating #5 stinger ride on #1 unit traveling outby the last open in the #5 entry. The employee drove thru a line curtain and was struck by a rock. The rock was approximately 4'W X 5'L ranging from 1/2" to 5 1/2" thick. No indicators of adverse roof and roof support was installed IAW approved roof control plan. The rock fell out between middle roof bolts.
IE was repairing bad splice on shuttle car in #5 entry. EE left for 10-15 min, returned & began working on splice. EE had not seen scoop in the area. With cap light & blinking light on, EE was on knees looking down. Scoop carrying supplies in elevated bucket was heading inby in #5 entry at walking speed. Scoop operator rang bell before & while passing through the airlock curtain.
Employee was in the process of attaching bull hose to the unit water tree, the water valve was inadvertently turned on the 1 1/2 inch water valve causing the bull hose to strike the employee in the mouth. The employee received a laceration to the upper lip. The employee received 8 sutures to the injury.
While roof bolting, miner complained of left knee pain and stated heard a "popping" sound. Miner was transported to local hospital, treated and released. On 08/22/2017 miner underwent surgery of unknown diagnosis therefore became a lost time accident on that date.
Miner in process of repairing roof bolter dust skirt out by face area when draw rock fell from roof striking left leg which was positioned on mine floor. Miner sustained an inline fracture of left tibia and ankle.
An unplanned roof fall occurred on the 1st Southwest Mains in the belt entry at crosscut #28.
A roof fall occurred on a worked out section not an active section in #1 entry spad #7850. 2 pins wide, 4 to 5ft high, pulled 5ft fully grouted pins, 20ft long, and 12ft in width.
The miner was helping the certified electrician splice A 300 volt D.C shuttle car cable. The miner placed the cable on employee's leg then cut the insolated jacket of the cable with A razor knife when the knife cut through the cable causing A laceration to the miners leg.
A water leak has occurred on the #2 section in the #1 entry. The water is leaking from the mine roof and adjacent pillars of the #1 entry. No injury occurred during the water leak. MSHA hotline was utilized and district personnel arrived at the mine site shortly following the report.
Miner was pulling up 995 continuous miner cable slack with A nylon strap in the deck of A shuttle car. The miner put hammer handle through the strap, the miner had hand on the hammer head when the cable became tight the miners hand was caught between the hammer and the car deck. The miner received A fracture to the left index knuckle.
Miner was in process of assisting to make a belt splice when employee's hand slipped and was struck on the Right ring finger causing laceration and fracture of right ring finger.
Miner was using sledge hammer on coal chute inside Coal Preparation Plant when the chute was missed with hammer head. Miners hand struck chute causing fracture to Left index finger and laceration to said finger.
A continuous miner operator was injured while operating the continuous miner, when a rock fell from the mine roof and striking small left toe on the side of the foot resulting in a small toe fracture.
An accident (unplanned roof fall) occurred at this operation, between the crosscut #29 and crosscut#30 of the #11 seam. MSHA was notified within 15 minutes of the roof fall being discovered, and issued a 103(k) order upon inspection. an action plan was developed by mine management to provide adequate supplemental roof support in the area.