Cyprus Amax Minerals Company: 20 recorded fatalities controller

WHILE DRILLING A MESH ANCHOR BOLT HOLE A LARGE PIECE OF ROOF 3'X8'X4' FELL INTO THE AFC AT SHIELD 103.

THE #2144 SECTION HAD SET UP A FINAL PUSHOUT FOR THE #131 BLOCK, AND HAD LOADED 3 OR 4 SHUTTLE CARS OF COAL. AT APPROX 11 AM, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION, THE PUSHOUT BEING MINDE D. THE VICTIM, EE, WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE FALLING ROOF.

EMPLOYEE WALKE DOTU ON HEAD FRAME STRUCTURAL SUPPORT BEAMS WHILE INSTALLING COLLAR STRUCTURE. TURNING TO LEAVE SHAFT DOORS EMPLOYEE MISJUDGED WHERE HE WAS STEPPED OFF ON 3.5' RADIUS AIR SWEEP -LOSING HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT.

VICTIM AND CO-WORKERS WERE MOVING A LONGWALL STAGELOADER USING 2 SHIELDS TO PUSH THE ENTIRE STAGELOADER, CRUSHER AND TAILPIECE CRAWLER ASSEMBLY. THEY USED A WATER DUKE TO KEEP THE MACHINERY A WAY FROM THE WIDE SIDE RIB IN THE BELT ENTRY. THEY HA DPUSHED TWICE LIKE THIS. THE VICTIM WAS ON THE OTHER (TIGHT) SIDE OF THE STAGELOADER, AWAY FROM THE DUKE, THEY PUSHED A THIRD TIME. INJ

CONTRACTOR TRUCK DRIVER DELIVERED A LOAD OF BLACK "POLY" PIPE TO THE MINE SITE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE UNLOADING YARD HE DISCUSSED THE UNLOADING PROCEDURE WITH THE CONTRACTOR FORKLIFT OPERATOR. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR STARTED POSITIONING THE FORKLIFT TO UNLOAD AND THE TRUCK DRIVER WALKED AROUND TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE TRUCK. AS THE FORKLIFT STARTED IN, 2 BUNDLES FELL, 1 ON TRUCK DRIVER.

EE WAS FATLLY INJURED WHILE CUTTING A TREE DOWN.THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING APPARENTLY WAS ENTANGLEDWITH A LARGE DEAD TREE. WHEN THE TREE THAT HE WAS CUTTING FELL, IT UPROOTED THE DEAD TREE CAUSIN G IT TO FALL AND STRIKE HIM - THUS FATALLY INJURING HIM.

FATAL ACCIDENT - VICTIM APPARENTLY FELL 31 FEET FROM AN ELEVATED CATWALK [UN-WITNESSED], STRIKING A STINGER BAR CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE TO HIS BODY RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A RIB PIN ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE #1 ENTRY,IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE REACHED IN AND GRABBED THE DRILL STEEL WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ACTIVATING THE FAST FEED OF THE DRILL HEAD WHICH MOVED FORWARD AND CRUSHED HIM.

EMPL SUFFERED FATAL CRUSHING INJURY ROOFBOLTING IN 2-1 X-CUT ON 2114 SECTION. HEAD BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL BOOM ARM AND DRILL STATION CANOPY WHICH WAS PLACED AGAINST 53" ROOF HEIGHT.

I.NAME TRAVELING SOUTH ON TRACTORIN CASS PIT IN WATER 2-3'DEEP TO RETRIEVE PUMP POWER CABLE STRUNG OVER HIGHWALL TO POWER A PUMP.APPARENTLY MISINTERPRETED WHERE DEEP SUMP ACTUALLY LOCATED DUE TO SUMP BEING FLOODED AND DROVE TRACTOR ONTO EDGE OF SUMP CAUSING IT TO TIP & FALL INTO SUMP ON ITS LEFT SIDE IN 12'WATER.

FALL OF ROOF ROCK RESULTING IN CRUSHING INJURIES TO UPPER BODY OF EMPLOYEE WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.

THE EMPLOYEE CUT A RETURN LINE WITH A HACK-SAW. THE LINE HAD BEEN PRESSURIZED WITH HIGH PRESURE, THE RESULTING BURST FATALLY INJURED EMPLOYEE.

OPERATOR REACHED THRU LEFT CAB WINDOWN TO RETRIEVE CHAIN CAUGHT ON BUCKET. HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK CONTROL LEVER LOWER BOOM & WAS CRUSHED BET3WEEN B OOM DYLINDER & WINDOW FRAME.

AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 061588 WHEN AN EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO A MAN HOLE UNDER A 2300 P&H SHOVEL & CAME IN CONTACT WITH CONNECTORS RING WHICH CONTAINED HIGH VOLTAGE POWER WHICH RESULTED IN A FA TAL ACCIDENT

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF DRYER BIN WAS WALKING A BEAM & FELL INTO THE BIN (FALL WAS 43FT.81/4IN.)

MACK COAL TRUCK WRECK AND HEAD INJURY TO THE DRIVER

VICTIM HAD COMPLETED BOX CUT WHICH HOLED THROUGH HE WALKED INTO BOX CUT TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH TOP COAL NEED TO BE TRIMMED DOWN A PIECE OF COAL BROW BROKE LOOSE AND FELL ON VICTIM

COAL TRUCK IMPACTED EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEE WAS RUN OVER BY THE WHEELS. FATAL INVOLVED TRUCK OWNED BY J & K TRUCKING (CONTRACTOR #E7L)

OPERATING DRILL BY RAISING MAST TO ACCOMMODATEFOR REPAIRS TO LEAKING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LOCATED IN MAST.MAST WAS IN 80 DEG. RAISE POSITION WHEN BODY FOUND.ONE LINE WAS BROKEN AND LIE ON GROUND ONE TELEPHONE LINE STILL IN CONTACT WITH MAST.VICTIM WAS (HAD BEEN) STANDING ON GROUND AND OPERATING CONTROLS.

C.M. HAD COMPLETED THE ENTRY CUT AND TURNED THE ENTRANCE TO ADJACENT X-CUT TO RIGHT,UNKNOWINGLY MINING UNDER GEOLIGIC ABNORMALITY IN THICKNESS OF COAL SEAM WHICH PINCHED DOWN FROM 20\\ OF TOP COAL TO 8\\ OVER DISTANCE OF 30\ CAUSING COLLAPSE OF STRATA WHEN IT SEPARATED WITHOUT APPARENT WARNING.