US mining fatalities in 1992

INDIV WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A BLOCKAGE OF COAL AT OUT COAL SURGE PILE. INDIV DID NOT USE THE PRY BAR PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE, NOR DID HE USE THE SAFETY LINE AND BELT WHICH IS PROVIDED. APPA RENTLY THE INDIV WALKED OUT (OVER) THE SURGE PILE FEED OPENING, TRIED TO DISLODGE THE BLOCKAGE BY KICKING AT IT. THE SIDES OF THE PILE GAVE WAY, AND THE MAN FELL INTO THE FEEDER SYNTRONS AND

INJURED PERSON WAS OPERATING A ROBBINS DRILL DRILLING ROCK BELOW THE #11 COAL SEAM.THIS DRILLING WAS BEING DONE IN THE PAGE DRAGLINE S/N 377 PIT.S MASSIVE HIGHWALL SLIDE SOME 75 TO 80 FT DOWN THE PIT AREA IN WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING MOVED OUT AND DOWN THE PIT COVERING HIM AND THE DRILL RIH HE WAS OPERATING.

A CUSTOMER DROVE HIS TRUCK IN FOR A LOAD OF MATERIAL. HE WENT TO THE SPRAY AREA TO CLEAN THE BED OF HIS TRUCK. HE DROVE 100 TO 150 FEET FROM THE AREA AND RAISED THE TRUCK BED INTO A 7,200 VOLT POWER LINE. A MINE EMPLOYEE FOUND THE VICTIM LYING NEXT TO HIS TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE SECTION MANTRIP WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE APPROX 2000FT OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION A LARGE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING 3 EMPLOYEES AND SU BSEQUENTLY RENDERING FATAL INJURIES TO ONE OF THE MEN.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND ON SECTION.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ACTIVE SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FO UND UNDER FRONT WHEEL OF SCOOP.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS ON WORKING SECTION.WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED EMPLOYEE'S B ODY WAS FOUND NEAR CONTINUOUS MINER.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ACTIVE SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BIDY WAS FO UND IN CONVEYOR BOOM OF SHUTTLE CAR.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS SECTION FOREMAN ON 3RD SHIFT DURING WORK ACTIVITIES,EXPLOSION, AND ENTRAPMENT.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENSUING ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND IN OPERATOR'S DECL OF SHUTTLE CAR.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST AND ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND ON SECTION.

MINE EXPLOSION OCCURRED DURING PILLAR RECOVERY MINING OPERATIONS ON THE 3RD (OWL) SHIFT.EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SECTION WHEN BLAST ANS ENTRAPMENT OCCURRED.EMPLOYEE'S BODY WAS FOUND NEAR CONTIN UOUS MINER.

APPARENTLY BECAME UNCONSCIOUS WHILE DRIVING AN 85 TON WABCO TRUCK DOWN A HAUL ROAD TO A DUMP SID

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING TOWARD FACE AREA.APPEARS HE DROVE HIMSELF INTO COAL RIB ALONG ROADWAY.

CRANE BOOM TIPPED OVER ON BUCKET. OUTRIGGERS WERE NOT EXTENDED. EMPLOYEE IN BUCKET DIED.

A FLEET OF SCRAPERS WAS HAULING SUBSOIL TO A STOCKPILE.TWO CAT 651 SCRAPERS COLLIDED HEAD-ON ON THE HAUL ROAD.THE HAUL ROAD WAS WIDE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.THE HAUL ROAD WAS IN GOOD COND ITION AND VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.IT APPEARS THAT THE MAN THAT WAS FATALLY INJURED WAS ON THE WRONG LANE.

AN EMULSION JACK WAS BEING USED TO FREE LONGWALL SHIELD NO 125,WHICH WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE GOB PLATE AND SHIELD NO 124.THE PLATE WAS ANGLED;LEANING TOWARD THE JACK.AS THE JACK WAS PRESSURIZED THE PLATE ANGLE DECREASED ENOUGH TO FREE THE JACK HEAD;RELEASINNG THE POTENTIAL ENERGY STORED IN THE FLEXING OF THE PLATE.THIS CAUSED THE JACK TO COME UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOORS IN RAILROAD CAR EMPTIES,THE JACKING BAR SLIPPED AND BAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.BREAKING JAW AND NECK.

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE LANYARD TO THE SAFETY BELT WORN BY THE VICTIM BECAME ENTANGLED WITH A SLOW MOVING SHAFT.

DURING THE NORMAL MINING CYCLE A ROOF FALL OCCURRED SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING IN SLIP FORM STARTING APPROXIMATELY 39 TO 40 FT INBY SPAD NO 48 IN THE NO 1 ENTRY WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJUR IES TO THE MINER OPERATOR.THE FALL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 10 FEET IN WIDTH AND 0 TO 6 FT IN THICKNESS.THE MINER OPERATOR WAS LOCATED IN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT UNDER PERMANENTLY SUPPO

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING OUT A HOIST CYLINDER ON A CLARK FRONTEND LOADER WHEN HE CRAWLED BETWEEN THE BOOM ARMS OF THE LOADER (WITHOUT SUPPORTING THE BOOM) AND REMOVED THE PLUG FROM THE HYD. LINE ALLOWING THE BUCKET TO FALL PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE SHOP FLOOR, RESULTING IN DEATH.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRAVELING TO THE OUTSIDE BY WAY OF THE BELTLINE.THEY BOTH WERE OPERATING SCOOPS.THE BATTERIES WERE LOW ON THE 1ST SCOOP AND WAS BEING PUSHED BY THE 2ND ONE.THE 2ND ONE START ED BACKWARDS, INTO THE BELTLINE RESULTING IN INSTANT DEATH DUE TO INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND CHEST.

FATALLY INJURED MAN WAS RIDING IN BUCKET OF SCOOP FACING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL RETURNING TO SECTION FROM AN ADJACENT SET OF ROOMS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A LOADED RAM CAR.INJURED MAN SUSTAINED INJ URIES THAT LATER PROVED TO BE FATAL

DRAGLINE WENT INTO LAKE.

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO FOLLOW ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE OF DUMPING AT BOTTOM OF UNDERCUT PILES. EMPLOYEE BACKED TRUCK ONTO AN UNDERCUT PILE RESULTING IN TRUCK ROLLING OVER FATALLY INJURING DRIVER. EMP LOYEE REPORTED TO WORK AT 8:40 A.M. AFTER WORKING A 4:00 P.M. TO 11:30 SHIFT AT HIS OTHER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TYING IN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WIRES FOR A SHOT WHEN A FAST MOVING ELECTRICAL STORM AND LIGHTENING CAUSED A PREMATURE DETONATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN THE HOLES. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES (THE CERTIFIED BLASTER AND HELPER) WERE FATALLY INJURED AND A THIRD MAN SUFFERED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY INJURIES.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TYING IN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WIRES FOR A SHOT WHEN A FAST MOVING ELECTRICAL STORM AND LIGHTENING CAUSED A PREMATURE DETONATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN THE HOLES. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES ( THE CERTIFIED BLASTER AND HELPER) WERE FATALLY INJURED AND A THIRD MAN SUFFERED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURIES.

THE BELT RIPPED- CLEVICE HIT VICTIM IN HEAD CAUSING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.

EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN PULLED INTO PINCH POINT OF HEAD SECTION OF CONVEYOR BELT.

INDIVIDUAL WAS PERFORMING DUTIES AS SECTION FOREMAN.IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SECTION FOREMAN ASSUMED A POSITION WHICH WAS NOT VISIBLE TO THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR.THE SECTION FOREMAN WAS STRU CK BY THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR.THE SECTION FOREMAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE MINE SITE BY PIKE COUNTY (KY) COUNTY CORONER.

EMPLOYEE,TRUCK DRIVER,WAS DRIVING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWNHILL TOWARD THE TIPPLE.HE LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A CAR TRAVELING UPHILL.THE CAR HAD PASSED TWO TRUCKS GOING UPHILL WHICH STOPPED TO A LLOW ROOM FOR EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK COMING OFF. THE PARKED TRUCKS TRIED TO WARN THE CAR OF THE APPROACHING TRUCK BY BLINKING THEUR LIGHTS.THE CAR CONTINUED ON AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRUCK RESULTING

EMPLOYEE,TRUCK DRIVER,WAS DRIVING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWNHILL TOWARD THE TIPPLE,HE LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A CAR TRAVELING UPHILL.THE CAR HAD PASSED TWO TRUCKS GOING UPHILL WHICH STOPPED TO A LLOW ROOM FOR EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK COMING OFF.THE PARKED TRUCKS TRIED TO WARN THE CAR OF THE APPRACHING TRUCK BY BLINKING THEIR LIGHTS.THE CAR CONTINUED ON AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRUCK RESULTING I

THREEE EMPLOYEES WERE RETURNING TO OFFICE AREA AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT FROM THE PIT WHEN A BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED-THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED 1 1/2 TIMES EJECTING THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER, THROWING THE DRIVER AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE OUT OF THE TRUCK.

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE RETURNING TO THE OFFICE AREA AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT FROM THE PIT WHEN A BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED 1 1/2 TIMES EJECTING THE DRIVER AND O NE PASSENGER, THROWING THE DRIVER AND ONE OF ONE

A SURFACE HAULAGE FATALITY OCCURRED ON ONEIDA MINE NO. 1 REFUSE HAUL ROAD. A MACK RD888SX TANDEM DUMP OPERATED BY THOMAS DAVIE STUMP TRAVELED DOWN GRADE FOR APPROX 5 MILE AND WENT THRU THE BER M AND OVERTURNED, KILLING EE WHO WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.

EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND RAN THE SHUTTLE CAR IN THE COAL RIB CAUSING HIM TO BE PINNED BETWEEN THE COAL RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR THIS ACCIDENT WAS FATAL TO HIM RESULTING IN DEATH.

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 004-H WHEN CASWYTE EE WAS OPER ST SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HIS BREAKER KNOCKED AND HE LOST POWER DOWN IN A SWAG DEPRESSION THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR OPE BEING UNABLE TO SEE I N THE SWAG BECAUSE OF THE CANOPIES TRAMMED HIS SHUTTLE CAR DOWN INTO THE SWAG AN INTO THE OPERATOR DECK OF CAR OPERATER BY EE CRUSHING HIM.

55036NGWALL FOREMAN WAS LOWERING LONGWALL SHIELDS IN PREPARING THEM FOR TRANSPORTATION UNDERGORUND WHEN THE NO. 008 WHIELD COLAPSED WHILE HE WAS RELEASING YIELD CAPSULE PRESSURE ON THE TILT JA 32203HIS RESULTED IN PINNING HIM UNDER THE CANOPY AND INSIDE THE SHILED CAUSING INJURIES TO THE CHEST CAVITY AND OTHER INTERNAL INJURIES.

VICTIM WAS TRAMMING THE CONTINUOUS MINER INTO A WORKING PLACE WHILE HE WAS POSITIONED IN THE DECK OF THE MACHINE. AS HE TRAMMED INTO THE PLACE, ANOTHER EE INFORMED HIM THAT THE MACHINE WAS CON TACTNG THE LINE CURTAIN INSTALLED IN THE PLACE. THE VICTIM APPARENTLY MOVED THE MACHINE IN REVERSE AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE COAL RIB AND MACHINES CANOPY.

66929NG IN PIT 10-C OBSERVED THE FD 40-D FIAT ALLIS DOZER BACKNING TOWARD THE DRAGLINE THE DOZER CONTINUED TO BACK OVER THE LOW WALL APPROX. 20 FT THE DRALING OPERATOR IMMEDICATELY CALL CODE B 34506VER THE MINE RADIO WHICH ALERTED MINE MANAGEMENT RESPONDED ARRIVING ON THE SCENE AT APPROX. 215 PM THE DOZER OPERATOR COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN THE CAB. FOLLOW PATH OF THE DOZER WHICH RESU

54736YEE WAS FEEDING COAL CRUSHER HOPPER FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE WENT TO THE CLINKER STORAGE AREA USING AN/INCLINED ROADWAY. THE LOADER ROLL OVER AND THE VICTIM'S HEAD WAS CRUSHER WITH THE 58497MENT.

59339M WAS IN PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING ROOF BOLTS FROM SCOOP ONTO THE ROOF DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF MINE ROOF, UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING FELL AND STRUCK THE VICTIM.

10242 CONTRACTING HAUL TRUCK DRIVER EXITED HIS OWN TRUCK NEAR THE OFFICE/TRUCK SCALE. UPON EXITING THE TRUCK, THE DRIVER DID NOT SET THE BRAKES OR THE BRAKES FAILED. THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL 15403HE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE MOVING TRUCK. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN STOPPING HIS TRUCK AND THE DRIVER WAS RUN OVER BY HIS VEHICLE.

55061S AIRING A TIRE ON A DISABLED LOADER BEING PREPARED FOR REPAIRS AND EVALUATION. THE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT WITH SUCH A FORCE-THROWING EE BACK APPROX. 10 FEET INTO A STONE PILE, CAUSING A CRUS 89570BLOW TO THE CHEST CAVITY RESULTING IN IRREVERSIBLE TRAUMA AND DEATH.

38920ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN UNDERGROUND TUNNELING OPERATION AT A SURFACE LIMESTONE QUARRY. A SHOT WAS BLASTED INSIDE THE TUNNEL AT 12:04PM, THEN VENTILATED. THE VICTIM WAS SEEN AT THE OFFICE 1301?30PM. IT IS ASSUMED THAT FROM THERE SHE PROT PROX. 2 PM THE BLASTER ENTERED THE TUNNEL AND FOUND THE VICTIM ON TOP OF THE MUCK PILE. IT WAS E

55015D SUPT WAS IN ROUTE TO THE SECTION LOADING POINT EE WAS RIDING THE BUCKET END OF THE SCOOP MATERIAL FROM THE ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTS 41 INCH APART STRIKING THE EE ON THE CHEST IT 06643D APPEAR THE SCOOP STRUCK ROOF BOLT CAUSINGROCK TO FALL.

55066R SOME UNKNOWN REASON LEFT HIS DINNER AREA AND ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE TRACK IN FRONT OF A TRIP OF LONGWALL SHIELDS THAT WERE BEING MOVED BY 2 TROLLEY LOCOMOTIVES 1 ON EACH END OF THE TRIP 06855 HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE CAUSING MASSIVE TRAUMA TO HIS ENTIRE BODY AND DEATH RESULTED IMMEDIATELY.

55061S OPERATING THE OFF-STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE MINE ROOF.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING WINCH ON D135, BOON WAS DETACHED FROM WINCH AND RESTING ON SUPPORTS; CRIBBING GAVE WAY PINNING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BOOM AND WINCH.

A BROKEN THRU SHAFT IN THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BROKE ALLOWING THE LOADED TRUCK TO FREEWHEEL ON THE DESCENT OF A 22 PERCENT GRADE THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM THE RUNAWAY TRUCK AND WAS RAN OVER BY THE REAR TANDEMS THE CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS LOWER TORSO RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

AN OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER, WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A SECTION OF DRISCO PIPE 50 FT LONG 26INCH IN DIAMETER WITH WALL THICKNESS OF 21/4 INCHES AND WEIGHTING APPROX. 3800 LBS, ROLLED FROM TH E SECOND ROW OF THE LOAD. STANDING ON THE HAULAGE ROAD APPROX. 10 FT FROM THE LOAD ON THE DRIVER S SIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS STRUCK & CRUSHED WHEN THE PIPE ROLLED OVER HIM.

A MOBILE CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LOAD SALVAGE STEEL. IT WAS BOOMED ABOVE THE ADJACENT 7200 VOLT POWER LINES. THE VICTIM WAS GOING TO ATTACH THE LOAD LINE HOOK TO A PIECE OF SALVAGE STEEL THAT HAD BEEN CHAINED WHEN THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED ONE OF THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, FATALLY ELECTRICUTING THE VICTIM AND SHOCKING HIS HELPER.

VICTIM WAS BETWEEN RAISED DUMP BOX AND TRUCK FRAME. HE DID NOT ENGAGE THE PROVIDED MECHANISM TO KEEP BOX FROM COMING DOWN. BY CAME DOWN AND CRUSHED VICTIM. VICTIM DIED FROM ACCIDENT INSTRANTNA IOUSLY.

EE WAS WORKING ON 12CM5 MINER INSIDE THE CONTROL BOX CHANGING AN OVERLOAD WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE.

INVESTIGATION IS ON GOING IT APPEARS THAT A ROCK FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE HEAD.

INVESTIGATION REVEALS EMPLOYEE WAS CONTACTED BY ELECTRICITY THROUGH THE HOIST BLOCK HOOK WHEN THE HOIST CABLE STRUCK OVERHEAD 7600 VOLT POWER LINE.

EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 10' FROM REAR OF 50 TON HAUL TRUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUMP WATER FROM BED. LOST HIS FOOTING AT REAR NEAR LADDER. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES ON JULY 6.

RELIEF SHOVEL OPERATOR EE WAS LOADING SHOT ROCK WITH A NORTHWEST 180-D SHOVEL ONTO DUMP TRUCKS (NOTE: NO TRUCKS WERE CLOST TO SHOVEL, BUT OPERATOR WAS LOADING BUCKET IN PREPARATION FOR TRUCK T HAT WAS TURNING TO BACK UP AND GET LOADED) APPARENTLY NORTHWEST 180-D SHOVEL BUCKET DETONATED AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE CREATING BLAST AND SUBSEQUENT ROCK SLIDE.

MINER CLEANING BOTTOM HOLES WHEN 25' X 25' X 3" ROCK FELL FROM CEILING

EQUIPMENT TRAVELING DOWN HILL SPRAYING WATER. IT GAINED SPEED VEERED OFF COURSE TRAVELED ACROSS 2 DOZER CUTS 18 INCHES DEEP. REAR TIRES HIT LAST CUT DRIVER EJECTED FROM EQUIPMENT OPERATOR LAN DED ON GROUND CRUSHED BY L REAR TIRE

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF SETTING BOLTER UP TO INSTALL BOLTS. EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLTER HEAD AND CANOPY.

EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A FALL OF GROUND WHILE LOADING EXPLOSIVES INTO DRILLED FACE ROUND

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER ON A COAL STOCKPILE WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE BULLDOZER FELL INTO A FEEDER HOLE AND WAS COVERED WITH LOSOE COAL, FILLING THE OPERATORS CAB.

WALKING FROM PARKED TRUCK TO SCALE HOUSE EMP RAN BEHIND A PASSING TRUCK AN INTO THE PATH OF ANOTHER MOVING TRUCK RAN OVER BY THE L FRONT TIRE AND PARTIALLY BY L REAR TIRES

13017PROX 1010 THE GYRO CRUSHER OPERATOR OBSERVED EMP LAYING FACE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM DECK OF THE CRUSHER. INSPITE OF EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF MINE ER PERSON, HE WAS UNABLE TO BE REVIVED PRONOUN 35404EAD AT HOSPITAL. PER FAILED TO REVEAL CAUSE OF DEATH

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN PULLEYS ON CRUDE ORE LONG BELT LEADING TO STORAGE TANKS, WHEN HE WAS PULLED INTO A PINCH POINT USING BROKEN HANDLE HOE TO SCRAPE THE PULLEY, SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN DE-ENGERG IZED OR LOCKED OUT AND WAS STILL IN OPERATION

WHILE OPERATING MOTOR GRADER EMPLOYEE BACKED DOWNHILL TO BOTTOM OF INCLINE. EMP STARTED THE GRADER UP THE INCLINE AND HAD MOVED 70 FT WHEN MOTOR QUIT AND GRADER STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, EMP JUMPED OUT THE L DOOR OF GREADER LANDING ON HIS FEET AND FALLING TO GROUND, THEN THE BACK SIDE OF BLADE HIT HIM AND THEN THE L FRONT TIRE RAN OVER HIM

EMP CLIMBED ON TRUCK PLATFORM TO OPEN STORAGE SILO DISCHARGE CHUTE. ON EMP DIRECTIONS THE DRIVR MOVED THE TRUCK SEVERAL FEET TO ALIGN THE TRUCK WITH THE SILO CHUTE EMP REMAINED ATOP TRUCK. N OISE HEARD BY DRIVER EMP FOUND ON TOP OF CAB. NO EYEWITNESSES IT IS UNCLEAR HOW EMPLOYEE FELL OR WHETHER THE FALL CAUSED HIS INJURIES

CRANE BOOM CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL WIRES.

A PORTION OF OVERBURDEN FELL FROM ALOADED TRUCK AND STRUCK THE VICTIM STANDING ALONGSIDE THE TRUCK BELOW THE LOAD. THE VICTIM WAS FATALLY INJURED.

OPERATOR OF PICK UP TRUCK WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN HIS TRUCK AND ANOTHER TRUCK THEN TRUCK RAN OVER OPERATOR

UNKNOWN REASON FOR EMPLOYEE HAVING HIS HEAD OVER THE BOOM OF THE LEE NORSE BOLT MACHINE ADN RAISING THE BOOM CRUSHING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE ROOF WITH THE BOOM OF THE BOLT MACHINE.

A SUPV & LABORER CHANGING A TIRE ON A LOADER USING A BOOM TRUCK TO LIFT THE TIRE.BOOM TRUCK WAS 14' FROM OVERHEAD WIRE.THE COME-ALONG HOLDING THE TIRE SNAPPED (A METAL HOOK BROKE),THE TIRE DRO PPED,THE BOOM TRUCK CABLE WHIPPED OUT STRIKING THE ELECTRICAL CABLE.MAN HOLDING TIRE WAS ELECTORCUTED.

EMPL REMOVING BOLTS FROM SWING SHAFT COMPONENT OF SHOVEL AS PART OF A REPAIR PROJECT.EMPL WAS POSITIONED ON SHOVEL TRACK SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT SIDE OF COMPONENT LAYING FLAT FACING UPWARDS TOWARD C OMPONENT AND REMOVING SPECIFIED BOLTS.2 BOLTS WERE PURPOSELY LEFT IN PLACE SO NEXT PHASE OF DIS MANTLING PROCESS COULD PROCEED.THE 2 BOLTS REMAINING FAILED CAUSING COMPONENT TO DROP 18" TO TO

EMPL OPERATING A 15 TON CAB-OPERATED OVERHEAD CRANE.LIFTING A CASE W-20 ENDLOADER WITH A BRICK-KNOCKER ATTACHMENT. AS THE LOAD WAS BEING MOVED FROM THE 1ST FLOOR TO 2ND FLOOR,THE NORTH END OF OVERHEAD CRANE WHERE THE CAB IS LOCATED,BROKE LOOSE FROM ITS SIDERAIL SUPPORT & FELL 30-35'. EMPL WAS THROWN OUT OF CAB ON IMPACT,PRONOUNCED DEAD AT ACCIDENT SCENE.

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACIDENT OCCURRED AT SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL CO BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 46 01867 EXPLOSION FATALLY INJURED FOUR WORKMEN HOSPI TALIZED TWO WORKMEN & RESULTED IN TWO OTHER WORKRECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ACCIDENT OCURRED AT TOP OF SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN WERE IN PROCESS OF I

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANYS BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 4601867 THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE TOP O F A SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A METAL PIPE THROUGH THE SEAL CAP WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANYS BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 4601867 EXPLOSION FATALLY INJURED FOUR WOR KMEN HOSPITALIZED TWO WORKMEN & RESULTED IN TWO OTHER WORKMEN RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT TOP OF SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN W3RE

VICTIM WAS AT A CONSTRUCITON SITE WHERE CONTRACTORS WERE WORKING AT THE TOP OF A PRODUCTION SHAFT WHEN AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED CAUSING HIS DEATH

EMPL FATALLY INJURED CLEANING OUT PELLETIZING FEED SCREW.EMPL REMOVED GUARDS WHILE SCREW WAS RUNNING.EMPL WAS WEARING LONG SLEEVED SHIRT WITH CUFFS UNBUTTONED.SCREW WAS NOT DEENGERIZED OR LOCK ED OUT.

OPERATOR IN RIG CAB APPARENTLY PARKING RIG FOR THE NIGHT.BACKED RIG OVER BERM AT THE EDGE OF THE LEDGE AND FELL WITH THE RIG 61' TO THE FLOOR BELOW.OPERATOR SUSTAINED MASSIVE INJURIES TO BACK OF HEAD RESULTING IN DEATH AT HOSPITAL AT 8:40PM

ON MARCH 6 1992 AT APPROX 2:00PM A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURED AT THE LOST CREEK COAL CO PIT #5 SETTLING POND CONSTRUCTION STIE ID #0102853 ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A LOADED CONCRETE TRUCK SUDDENLY MO VED FORWARD TO REPOSITION STRIKING I NAME SUPERINTENDENT OF A&A POOL CO WHO WAS KNEELING IN FRONT OF THE RT WHEEL A&A POOL CO HAD CONTRACTED TO CONSTRUCT A SPILLWAY FOR THE PROPOSED SEDTTLING

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS PLACING A SPOT PIN CLOSE TO THE AUGER OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER MINER OPERATOR STARTED THE MINER & THE AUGER CAUGHT THE INAME OPERATOR & INFLICTED FZTAL INJURIES

THIS VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWINGING THE LIFT HEAD INTO THE CENTER TRAM POSITION.HE LEANED OVER THE DRILL POT TO SWING THE DRILL ARM IN AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE FAST FEED CRUSHING THE VI CTIM INTO THE ROOF.

INDEPENDENT OWNER/OPERATOR/TRUCK DRIVER WALKED BEHIND HIS PUP TRAILER AND AGAINST A STOCKPILE OF SAND.GOING TO CLEAN THE TOP OF TAILGATE OFF.PLACED HIMSELF IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THE SAN D SLUFFED FROM THE TOP COVERING HIM. WAS WITHOUT OXYGEN 7-10 MINUTES BEFORE BEING UNCOVERED AND GIVEN FIRST AID.

LARGE SECTION OF ROOF FELL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF CROSSCUT OFF OF NO 3 ENTRY TWO CROSSCUTS INBY THE ROCK STORAGE DEVELOPMENT SECTION THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS INJURED WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE LAS T TWO ROWS OF PERMANENT SUPPORT MARKING PLACES ON THE ROOF FOR THE NEXT ROW OF BOLTS TO BE INSTALLED SECTION OF ROCK APPROX 3FT LONG X21/2FT WIDE & 3TO 8IN DISLODGED BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKIN

SIC OPERATOR STATED HE HAD OBSERVED THE FOREMAN(VICTIM) ALONG THE INBY RIBLINE OF CROSSCUT THE SIC WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE SIC OPR MADE AN EXTRA WIDE TURN INTO CROSSCUT TO AVOID HITTING FORE MAN WHEN HE FELT CAR RUN UPON SOMETHING HE STOPPED & OBSERVED VICTIM UNDER THE BOOM OF THE SIC

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT AWAY FROM BOLTS & LANDED ON END AWAY FROM EMPLOYEE THEN FALLING UNDERNEATH CANOPY ONTO EMPLOYEE & AGAINST THE BOLTER ITSELF-FATAL

FATALLY INJURED PERSON WAS STANDING ON HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER CUTTING A CROSS BAR TO LENGTH WHEN BROW AT EDGE OF ROOF FALL FELL STRICKING HIM A FEW SECONDS LATER THE RIB CAME IN THIS AREA WA S SUPPORTED WITH ROOF BOLTS BUT AREA WHICH FELL WAS PART OF A FAULT ZONE IN THE CENTER OF THE ENTRY

A LABORER/CRANE OPERATOR WITH APPX 20 YRS EXPERIENCE WORKING ON & OPERATING CRANES WAS KILLED WHEN,AGAINST THE STRICT & EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS OF HIS FOREMAN,HE GOT UNDERNEATH THE CRANE BOOM AN D KNOCKED OUT 2 PINS WITHOUT MOVING THE PENNANT LINES TO THEIR CORRECT POSITION.HAD COMPLETED TRAINING ON THE CORRECT AND SAFE PROCEDURE.HAD ALSO PERFORMED IDENTICAL PROCED.4 TIMES /LAST 6 WK

THEY WERE MINING THE WING OF THE RIGHT PILLAR WHEN A MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED TRAPPING THREE PEOPLE CAUSING THE FATAL TO ONE PERSON

FLYROCK HIT BLASTER CAUSING FATAL UPPER BODY INJURY.

WHILE MOVING 2 LOCOMOTIVES IN TANDEM #1586 & 2010,THE EMPL WAS ON THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE WITH THE OTHER FLAG PERSON AND ENGINEER. FOR UNKNOWN REASON EMPL LEFT LOCOMOTIVE AND WAS STRUCK BY A LOCOM OTIVE CAUSING DEATH.

15095DEPENDENT HAULER WAS DELIVERING 2 SPOOLS OF WIRE ROPE.DURING THE UNLOADING PROCESS AN UNRESTRAINED ROLLED,PINNING THE TRUCK DRIVER BETWEEN THE REELS.THE VICTIM APPEARED TO HAVE SUSTAINED 76229BLE FRACTURES TO THE PELVIC AREA.

EMPLS PERFORMING WEEKLY PREVENTITIVE MAINT.CHECKS AT #2 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY.EMPL CLIMBED OVER BARRICADE TO LOOK AT SCRAPER ON #2 CONV.HEAD PULLEY.EMPL STANDING ON MUCK PILE OF #5 ORE RAISE IN SPECTING SCRAPER WHEN MUCK PILE GAVE WAY AND EMPL FELL DOWN MUCK RAISE.(LHD BEGAN PULLING MUCK FROM CHUTE 100' BELOW,ORE BEGAN TO FLOW SUCKING EMPL DOWN.)

FATAL ROOF FALL

FATAL ROOF FALL