US mining fatalities in 1994

THE VICTIM HAD DUMPED A LOAD OF COAL IN THE BIN. HE PULLED AWAY FROM BIN, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK, WENT TO REAR OF TRUCK TO CLEAN OFF LOOSE COAL FROM PUSH BLOCK. THE END LOADER USED TO CLEAN UP T HE BIN, BACKED AWAY FROM BIN, STRUCK HIM, PINNED HIM AGAINST BACK OF TRUCK.

HE WAS WELDING ON BUCKET. WEIGHT OF SPREADER BAR AND CHAINS ON BUCKET MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING BUCKET TO ROLL OVER.

FALL OF ROOF STRUCK CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR.

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED RUPTURED AORTA, SPLEEN AND LIVER, POSSIBLE SPINAL CORD FRACTURES, LARGE SCALP LACERATIONS AFTER FALLING 15' FROM INSIDE STONE BIN AND THRU BIN GATE TO THE GROUND (ADDITIONAL 12')

TRUCK DIDN'T MAKE CORNER AND DROVE OVER BERM AND FELL 200 FEET. DRIVER DIED AND TRUCK WAS TOTALED.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A STOPPING WHEN A LARGE ROOF FALL OCCURRED, KILLING THE EMPLOYEE. LOCATION WAS 10,889 EAST AND 5405 NORTH. THE STOPPING WAS BEING REMOVED TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATI ON OF A NEW BLEEDER SYSTEM FOR VENTILATION.

TWO ELECTRICIANS WERE ASSIGNED TO MOVE THE TRAILING CABLE AND JUNCTION BOX FOR THE 295 B-1 SHOVEL. THEY DISCONNECTED THE CABLE, BUT IT DID NOT MOVE FREELY DOWNWARD INTO THE PIT. IT WAS FROZEN TO THE GROUND. BOTH ELECTRICIANS WERE PULLING THE CABLE OUT OF THE SNOW AND ICE TO LOOSEN IT. HE WAS STANDING NEAR THE HIGHWALL WHEN THE LOOSE CABLE MOVED TURBENTLY TOWARD HIM, STRUCK HIS LOWE

HE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES OF MINER HELPER AND HE WAS STANDING ALONG RIB AT CORNER OF X-CUT 3 TO 4 ATTENDING THE MINER CABLE AND THE RIB FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK AND TOTALLY COVERING HIM UP. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNDETECTION OF A SLIP IN COAL RIB. NO RULES OR REGS WERE BROKEN, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED, PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT WORN, MINER SKILLS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MOTOR GRADER IN REVERSE AND HIT THE BERM AND ROLLED PINNING THE VICTIM UNDERNEATH. THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT.

DOZER OPERATOR RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES WHEN THE DOZER HE HAD BEEN OPERATING BACKED OVER HIM.

LOOSE FELL FROM BACK STRIKING MAN WORKING OUT OF BUCKET

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED DOTTING THE LINE O THE FACE OF THE NEXT LIFT HE WAS WORKING ON A NARROW WORK AREA & NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT PROVIDED FOR HIM BY THE COMPANY THE WIND WAS GUSTING BUT I T WA S CLEAN & DRY EMPLOYEE FELL OFF THE LEDGE &DROPPED TO HIS DEATH APPROX 75FT ON A SOLID FLAT GRANITE 40FTX40FT CHANNEL BLOCK

EMPLOYEE EITHER TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO BELT OR FELL ONTO BELT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BELT WHILE USING THE TAILPIECE SPILL PLATES AS SUPPORTS. EMPLOYEE STRUCK TAILPIECE SPILL PLATE AND 1ST RO LLER OUTBY TAILPIECE CONTINUED DOWN #2 BELT TO #2 BELT DRIVE DISCHARGE ROLLER WHERE HE WAS SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE BELT AND TOP. HE EITHER FELL OR WAS THROWN INTO #1 BELT TAILPIECE AND CONTINUED

EE CRUSHER HELPER WAS CHECKING EMERGENCY STOP CORDS ALONG A CONVEYOR HE WAS RESETTING TRIP SWITCHES THE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS IN THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATING START-UP & WAS COMMUNICATING WITH EE BY TWO-WAY RADIO SHORTLY AFTER RESTARTING THE CONVEYOR IT SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN & CONTROLS INDICATED SIDE SLIPPING OF THE BELT THE CRUSHER OPERATOR INVESTIGATED & FOUND THE VICTIM PULLED THROUGH

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURN INTO HEADING #4, WHEN HE SAW LIGHT. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND INJURED INFLICTED WITH HEAD INJURIES.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER DOING SOME RECLAMATION WORK, CUT INTO A NATURAL GASLINE, CAUSING A EXPLOSION. DUE TO EXTENSIVE BURNS, HE DIED 10-23-94. THE DOZER HE WAS OPERATING WAS ALSO D ESTROYED IN THE EXPLOSION.

HE WAS HAULING COAL FROM LOWE STOCKPILE TO THE COAL PREPARATION PLANT DURING NIGHT SHIFT. UPON RETURNING TO LOWE STOCKPILE WITH AN EMPTY TRAIN TO PICK UP THE LAST LOADED TRAIN WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE WEST TRACK, THE OPERATOR FAILED TO STOP AT A SWITCH STATION AND SWITCH THE RAIL TO THE EAST TRACK BEFORE CONTINUING. THE TRAINED TRAVELING A AN UNDETERMINED SPEED WENT ACROSS THE SWITC

THE 2300 VOLT POWER CABLE TO THE 200 HORSE PUMP MOTOR WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED A & A SPLICE.THE POUTER UNDERPROOF COVERING AT THE SPLICE APPEARED TO BE CUT AND ONE PHASE OF THE 3 PHASE CONDUCTO R FUSED TO THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR.THIS COULD HAVE PLACED VOLTAGE ON THE PUMP HOUSING. THE VICTIM COULD HAVE CONTACTED THE PUMPING EQUIPMENT WHILE HOLDING DIFFERENT GROUNDING POTENT

OPERATOR OF H-100C FRONT END LOADER S/N359-307-UO1578.WHILE DESCENDING A RAMP, NORTH-SOUTH RAMP APPEARS TO HAVE DRIVEN OFF WEST EDGE OF RAMP TAKING BOOM OFF RAMP EDGE WITH BUCKET OF LOADER.

COAL BONDED TO THE IMMEDIATE ROOF.

FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF TRANSFERRING MATERIAL FROM THE STORAGE DOME, INJURED APPARENTLY ENTERED THE DOME ALONE. HIS BODY WAS LATER DISCOVERED IN THE DOME. HE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN BURIED BY TH E MATERIAL STORED IN THE DOME.

SUB-LEVEL 2 WAS FOUND FLOODED 9-5-94 APPROX 8PM, THE HP ELECTRIC PUMP WAS NOT PUMPING. EE RECEIVED A ELECTRICAL SHOCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE DRIFT WHICH PARTIALLY FLOODED RESUTLING IN HI S DEATH.

PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP AND KILLED HIM.

OPERATING UTILITY TRUCK ON WHITAKER COAL CORPORATION HAUL ROAD. TRUCK RAN INTO BERM, TURNED ON SIDE AND CAUGHT FIRE.

THE VICTIM SUFFERED FATAL CRUSHING INJURIES WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LONG AIRDOX MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER AND THE MINE RIB.

AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN THE WELD SHOP RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO AN EMPLOYEE. CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE SOURCE HAVE YET TO BE DETERMINED.

AN AREA OFF ROOF FELL ON THE ROOF BOLTER INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES TO THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR. THIS AREA HAD SHOWN NO SIGNS OF BEING FAULTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS JAMMING IN THE E-38,,650 LEVEL. HE PARKED THE JAMMER, ES2, IN THE AREA OF THE F-29. LOOKS LIKE HE GOT OFF ES2 AND WAS GOING TO WALK BACK WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A ROCK 14" THICK, 5' WIDE AND 7' LONG.

THE EMPLOYEE POSITIONED A PICK-UP TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 10 FT. IN FRONT OF A 170 WABCO. HE APPARENTLY DID NOT MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN TO THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER PULLED FORWARD FATALLY INJURING THE VIC TIM.

THE MAN WAS WORKING TO ASSESS AND/OR REMOVEMATERIAL BUILDUP IN A PLUGGED SCREW CONVEYOR LOCATED BENEATH A GAS CONDIITONING SPRAY TOWER. WHILE HE WAS STANDING AT THE OPENING IN THE HOPPER MORE MATERIAL FELL FROM ABOVE INSIDE THE SPRAY TOWER. WHEN IT HIT THE SCREW HOPPER SOME MATERIAL CAME OUT THE OPINING STRIKING THE MAN. THE FORCE PROPELLED HIM ACROSS THE 10' DECK AND TO THE GRO

ROOF FAILURE UNDERGROUND.

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 60' LONG X 8' THICK AND 15' WIDE FELL IN THE #4 INTERSECTION OF #2 UNIT FATALLY INJURING AN EMPLOYEE.

WHILE TRAVELING FROM THE 005-0 UNIT TO THE 1-A SLOPE BOTTOM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE NO. 1 6-TON N.M.S. TRACK LOCOMOTIVE HE WAS OPERATING COLLIDED WITH THE NO. 4 6-TON N.M.S. TRACK LOCOMOTIVE AT THE NO. 1 SWITCH (SS# 6962). THE NO. 4 MOTOR WAS TRAVLEING FROM THE NO. 1 SECTION.

WHILE PULLING THE MINE TRACTOR UP THE SLOPE, THE ROPE CAME UNHOOKED FROM THE INBY TRACTOR. THE VICTIM GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO HOOK IT BACK UP. THE VICTIM'S TRACTOR STARTED MOVING AND CAUGHT HI M AND PINNED HIM AGAINST THE OTHER TRACTOR, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES.

USING A 110V AC SINGLE PHASE IMPACT WRENCH WHEN HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

LARCA RI-RAP (LIMESTONE) FELL FROM CRUSHER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEAD AND UPPER BODY.

HE WAS WALKING FROM A HAUL ROAD, IN A WHEAT FIELD, TOWARD A D-3 DOZER. HE WAS ABOUT 30 FEET FROMTHE THE DOZER WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK IN THE VICINITY (NOT KNOWN WHERE IT ACTUALLY STRUCK) CAUSING FATAL CARDIAC ARHYTHMIA, DUE TO ELECTRIC SHOCK, DUE TO THE LIGHTNING.

VICTIM WAS PUTTING A TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY ONTO A WABCO 333 FT. SCRAPER. HE WAS USING THE COMPANY SERVICE TRUCK (CRANE) TO HOIST THE TIRE AND WHEEL. A CHAIN WAS USED TO CONNECT THE WHEEL ASS EMBLY TO THE CRANE. THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE WHEEL CAUSING IT TO FALL ONTO THE VICTIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADD 7' SWELLEN BOLTS TOT HE RIB AND BACK. EMPLOYEE LEFT THE CAB OF THE JUMBO E WARN HIS HANDS. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH HIS BACK TOT HE RIGHT RIB. THE GROUND SUPPORT FAILED AND THE RIB STUFFED COVERING THE EMPLOYEE.

EE WAS USING A BOOM TRUCK TO PLACE A TIRE ON A 773-B DUMP TRUCK CAT. THE TIRE SLIPPED AND PINNED THE EE AGAINST THE BOOM TRUCK.

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND THE INJURED PERSON WERE BACKING PETTIBONE HYDRO CARRIER UP INCLINE TO WORK AREA W62-56 STOPE. PETTIBONE LOST POWER AND STARTED DOWN INCLINE, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 60 FT. STRIKING LEFT RIB THEN TURNED OVER ON RIGHT SIDE CRUSHING PASSENGER UNDER EDGE OF CANOPY AND SUPPORT FRAME. [INJURED WAS THE PASSENGER]

EMPLOYEE BACKED OVER THE BERM ON THE DUMP. THE TRUCK TURNED OVER, LANDING IN A MUD POND UPSIDE DOWN. THE MUD FORCED THE WINDSHIEDL INTO THE CAB. THE MUD SUFFOCATED THE INDIVIDUAL.

EMPLOYEE BACKED 50 TON ROCK TRUCK UP AND BACKED INTO GRAVEL WASH OUT PIT. OPERATOR ASPIRATED MUCCY WATER AND DROWN.

AT APPROX. 10:40 THEY WERE COMPLETING PINNING AND INSTALLING LINE CURTAIN IN THE FACE OF #3 RIGHT ENTRY. I.NAME WAS PUSHING UP LOOSE COAL WITH DIESEL SCOOP IN THE FACE OF #4 RIGHT ENTRY. ON CO MPLETING PUSHING UP IN #4 RIGHT, I.NAME BACKED HIS SCOOP UP TO THE OUTBY CROSSCUT IN #3 AND #4 AND TRAMMED ACROSS TO THE #2 RT OPEN LAST CROSS CUT. HE TRAMMED HIS SCOOP INTO THE SAME CROSSCUT

TRUCK DRIVER CHECKING FAULTY TRANSMISSION WITH BED OF TRUCK IN A RAISED POSITION. WHILE CHECKING TRANSMISSION, BED OF TRUCK CAME DOWN, PINNING TRUCK DRIVER BETWEEN FRAME AND BED OF TRUCK.

[SEE ATTACHED] THE VICTIM WAS POSITIONING A MAN LIFT TRUCK AT THE BASE OF A LIME DUST STOCKPILE IN PREPARATION OF CHANGING THE OIL IN THE GEAR BOX OF A CONVEYOR BELT HEAD PULLEY. ... THE STO NE DUST MATERIAL APPEARED TO SLIDE FROM DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TRUCK ... . IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 2-3' DEEP ON TOP OF VICTIM BASED ON MATERIAL FOUND ON THE TOP OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE.

EMPLOYEE DRIVING EMPTY HAUL TRUCK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT & THE TRUCK DRIVER LOST CONTROL & DROVE INTO THE PIT WALL.

9:30 A DRIVER OF ONE TRUCK HAD PARKED HIS TRUCK TO BE LOADED. HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO O OVER TO THE OTHER TRUCK. A[T] SOME TIME HE POSITIONED HIMSELF BEHIND THE OTHER TRUCK WHICH PROCEEDED TO BACK UP. THE VICTIM WAS RUN OVER BY THE TRUCK WHICH WAS BACKING UP.

EE WAS DRISLING HAULER DOWN THE ROCK HAULAGE ROAD WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AT THIS TIME EE LOST CONTROL OF THE HAULER. THE HAULER ROLLED UP AN EMBANKMENT, THEN TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE, PINNING THE EE INSIDE THE CAB.

A BLAST WAS SET OFF BUT DO NOT KNOW WHAT ANGLE VICTIM WAS STRUCK. BUT MEDICAL EXAMINER STATES [H]IS DEATH WAS BLUNT TRAMA.

[SEE ATTACHED] ... INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION WHILE OPERATING AN AUTOMATIC JET PIERCING TORCH ... IN A MANUAL MODE TO "BURN BACK" THE TOP CHANNEL ... OPERATOR DIRECT TIP BY HAND ... THE MOST PROB ABLE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION WAS IGNITION OF PREVIOUSLY UNIGNITED PYRODEX IN A HORIZONTAL DRILL HOLE DIRECTLY BELOW THE VICTIM. ... VICTIM HAD SEVERE WOUND TO FRONT OF HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CLEANING THE BULKHEAD IN THE RAISE OFF WHEN A ROCKBURST OCCURRED WHICH BURIED HIM AND HIS PARTNER WITH MUCK.

AN EXPLOSION OCCURED IN AN ABANDON PANEL WHERE TWO WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTING BLOCK IN AN S&S SCOOP. THE TWO WERE KILLED AS THE RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. THE TWO WERE BURNED AND IN AN ATOSPHERE OF CO CARBON MONOXIDE. THEY WERE FOUND APPROX. 12-13 X CUTS INTO THE PANEL. ONE FOUND IN SCOOP BUCKET AND THE OTHER APPROX 10 FEET FROM SCOOP. THE PRESSURE FROM THE EXPLOSIVE HAD BLOWN OUT

AN EXPLOSION OCCURED IN AN ABANDON PANEL WHERE TWO WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTING BLOCK IN AN S&S SCOOP. THE TWO WERE KILLED AS THE RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. THE TWO WERE BURNED AND IN AN ATOSPHERE OF CO CARBON MONOXIDE. THEY WERE FOUND APPROX. 12-13 X CUTS INTO THE PANEL. ONE FOUND IN SCOOP BUCKET AND THE OTHER APPROX 10 FEET FROM SCOOP. THE PRESSURE FROM THE EXPLOSIVE HAD BLOWN OUT

MATERIAL WAS BEING PUSHED FROM A SHOT WITH A DOZER, OVER THE HIGHWALL. THE HIGWALL BROKE AND THE DOZER FELL APPROX 150 FT TO THE LOWER PIT. THIS RESULT IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE DOZER OPERATOR.

THE VICTIM WAS STANDING APPROX. TWO FEET INBY PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER VIA RADIO REMOTE WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK APPROX. 7FT X 7 FT X 5-0 INCHES FELL ON THE VICTI M CAUSING FATAL CRUSHING INJURIES.

DRIVER WAS HAULING A LOAD OF COAL FROM SOUTHERN EDGE INC. NO. 2 MINE WHEN APPROX. 2.25 MILES FROM THE LOADING AREA THE DRIVER FOR UNKNOWN REASONS RAN OFF THE HAUL ROAD. HE WAS THROWN FROM HIS TRUCK AND FATALLY INJURED.

TRUCK ROLLED OVER, THE VICTIM WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM DRIVER SIDE.

EE WAS STRUCK BY A COAL SLAB THAT WAS KNOCKED LOOSE BY PLACING OUTRIGGER OF BOOM TRUCK AGAINST THE RIB CAUSING 2 FRACTURED RIBS.

A PARTING SHOT WAS DETONATED A PIECE OF FLY ROCK TRAVELED 236 FEET STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE HEAD.

EMPLOYEE RESPONDED TO BUILDING FIRE AT THE MILL REFINERY FACILITY, WITH EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, IN THE COURSE OF FIGHTING THE FIRE, EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN FULL FIRE GEAR AND SCBA. EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO ELKO GENERAL HOSPITAL WHER HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

VICTIM SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HIS HEAD BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD BOOM AND THE CANOPY.

CUSTOMER TRUCK WHICH WAS DRIVEN BY AN EMPLOYEE OF CLYDE RIVER ENTERPRISES, INC. WAS FOUND INJURED, BEHIND HIS TRUCK'S TRAILER WHILE ON OMYA, INC'S PROPERTY. IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE CLYDE RIVER TRUCK DRIVER FELL OUT OF THE TRAILER AND HIT HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 19' 6" INBY THE NORTH MAINS #3 BELT TRANSFER POINT BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM BELT OF THE 3 NORTH MAINS #2 BELT.FORMAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO CONCLUSIVE FAT ALITY CAUSE OR ANY ASPECT OF NONE COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN HIS PICKUP WHEN TRUCK ARRIVED TO BE LOADED WITH LIME. EMPLOYEE DROVE PICKUP AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED TOWARDS THE AREA OF THE LIME PILE, STRUCK TWO STOCKPILES OF FROZEN MATERIAL AN D ROLLED PICKUP TWICE. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A STROKE PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BOLTING THE RIB AND WAS POSITIONED IN THE PINCHPOINT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE FRAME AND DRILL MAST ROTARY HEAD. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING A FRONT END LOADER UP A DIRT RAMP AND WHEN HE POSITIONED THE MACHINE TOO CLOSE TO A 6-7 FOOT VERTICAL BANK, THE LEFT REAR TIRE SLID OFF THE BANK CAUSING THE MACHINE TO FLI P UPSIDE DOWN AND PINNING THE EMPLOYEE BENEATH.

VICTIM WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE PIT ROAD IN SECOND GEAR. WITNESS SAID HE SEEMED TO BE DRVING ERRATICALLY AS HE WAS STRIKING THE BERM. AT A POINT WHERE THE ROAD TURNED, THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE BE RM AND THE PIT WALL. DRIVER WAS RETRIEVED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. HE DIED WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS.

THE VICTIM WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK OFFSIDE SHUTTLECAR NO 3288 IN THE CENTER OF NO 3 ENTRY OF THE NO 004-0 UNTI APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT INBY SURVEY STATION NO 8826.

IT APPEARS THAT FRED TRIED TO CLIMB ONTO OR CROSS OVER THE BELT FROM THE FAR SIDE WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL ON, RATHER THAN TURN IT OFF FIRST OR USE THE PROPER CROSSOVER STAIRS AND WALKWAY. HE THEN SLIPPED OR TRIPPED, FALLING AGAINST THE BELT WHILE, SINCE IT WAS ON AND MOVING AT A PRETTY HIGH SPEED, JAMMED HIM AGAINST AND PARTIALLY UNDER THE FEEDER FRAME, RESULTING IN SEVERE INTERNA

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.

THE INJURED WAS OPERATING A CHAINSAW CLEARING A DOWNED TREE THAT WAS LAYING AGAINST A SLOPE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE CUT THE TREE AT ITS BASE, THE TOP OF THE TREE EXTENDING BEYOND THE CREST OF SLOPE FELL TO THE GROUND ALLOWING THE BASE OF THE TREE TO SWING UPWARD, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE. THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE WITNESSES. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT IS SPECULATIVE.

#14 HEADING HOLED THROUGH #15 ALLOWING UNUSUAL PRESSURE TO BE APPLIED TO HIGH SIDE RIB TIMBER.THE TIMBER AND ROOF SUBSEQUENTLY FELL ON THE MINER AS HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING TEMPORAR Y ADDITIONAL ROOF AND RIB SUPPORTS.

EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO FREE BUILT UP SLAG AND DEBRIS FROM WEST WALL OF #2 GRATE PREHEAT AREA. EMPLOYEE INVOLVED WAS ON BACK END OF JACKHAMMER AND BEFORE STARTING, MATERIAL FELL FROM ABOV E, CAUSING ABOVE STATED FATALITY.

THE DRAGLINE OPERATOR WAS PERFORMING DAILY OPERATIONS WITH A 1978 NORTHWEST MODEL 190D DRAGLINE, WHEN THE POND BANK CAVED IN CAUSING THE DRAGLINE TO FALL INTO THE POND IN APPROX. 40 FEET OF WA TER.

DECEASED WAS CUTTING A TREE,THE TREE SPLIT AND FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.

DECEASED,WELDER AND (NAME),LEAD MAN WERE WORKING IN THE TUB REPLACING RACK SEGMENT BOLTS,THE POWER TO THE DRAGLINE WAS DE-ENERGIZED AT THE SUBSTATION.OTHER EMPLOYEE UNLOCKED THE DOOR ON THE TR AILING CABLE TERMINATION ROOM TO INSPECT IT.AS WORK WAS NEARLY COMPLETED EMPLOYEE ASKED ELECTRICIAN TO RE-ENERGIZE THE POWER.AS EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE DRAGLINE THE LIGHTS W

EMPLOYEE WAS SHIFT LEADMAN RUNNING THE WORK PLATFORM. HAD TROUBLE WITH JACK WANTING TO LOWER PLATFORM. DOGS ON TWO JACK FAILED (SLIPPED) LETTING PLATFORM DROP.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A D 10 N CAT BULLDOZER,TOMAKE REPAIRS HE HAD TO REMOVE THE BELLY PAN. BEFORE REMOVING ALL THE BOLTS HOLDING THE PAN IN PLACE THE PAN WOULD BE SECURED FROM FALLING WITH A CHAIN OR BLOCKS.WE BELIEVE HE MISS COUNTED THE REMAINING BOLTS TO BE REMOVED AND WHEN HE REMOVED WHAT HE ASSUMED WAS THE NEXT TO LAST BOLT THE BELLY PAN FELL ON HIM.

VICTIM WAS IN DANGEROUS POSITION AND WHEN LOADER ENGINE WAS STARTED BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET & ARM CAUSING SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES WHICH LED TO DEATH.

MAINTENANCE ON THE HORIZONTAL SHAFT IMPACT CRUSHER. HYDRAULIC LINE BLEW AND COVER TO CRUSHER CAME DOWN AND PINCHED THE COVER AT THE WAIST. THE INJURIES RESULTED IN A FATALITY.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TARPING A PALLETIZED FLATBED TRAILER WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WE ASSUME EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE TARPING. INJURIES APPEARED TO BE CONFINED TO THE HEAD.

A MUS SLIDE OCCURRED ON THE HAULROAD APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT UP FROM GUARD SHACK ON CANTENARY COAL CO'S RED WARRIOR MINE (4607178).THIS SLIDE RESULTED IN LIMBS BLOCKING THE HAULROAD PASSAGE.THE VICTIM GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND WAS CUTTING THE DEBRIS OUT OF THE WAY WHEN ANOTHER TREE UPROOTED AND FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD.

SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJURIES WHILE OPERATING A HONDA ATV.