Mining Incidents

Corinth MineCoal

Controlled by Ronald S Bryant
Jasper, Walker County, AL · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0103002
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE and two others were moving motors in the hallway of the shop/office building. As he was helping place one motor beside another, the tip of his index finger, left hand, got mashed and cut. Stitches were required.

2010 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

An area of the roof fell approximately 12 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 3 feet high, in the belt entry on number 1 belt approximately 400 feet underground.

2009 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall onto the no.1 conveyor belt approx. 200 ft inby belt portail. The face was approx. 4 feet in length, 20 feet in width, and 3-5 feet in height.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee and two others were on surface area of UG mine, loading cribs, boards and wedges into a scoop bucket. The scoop bucket was on a crib instead of the ground. When almost fully loaded the scoop bucket fell off the crib and the operator side edge of the bucket struck the top right foot of employee.

2007 · 5 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee and another miner were using a hydraulic drill drilling holes in the mine floor. The bit hung and the drill twisted, causing the metal handle to strike the inside of his left knee. Soreness, bruising and swelling, no broken bones.

Struck against stationary object

EE was operating a scoop, from outside to the setion. As he was tramming thru the low top, He hit his head hard hat on the mine roof jamming his neck. He had pain to the left side of his neck.

Struck by flying object

EE was using a hammer to break loose a connecting link on spare piece of conveyor chain(miner). A piece of the hammer broke off, and went through skin into left wrist joint. Metal removed by Orthopedic Dr. on 7/18/07.

Accident type, without injuries

Fall was outby intersection for a distance of 25'long x 10' w x 5'high. Intersection had cribs and headers previous installed but had not indication of this fall outby cribbed area.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The cont miner operator was backing the miner. Inj EE was in front of the miner, moving the cable. He slipped & he caught himself by grabbing the cutter head with his right hand. His right hand got mashed between cutter head & mine roof. Broke his little finger.

2006 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was walking with a 35lb can of oil in each hand toward the face equipment. He slipped, causing his back to twist and start hurting. He completed this shift and worked a full shift the next night. He went to the Dr. on Monday, 5/8/2006, because of continued pain in his lower back.

2003 · 3 incidents

No Value Found

MINER WAS CHECKING THE NO.1 BELTLINE. HE HAD WALKED NO.1 BELT FROM OUTSIDE TO THE TAIL PIECE AT BREAK #54. HE SAT DOWN TO REST & DRANK A DR.PEPPER. MINER SAID A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUC K HIS RT.KNEE CAP. MINER WALKED OUTSIDE & ASKED TO GO HOME. NO VISIBLE INJURY.

Flash burns (electric)

TROUBLE SHOOTING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ON THE SURFACE. USING A VOLTAGE METER TO CHECK OHMS AND GROUNDS. VOLTAGE METER CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED CIRCUIT CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FLASH. THIS CAUSED BURNS TO THE LEFT FOREARM AND HAND, AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND NECK.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS RESTING ON HIS KNEES BESIDE THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE STOOD UP, HE HEARD HIS LEFT KNEE ""POP"". ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER, IN THE LOCKER ROOM, HE NOTICED A SWOLLEN AREA (MARBLE SIZE KNOT) ON THE BACK SIDE OF HIS LEFT LEG IN THE BEND BEHINDHIS LEFT KNEE.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOP OPERATOR WAS PUSHING UP FACE AND BREAKER KNOCK. HE WAS HAULING ACROSS TOP OF SCOOP FROM OPERATOR COMPARTMENT AND RESET BREAKER AND LEFT SWITCH ON END SCOOP STARTED UP, RAISED UP AND PI NNED OPERATOR BETWEEN SCOOP AND TOP DISLOCATING RIGHT HIP.

2000 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER WAS STUCK AND SCOOP WAS PUSHING ROOF BOLTER OUT AND SCOOP SLIPPED UNDER RIB AND PUSH PIECE OF METAL IN CANOPY AND PINCH LEFT LEG AND CAUSE DEEP BRUISE TO LEFT LEG.