Mining Incidents

Bear #3 Mine Coal

Bear Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bear William A
Somerset, Gunnison County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0503787

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
104
Years on record
1983–1996
Latest incident
Oct 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

104 on file

1996 · 12 incidents

October 1, 1996 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LOADING EMPTY PALLETS ON A TRAILER AND A JOINT OF PIPE WAS IN THE WAY.HE LIFTED PIPE TWISTED AND INJURED HIS BACK.

September 3, 1996 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Bear Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE CHECKING SPLICE IN S/C CABLE FOR BROKEN MONITOR WIRE, THE CABLE LEADS SHORTED PHASE TO GROUND CAUSING ARC & BURNING THROUGH OUTER INSULATION. SOME OF THE VOLTAGE PASSED THROUGH HIS GLOVE AND HAND TO GROUND.

August 7, 1996 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE STEPPED OFF 9 TAIL PIECE ONTO A TIMBER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TIMBER AND HE FELL, STRIKING RIBS ON TIMBER.

July 5, 1996 CO · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A PUMP IN #4 ENTR. ABANDONED FACES OF NORTH PANEL, WHEN STAINED HIS BACK. HE WORKED UNTIL 7-16-96, BY THE END OF THIS SHIFT. HIS BACK HAD BECAME TO PAINFUL TO WORK.

April 29, 1996 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT HAND OUTSIDE OF LOADER CAB HOLDING THE FRAME - THE OPEN DOOR SWUNG CLOSED STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND.

March 29, 1996 CO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE WORKING ON AN OUTSIDE FAN FOR AN ESCAPEWAY, A 3 FT. SQUARE PIECE OF STEEL SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ACROSS EMPLOYEE'S THIGH REQUIRING STITCHES AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO WORK. EMPLOYEE WAS W ORKING OFFSITE.

March 26, 1996 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS HELPING DRAG A RAIL OUT FROM UNDER A SHUTTLE CAR, HE FELL OVER A CHUNK OF COAL, TWISTING HIS KNEE AND ANKLE.

February 14, 1996 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

INTERESECTION 6 OF 2 ENTRY 1 ST SOUTH FELL, VERYLITTLE WARNING HEARD WAS BOLTED WITH 6' BELTS AND 10-77 CABLE BOLTS IN ADITION NO WATER OR OTHER ABNORMALITIES PRESENT FELL ON EAST SIDE OF ENTR Y 6' OUTBY INTERSECTION HITING LOAD CENTER REMOVED WITH WAGNER.

February 8, 1996 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

1/2 BUNGLE OF PANS (ROOF BATS) FELL OFF PAN TRAY ONTO WALKWAY,S TRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF LEG, SCRAPING AND BRUISING CALVE OF LEG.

1995 · 12 incidents

November 9, 1995 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

C SEAM BARRIER ABOVE CAUSED PILLAR TO SPIKE ROOF CUTTING ALONG SIDE OF PILLAR INTERSECTION. HAD 8' BOLTS AND CABLE BOLTS IN IT.

October 11, 1995 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TEE IS NOT SURE BUT THINKS HE STRAINED HIS ABDOMEN MAKING A BELT MOVE HE DID NOT NOTICE THE HERNIA UNTIL SATURDAY OCT 14. HE DID NOT MENTION BEING HURT NOR NOTIFY MANAGEMENT UNTIL OCT 16 WHEN HE CALLED THE OFFICE THAT MORNING TO SAY WHY HE GRAVEYARD SHIFT FOR OCT 15. HE WENT TO THE DR ON OCT 16 DID NOT GET THE DETAILS SHIFT FOR OCT 15. HE WENT TO THE DR ON OCT 16 DID NOT GET THE

August 1, 1995 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

AFTER INSTALLING THE 3RD BOLT OF THE FIRST ROW WHILE DRILL HEAD STILL AGAINST BOLTER THE LEFT RIB ROLLED OVER. THE RIB STRUCK EE RIGHT LEG AND ANKLE KNOCKING HIM OVER IN FRONT OF BOLTER MACHIN E. THE PIECE OF COAL WAS 48"WX52"HX7" THICK. TOPOF RIB SLAB WAS 8" BELOW ROOF LINE.

July 19, 1995 CO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG THE STACKING TUBE, A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM ABOVE, HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER. AT THAT TIME, EMP THOUGHT HE WAS FINE & DID NOT NEED ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT WENT TO DR. 7-27 AFTER SHOULDER KEPT BOTHERING.

July 19, 1995 CO · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO SPLIT CONDUIT FOR CABLE TO GO THROUGH STOPPINGS, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THUMB.

June 13, 1995 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE STACKING CINDER BLOCKS TO BUILD STOPPING, EE SAID HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

June 6, 1995 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

NO 2 ENTRY FACE AND INTERSECTION FELL IN COVERING THE FLETCHER BOLTER . WE WERE PINNING RIBS WHEN BOLTER GOT STUCK. BEFORE WE GOT BACK WITH WAGON TO PULL BOLTER OUT IT WAS COVERED UP. THERE WAS NO SIGN OR WORKING OF AREA BEFORE WE LEFT TOGET WAGON TIME WE WERE GONE WAS 10 MIN.

April 12, 1995 CO · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE MINING IN #2 ENTRY THE RIB SLOUGHED, KNOCKING A CORNER OF BRATTICE LINE DOWN APPROX. 25' BEHIND CONINUOUS MINER. HE TOOK A SPAD GUN & WAS IN PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE VENTILATION WHEN A P IECE OF RIB 3'8" H, X 3'10" W, 8" TO 6" DISLODGED KNOCKING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR & LANDING ON TOP OF HIM.

February 28, 1995 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, EE RAN OVER A PIECE OF COAL ON MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST CAB ROOF.

February 17, 1995 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE MAKING VENT HOLE IN STOPPING WITH DOUBLE JACK, COAL RIB BLEW OUT AND HIT EE ON THE HAND CAUSING HIM TO CUT PALM OF LEFT HAND, WHICH REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

January 13, 1995 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HAND LOADING BLOCKS AND ONE FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET OF THE WAGNER ONTO HIS FOOT.

1994 · 10 incidents

December 13, 1994 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE HOOKS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 31, 1994 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELTLINE SUPPORT CABLE. IN DOING SO, DISLODGED TIMBER THAT CABLE WAS HOOKED TO. THE TIMBER, UNDER PRESSURE, FELL BACK AND HIT HIM ONT HE SIDE OF THE HEAD.

October 3, 1994 CO · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE INJURED WAS PULLING WATER HOSE FOR CONTIN UOUS MINER HE STEPPED WRONG, TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 27, 1994 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WATERING ROADWAYS, DRIVING FORD TRACTOR. HE WAS STOPPED, GETTING OFF FORD TRACTOR. THE RUNNING BOARD OF TRACTOR WAS WET. AS HE WAS GETTING OFF TRACTOR HE SLIPPED AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF ON RAIL OF TRACTOR AND PULLED HIS BACK IN DOING SO.

September 21, 1994 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STEEL TO MAKE FEEDER BREAKER FLYGHTS. HE HAD FINISHED THE LAST CUT AND BEATOVER TO MOVE REMAINING SHORT PIECE OF STEL OUT OF THE WAY, THE PIECE OF STEEL WAS ON THE BAND SAW, ABOUT KNEE HIGH. IN BENDING OVER KERMIT STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 5, 1994 CO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ASSITING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UNLOAD ROOF MATS FROM FLATBED TRAILER. HE WAS EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE FORK LIFT AND HA DLIFTED THE MATS OFF OF THE BLOCKIN GON THE TRAILER. THE MATS STARTED TOSHIFT ON THE FORKS, SO HE SAT THEM BACK DOWN ON TEH BLOCKING. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE BLOCKS. HE CAUGHT INJURED' LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BLOCK AND M

July 19, 1994 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF COAL ABOUT 1.5' X 1' X 6" THICK FELL OUT OF ROOF FROM BETWEEN THE PANS, STRIKKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

April 15, 1994 CO · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON THE FLETCHER BOLTER. HE WAS BEGINNING TO ADVANCE THE MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN TWO PANS PIECE OF ROCK WAS ABOUT 4 FT LONG BY 3 FT WIDE BY 8-10 INCHES THICK. IT HIT EE ON THE HEAD AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN INTO THE WALKWAY OF THE MACHINE.

1993 · 8 incidents

December 22, 1993 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FAULT HAD CROSSED THE INTERSECTION #26 #3 ENTRY OF NORTH SECTION THE FAULT AREA HAD SLINGS AND 8' BOLTS ALONG WITH THE 6' BOLTING CYCLE. THE AREA WAS BETING WATCHED CLOSELY AND THE AREA HAD FALLEN, WITH WARNING , AS BEING WATCHED.

April 8, 1993 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A 6FTX5FTX24IN LEFT RIB CHUNK ROLLED OFF STRIKING BOLRE OPERATOR & HELPER PINNING THEM UNDERNEATH CHUNK OF COAL AS THEY WERE REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM #2 BOLT ON FIRST ROW

April 8, 1993 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A 6FTX5FTX24IN LEFT RIB CHUNK ROLLED OFF STRIKING BOLTER OPERATOR & HELPER PINNING THEM UNDERNEATH CHUNK OF COAL AS THE7Y WERE REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM #2 BOLT ON FIRST ROW

April 6, 1993 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPOLOYEE STEPPED BETWEEN 2 CHUNKS OF COAL FELL & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE

March 29, 1993 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A RIB OF COAL POPPED OUT BEHIND BOLTER OPERATOR. MELVIN WAS NEARBY AND TURNED TO AVOID GETTING HIT AND TWISTED HIS LEG/KNEE WHEN HE STEP ON SOME LOOSE COAL ON THE FLOOR OF THE MINE.

January 25, 1993 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE MINE ROADWAY WHEN THE UNITRAC RAN OVER A TIMBER IN THE ROAD WAY SWINGING THE TIMBER AROUND KNOCKING HIS FEETE OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS B ACK

1992 · 9 incidents

December 1, 1992 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WE WERE FINISHING INSTALLING CROSSBARS. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TAKE OUT FOUR OF THE CENTER TIMBERS IN BREAKER ROW. WHEN KNOCKING ONE OF THE TIMBERS OUT, ONE FELL ON EMPLOYEE, HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS LEG, SCRAPING LOWER CALF TO HEEL.

November 23, 1992 CO · Coal scoop car operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS AT 4TH NORTH WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE COAL CAUSING HIM TO TWIST THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK RESULTING IN PAIN DOWN THE LOWER LEFT SIDE.

November 18, 1992 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY & SMASHED HIS FINGER IN PROCESS REQUIRING STITCHES

November 12, 1992 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS WATCHING HIS STEP WHEN HE GOT TO THE BELTLINE CUT 27 S ROLLER HIS CONCENTRATION SHIFTED TO WHY SPILL HE THEN LOST HIS FOOTING DROPPING NOT ABLE TO CATCH HIMSELF IN ANYWAY PULLED LE FT PECTORAL & RT HIP MUSCLE

August 11, 1992 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

68935 PUTTING ON CHAIN & BINDER EMPL WAS TIGHTENING BINDER AND CAUGHT PENIS UNDER CHAIN.

May 27, 1992 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A CHUNK OF COAL ON THE BELTS. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND WAS PULLED INTOT HE BELTS, HIS CLOTHING CATCHING ON THE BELTS. THIS RESULTED IN GROIN AREA PULLED AND A H IP INJURY.

April 6, 1992 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OF APPROX. 4' TALL IN CROSSCUT #32 #5 ENTRY SOUTH MAINS. APPROX. 4' OF ROCK FELL OVER FOR APPROX. 30'.

March 31, 1992 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER WAS BOLTING 1ST BOLT OF A ROW WHEN A BUMP DISLODGED A PIECE OF RIB ROCK WHICH HIT A RIB TIMER WHICH HIT HIM PUSHING HIM INTO BOLTING MACHINE.

1991 · 6 incidents

October 20, 1991 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO STEEL PIPE HANGING FROM ROOF OF MINE AND INJURED NECK.

October 5, 1991 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

TWISTED RIGHT FOOT WHEN ON A CHUNK OF COAL WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE WAGNER, BREAKING BONE TO LITTLE TOE.

August 5, 1991 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

AT APPROX 4:PM, INJURED RAN OVER A CHUNK OF COAL WITNESSED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ADN THEN AGAIN AT APPROX 6PM INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE PASSING IN INTERSECTON AND COLLIDED THEIR SHUTTLE CARS, SHAKING INJURED UP AND HURTING HIS BACK.

June 17, 1991 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD A PIECE OF DUST IN EYE.HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND SCRATCHED THE EYE.

April 11, 1991 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL AT 3 ENTRY 15 CROSSCUT OF 4TH NORTH FALL ORIGINATED AT 40 FT OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION THE FALL CARRIED INTO THE BOLTED INTERSECTION.

1990 · 4 incidents

May 30, 1990 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT WAS CARRYING A TIMBER ALONG THE BELTLINE AND STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND TWISTING HIS BACK.

April 27, 1990 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TRYING TO LIFT SMALL OIL TANKER ONTO FORD TRACTOR. TRIED TO LIFT TOO MUCH WEIGHT.

February 1, 1990 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS IN SCOOP BUCKET HELPING FILL ROCK DUST HOPPER; WHILE LOADING THE ROCKDUSTER THE SCOOP MOVED UNDER LOWER TOP. I.NAME, UNAWARE OF THE LOWER TOP STOOD UP FROM FLOOR OF SCOOP WITH A BAG OF ROCKDUST STRIKING HIS HEAD ON ROOF AND CAUSING HIMSELF TO TWIST AND STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.

January 17, 1990 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

HE WAS THROWING THE CABLE ONTO THE RIB, IN DOING THIS HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

1989 · 7 incidents

September 28, 1989 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS OPERATING THE WAGNER DIESEL SCOOP PUSHING A BATERY SCOOP UP THE B SEAM SLOPE WHILE PUSHING THE BATTERY SCOOP THE WAGNER SCOOP CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE BATTERY SCOOPS BUMPER THE BATTERY SCOOP THEN PULLED AWAY CAUSING THE WAGNER SCOOPTO DROP TO THE FLOOR THIS CAUSED THE OPERATOR I NAME TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CAB ROOF

June 26, 1989 CO · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER WHILE LIFTING THE BELT UP HE STRAINED HIS MIDDLE BACK THE PAIN AT THE TIME WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT BUT HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN UNTIL HE WAS FORCED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 8/7/89

June 6, 1989 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE SETTING HORIZONTAL STEEL BEAM IN THE #2 ROCK SLOPE A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK I,NAME ON THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT OFF AND CUTTING HIS SCALP.

May 8, 1989 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS WALKING BACK TO SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STEPPED ON ROUND PIECE OF COAL THIS THEW KNEE BACKWARD KNOCKING HIM TO FLOOR. FALL STRAINED LOWER BACK. PAIN NOT NOTICABLE AT FIRST CONTINUED TO WO RSEN CASUING HIM TO SEE DR ON 5/11/89.

April 5, 1989 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME MOVE ONE SIDE OF BOTTOM ROLLER BACK INTO REGULAR POSITION.AFTER MOVING HANGER BACK FOR ROLLER,TIGHTENING HANGER BACKUP.BELT SPLICE CAUGHT FINGER AND GLOVE THEREBY CUTTING INDEX FINGER O N LEFT HAND.

February 27, 1989 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS GOING OUT THE BELT ENTRY WATCHING TEMPORARY SPLICE WHEN HE WENT THRU OVERCAST DOOR HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER ON DOOR LATCH

February 9, 1989 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING TRACTOR INTO MINE THE MINE LIGHT CAUGHT STEEL CROSS TON PUSHING HARD HAT INTO SAFETY GLASES CUTTING JUST BELOW RIGHT EYE. THE HARD HAT PARTIALLY SEVERED RIGHT EAR.

1988 · 9 incidents

December 19, 1988 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HAD DROPPED BAD IDLER OUT OF #3 BELT HAD HOOKED ONE SIDE OF NEW IDLER TO CABLE & THEN STRAINED LOWER BACK HOOKING OTHER SIDE OF IDLER TO CABLE. BELT HAD BEEN SHUT OFF.

October 25, 1988 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE INJURED WAS LOADING A BOX OF 5 SELF-CONTAINED-SELF-RESCUERS FROM THE MINE FLOOR ONTO THE MANTRIP HE BENT OVER AND PULLED THE BOX TOWARD HIMSLF SLIDING THE BOX ACROOS THE MINE FLOOR STRAINI NG HIS BACK.

October 6, 1988 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME HAD SHIT BOLT OFF TO REMOVE A TOP BELT IDLER WHILE PULLING ON IDLER HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS BACK.

September 28, 1988 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WALKING FROM BATHHOUSE TO SHOP, HE STEPPED ON A STONE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

September 12, 1988 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMS TO HAVE TWISTED STRAINED HIS BACK IN THE MINES HOWEVER HE CAN NOT IDENTIFY ANY SPECIFIC TIME OR ACTION

August 26, 1988 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS WALKING THROUGH A CROSS-CUT WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE MATS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM.

July 11, 1988 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED WAS TRAVELING UP THE BELTLINE ENTRY WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

April 7, 1988 CO · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS OPERATING THE LEE NORSE 497 CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE RIB BLEW OUT THROWING PIECES OF COAL AT HIM. THE PIECES OF COAL STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK, THE BACK OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND THE BACK AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.

1987 · 1 incident

August 10, 1987 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS SHOV9LING COAL ALONG BELTLINE WHILE SHOVELING HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER MIDDLE PART OF ABDOMEN. HE CONTINUED WORKING THE REST OF THE NECK. THE PAIN BECAME BAD ENOUGH ON MONDAY 8-17-87 FOR I NAME TO 5EAVE THE MINE AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

1986 · 7 incidents

September 2, 1986 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME AND I.NA4E WERE UNLOADING BOLTING MATERIAL FROM A S & S BATTERY SCOOP THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP WAS RESTING ON A CINDERBLOCK THE SCOOP ROLLED BACKWARDS THE SCOOP BUCKET THEN SLIPPED OFF THE CINDER BL2CK AND LANDED ON I.NAMES RT FOOT

July 14, 1986 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME WAS LIFT3NG A 20 FOOT PIECE OF 2 INCH GALVANIZED PIPE WHEN HE SLIPPED & UHE SLIPPED & PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS BACK

June 18, 1986 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SHUTTLE CAR,HE STEPPED,JUMPED OUT AND PICKED UP A MINE TIMBER AND THREW OUT OF HIS WAY-INDOING THIS HE GAVE HIMSELF A HERNIA.

June 9, 1986 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

I,NAME JUMPED O0F PARKED BATTERY SCOOP. WHEN HE JUMPED OFF HE BUMPED HIS LEG AGAINST THE SCOOP.

June 5, 1986 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS WALK3NG TOWARD S/C & JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST A WATER LINE HUNG FROM ROOF.

April 7, 1986 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A FRONT END LOADER HAULING A UNATRAC BATTERY DOWN FROM PORTAL BENCH. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE LOADER AND THEN JUMPED FROM THE LOADER THE LOADERS ENGINE QUIT MAKING IT DIFFIC TO STEAR. 3

February 13, 1986 CO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bear Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FIT THE END OF 2IS SHIFT THE EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF THE DIESEL MANTRIP CAR AND STARTED TO WALK TOWARDS THE BATHOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL INTO THE MANTRIP AND THEN THE GROUND.

1985 · 5 incidents

July 18, 1985 CO · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME STRAINED THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LOWER BACK AS A RESULT OF HELPING TO LIFT A TRAM MOTOR FROM THE FLOOR ONTO A MANTRIP

July 1, 1985 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CARRYING SOLID CINDER BLOCKS 63 POUNDS EACH ABOUT HALF CROSSCUT WHEN FELT PAIN IN LOWER RT SIDE OF GROIN DIAGNOSED ON 7 3 85 AS HERNIA

June 10, 1985 CO · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS SHOVELING WET COAL FINES ONTO BELTING WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN-ATHOUGH HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE PAIN KEPT GETTING WORSE. FINALLY CONSULTED PHYISCIAN ON L- 6-14-85-LOCATED DEFINITE HERNIA, SURGERY SET UP FOR 6-19-85.

May 8, 1985 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

BASIL BEAR JUMPED ACORSS DRAINAGE DITCH, HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

April 22, 1985 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A 100 LB BAG OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE.

1984 · 4 incidents

September 6, 1984 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS HELPING LIFT A KUBOTA TRACTOR SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD CHANGE A FLAT TIRE. WHILE DOING THIS HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 5, 1984 CO · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM A FLAT BED TRUCK WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT

June 28, 1984 CO · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS DRIVING KUBOTA TRACTOR TO FACE WHEN AT CROSSCUT 21 ON HAULAGE ROAD HEFORGET TO DECK TO CLEAR RUN ROOF THUS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON ROOF.

June 18, 1984 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING EIGHT FOOT TIMBERS AND TWENTY FOOT CROSSBARS IN THE MINE WHEN A TIMBER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND. I,NAME HAND WAS RESTING ON THE TOP OF THE WAGNER LST-55 SCOOPTRAM.

1983 · 10 incidents

December 6, 1983 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MR. LONG WAS CARRYING CINDER BLOCKS TO A STOPPING SO THAT HE COULD BUILD THE STOPPING WHEN HE DROPPED A 8X8X16 SOLID CINDER BLOCK ON HIS LEFT HAND & BROKE HIS LEFT RING FINGER ABOVE THE 3RD JO INT.

November 7, 1983 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR TENNER WAS WORKING ON CUTTING A PIECE OF 36 IN BELTLINE INTO 2 PIECES WITH A KNIFE MR TENNER WAS CUTTING TOWRADS HIMSELF WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIM ON UPPER RT LEG HE WAS WARNED BY FOREMAN TO BE MORE CAREFUL WITH THE KNIFE 1K MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT

November 2, 1983 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN 2 PANS ROOF MATS AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD LEFT LEG AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT HE REQUIRED STITCHES ABOVE LEFT EYE AND SU SUSTAINED ONE BROKEN BONE ON LEFT FOOT

November 1, 1983 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE SHOVELING UNDERNEATH BELTLINE SMALL PIECDEOF ROCK BEGAN FALLING FROM THE ROOF HE LEAPED FOUR FEET TO HIS RT AND FLANDED ON HIS RT SIDE SPRAINING MUSCLES IN HIS BACK

October 31, 1983 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE HAD JUST BEGUN TO DRILL A HOLE FOR INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND SLID OFF THE TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER BACK

September 23, 1983 CO · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MR WILMONT WAS DRAGGING CONT MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

August 19, 1983 CO · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bear Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING A LOAD OF COAL TO THE FEEDER BREAKER IN A JOY S/C MR. SOBY RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN CAUISNG THE S/C TO BOUNCE VIOLENTLY WHICH INJURED HIS BACK.

June 27, 1983 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR. CHAPDELAINE AND AN OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE HOISTING A STORAGE BIN ONTO A SHELF N THE WAREHOUSE, BUT COULDNT BECAUSE THE BIN WAS TOO HEAVY. THEY THEN BEGAN TO SET THE BIN DOWN WHEN THE BIN BRUS ED AGAINST MR. CHAPDELAINES RIGHT THIGH.

June 22, 1983 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Bear Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR CURTIS WAS HELPING ON THE ROOF BOLTER WHILE INSTALLING A RESIN ROOF BOLT HE WAS STANDING ON THE TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT OF THE BOLTER WHEN THE OPERATOR LOWERED THE TRS MR CURTIS FOOT WAS PIN CHED BY ONE OF THE SUPPORTS ON THE TRS AS IT CAME DOWN

April 28, 1983 CO · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bear Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

BOB REED STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES WHILE DRAGGING CM CABLE.