Struck by falling object
Employee had just put a pin in the ripper and as he was standing up the ripper shifted causing the chain from the boom to drop hitting him on the shoulder.
Flint Hill MineCoal
Triad Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Dale, Spencer County, IN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202220
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2002–2005
- Latest incident
- Sep 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file2005 · 2 incidents
Struck against stationary object
He was entering dozer and hit his head on a converter mounted in it.
2004 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
He was climbing down ladder & stepped on a loose dirt clod & twisted his ankle. X-rays showed he cracked a bone in his right ankle.
2003 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
HELPING MECHANIC LOOSEN NUT AND ALL THREAD ON THE D11 DOZER. NUT LOOSENED ATT AT ONCE AND ALL THREAD CUT HIS FINGER.
2002 · 4 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
IT WAS MUDDY. HE WENT TO STEP OVER A HOSE, MISSED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE TRYING TO KEEP FROM FALLING.
Struck by flying object
HE WAS CHANGING THE TEETH ON THE LOADER'S BUCKET WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF AND FLEW IN HIS EYE.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS MOVING THE LIGHTPLANT AND WENT TO UNHOOK IT AND THE JACK KICKED OUT HE CUT HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STEPPED DOWN TO GET A SCREWDRIVER. THE GROUND WAS MUDDY AND HIS FOOT TWISTED AND LEG DIDN'T. HE BROKE HIS ANKLE.