Mining Incidents

Carbon #2Coal

Controlled by Douglas E Miller
Lynnville, Warrick County, IN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202233
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Jun 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS USING A 5FT PRY BAR TO REMOVE ADEFECTIVE IMPACT ROLLER ON THE BELT LINE. HE PLACED THE BAR IN THE FRAME OF THE ROLLER & APPLIEDDOWN FORCE AS HE DID THE ROLLER TURN OVER, HE LO ST CONTROL OF BAR. THE BAR CAME AROUND WITH THE ROLLER & FRAME & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD & NECK. MRI RAN EE--AWAITING RESULTS

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE THE FEED CHUTE DOOR OF THE PELLET MILL. HE STATED THE DOOR WAS HEAVIER THAN HE EXPECTED AND HAD TO LOWER IT QUICKLY. AS HE DID HE F ELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK. COMPLETED SHIFT DIDN'T REPORT INCIDENT TILL NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED SHIFT.

2001 · 3 incidents

Contact with heat

DURING A CLEAN-UP OPERATOR, SUBJECT BECAME OVERCOME DUE TO HEAT. AS A PRECAUTION, SUBJECT WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WASHING DOWN BELT, EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 3 1/2 FT FROM PLATFORM TO LOWER PLATFORM. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE SCALP ABOVE THE LEFT EAR.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING INTO DITCH TO PULL CABLE. AS HE ENTERED, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HOLDING THE BUCKET LEVER ON 988 END LOADER WHILE DRIVING TO FIRE COAL STOCKPILE WHEN HE HIT A 8-10"" DITCH WHICH PITCH HIM FORWARD AND JAMMED HIS WRIST.