I,NAME WAS WORK3NG AT #2 BELT HEAD WHERE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER CIRCUIT IN THE CONTROL BOX FOR #2 BELT. HE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 38
- Years on record
- 1983–1996
- Latest incident
- Aug 1996
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
37 on file (excluding fatalities above)1996 · 5 incidents
EMMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON MINER WHEN A CABLE BLEW OUT CAUSING BURNS TO HANDS AND FACE.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BOLTS. HE SAID HE STRAINED HIMSELF. PULLING SOMETHING IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS STOMACH.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ON CYLINDERS AND STRAINED HIMSELF.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON THE BACK.
1995 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO OUTSIDE HIS LIGHT WENT OUT, HE TRIPPED AND FELL ON SOME ROCKS HITTING HIS FACE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT HE SLIPPED AND FELL. ON HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. HE RAN OVER A ROCK. THE ROCK FLIPPED UP AND HIT HIM ON THEFOOT.
1991 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 2 CANS OF HYDRAULIC OIL(5 GALLONS EACH) AND INJURED BACK.
SHUTTLE CAR CABLE CAUGHT EMPLOYEES LEGS PULLING LEGS OUT FROM UNDER HIM.HE FELL AND INJURED HIS HIP AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATION MINE BY REMOTE CONTROL, WHILE UNDER ROOF SUPPORT, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM TOP. IT CAUGHT ON A ROOF BOLT THEN IT SWUNG AND THEN DROPPED. THE PIECE OF ROCK C AUGHT THE EMPLOYEE AND CAUSED INJURY. (A BROKEN ARM).
THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WAS CAUGHT AND WOULD NOT MOVE, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO FREE THE CHAIN BY STARTING THE CHAIN. THE CHAIN THEN BROKE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG.
1990 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MIENR, WHEN APIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. BREAKING HIS ANKLE.
1989 · 2 incidents
VICTIM BACKED COAL DRILL INTO RIB AND PUSHED LEG INTO VALVE BANK AND BROKE IT.
CUT OIL TANK OUT OF SCOOP IN SHOP TANK CAUGHT FIRE AND BURN I NAME FACE.
1988 · 6 incidents
ROOF FALL.
INJURED TOOK MAN BUS OFF CHARGE AND PLUGGED IT IN TO ENERGIZE IT, BUT IT WOULDN'T TRAM. THINKING THE BATTERIES WERE DEAD, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LEFT THE MOTOR IN FORWARD ENERGIZED AND STEPPED TO BACK OF MOTOR TO PUSH IT A LITTLE WAY. THE MOTOR STARTED TRAMMING, AND INJURED RAN BESIDE IT TO STOP IT WITH BRAKE OR SWITCH. HE WAS CAUGHT PARALLEL BETWEEN TRACKS AND A FLAT CAR, WITH HIS L
WHILE WORKING ON SPEED REDUCER IN SHOP HE WAS SPINNING GEARS MANUALLY TO CHECK BEARING SHIM TOLLERANCE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HAND WAS CAUGHT PULLING HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN GEARS CUTTING & BREAK ING MIDDLE FINGER & CUT INDEX FINGER.
VICTIM WAS PULL3NG LOADER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING AREA AROUND BELT HEAD AND WAS MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
COAL SEAM WENT THRU A DIP ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THIS DIP IN THE #3 ENTRY THRU THE BREAK TO THE #4 ENTRY ABOUT 4 FEET THICK. THIS SECTION WAS IDLE AT THE TIME OF FALL.
1987 · 4 incidents
THE INJURED WAS3BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
A BLAST WAS SET3OFF AND THE CUTTER OPERATOR SUFFERED EAR INJURY.
THE INJURED WAS3CUTTING THE BELT OUT OF THE TAIL ROLLER ON #2 BELT AND INJURED HIS BACK IN A STRAIN POSITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP TO GET INTO ENDLOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AGAINST END LOADER AND JERKED HIS BACK.
1985 · 2 incidents
MINER CANOPY CA6GHT ROOF DISLODGING ROOF CAUSING IT TO FALL ON INJURIES RIGHT FOOT.
I NAME WAS GETT3NG ROOF STEEL FROM ACROSS BOLTER WHEN HE HIT CANOPY CONTROL WITH DRILL STEEL LETTING CANOPY LOWER ON TO RIGHT FOREARM.
1984 · 3 incidents
TOP FELL OUT IN LAYER IN THE 2 ENTRY APP 2 1/2 BREAKS AT SPAD 2791 SPAD WAS IN HAST OPEN CROSSCUT FELL BREAK OUTBY SPAD TO HAVE TIMBERED AND CRIBED 2 ENTRY AND CROSSCUT APPO. NO ONE WAS INJURE D OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
INJURED WAS PULLING AND HANGING CABLE FOR A BUDDY SO CAUSED A HERNIA ON LEFT SIDE LOWER STOMACH
INJURED WAS UPON THE MINER PUTTING OIL IN IT, THEN HE GOT DOWN AND BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON THE MINER
1983 · 7 incidents
INJURED WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOFBOLT WHEN SOFT SPOT IN ROOF CAUSED SUDDEN PENETRATION BY ROOF STEEL CATCHING FINGER
AS INJURED OPERATED ROOFBOLTER TO INSTALL BOLT IN ROOF RT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND PINBOARD
INJ SLIPPED ON WET RAINY SURFACE WHILE ALIGHTING MANBUS
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE STRUCK PINBOARD ATTACHED TO ROOFBOLT WITH HIS FOREHEAD AS HE TURNED HIS HEAD.
INJURED WAS HELPING TO FREE A STUCK ROOF BOLTER. WHEN ROOF BOLTER RUN ONTO HISA RT FOOT.
BELTS QUIT RUNNING AND AS HE HURRIED TO RE-START THEM HE STRUCK PINBOARD AND HARD HAT.
INJURED STATED HE MOVING OIL CANS BY CARRYING THEN AND AS HE PICKED UP THE 2ND CAN BE FELT PAIN IN BACK.