VICTIM CAME FROM FACE AREA FLL AREA TO HELP IN CLEANING UP FALL & HELPED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEN VICTIM & FOREMAN STARTED TO LEAVE AREA FOR HOME & ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING & KILLING VICTIM. AREA WAS MINED 10 YEARS AGO & WAS 4 BREAKS INBY PORTALS BUILT BY PREVIOUS OPERATOR.
Mine No #1 Coal
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1984–1993
- Latest incident
- Jul 1993
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
14 on file (excluding fatalities above)1993 · 1 incident
ROOF FALL ON #2 BELT LINE, 1 [ ? ] BELOW #2 TAIL PIECE
1992 · 4 incidents
I.NAME PULLING A POWDER WAGON AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
ADVERSE ROOF CONDITIONS.
TURN AROUND AND WIRE HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
FALL OCCURRED OVER THE WEEKEND HAVE A ROOF FALL IN #1 ENTRY ABOUT FOUR FEET HIGH.
1990 · 1 incident
HE WAS CRAWLING UP BELT LINE ABOUT 90 FEET OUTBY #2 HEAD DRIVE A PIECE OF ROCK 2" THICK 2 FEET LONG 1 1/2 FEET WIDE FELL AND THE CORNER HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE BACK.
1989 · 2 incidents
OPERA TOR WAS TRAMMING BOLTER FROM #12 ENTRY TO #13 ENTRY OPERATOR WAS LOOKING BACK OVER HIS SHOULDER & RAN INTO THE RIB CUTTING HIS FINGER OFF
WHILE ATEMPTING TO MOVE THE CUTTER BY PULLING WITH A SCOOP THE CUTTER OPERATOR WAS PINNED AGAINST RIB.
1988 · 1 incident
FALL OCCURRED OVER WEEKEND A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT IN NO 2 ENTRY APPROX.20FT WIDE 50FT LONG 4FT THICK FALL OCCURED FROM FAULT IN ROOF
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO CHARGE SCOOP. BATTERYS WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A JUMPER CABLE. HE LAYED HIS HAND ON THE SCOOP AND THE BATTERYS FALL ON HAND PINNING HAND TO SCOOP.
1986 · 2 incidents
THE PART OF THE3MINE AFFECTED BY THIS ROOF FALL WAS DEVELOPED BY ANOTHER OPERATOR.
I.NAME WAS CHAN1ING TIRE ON S COOP. WHILE TAKING TIRE OFF IT BLEW UP & HIT HIM ON RIGHT LEG & BROKE IT.
1984 · 2 incidents
HURT HEAD & LEFT ARM- SHOVELING ROCK HIT EMPL LEFT SHOULDER AND HEAD BUT DONE NO INJURY.EMPL DIDNT GO TO DR.HE SAID IT DIDNT DOD ANY INJURY.
MAN TOOK BAR AND PULLED DRAW ROCK ROCK CAUGHT BAR AND BAR HIT ACROSS LEFT LEG AND SIDE