LOW WET BACK EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE BY HAND NO TE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 01-19-92
Bright Star No 6 Coal
MSHA record for Bright Star No 6 (mine ID 1514942). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1986–1991
- Latest incident
- Dec 1991
Reportable incidents
9 on file1991 · 6 incidents
ROCK FALL 4 TH XCUT OUTBY 6 ENTRY A MUD SLIP WORE AT A ANGLE TO THIS X CUT ENTRY.
CONTINUOUS MINER WAS IN #7 ENTRY TRYING TO PUSH SHUTTLE CAR OUT WHICH WAS HUNG THE ENTRY WAS WET & HAD WATER 2TO3IN DEEP IN PLACE THE SEAM THE SEAM HEIGHT WAS 40 INCHES DARK
EMPL CLEANING TAILPIECE AND TO KEEP IT UNCLOGGED OF ROCK.THERE WAS 48" HEIGHT HERE.EMPL WAS MOVING ROCK DOWN TAILPIECE AND STRAINED BACK.
MUD SLIP IN #3 ENTRY WHICH HAD CROSSED OVER FROM #2 ENTRY.
MUD SLIP IN #2 ENTRY IN PILLAR LINE.
1986 · 3 incidents
LOW COAL SEAM 38IN DARKNESS WET BOTTOM AND POOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SHOOT FIREMAN AND PIN MAN PIN MAN WAS SHOT BY COAL RT SIDE AND FACE BY A BLOW THROUGH OF ONE HOLE IN CROSSCUT HE RECEIVED CUT TO FACE NE7K AND RT SIDE AND LEG HIS LEFT EYE WAS SCRATCHED BY COAL AND WILL REQUIRE CORRECTIVE SURGERY MOST LIKELY
LOW COAL SEAM 36'' AND ROOF BOLT THAT HAD PLATE HEAD TORN OFF LEAVING SHARP EDGE STRIKING DOWN OUT OF BOLT HOLE.
THE EE WAS TRYI3G TO DISLODGE A ROCK FROM THE SLOPE TAIL PIECE. THE SIZE & WEIGHT OF THE ROCK WERE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS CAUSING THE EE TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
The full compliance file on Bright Star No 6
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.