I.NAME LEANED OVER TO PICK UP A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF J-BOLTS AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
Elk River Mine No 1 Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Mar 1988
Reportable incidents
17 on file1988 · 2 incidents
HE AND I.NAME WERE LOADING A CONVEYOR SPEED REDUCER INTO THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK AND WHILE DOING IT, DROPPED IT. IT LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT BREAKING THE 3RD AND 4TH TOES FROM THE BIG TOE. INVESTIGATION SHOWED HE DID NOT HAVE ON STEEL TOE SHOES. NO OTHER INJURIES.
1987 · 15 incidents
ROCK FALL FROM 2IDEN SLIP--ABOVE SUPPORT PINS--3 TO 4 FT THICK, APPROX. 150 FT OUTBY THE FACE. NO EQUIPMENT OR MEN INVOLVED.
SLIP IN TOP FEL5 OUT. ROCK HIT I,NAME ON LEFT SHOULDER.
HE WAS LIFTING 5 BUNDLE OF PINS OFF PINNER AND STRAINED HIS GROIN.
ROCK FELL FROM 7HE ROOF ON THE RT HAND RIB STRIKING I NAME ON R T SHOULDER AND SIDE. HE HAD SCRAPES AND BRUISES ON RT SHOULDER AND SIDE. HE WAS SENT TO THE HOSP FOR EXAM
MINER HOISTER W5S PULLING ON A ROCK.
A PIECE OF LOOS9 DRAW ROCK ABOUT 18" IN DIA. 3-4" THICK, BECAME DISLODGED WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED HIS STEEL HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
ROOF FALL APPRO3 1250 FT INSIDE MOUTH OF MINES IN #2 ENTRY MAIN INTAKE AND SUPPLLY ROAD. FALL WAS IN AN INTERSECTION OF 25 CROSS CUT. IT WAS APPROX 30X19X4 APPROX 2000 FT OUTBY FACE AREA THE THERE WAS NO E0UIP OR WORKERS INVOLVED OR AROUND IT WHEN IT FELL
ROOF FALL WAS I3 #2 ENTRY MAIN INTAKE SUPPLY ROAD 18 CROSSCUTS INSIDE THE MINES APPROX. 2,600 FT. FROM WORKING FACE AREA.THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX. 160' LONG,16' WIDE AND 0-5' THICK.IT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. 3
I NAME WAS CUTT3NG BELT IN PREPARATION FOR A SPLICE WHEN HIS UTILITY KNIFE BLADE CAME OUT OF HIS KNIFE HANDLE AND CUT HIS FINGER HE WAS TAKEN HOME AND LATER TO THE MEDICAL CENTER FOR STITCHES.
THE INJURED WAS3HANGING A CURTAIN NEXT TO THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT. HE REACHED DOWN TO GET THE CURTAIN AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK(ABOUT 2 IN. THICK BY 1 FT. BY 1 1/2 FT WIDE.) FELL HITTING HIM ON HIS LEFT WRIST.3
FALL WAS IN #3 3ENTRY APPROX.1500FT OUTBY FACE AREA IT IS A SUPPLY ENTRY FALL WAS APPROX.19FT WIDE 25FT LONG & 5-7FT THICK T HERE WAS A SLIP IN THE AREA NO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED
I.NAME WAS SPLI7ING A PUMP LINE IN THE #5 ENTRY. AT THIS TIME THE UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING, SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE A
IN #2 ENTRY ABO6T 120 FEET OUTBY THE FACE. ITS 20 FEET LONG, 18 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT 3 FEET THICK.
LEFT SIDE OF HE5D WAS OUT ABOUT 1 OR 1 1/2 INCHES LONG AND LEFT SHOULDER WAS HIT BY ROCK
IT WAS IN #3 EN7RY ABOUT 50 FEET OUT BY THE FACE. IT WAS ABOUT 15 FEET LONG, 1L FEET WIDE AND VARIED FROM 3 TO 5 FEET THICK. IT FELL ON PINNER MACHINE.