I.NAME LIFTED WATERLINE WHILE OTHER I.NAME TIED WATER LINE TO MINE ROOF.I.NAME WENT TO DROP ARMS DOWN,FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 42
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Feb 1990
Reportable incidents
42 on file1990 · 2 incidents
LOADING CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE. HE STATED THAT LIFTED A PIECE OF STRUCTURE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
1989 · 20 incidents
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 IN THE #5 ENTRY ABOUT 8 BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE AREA IN THE INTERSECTION OF #5 LEFT AND #5 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 24 FEET WIDE X 20 FEET LON G AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 6-8 FEET IN HEIGHT.
SAWING TIMBER WITH BOW SAW ,BLADE OF SAW HUNG ON SOME BARK OF TIMBER CAUSING THE BLADE TO JUMP AND SCRAPE HIS INDEX FINGER ON L HAND.
RF FALL APPROX 20'L 25'W AND 7' THICK DISCOVERED IN THE 3 HEADING DURING PRESHIFT EXAM.
EE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE SHOVELING THE BELT LINE.
I,NAME WAS ENTERING THE MINE ON THE RAILRUNNER, APPROX. MATELY 5 BREAKS INBY THE PORTAL WHEN HE RAISED UP TO SPEAKE TO A CO-WORKER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A 8"X8"X16' CROSS COLLAR.
REMOVING RF BOLTER CABLE FORM HANGER HOOK OF HANGER STUCK IN HAND BETWEEN THUMB, AND INDEX FINGER REQ 4 STITCHES
AS INJURED WAS INSTALLING A RESING BOLT, THE CUFF OF HIS GLOVE BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE WRENCH, TWISTING HIS HAND CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT THUMB.
DUE TO A ROOF FALL, FALLING TO THE ABANDONED AREA OF THE CU2 MINE THE 002 SECTION WAS INUNDATED WITH WATER.
A ROOF FALL APPROX. 20 FT WIDE X 25 FT HIGH X A MAXIMUM OF 40 FT LONG OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF THE 2 ENTRY OF THE 002 SECTION.
BUILDING BRATTICE LIFTED CONCRETE BLOCK FELT PAIN IN LOWER BAK FINISHED SHIFT CONSULTED DR NEXT DAY
AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BELT ENTRY, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. ALTHOUGH HE WAS WALKING ON A MUDDY BOTTOM HE SAID HE DID NOT SLIP OR FALL BUT JUST STARTED HURTING.
A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 002 SECTION IN THE LAST SET OF ROOMS ON R PANEL ON THE MAIN LINE THE FALL WAS APPROX 5' H 20'W 40'L THE AREA HAS TIMBERED OFF AND DANGER SIGNS POSTED THE FALL DOE S NOT INTERFER WITH VENTILATION OR ESCAPEWAYS AND WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP
EMPL WAS POSITIONG FITTING FOR HYDRAULIC PUP & WRENCH SLIPPED & STRUCK HIM IN UPPER LIP. HE CONSULTED DR RECE9VED 5 STITCHES & RETURNED TO WORK FOLLOWING SHIFT.
I NAME STATED THAT DURING COURSE OF SHIFT HIS KNEE BECAME RED & SWOLLEN HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT & CONSULTED A DOC NEXT DAY IT WAS ASSUMED THAT A SMALL PIECE OF COAL WAS BETWEEN HIS KNEE & KNEE P AD THIS WAS NOT INITIALLY REGARDED AS AN ACCIDENT
I,NAME WAS LOADING 6"X6"X18' CROSS COLLARS WHEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED THAT SHIFT AND WORKED THE FOLLOWING SHIFT BEFORE HE CONSULTED A DOCTOR. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 2/22/89.
HE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF COAL AT THE FEEDER. HE TURNED TO FACE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL TOWARD THE FACE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 18" WIDE X 18" LONG X 3" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STR UCK HIM ON THE HEAD. NO CUTS OR LACERATIONS WERE PRESENT BUT A STRAINED NECK WAS DIAGNOSED.
I.NAME INSTALLED FIRST BOLT IN 3RD ROW AND HAD SWUNG BOOM OVER TO INSTALL 2ND BOLT.AS HE REACHED FOR DRILL STEEL,PIECE OF ROCK 20" LONG X 5"WIDE X 2" THICK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT ARM.
THE INJURED SATED THAT HE KNEW OF NO INCIDENT ON THE JOB OR AT HOME THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED HIS BACK PROBLEM, HOWEVER, THE DOCTOR THAT HE CONSULTED SAID THAT HE WAS SUFFING FROM A DEGENERATIVE BA CK DISEASE TAHT WAS PROBABLY AGGRAVATED BY HEAVY LIFTING AND STOOPING OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. HE HAD WORKED FOR US LESS THAT A YEAR. FIRST CONSULTED A DOCTOR IN EARLY FEB. ADN THE FINDING W
LOADING 7 FT. TIMBERS ON A FLAT CAR WHEN FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. FINISHED LOADING TIMBERS AND WENT HOME, APPROX 30 MIN LATER SAW DR. THE FOLOWING DAY.
A ROOF FALL APPROX 20 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 6 FT HIGH OCCURRED IN THE #4 LEFT BREAK THIS AREA WAS SUPPORTED BY 36 IN CONVENTIONAL BOLTS
1988 · 11 incidents
THE INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING MUCJ ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT AND FELT A STINGING SENSATION IN HIS ABCK.HE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER.HE SAID THE PIN HAD GOTTEN W ORSE AND HE WAS GOING TO SEE A DOCTOR.
I.NAME WAS HANGING A CABLE & AS HE LIFTED THE CABLE TOWARD THE CABLE HANGER HIS FINGER HIT A JAGGED PIECE OF ROCK IN THE ROOF & CUT THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND
I.NAME WAS HELPING TO PULL CABLE OFF THE REEL OF A SHUTTLE CAR HE STARTED TO CLEAN SOME MUD AWAY FROM THE THREAD BAR & CUT HIS FINGER
A ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 22' LONG 18' WIDE X 8'-10' HIGH HAS OCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE #8 BREAK IN THE #5 ENTRY.
THE INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HAULING TOWARD THE FEEDER WITH A LOAD OF COAL AND THAT HE RAN OVER A ROCK OR A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WITH THE SHUTTLE CAR.IT BOUNCED HIM INTO THE AIR AND HE LANDED HARD AGINST THE SEAT. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY.
HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SCOOP DECK WHEN THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED. AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE DECK, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SLICK BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
AS I NAME WAS ROOF BOLTING HE WAS SITTING ON THE MINE FLOOR WITH HIS LEG FOLDED UNDERNEATH HIM WITH THE SOLE OF HIS FOOT POINTING UPWARD A PIEDCE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOT
AS THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS TRAMMING ACROSS THE SECTION,THE INJURED,BENT OVER TO MOVE THE CABLE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS ABCK HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WORKED ANOTHER SHIFT BEFORE HE CONSU LTED A DOCTOR.
HE WAS PULLING BLOCKS FROM A STACK OF CONCRETE BLOCKS AND ONE FELL FROM THE STACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ANKLE.HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO LIFT THE BLOCKS INSTEAD OF PULLING THEN FROM THE STACK.
WHILE INSTALLING A BOLT IN THE THIRD ROW A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ATRS & STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND & FINGERS
I.NAME WAS LOADING 50LB.BAGS OF ROCKDUST & AS HE PULLED A BAG FROM THE TOP OF THE PILE HE TURNED AROUND & ANOTHER BAG FELL FROM THE PILE STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE ANKLE
1987 · 9 incidents
HE WAS RIDING T2E BELTS TO THE OUTSIDE AND INJURED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE JUMPED OFF.
HE STATED THAT 7HE RAILRUNNER WENT DOWN ABOUT 2/20 BREAKS, FROM THE FACE HE WAS RIDING THE BELT OUTSIDE AND RAN INTO A BELT CROSS-OVER, STRICKING HIM IN THE NOSE AND MOUTH.
HE WAS RIDING B9LTS TO THE OUTSIDE AND INJURED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE JUMPED OFF. HE HAD BEEN CAUTIONED ABOUT RIDING BELTS.
HE STATED THAT 2E LIFTED A LOOP OF MINER CABLE TO THROW AGAINST A RIB TO GET IT OUT OF THE ROAD WAY AND FELT A SLIGHT STINGING SENSATION IN HIS BACK. HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE STATED THAT 4HILE HE WAS SHOVELING THE BELTLINE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG. HE SAID HE WAS TWISTING HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING. THE DOCTOR'S INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS A PULLED HAMSTRING. A SEC OND OPINION REV9ALED A HERNIATRED DISC.
HE WAS RESTING 2IS HAND ON TOP OF THE CANOPY OVER THE OPERATOR AS HE SWUNG THE HEAD OF THE BOLT MACHINE TOWARD THE RIB TO INSTALL A CORNER BOLT. HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BROW AND THE A TRS, MASHING TH9 LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS LIFTING 5 TOOL BOX OUT OF THE SCOOP BUCKET IN COAL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE FINSHED OUT HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO A DOCTOR.
BEFORE PUTTING 6P SECOND ROW OF BOLTS IN #3 ENTRY I.NAME WAS GOING TO BEND BACK A STRAP THAT WAS HANGING DOWN WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE DRAW ROCK APPROX.2FTX2FTX2IN FELL STRIKING HIM ON SHOULDER X-RAYS WERE NEG5TIVE & HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING SHIFT
A ROCK FALL OCC6RRED IN INTERSECTION OF LAST OPEN CROSS-CUT IN #3 ENTRY THE FALL WAS APPROX.20FT WIDE 28FT.LONG & 4-15FT THICK