EMPLOYEE WAS USING A DIRT SHOVEL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1991–1998
- Latest incident
- Dec 1998
Reportable incidents
17 on file1998 · 6 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON OFFICE TRAILER WHEN LADDER SLIPPED FROM UNDERNEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL HITTING HEAD AND NECK AGAINST GROUND.
WHILE TRAMINING CONT. MINER ACROSS SECITON THE CABLE HOOK ON SIDE OF CONT MINER BROKE OFF HITTING EE ON RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS LIFTING 7' MINING TIMBERS FROM OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN.
STEERING ARM CAME OUT OF EMPLOYEES HAND THEN CAME AROUND STRIKING THE BACK OF HAND.
TWO SCOOP OPERATOR WERE ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFER A SPOOL OF CABLE FROM ONE SCOOP TO ANOTHER WHEN ONE SCOOP LIFTED THE OTHER SCOOP UP BY THE BUCKET. THE VISION OF THE OPERATOR WAS BLOCKED BY THE SPOOL OF CABLE, SO HE WAS UNAWARE THAT HE WAS LIFTING THE OTHER SCOOP, WHEN THE TRANSFER WAS COMPLETE OPERATOR DROP HIS SCOOP BUCKET CAUSING LIFTED SCOOP OPERATO TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY
1997 · 3 incidents
TOP ACCUMULATED WATER AND FELL ABOUT 6' HIGH. CRIBBED OFF FAL AND DANGERED OFF.
INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING ROOF DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE WHEN ROCK WAS POULLED DOWN CATCHING HAND BETWEEN ROCK & DRILL HEAD.
WA ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL ROOFBOLT WHEN SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL . EE JUMPED BACK. HIS ELBOW HIT RIB HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL INTO CONTROL LEVERS.
1994 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BIT LUGS IN MINER HEAD AND DRIVING PINS IN WITH A HAMMER. PIECE OF BIT LUG CAME OFF AND WENT IN HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
1992 · 2 incidents
VICTIM WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY SAID HE HURT HIS BACK HE TOLD NO ONE ON THE SECTION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT HE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HOME TO COME OUTSIDE HE CAME OUT AND TA LKED TO HIS WIFE FOR ABOUT 40 MIN.HE THEN TOLD OUTSIDE MAN TO CALL INSIDE AND TELL FOREMAN HE WAS GOING HOME HE WAS HURT.
EE WAS WALKING TOWARD FACE AFTER GETTING OFF MANTRIP AND SLIPPED AND FELL IN A SMALL WATER HOLE.
1991 · 5 incidents
DRAW ROCK FELL ON VICTIM IT MEASURED 3 FT WIDE 3 1/2 FEET LONG AND 4 1/2" THICK.IT FELL CATCHING RIGHT LEG LOWER RIBS AND SHOULDER.BOLTER HAD INSTALLED FIRST RIB BOLT WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR SEC OND BOLT WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE OF THE #4 ENTRY OF BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION, MMU #001-0. AFTER DRILLING A HOLE THE FINISHING STEEL BECAME LODGED IN THE MINE ROOF. AS HE TRIED TO REMOVE TH E STEEL, IT DISLODGED AND DROPPED OUT, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. POSSIBLE FRACTURE, DOCTORS COULD NOT TELL AT TIME OF EXAMINATION.
RF FALL IN 1 ENTRY 24 BREAKS INBY THE PORTAL OF BEAR BRANCH MINE 20'L 25' W 8' T 6' RESIN BOLTS
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE OF THE #3 ENTRY OF THE BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION. MMU#001-0. HE WAS USING 6' RESIN RODS, BENDING THEM TO GET THEM IN THE HOLES. AS HE WAS PUSHING A ROD I NTO A HOLE, HE WAS HOLDING THE ROD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, (USING DRILL HEAD TO RAISE ROD). THE ROD WENT UP AGAINST THE CANOPY ADN CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROD AND THE CANOPY OF THE DRI
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE BREAK THRU BETWEEN THE 2 AND 3 ENTRY FACE AREA OF THE BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION MMU 00-1. WHEN FINISHING HIS SIDE HE STARTED HELPING THE OTHER OPERATOR. AFTER DRILLING A HOLE WHILE THE OPERATOR LET THE HEAD DOWN, EE STARTED PUTTING THE BOLT IN THE HOLE. THE OPERATOR CONTINUED TO LET THE HEAD DOWN AND IT CAME DOWN ON EE LEFT FOOT FRACTURING HIS BIG TOE.