EE WAS WALKING ALONG MUDDY BELT ENTRY & FELL AGAINST STRUCTURE.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 65
- Years on record
- 1992–1997
- Latest incident
- May 1997
Reportable incidents
65 on file1997 · 5 incidents
EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF DRAWROCK WHILE SERVICING CONT MINER
AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON 4 BELT IN BREAK 9 AND 10 IN THE 5 ENTRY APP 15'L X 16-18'W X 5-51/2' THICK.
EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT LEG WHIEL USIGN A KNIFE TO SPLIT A PIECE OF CONDUIT.
EE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROOF AND A BOLTER CANOPY.
1996 · 14 incidents
EMP WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK THAT SLID OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER HEAD. NOTE: EMP WORKED UNTIL 12-26-96 THEN HE STARTED MISSING SCHEDULED WORK DAYS.
AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURED IN THE #42BREAK BETWEEN THE #4 AND #5 ENTRY. FALL WAS APPROX 6'THICK, 18'WIDE, AND 60'LONG.
ROOF FALL 4'X18'WX30'L.
EE CUT HIS RIGHT LEG WHILE USING A BOX KNIFE TO CUT A ROPE.
AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURED AT THE 46 BREAK ALONG 2 BELT THAT WAS APP. 6 1/2'X18'X20'.
EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF DRAWROCK WHILE BOLTING THE 3 RIGHT CROSSCUT.
EE WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK THAT FELL OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FAL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE RETURN APPROX 6 BREAKS INBY THE #2 HEADDRIVE IN THE OLD SECTION OF THE MINE.
EE ALLEDGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLT MACHINE. NOTE: HE STARTED MISSING TIME ON 3-25-96.
EE CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A BOX KNIFE WHILE TRIMMING BELT.
EMPLOYEE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT THUMB HANGING ROOF BOLTER CABLE. NOTE: HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 3-4-96 DUE TO DOCTOR'S ORDERS.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HELPING SPLICE #2 BELT LINE.
AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED ON THE #3 BELT APP. 5 BREAKS INBY THE HEADDRIVE.
EMPLOYEE FELL IN SNOW AND TWISTED ANKLE. NOTE: WENT TO DOCTOR ON 1-30-96.
1995 · 11 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF METAL FROM A HAMMER HEAD WHILE REMOVING A BELT PIN.
EE SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING MUD OFF BELT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MBC & THE LOW STRUCTURE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO GET ON HIS KNEES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING POWER CENTER OUTSIDE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 10-2-95.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED ON THE NO. 2 BELT BEGINNING AT THE 5TH CROSSCUT & EXTENDING 70' INBY. THE FALL WAS 18' WIDE AND 8-10' HIGH.
EE CUT HIS LEFT RING FINGER WHILE TRYING TO CUT A PIECE OF BELT.
EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED IN A SCOOP BUCKET THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOMENTARILY UNCONSCIOUS
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE BELT ENTRY APP 9 BREAKS FROM THE GREASY CREEK PORTAL THIS FALL MEASURED 40'X23'X46".
A ROCK FALL OCCURRED IN THE 4TH INTERSECITON INBY THE BELT DRIVE ON THE NO. 6 BELT. THE FALL WAS 20'WX35'LX7'H.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CUT HIS LEFT LEG, WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF ROPE "IN HALF".
1994 · 6 incidents
EE STATED THAT DUST FLEW IN HIS EYE WHILE HE WAS DRILLING THE ROOF PREPARING TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT.
WHILE DRILLING A HOLE IN THE ROOF, A PIECE OF ROCK SLID DOWN THE DRILL STEEL. ACCORDING TO INJURED, THIS ROCK CUT HIS HEAD.
A ROOF FALL OCCURED 26 BREAKS INBY THE PORTAL IN#2 ENTRY WHICH MEASURED 40' LONG, 18'WIDE AND 8'THICK.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A 40 LB BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTIN GON 6-16-94. INJURED CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 7-13-94. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 7-13-94 BECAUSE OF H IS BACK INJURY CLAIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL AND HE STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HAND, RESULTING IN A CUT RIGHT HAND.
A "HORSEBACK" TYPE ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT #26 X-CUT FROM THE OUTSIDE BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRIES. IT MEASURED 40' X 19' X 3'-6' THICK.
1993 · 9 incidents
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 3 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION THE FALL WAS 8 FT HIGH X 60 FT LONG X 20 FT WIDE.
EE WALKED INTO A STEER STRAP USED FOR ROOF SUPPORT. HE SUFFURED A CUT ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.
INJURED SAID HE FELL DOWN AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
AS EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN THE ROOF, HE CUT HIS FINGER ON THE DRILL STEEL, WHEN IT HUNG IN THE ROOF.
EMPLOYEE SAID THAT A NYLON ROPE, BEING USED TO PULL A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT, SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER A RAIL LOCOMOTIVE PULL PIN AND STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD AS HE WAS WALKING AND STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE MINE FLOOR OR TRACK. THIS FALL FRACTURED HIS FACE. EMPLOYEE SAID AT THE HOSPITAL HE MAY HAVE PASSED OUT DUE TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, WHICH HAS BEEN 200/140 AT TIMES.
AS INJURED WAS JACKING UP A LOCOMOTIVE, HE SAID HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
AS A ROCK WAS BEING PULLED OF THE JOY 14CM MINERA PIECE OF CHAIN BROKE & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE FOREHEAD.
AS EE BOLTED ROOF, A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS AND THE ATRS. THIS ROCK APPROX. 1" X 2 1/2' X 18", STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT LEG RESULTING IN A FRACTURED LOWER LE G.
1992 · 20 incidents
AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER, HE LET HIS LEFT FOOT HAND OUT OF THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE CARRIER AND BELT STRUCTURE, RESULTING IN A FRACT URED ANKLE.
A PIECE OF DRAWBACK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND THE RIB. THIS ROCK FELL ON HIS BACK, RESULTING IN A STRAINED BACK.
12085 WAS STARTING TO GREASE A BEARING, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 2' X 3' X 1" FELL FROM THE ROOF ON HIS BACK.
10966F FALL OCCURRED 2 BREAKS OUTBY SPAD #165 IN THE THE BELT ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED 16' X 20' X 7' HIGH.
96660FALL MEASURING 7' HIGH X 16-17' OCCURRED 2 BRKS OUTBY SPAD #166 IN RETURN AIRWAY.
10966F FALL OCCURRED 2 BREAKS OUTBY SPAD#164 IN #3 ENTRY THIS FALL WAS APPROX 6FT HIGH X17FT WIDE X 35FT LONG
WHILE SHOVELING THE BELT EE ARM WAS HIT BY THE BELT DRIVE GUARD WHEN IT FELL OFF THE DRIVE THIS BRUISED HIS LEFT WRIST.
WALKING IN BELT ENTRY A PC OF ROCK 7 L 3'W AND 1' AND 5 THICK FELL
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED WHICH WAS 7 FT HIGH X 18 FT WIDEX 40 FT LONG THIS FALL WAS ABOVE ACHORAGE IN 4 ENTRY 20 BREAKS FROM FACE. THIS FALL FELL ON A SCOOP.
INJURED SAID THAT HE WAS CARRYING A TOP BELT ROLLER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS.INJURED SIAD THIS STRAINED HIS BACK.
BATTERIES BEING MOVED PULLING WITH CHAIN IT BROKE AND HIT IN ARM
AS HE WAS HELPING TO MAKE A BELT SET-UP, HE SAID THAT HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #2 RIGHT OFF #3 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 8' HIGH X 17' WIDE X 90' LONG. THE RESIN BOLTS IN THIS AREA CONTINUED TO HOLD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE THE ROO F "WORKED" AND GAVE EVIDENCE.
IN THE LAST RIGHT X-CUT OFF #4 ENTRY WATER CAUSED THE ROOF TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND FALL 6' HIGH X 35' X 17'.
PREPARING TO MOVE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SO IT COULD BE LOADED INTO SCOOP BUCKET,SMALL PIECE OF ROCK WHICH WEIGHED 101 LBS,FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK I.NAME RIGHT HAND.WHEN EMPL WENT TO DR,DIAGN OSED A BUBBLE FRACTURE -MIDDLE BONE IN HAND.
AS HE BENT OVER TO GET A SLATE BAR OFF THE BRIDGE CARRIER, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK.
WATER CAUSED SHALE TO BREAK LOOSE FROM MAIN ROOF 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #89 IN #4 ENTRY. THE ROCK FELL 6' HIGH BY 18' BY 40' LONG.
THE ROOF FELL IN CROSSCUT 4'H 17' 55'
WATER FLOWED THRU OCK FELL IN #2 ENTRY
EMPL WALKING,SLIPPED IN WET MATERIAL FELL STRIKING MINE FLOOR.