EE WAS TAKING A MOTOR OFF OF A FEEDER OUTSIDE WHEN A WASPER STUNG HIM ON THE NECK
Hc-4 Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1994–1995
- Latest incident
- Jul 1995
Reportable incidents
11 on file1995 · 10 incidents
TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHILE CHANGING SEATS ON SHUTTLE CAR.
3RD SHIFT FOREMAN FOUND FALL AT APPROX 10:30PM. WHILE DOING A PRESHIFT. FALL APPROX 70' LONG AND6' HIGH AND 18' WIDE. APPROX 170' OUTBY FACE, 70FT INBY SPAD 104.
HAD A ROOF FALL 3 BRKS. OUTBY THE FACE IN 1 HDG. (LEFT RETURN) FALL IS APPROX. 80 FT LONG, 19FT WIDE AND 6 FT THICK.
RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR IN 4 HEADING PULLED UNDER MINER. A SLAB OF ROCK FELL FROM BOLT TO LEFT RIB STRICKING HIM ON THE TOP OF HARD HAT AND SHOULDER.
HIT KNEE GETTING ON OR OFF OF SCOOP CAUSING KNEE TO SWELL
TAKING 5 GAL HYD OIL CANS UP TO ROOF BOLTER BETWEEN IT & RIB TWISTING HURTING BACK
MINE HAD BEEN PUT IN ACTIVE NON PRODUCTING STATUS AND ALL EQUIPMENT REMOVED FROM MINE WITH THE INTENSION OF GETTING SMALLER EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO LOWER THE REJECT. UPON RETURNING TO THE MINE A PPROX. A MONTH LATER AND BEFORE TAKING THE SMALLER EQUIPMENT INSIDE, WE FOUND TWO ROOF FALLS AND SOME FRAGILE ROOF IN OTHER AREAS.
MINE HAD BEEN IDLE FOR APPROX. A MONTH WITH NO EQUIPMENT LEFT IN MINE. UPON RETURNING TO MINE 2 FALLS WHERE FOUND AND SOME FRAGITE ROOF. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED AND MADE AN INSPECTION. THIS 3RD FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 5 OR 6 DAYS THAT WE WERE GETTING CRIBS AND COLLARS AND FORMULATING A PLAN TO RESUPPORT THE MINE.
MINE WAS INA ACTIVE NONPRODUCTING STATUS, HAD MEN ON ONE SHIFT ONLY SETTING CRIBS AND COLLARS DUE TO FALLS AND FRAGILE ROOF. FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN THE TIME TH EE LEFT ON THE 24TH AND TIME THEY RETURNED ON THE 25TH.
1994 · 1 incident
WHILE RIDING THE MANTRIP THE SCSR BOX CAUGHT ON A VENTILATION CURTAIN AND SLID INTO HIS NECK. PAIN IN NECK UPON LATERAL MOVEMENT.