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No 2 Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1994–1996
- Latest incident
- Nov 1996
Reportable incidents
14 on file1996 · 7 incidents
WHILE WALKING UP #1 BELT HIT HEAD ON I-BEAM USED AS ROOF SUPPORT COLLER.
SITTING ON RIB WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EMP ON FOREHEAD ABOVE LEFT EYE.
WAS WEDGING BRATTICE WHEN HAMMER STRUCK THE RIB SENDING A SMALL PARTICLE OF COAL INTO HIS EYE.
EE AND FORMAN OTHER WERE ON THEIR WAY OUT OF MINE ON MANTRIP WHEN BATTERY QUIT AND THEY GOT OUT AND STARTED PUSHING OUT OF HOLE AND EE FELL AND HURT HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
EMP WAS RUNNING SCOOP. HAD BACKED UP AND WAS WAITING ON OTHER SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK, ABOUT 2' ROUND AND 3" THICK, FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
WHILE WALKING AWAY FROM MINE TWISTED KNEE AND FELL.
1995 · 6 incidents
EE WAS USING A HAND CHISEL AS A PRY BAR WHEN A PIECE OF THE CHISEL BROKE OFF STRIKING EE IN LT EYE.
EE PICKED UP A BOX CONTAINING 25 TUBES OF B-3-1/2 RESIN WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EE WAS PREPARING TO PUT HYDRAULIC OIL IN CONTINUOUS MINER. IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO OIL TANK ON MACHINE HE HAD TO REMOVE A METAL GUARD. AS HE REMOVED GUARD HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING ROOF BOLTER UP IN #4 HEADING TO BEGIN INSTALLING SECOND ROW OF BOLTS. HAD HIS LFT HAND ON TOP OF BOLTING MACHINE WHILE OPERATING MACHINE WITH HIS RT HAND. A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING LFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING 36" BELT STRUCTURE FROM BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EE SAID ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIM ON KNEE, HE WAS WEARING KNEE PROTECTION AT TIME. LEFT KNEE.
1994 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS DRIVING A CONNECTION. LINK IN THE CUTTER CHAIN STRIKING AMETAL PIN AND A CHIP OF METAL STRUCK IN HIS LEFT EYE.