MSHA record for Canfield #4 (mine ID 1517716). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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PIECE OF SMALL STEEL/METAL CAME OF DRILL STEEL OR ROOF BOLT.
GRINDING BLOTS ON BENCH GRINDER FLAKE OF STEEL ENTERED LEFT EYE LODGING THERE. WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION BUT ENTERED EYE UNDER EYE PROTECTION
INJURED WAS ROOFBOLTING ON SECTION WHEN A PLATE JAMMED ON BELT, INJURED REACHED TO MOVE PLATE INTO POSITION TO PUT UP BOLT WHEN BOLT BENT ALLOWING BOLTER HEAD TO RISE RAPIDLY, MAN GOT LEFT HAN D CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLTER HEAD AND MINE FLOOR PINCHING HAND.
MAN WAS DRILLING COAL PUSHING ON WAGON TYPE COAL DRILL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.
INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT ELBOW BETWEEN ATRS JACK AND ROOF OF MINE. HIS ELBOW WAS BRUISED & SWOLLEN FROM THE IMPACT. HE WAS SPOT BOLTING IN AN INTERSECTION.
SWELLING TO RIGHT KNEE DUE TO KNEELING IN CONNECTION WITH ROOFBOLTING IN LOW COAL. THIS IS AN AGGRAVATING INJURY THAT HAD BEEN BOTHERING MAN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS--SENT HIM FOR MEDICAL HELP TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF INJURY DUE BACK TO WORK 2/20/98
MAN TURNED WHILE NEXT TO MACHINE AND HIT ELBOW (LEFT) ON CORNER OF MACHINE.(FUNNYBONE STING) HE WROKED NEXT DAY BUT HAD NUMBNESS & PAIN SO HE WAS SENT FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION- RETURNE DTO WORK 10-20-97 BUT HAD REOCCURRANCE OF PAIN 10-21-97.
EE OPERATING SCOOP IN TRAVELWAY ROUNDED CORNER OF INTERSECTION AND HIS SCOOP COLLIDED WITH METAL DRILL CONTROL BOX STRIKING EE IN RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.
INJURED WAS HAULING COAL FROM MINE FACE TO THE DUMPING POINT. A BROW OF COAL WAS HANGING FROM THE COAL RIB. INJURED HIT HIS HEAD AND FINGER AGAINST THE BROW, CUT TO RIGHT TEMPLE AND RIGHT RIN G FINGER.
INJURED WS OPERATING A MESCHER SCOOP TRAVELING UNDER A CABLE THAT WS HANGING FROM THE MINE ROOF INJURED WAS LOOKING IN THE OPPSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WATCHING THE CABLE WHEN INJUREDS LEFT SHO ULDER HIT THE MINE ROOF. INJURED HAS A SMALL FRACTURE TO LEFT COLLAR BONE, BRUISE TO LEFT SHOULDER.
HIGHWALL FELL PART OF HIGHWALL FELL ON SAFETY BENCH AND PART OF THE MATERIAL CAME INTO THE MINE PIT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE #4 PORTAL 3 MINE TRACTORS AND 3 SETS OF TRACTORS BATTERIES.
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