Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADINGROCK DUST ONTO A SCOOP. HE TRIPPEDOVER THE PLASTIC COVERS. EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE SCOOP BUCKET.
Black Thunder Mine No. 2Coal
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Underground
Controlled by El Paso Energy Corp
Linefork, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517955
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Jun 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2000 · 5 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REMOVING SCRAP BELT FROM THE BELTLINE USING CHANNEL LOCKS TO PULL. THE CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED, AND STRUCK EE OVER LEFT EYE. DR. USED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND.
Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE PUSHED UP A BOLT AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT ONTO HIS LEFT HAND. X-RAY WAS NEGATIVE.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STRAINED A CHEST MUSCLE PULLING ON RATCHET. EE WAS ON HIS BACK REACHING UNDER A SPEED REDUCER. THE BOLT WAS STRUCK AND EE PULLED HARDEN.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CANOPY OF BOLTER WAS BLOCKED UP TO REPLACE CANOPY JACK. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BLOCKS WHILE CANOPY BEINH HELD UP. THE JACK FELL AND MASHED THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER OF EMPLOYEE.