Mining Incidents

No 2Coal

Panzer Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bennett Quillen
Roxana, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518161
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
36
Years on record
2000–2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

36 on file

2010 · 4 incidents

Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting tap with roof bolter and a piece of rock fell from roof and hit ee in back of neck.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bolting top. Bolting & coupling steel together caught left hand between steel severing and injuring thumb.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting bag of rock dust and twisted back.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While watching the dump area where scoop dump coal, the person injured did not turn off belt and tried to remove a piece of rock from feeder.

2009 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was installing a roof bolt in top of #5 heading. The bolt kicked sideways, causing injured to sprain his elbow.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Dump operator attempted to remove a rock from feeder without turning off the feeder. He cut his hand.

2006 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee caught left little finger between roof bolt and drill head causing laceration requiring 6 stitches.

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was reaching across the drill pot trying to bend the roof bolt for installation. As he leaned over he hit the rotation lever with his body causing drill chuck to twist his left hand.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A HAND GRINDER. IT SLIPPED, AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND AT THE WRIST.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EE WAS GETTING BLOCKING FROM UNDER SCOOP BUCKET WHEN OPERATOR ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE BUCKET ON HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER OFF.

2001 · 8 incidents

Struck by flying object

SCOOP OPERATOR WAS PUSHING 300 BOX IN BREAK WHEN A WATER LINE 2"" PIPE BLEW OFF AND HIT EE UNDER RIGHT EYE CUTTING IT.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SECTION WAS BELTING BACK, EE WAS PULLING BELT STAND FROM UNDER BELT. WHEN STAND CLEARED THE BELT, THE ROLLER FELL OUT OF STAND CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER (ON LEFT HAND) BETWEEN STAND AND ROLLE R.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GLUE ONTO HIS SCOOP. AS HE TRAMMED ACROSS THE SECTION HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE RIB. HIS LEFTSIDE STRUCK THE SCOOP DECK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL THE 23RD THEN WENT TO THE DR.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A MANTRIP THROUGH A CURTAIN. HE USED HIS LEFT FOOT TO RAISE THE CURTAIN. HIS FOOT GOT HUNG ON THE ROOF CAUSING FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LEG.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE C0OMPLAINED AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. ABOUT 1100 HE TOLD THE FOREMAN THAT HIS KNEE FELT WORSE. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE DECIDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE ON 001 SECTION BOLTING TOP. LET BOOM DOWN AND LET OFF ROTATION. HYDRAULIC RUPTURED AND HYD FLUID GOT INTO CORNER OF LEFT EYE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STRAINED A MUSCLE ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG WHILE CROSSING OVER THE LOWERED DE-ENERGIZED MBC.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE BOLTING ON #2 SECTION. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE CANOPY JACK. HE RAISED THE BOLTER HEAD, SMASHED RING AND LITTLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND. X RAY NEGATIVE.

2000 · 18 incidents

Struck by falling object

PIECE ROCK FELL ONTO LEFT WRIST & HAND WHILE EE PUTTING UP BOLT.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN END SHIFT 11/20/00. HALF WAY THROUGH THIS SHIFT HE CAME OUTSIDE DUE TO PAIN. HE HAS BEEN BACK TO WORK 1 WK AFTER 11 WK ABSENCE WITH BACK INJURY. OLD INJURY 8/2 3/00. (15-17571)

Struck by flying object

COMING OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIFT, SOMETHING GOT INTO RIGHT EYE OF EE. HE SAW DOCTOR 11-16-00.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS GREASING A BELT ROLLER. HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON A PIECE OF METAL.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE GOT MIDDLE FINGER OF HAND MASHED BY LEVELER ARM OF THE BOLTING MACHINE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE INJ HIS LEFT KNEE LIFTING LIDS & RUB RAILS OF MINER. HE SAW DR 10/6/00 RTW 10/9/00 KNEE CONTD TO HURT SAW DR AGAIN 10/13/00 DR TOOK OFF WORK AT THIS EXAM

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS LOADING STRUCTURE TO TAKE UNDERGROUND. HE STEPPED IN A RUT IN THE MINE YARD, AND INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A MANTRIP. THE FRONT WHEEL HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN. THE STEERING KNOB STRUCK EE ON THE BACK OF RIGHT HAND.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MANTRIP OUT OF BREAK TO GET OIL. FRONT WHEEL HIT RIB, CAUSING STEERING WHEELTO SPIN. STEERING WHEEL KNOB STRUCK LEFT HAND. X-RAY POSITIVE.

Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE HAS BEEN HURTING FOR AWHILE. THROUGHOUT THIS SHIFT, THE PAIN BECAME MORE INTENSE. AFTER WORK, HE WENT O HIS DOCTOR, WHO TOOK FLUID FROM HIS KNEE.

Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE BURNED AT LOADING FACILITY OF BLACK THUNDER MINE #3. HE PASSED AREA WHERE TRASH WAS BEING BURNED.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM 002 SECTION TO 001 SECTION. HE STOPPED HIS RIDE TO BACK UP. THE RIDE ROLLED INTO THE RIB. WHEN THE WHEEL HIT IT CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN. THE STEERING KNOB STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND. X-RAY WAS POSITIVE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S RIGHT HAND WAS INJURED WHEN THE TAIL PIECE FELL ON IT. WE WERE PUTTING BELT THROUGHT THE TAIL PIECE AND HAD IT BLOCKED UP. HE PUT HIS HAND UNDER TO GUIDE A SPLICE THROUGH, AND THE TAIL PI ECE FELL FROM THE BLOCK.

Struck by powered moving object

ABOUT 4:30 PM EE WAS ON HIS WAY OUTSIDE TO GET SUPPLIES. HIS GLOVE FELL FROM THE SCOOP. HE STOPPED THE SCOOP AND LEANED OUT TO GET IT. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BRAKE AND THE SCOOP ROLLED ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND. HE MASHED HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE BY A ROOF BOLT PLATE. EE SWUNG THE BOOM, EITHER IT OR THE STAB JACK HIT A BOLT AND CAUSED IT TO FLIP UP AND STRIKE HIS FACE. EE RECEIVED SUTURES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HIS MOUTH.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS IN BUCKET OF SCOOP. SCOOP OPERATOR BACKED OVER A ROCK. EE BOUNCED ONTO SCSR. X-RAY SHOWED ONE BROKEN RIB.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP. HE HIT A ROCK WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN. THE STEERING KNOB STRUCK AND BROKE HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED GETTING OFF MANTRIP. SAW DR AT WHITESBURG E.R. WAS GIVEN MEDICATION FOR HEADACHE.