HE WAS HELPING DRILL HOLES IN THE BOTTOM TO ANCHOR TAIL PIECE. HE WENT TO MOVE DRILL AND HIT LEVER THAT RUNS DRILL. IT CAUGHT HIS HAND AND STRUCK THE NAIL THAT HOLDE BARREL ON DRILL THRU HIS R ING FINGER, CATCHING HIS RING AND LEDGING IN HIS FINGER.
No 3Coal
Aaron Coal Company Llc · Underground
Controlled by Aaron Justice Jr
Mcveigh, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518254
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- May 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2001 · 4 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL WAS FOUND THIS AM BY MINE FOREMAN. IT IS APPROX. 7' THICK, 70' LONG, JUST INBY SPAD NO135 IN THE NO.1 LEFT ENTRY (RETURN).
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE FAN DOORS WHEN THE DOOR STARTED TO CLOSE, HE REACHED OUT TO PUSH IT BACK AND THE SCOOP ROLLED CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE CANOPY ON THE SCOOP.
Struck by falling object
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPOT IN SOME ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.
2000 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LIFTING OXYGEN CYLINDER. INJURYING LOWER BACK AND HIP.