EE was setting miner up to turn cross-cut, started cutter head, when the cutter head started to cut a piece of rock and coal struck EE's left foot.
FG 11Coal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2004–2008
- Latest incident
- Mar 2008
Reportable incidents
10 on file2008 · 2 incidents
Subject was operating 10 SC Joy shuttle car. Switched direction of travel (change seats) felt pain in left hip.
2007 · 4 incidents
Roof fall has occurred in main return air-way at survey No. 1180.
Rib coal & rock rolled out struck subject's lower back.
Subject was installing shear pin in feeder pick breaker. He injured left foot kicking reducer shaft (fracture & contusion).
Picked up bucket of miner bits (20) in one hand & miner remote box in other. Hit head on low place in mine roof, twisted head, felt sharp pain in back. Pulled & strained back.
2006 · 1 incident
Was installing a breaker and got a flash burn to right hand. Has blistered hand with second degree burns.
2005 · 1 incident
Employee was fitting conveyer chain on miner. He was putting steel cable in chain when cable flew back and hit him in the eye.
2004 · 2 incidents
EE CAME HOME FROM WORK ON FRIDAY, OCT. 15 AND SAT DOWN ON HIS COUCH FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP, HE COULD NOT AND HAD TO ROLL ONTO THE FLOOR ON HIS KNEES. HIS BACK CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM ALL WEEKEND AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY AND TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE WORKED TWO DAYS. WE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS COMPENSIBLE UNTIL 10/27/04.
Employee was rockdusting #3 belt when the rockduster locked up. While trying to free up the rockduster, the scoopman hit the wrong lever and the auger turned, catching the employees left hand.