Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Scoop operator was scooping rock and know out a stopping and a piece of rock and a block hit right hand of operator.
No 7-DCoal
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Underground
Controlled by James L Griffith
Biggs, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519333
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2009–2011
- Latest incident
- Sep 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file2011 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
Bolting top rock fell striking him on Rt. Forearm, as he was drilling.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Bolting top got finger caught between drillpot and drill steel, mashed little finger and cut it.
2010 · 3 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was taking drill steel apart when his right ring finger was mashed between 2 pieces of drill steel.
Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall occurred in the #4 right crosscut into the #5 heading. The fall was approximately 25'long x 18'wide x 8' high. The roof fall did not affect workers,ventilation nor equipment. The fall also continued in the #5 heading on 4-22-10 appx. 10' in length x 18, wide x 8' high.
2009 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
EE was crawling to get back on his scoop when a piece of draw rock fell & hit him on the neck & back.
Struck against a moving object
EE was operating a shuttle car, when he hit a small hole and it bounced him into the top of the canopy.