Employee was getting ready to start building mine portal barricades when somehow or another the ground clamps and electrode holder got together while he was holding them.
D-1 MineCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 2010–2013
- Latest incident
- Jun 2013
Reportable incidents
12 on file2013 · 1 incident
2012 · 5 incidents
A rock fall occurred in the #3 Entry (Belt Entry) at crosscut #21. The fall is approx. 34 FT. long, 49 FT. wide, and 10 FT. thick.
Employee was pulling roof bolt straps and tripped over a rock and fell against the mine rib.
Employee was operating Roof Bolter, spot bolting on the oo1 MMU and a piece of rock fell from the mine roof approx. 2ft. x 1ft. x 2 inches and struck employee on the left side of body on the Ribs and lower back.
Employee was operating roof bolter and as he started drill steel into the roof a piece of draw rock fell striking his left hand index finger requiring 9 stitches in finger.
A Roof Fall occurred 21 crosscuts underground from the portal in the # 5 Entry. The fall measured 20'Long x 50' Wide falling from the gob hole thru #5 entry into #4 Right. The fall was approximately 4' to 8' thick.
2011 · 3 incidents
Employee was cutting a band that was around a bundle of timbers, when the band broke the timbers rolled and pinned his leg against the scoop bucket.
Employee was backing out of a shed on a three wheel buggy and pinched his hand between the shed door jam and the buggy steering handle cutting his hand and requiring stitches in his left hand.
#3 Entry (belt-line)- Around 2:20 P.M. on 3-31-11, A large piece of rock measuring approx. 16' wide, 10' high, and 2' thick, fell off the highwall knocking down part of the canopy and the Main Belt line.
2010 · 3 incidents
He was bolting top when the wrench slipped and hit him in the face or mouth.
He was hanging a curtain at the miner in #3 heading. The conveyor chain hung up on side board. When it freed up it threw a piece of metal and struck him on the elbow on his left arm. A med treated him and took him to Dr. where he received 5 stitches to his left arm.
When getting down off of the belt structure EE's right elbow struck the fork on the fork lift.