Was hooking up trailer loaded with strucker, was lifting up trailer tong with come along when welding rods broke and trailer fell on leg.
Taylor # 1Coal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 44
- Years on record
- 2005–2018
- Latest incident
- Mar 2018
Reportable incidents
44 on file2018 · 1 incident
2017 · 1 incident
Roof bolting causing tendonitis from repetitive motion and strain on wrist leading to ee elbow
2016 · 4 incidents
While bending a roof bolt something in chest pulled.
Roof fall in #8 entry on 001 section due to slick and slide it was app. 60' long, 16' wide, 8' high. Partly covering S/C
Doing weekly run, found rock fall in old works in travel way.
Was driving mantrip the wheel caught a rock causing the knee on the steering wheel to spin around and then catching EE's hand hard.
2015 · 3 incidents
While unhooking chain on front of scoop he put his left hand down to balance his self putting his finger's in between the ram and the back of the scoop bucket. The scoop operator sucked the ram in to loosen chain pinching his hand.
While realigning a come-a-long he slipped and hit his side and ribs on belt structure.
While making a belt splice in the #5 belt, employee was holding a 6 ft board under the splice. When co-worker was pounding in the splice, the hammer slipped hitting employee's finger.
2014 · 6 incidents
We believe that due to a lack of cable bolts in an intersection which had slick & slides in the top it caused the top to weaken & fall.
After shutting the belt off the belt man was crossing over belt when he lost his footing twisting his knee
When weekly examiner was traveling the bleeders with MSHA they discover a intersection had fell above anchorage in IE2 panel. The air way had not been blocked but alternet rout of travel was put in to play.
While loading post into a scoop bucket pulled muscle in back
Pulled back opening airlock doors.
2013 · 2 incidents
Was spreading pallet lime. Inhaled, have swollen throat, and trouble swallowing.
Driving mantrip pulled thru check curtain caught mantrip pulled nail out of plate flew hit him in left eye.
2012 · 4 incidents
In intersection 1 block inby last open cross cut roof had slick and sides fell 9-10' high.
Backing up a trailer piece of waterline caught slide up hit him in face.
While bolting he had his hand on roof bolt. Swung head in hitting his hand on canopy.
While putting waterline in he was pounding two joints together with a crib he missed the end of the water line and pinched the end of his middle finger.
2011 · 4 incidents
EE was bolting when drill steel touched top dislodge rock falling striking him on top of hand.
Bolter was backing up ee left foot got under back bumper coming off ledge.
While working on highline cable in the power center the electrician failed to bleed off a locked and tagged highline resulting in a small static shock of a assistant who was helping him.
Had drill steel in bolter chuck, when swung head in to drill inside hole, drill steel fell out and hit him on the forearm.
2010 · 2 incidents
Roof fall in return area of old worked out panel one block inby spad 1768. Rock fell about 8 to 10 inches above bolts in the intersection this did not damper the ventilation.
While the bolting crew was bolting a corner, the section boss was watching them bolt. The bolting crew told him to move from where he was because of loose rock. He didn't and a rock and head coal mix 4"" thick, 4'X4' fell a distance of 48"", hitting him on the back and head.
2009 · 1 incident
In the last open cross cut of the # 3 Heading. The roof fell 18' by 25' by 4 1/2 to 6 ft high.
2008 · 6 incidents
Employee was running helper side of bolter. Bolter tire ran over his left foot.
EE was moving a shuttle care cable when s loose rock 6"" thick 2"" long struck him on his left shoulder.
While bolting a cross cut EE went to swing out the bolting head and went too far pushing his body into the rib.
Received a doctors note on the 26th. EE supposedly was loading bolts on bolter, when he hurt his back. Nothing was said to his foreman at time of accident. At end of shift on the 19th, I talked to EE personally, nothing was said to me. He seemed fine.
EE did not use proper precautions to move roof bolter. He did not keep his body and head inside of the machine when moving the machine.
While bonding a intake stopping he used his bare hands to put b-bond on a block stopping, he was offered a pair of gloves. He choose not to use them.
2007 · 7 incidents
While setting post employee was reaching down to pick up a wedge and another post hit him on the fingers.
EE was operating left side of bolter, installing a roof bolt, when a hose busted and sprayed hydo oil in face and chest area.
He caught middle finger on right hand in sheave wheel while pulling belt.
Caught left foot between scoop bucket & p/c.
Employee came to work and turned in a doctor's note saying he hurt his back but did not report it to his boss or to me when it happened
He was a bolter operator off side operator was advancing lift, when off side operator misplaced foot bolter tire ran over it.
2006 · 2 incidents
Roof fall in spad 959 60' outby in #1 heading. Measured roughly 15' high, 12' wide, 40' long. Horseback slip fell out 8 feet of rock.
2005 · 1 incident
TRAMMING BOLTER TOO CLOSE TO RIB, LEANED OUT OF OPERATORS DECK WHILE STILL TRAMMING MACHINE WHICH RESULTED IN GETTING HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN CANOPY OF MACHINE AND RIB. SENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EXAM, RELEASED TO COME BACK TO WORK FEB 2, 2005 (LIGHT DUTY).