I,NAME WAS ASSISTING OTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A BARREL OF WATER (1/2 FULL) TO A RACK. HE WAS SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF THE BARREL ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND IT SLIPPED AND SHASHED HIS TESTICAL. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY UNTIL 5-6-87. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT ON 5-5 AND WORKED 4 HOURS AN 5-6 AND WENT HOME SICK WITH STOMACH PAINS & NAUSEA. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 5-7-87.
Bates County Mine Coal
Continental Coal Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
William P Moore III; Philip E Tearney
Rich Hill,
Bates County,
MO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301920
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1986–1987
- Latest incident
- May 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1987 · 1 incident
May 5, 1987
MO · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
1986 · 1 incident
January 19, 1986
MO · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Sunrise Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM GOT OUT 2F LOADER IN PIT TO EXAMINE TIRE ON PIT TRUCK. AFTER EXAMINING TIRE HE STARTED BACK TO LOADER. PIT BACKHOE WAS IN OPERATION LOADING TRUCKS, HE SAW HOE WAS MAKING LOADING CYCLE A ND WAVED HOE OP9RATOR TO CONTINUE LOADING. DURING NEXT HOE LOADING CYCLE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO LOADER PASSING IN PATH OF HOE BUCKET AND BEING STRUCK IN HEAD BY ROCK FALLING FROM HOE B