MSHA record for Kephart No 1 (mine ID 3600868). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEERING A 3 WHEELED PERSONNEL CARRIER AS IT WAS BEING TOWED THE WHEEL INTO THE MINE FLOOR AND THE STEELING WHEEL JERKED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRAINED AND BRUISED HIS ARM AND WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 100 L JEFFREW CONTINUOUS MINER IN LOW SEAM. IN THE COUSE OF HIS WORK HIS KNEES WERE IRRITATED BY THE PRESSURE OF WORKING AND CRAWLING ON HIS KNEE.
THE INJURED EE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY-POWERED RUBBER-TIRED MIN TRACTOR WHNE HE HIT A HOLE IN T HE ROADWAY & DUE TO HIS VEHICLES SPEED WAS THROWN AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.
EMPL CLIMBING LADDER AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT.FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUNG AND HE FELL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST SET THE ROPE JACK ON THE CONT. MINER AND WHEN THE MENER OPERATOR TIGHTENED UP THE ROPE TO MOVE THE MINER THE JACK JERKED OUT SIDEWAYS AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES KNEE.
INJURED EMP WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED RUBBER-TIRED MINE TRACTOR WHEN HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND LOOKED BACKWARD AND HIS HEAD STRUCK THE MINE ROOL CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDER A REA
WHILE OPERATING A RUBBER-TIRED BATTERY POWERED MINE TRACTOR THE VICTIM DROVE ONTO 2 LOSE PLANKS AND HIS MACHINE HIT ROOF AND HIS SHOULDER AND HEAD HIT DECK OF THE TRACTOR
INJURED EMPLOYEE IS A BELT EXAMINER AT LOW COAL MINE HE CRAWLS ON HIS KNEES EXTENSIVELY WHILE XCRAWLING ON HIS KNEES HE DEVELOPED SORENESS AND IRRITATION IN THEM
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN AUGER TYPE CONTINIOUS MINER WHEN HE POSITIONED THE MINER INTO HIS CORNER THE PANIC BAR MOUNTING BOX BUMPED HIM IN THE LEG AS IT CAME NEXT TO HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A RUBBER TIRED BATTERY POWERED MINE TRACTOR WHEN HE GOT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE WHEELS WENT UP ON THE BANK ALONGSIDE THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE VICTIM TO SLIDE DOW DOWN ON THE OPERATORS DECK AND IN THE PROCESS HE TWISTED HIS ARM AND SHOULDER CAUSING A STRAIN AS HE HELD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STRAPS THAT WERE AROUND A BUNDLE OF ROOF MATS WHEN HE CUT THE STRAP THE BUNDLE OF MATS ROLLED OVER AND ONTO THE EMPLOYEES ANKLE HE HAD BEEN STRADDLING THE ROOF MATS AS HE WAS CUTTING THE BONDING STRAPS
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS T RAMMING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AFTER BOLTING A PLACE THAT WAS MINED OUT THE WHEELS OF THE MACHINE BECAME STUCK IN A HOLE AND WHEN THE MACHINE FINALLY JERKED UP AND O UT OF THE HOLE THE EMPLOYEES ARM & SHOULDER WERE JAMMED
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HIS RUBBER TIRED BATTERY POWERED MINE TRACTOR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AS HE WAS OPERATING IT.
SETTING STEEL PIPE JACK PART OF C.M.. PULLING AND SLIDING JACK STRAINED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK
DRAGGING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE FOR CONVEYOR BELT.STUCK ON UNEVEN BOTTOM AND WHEN EMPL PULLED ON IT HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPL DRAGGING CONVEYOR PANS WHEN STRAINED WRIST.
EMP WA LIFTING BAGS OF ROCK DUST WHILE LIFTING THE ROCK DUST BAGS THE EMP STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A TELEPHONE TO THE FACE AREA WHILE DRAGGING THE PHONE AND MOVING BACKWARDS THE EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS ELBOW INTO A MINE POST AND BRUISED IT
ONE TIME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THIS EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A MINE POST WHEN HE WAS SHIFTING ON ANOTHER POST. HIS ELBOW HAS BOTHERED HIM OFF AND ON DURING THIS TIME. HE IS NOW GETTING MED ICAL TREATMENT THAT CAUSES HIM TO BE OFF WORK.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SITTING ON A HI VOLTAGE POWER CENTER BOX THAT WAS BEING STORED IN THE SURFACE SHOP UNTIL IT WAS NEEDED UNDERGROUND WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE LID OF THE POWER CENTER AND THE FRAME THE LID MOVED BECAUSE OF THE MOVEMENT BY THE VICTIM AS HE WAS GETTING UP
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A 2IN PIPE SECTION LINE THAT WAS BEING USED TO PUMP WATER FROM THE FACE AREA WHEN THE PUMP HOSE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A COUPLE MINE TIMBERS THE EMPLOYEE STRAI NED HIS BACK IN TRYING TO FREE THE HOSE WHILE PULLING ON IT
THIS EMPLOYEE WORKS AS A PUMPER AND AS HE TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE MINE HE OPERATES A RUBBER TIRED BATTERY OPERATED MINE TRACTOR IN THE CAUSE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT THE FREQUENT RUNNING OF THIS TRACT OR HAS RESULTED IN A SORE NECK AND BACK CONDITION FOR THIS MINER
EMP PULLED ON CHAIN CONVEYOR PAN TO GET IT LOOSE FROM ANOTHER ONE AS PART OF A PROCEDURE TO TEAR DOWN AND MOVE EQUIP TO A NEW SETUP WHEN HE PULLED ON THE PAN HE PULLED OR STRAINED MUSCLES I IN LOWER BACK
EMP WAS RUNNING RUBBER TIRED MINE MOTOR WHEN HE WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND HIS MOTOR BUMPED HIM UP TO THE MINE ROOF WHERE HE HIT HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER AND WHICH CAUSED A STRAIN ON HIS NECK AND BACK
THE CREW OF MEN WERE SETTING IN A NEW POWER DISTGRIBUTION CENTER WHEN CABLE THAT THE POWER CENTER WAS GOING UNDER DISLODGED AND CAME DOWN CABLE HIT HEAVILY ON SEVERAL BOARDS THAT WERE ON TOP OF POWER CENTER TO CATCH CABLE IN CASE IT DID FALL THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE TRIED TO HOLD THE BOARDS IN PLACE SO THAT THE CABLE WAS NOT DAMAGED
THE EE WAS GETTING A BAG OF ROCKDUST ALONG SIDE OF T HE CONVEYOR BRIDGE. THE MINER OPERATOR SWUNG THE MINER & BRIDGE INTO THE CORNER TO CLEAN THE COAL & THE BRIDGE SQUEEZED THE MINER BETWEEN A POST & THE BRIDGE.
THE INJURED EE HAS HAD SOME PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH HIS KNEE JOINT. RECENTLY IT SEEMED TO LOCK UP AT THE JOINT THROUGH THE COURSE OF HIS WORK ON HIS KNEES THIS CONDITION HAS WROSENED & THE DOCT OR FEELS HE NEEDS SURGERY ON THE LIGAMENTS & CARTILEGE IN HIS KNEE.
EMP THREW HIS STEEL PIPE JACK BACK ALONG SIDE THE 100L JEFFERY CONT MINER WHEN HE THREW IT AHEAD OF HIM IT STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE MINER BOUNCED BACK AND HIT HIS THUMB
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING DOWN A CONVEYOR PANLINE WHILE PUSHING A DOLLY ON THE PANLINE AS HE WAS CRAWLING HIS KNEES WERE HITTING ON THE CONVEYOR FLIGHTS IN THE PANLINE WHICH CAUSED BRUISING AN D SORENESS TO HIS KNEES
EMP WAS SHOVELING COAL ONTO A CONVEYOR PANLINE COAL WAS ALONG RIB OF A PLACE AND WAS VERY HEAVY DUE TO T HE WETNESS
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