(Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE ENTERED AN AUGER HOLE AND SUFFERED ASPHIXATION DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN.
Walter L Houser StripCoal
Controlled by Mark Houser; Garry W Houser
Sunnyside, Armstrong County, PA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601046
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2003
- Latest incident
- May 2003
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)2003 · 3 incidents
Fall onto or against objects
TRIPPED GETTING INTO DOZER AND HIT KNUCKLE ON CAB OF DOZER. THE KNUCKLE ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT AND REQUIRED STITCHES.
Struck by flying object
EE WAS STEAMING THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE STEAM HIT THE DOOR AND BLEW DEBRIS INTO HIS FACE AND EYE.
Struck against a moving object
TAKING STOCK TRUCK UP THE HILL WHEN IT SLID AND JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. TRUCK SLID DOWN HILL ON ICY SURFACE. AT BOTTOM OF HILL, DRIVER TRIED TO TURN WITH THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE. EE REPORTED ACCIDENT BUT DID NOT SEED MEDICAL HELP. HE LATER SAW A DR. AND HAD X-RAYS AND DR. HAD HIM TAKE 2 DAYS OFF WORK.
2002 · 2 incidents
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
PUTTING CLUTCH INTO AUGER-EE SLIPPED OFF PLATFORM AND FELL ONTO AUGER BIT FRACTURING RIGHT ELBOW.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CHANGING TIRE & GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WHEEL & THE HUB OF THE MACK TRUCK.
2000 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
EE WAS GETTING OFF BULLDOZER, SLIPPED & FELL TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.