HE WAS PRYING WITH A ROCK BAR AND THE COVER ON MINER SLIPPED OFF ROCK BAR AND CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 81
- Years on record
- 1983–1998
- Latest incident
- Jan 1998
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
81 on file1998 · 1 incident
1997 · 3 incidents
ROOF FALL #1 SW BELT LINE #4 ENTRY SS# 1295 20 FEET LONG.
TIGHTENING BOLTS ON ROTARY BREAKER.
EMP WAS LIFTING A CEMENT BLOCK AND TWISTED HIS BODY TO POSITION THE BLOCK WHEN HE FELT BACK PAIN.
1996 · 3 incidents
ROOF FALL SW MAINS RETURN #6 ENTRY ST #1960 100 FEET LONG 4 TO 5 FEET HIGH.
CRAWLING ON KNEES MAKING AN EXAMINATION OF THE MINE.
EE WAS CRAWLING UNDERGROUND MAKING HIS EXAMINATIONS WHEN HE FELT SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AREA.
1995 · 5 incidents
ROOF FALL 2ND SOUTH WEST MAINS #3 ENTRY 60 FT INBY SS#1272. 80 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE AND 5 FT TO 10 FT HIGH CAUSED BY COAL RIDER.
SECITON FOREMAN CHECKING BAD ROOF AREA UNDER SUPORTED ROOF PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FO CLAY VEING, AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE BROW.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE THROAT OF MINER, MACHINE WAS STARTED, GATHERING PAN WAS IN THE UP POSITION FROM BEING REPAIRED. PAN PAISED UP PINNING EMPLOYEE BETRWEEN PAN AND HEAD ON MINER.
CRAWLING KNEES-DEVELOPED FLUID ON KNEE, MINER'S KNEE.
WHILE CHECKING TENSION ON COAL CHAIN FOR BELT FEEDER EE CRAWLED AROUND FEEDER, ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF STRAPS AND HIT EE ON LEFT ARM.
1994 · 6 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS TOSSING CEMENT BLOCKS TO BUILD BRATTICE WALL TWISTED BACK, FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK & SHOULDERS & COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.
INJURED TOOK A TIMBER OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR TO REPAIR LINE CURTAIN AND TOLD SC OPERATOR TO GO AHEAD AND GO THRU HE WAS CLEAR WHEN SHUTTLE CAR PULLED OUT THE BUMPER CAUGHT INJURED'S W-65 AND THREW HIM TOWARDS SID EOF RIB.
BAD ROOF AT #2 ENTRY FACE AREA ROOF FALL AT FACE & WORKED BACK APP 105 FT FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN SHIFTS
EE WAS CUPPLING TO EMPTY SUPPLY CAR TOGETHER WHEN FRONT CAR DRIFTED BACK AND HIT HIS LEG.
WHILE BOLTING A PLACE HE WAS LINING UP SMALL STARTER DRILL STEEL AT CLAY VEIN GUIDING IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN HE APPLIED UP PRESSURE ON DRILL HEAD STEEL SLIPPED OF TO ONE SIDE CATCHING HAND BETWEEN DRILL HEAD AND ROOF OR ATRS.
INSTALLING NEW DRIVE ROLLER ON BELT DRIVE HE WAS GUIDING ROLLER INTO PLACE WHEN SUDDENLY ROLLER WENT INTO PLACE & CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN ROLLER & FRAME
1993 · 13 incidents
ROOF FELL ON 245 CONTINOUS MINER WHILE EXTRACTING PILLERS - 2ND MINING.
UNLOADING 150' OF SHUTTLE CAR CABLE OF PERSONAL CARRIER, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
PULLING TOGETHER A BROKEN BELT USING BELT PINCH BOARDS COME-A-LONG & ROPES WHILE EE & OTHER CREW MEMBERS WERE PULLING BELT TOGETHER THE BELT PINCH BLOCKS SLIPPED EE JUMP OUT OF WAY WHILE JUMPI NG HE HIT HIS RT KNEE ON SOMETHING
BAD ROOF-COAL RIDER-ROOF WATER.
BAD ROOF- COAL RIDER. CAVED ON 2ND SW BELT 1 XCUT OUTBY STATION #1300.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR BEHIND MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK CAUGHT IN MINER COAL CHAIN, FLEW BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
ROOF FALL 2 RIGHT SECTION APP. 5 FT HIGH 20 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG INTERSECTION 3 X-CUTS OUTBY STATION #1638 IN #2 ENTRY APP. 600 FT OUTBY FACE AREAS.
HE WAS ROOFBOLTING AND ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A 4 FOOT RESIN ROOF BOLT.
WHEN DUMPING COAL ONTO FEEDER FROM SHUTTLE CAR EE SAW A CHUNCH OF ROCK IN CAR WHILE PULLING ROCK OFF OF CAR IT SLIDE OFF CAR ONTO HIS LEG.
2 RIGHT SECTION 004 CUT THRU TO THE 1 LEFT SECTION. 1 LEFT SECTION WAS ABANDONED AREA AND INACCESIBLE. 1 LEFT SECTION WAS MINED 110 FEET IN ADVANCE OF WHAT THE MINE MAPS IMPLICATED.
EE WAS RUNNIGN SCOOP INSECITON SCOOP HIT RIB JARRING HIM FORWARD AGAINST CONTROLS IN JORED KNEE.
INJURED WAS SWEEPING IN SHAKER ROOM. WHILE PULLING BROOM BACK, HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A STEEL ANGLE RAIL (CROSS-OVER).
ROOF FALL SW MAINS #6 ENTRY 1/2 X-CUT INBY STATION #1270. APPROX. 2500 FT OUTBY FACES. 20' WIDE X 60' LONG X 6-8' HIGH.
1992 · 7 incidents
MOVING BELT STRUCTURE, CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF BELT STRUCTURE, CUT HAND.
TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER FROM 1 ENTRY TO NEXT ENTRY TO BELT IT RAN OVER POST & HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF
ADNORMAL ROOF CONDITIONS RIDER SEAM INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN 3 & 4 & 3-2 APPROX 5FT HIGH & 120FT LONG
HE WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE MADE A TURN UNDER CABLE THAT WAS HUNG. CAUGHT CABLE WITH TIRE, PULLING CABLE DOWN. BY THE TIME HE GOT THE CAR STOPPED, IT STARTED TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE SEAT , HURTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.
EE STAY IN BETWEEN SHIFTS TO HOG DUST SECTION, HE WAS GOING AROUND STUMP WHILE MAKING TURN HE HAD HIS FINGERS & HAND OUTSIDE KITCHE OF SCOOP. HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN FRONT END AND BAC K END OF SCOOP. AT PINCH POINT.
INJURED WAS DRIVING 3 WHEELER LONG AIRDOX WHEN HE HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAINST WOODEN BAR ON ROOF.
EE WAS LIFTING BELT UP WITH OTHER WITH A ROCK BAR TO PUT STANDS UNDER WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK..
1991 · 13 incidents
INTERSECTION AT SPAD 1016 FELL OUT IN #2 ENTRY RETURN OF SOUTHWEST MAINS APPROX 4 1/2' HIGH 20 FT WIDE 20 FT LONG RETURN IS PART OF BLEEDER FOR 1ST RIGHT AND 1 ST LEFT SECTIONS WAS FOUND ON WE EKLY EXAM.
GETTING OUT OF HYLIFT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER, FELL TO THE GROUND.
ROOF FALL INTERSECTION 33 ENTRY OF 1ST RT BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN WITH STRAPS ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITOION
ROOF FALL #2 BELT FROM SPAD 1009, 120 FT INBY RIB TO RIB, 5 FT HIGH.
#2 ENTRY ROOF FALL APPROX 6XCUT BY FROM FACE AREA
ADNORMAL ROOF CONDITIONS CUTTERS
WE HAD COVE IN 002 SECTION #2 ENTRY APPROX 4 1/2 TO 5 FT HIGHT UP TO 45 TO 50' LONG AT STATION 1292, HOME RIDER SEAM AT APPROX 3 1/2 TO 4 FT UP RIDER UP TO 2 INCHES THICK. MUST HAVE FELL OVER WEEKEND, FOUND ON MONDAY AM DURING PRE SHIFT AT APPROX 5:30 AM BY SECTION FORMAN.
WHILE I NAME WAS RUNNING MINER SHUTTLE CAR PULL UNDER TAIL LIFTING BACK END OF MINER UP CAUSING I NAME TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST ROOF
THREE MEN WORKING ON MINING MACHINE OUTSIDE TO GET PART OFF FOR DOWN MACHINE INSIDE R. JUST AS HE WALKED INTO AREA OF WORK 1 MAN HIT SPROCKET WITH HAMMER. PIECE OF SPROCKET FLEW IN HIS EYE. HE WAS NOT WITHING 10' OF WORK AREA.
HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND TWISTED KNEE.
ROOF FALL IN #12 ROOM OF 1ST RT FROM FEEDER TO PILLAR LINE.4'HIGH X 180'LONG IN AREA RIDER SEAM AT 3-4'.
SETTING CRIBS TIGHTENING UP WEDGE, HIT SELF IWHT HAMMER
THROWING TIMBER FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK
1990 · 12 incidents
MOVING SCOOP WHEN IT SLIPPED AND PIN AGAINST RIB HURTING L SHOULDER
ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITIONS, 3 XCUT OUTBY #5 HEAD, ROCK FALL APPROX. 4' HEIGHT, 16 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE, IN RETURN ENTRY, ROOF CONDITIONS VERY BAD IN AREA, SLIPS AND CUTTERS.
EMPL WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE TWISTED LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE OPENING SET OF STEEL DOORS DOOR WENT TO SWING SHUT EMPL PUT HANDS UP & DOOR SLAMMED CATCHING RT HAND SMALL FINGER AGAINST FRAME.
INTERSECTION FELL IN 4 ENTRY TO 5 ENTRY FOR 80' ONE X CUT OUTBY STATION 1192 BACK 3 X CUTS FROM 5 HEAD
EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO GET INTO PAYLOADER WHEN HE SLIP AND HURT HIS BACK.
HH WAS RE-ENTERING MINER CABLE WHEN HIS WAS MOVING AND TWISTING AROUND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
SCOOP STUCK IN RUNWAY,WENT TO BACK UP PIN HEAD AGAINST ROOF.
GOING TO ANSWER MINE PHONE,TWISTED ANKLE ON ROADWAY OUTSIDE.
CRAWLING KNEES RIGHT KNEE SWELLED UP END OF SHIFT.
HOLDING CHANNEL LOCKS WHILE DRIVING PIN OUT OF MINER WAS HIT WITH HAMMER WHEN CHANNEL WAS HIT WITH HAMMER. DRIVING CHANNEL LOCKS AGAINST FRAME OF MACHINE SMASHING FINGER.
MOVING RAM TRACTOR OUT OF CHARGING STATION,PIN RIGHT ARM AGAINST POST.
1989 · 9 incidents
INTERSECTION 10 ROOM IN FIRST R BLEEDER FELL IN 5 FT HIGH
BAD CUTTER IN INTERSECTION ALONG BELT ENTRY FELL IN APPROX 2 5FT LONG & 20WIDE APPROX 10FT HIGH AT IT HIGHEST POINT
WHILE PUSHING CART OUT HOLE, TWISTED KNEE.
ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITIONS SLIP IN ROOF BOLTED WITH 4FT RESIN & STRAPS BOLTS
ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITION BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN BOLTS.
CHANGING PUMP OF RF. BOLTER PRYING BACK WITH ROCK BAR BAR SLIPPED HIT HIM BELOW EYE ON CHEEK BONE.
FELT SHARP PAIN IN KNEE
MOVING ROOF BOLTER FROM #3 ROOM TO #2 ROOM FRONT END DROPPED IN HOLE IN BOTTOM AND BACK END CAME UP IN AIR AND JAMMED WRIST AND FOREARM
SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE WALKING TO CHECK FAN
1988 · 6 incidents
ABNORMAL ROOF CONDITION BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN
CRAWLING ON KNEES IN LOW COAL MINE.
MAN WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRIES OF THE NW MAIN SECT OF THE MINE HE DUCKED HIS HEAD TO MISS A WIRE HANGING FROM THE ROOF THAT WAS SUPPORTING CABLE UPON STRAGHTONING UP HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH ROOF
CRAWLING ON HAND AND KNEES GOT BLISTERS ON RIGHT KNEE AND WAS INFECTED
WASHING CLEARENCE OF MACHINE WHEN ROCK OR TOTIAGE OBJECT STRUCK EYE.
RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR 3 ENTRY MINER S HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH ROOF JARRRING NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER.
1987 · 1 incident
42C PROP WAS RU3 OVER BY SHUTTLE CAR PROP CAME UP AND HIT OPERATOR ON ARM.
1986 · 1 incident
PULLING LOOSE R2CK FROM ROOF A PIECE BROKE OFF FURTHER BACK THAN ANTICIPATED FALLING ON AND BREAKING RT ANKLE
1983 · 1 incident
EE WAS REPAIRING MACHINERY TOOL SLIPPED OUT OF H AND STRIKING UPPER LEFT LEG CAUSING SEVERE BRUISE.