Machine came to sudden stop - cut employee's right arm.
Dooley Run MineCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 2001–2008
- Latest incident
- Jul 2008
Reportable incidents
11 on file2008 · 1 incident
2007 · 1 incident
Continuous miner was pulling last rib on block when a roof fall occurred causing continuous miner to be trapped under rock fall.
2006 · 5 incidents
Shuttle car was stuck on feeder scoop, was lifting shuttle car. Injured was hooking up a chain to shuttle car; shuttle car slipped off scoop bucket causing bucket to jar, knocking EE to rib.
Injured was sitting w/intersection bolting miner. Shuttle car trammed into but ran over rock causing rock to fly striking injured in the forehead.
Injured was pulling the contactor case from Eimco shuttle car. He felt pain in back, he finished shift and tried to work the next day. Pain was too bad and he had to go to doctor.
Working place #6 entry cut back into 10 rm causing a three way intersection. The breakthru at 10 rm fell. 4 ft high, 17 ft wide and 20 ft long.
Injured was helping to install a 4 ft roof bolt, bolt started to bend, he put hand up to straighten bolt. Co-worker put up pressure on bolt causing it to bend and caught injured's right thumb against roof.
2002 · 2 incidents
INJURED WAS MOVING S & S CANOPY SCOOP FROM #7 FACE TO #3 FACE OF 2 SOUTH SECTION. MINER CABLE WAS HUNG FROM ROOF BOLTER CABLE WAS ON OPPOSITE SIDE. INJURED RAISED HIMSELF OUT OF CANOPY WITH HA ND ON STEERING PIVOT STOP TO SEE LOCATION OF BOLTER CABLE WHEN KNEE PUSHED STEERING LEVER CAUSING SCOOP TO PIVOT AND SMASH LEFT RING FINGER.
CLAY SLIP IN ROOF AND MUD LAYER JUST ABOVE 5 FT TEST HOLE DEPTH.
2001 · 2 incidents
SHUTTLE CAR WAS MOVING DOWN ROADWAY WHEN OPERATOR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD.
EE WAS LIFTING PUTTING BELT STRUCTURE IN AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.