MSHA record for King 6 Mine (mine ID 4201599). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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WHILE MAKING HIS REQUIRED EXAMINATIONS, THE FIREBOSS LOCATED A ROOF FALL IN THE SECOND RIGHT ENTRY OF THE 2ND WAST SECTION C #13-X-C. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 61/2' HIGH BY 80' LONG & THE WIDTH OR THE ENTRY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR EQUIP. DAMAGE CONTRIUTING FACTORS: COAL RIDER ATD WET ROOF-MINED OUT WORKS ABOVE.
INJURED MAN WAS SETTING CEMENT CRIB BLOCKS WHEN A COAL RIB BURST OCCURRED STRIKING THE MAN WITH A COMBINATION OF CEMENT CRIB BLOCKS ROCK AND COAL COVERING THE MAN UP TO HIS WAIST.LOCATION 2ND WEST CROSSCUT 2RTO 3R 30' OUTBY FACE.
INJURED MAN WAS CARRYING A SCREEN ROOF MATT UP TO THE FACE WHEN A COAL RIB BURST OCCURRED STRIKING THE MAN WITH A COMBINATION OF CEMENT CRIBB BLOCKS ROCK AND COAL AND PINNING THE MAN AGAINST T
INJ BENT OVER TRYING TO FREE CRIB BLOCK STUCK IN MUD.PULLING ON CRIB BLOCK FELT MUSCLE PULL IN LLEFT SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS ON TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER CLEARING COAL WHICH BECAME STUCK IN CONVEYOR BOOM INJURED JUMPED OFF OF THE C MINER & LANDED ON A SMALL PIECE OF COAL
INJURED WAS PREPARING ROOM FOR CEMENT BLOCKS INJURED PICKED UP A 8IN.X8IN.X16INN.SOLID CEMENT BLOCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN H IS LOWER BACK ON HIS RT.SIDE
INJURED WAS INSTALLING DRIVE CHAIN ON SPROCKET FOR CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE. THE CHAIN SLIPPED PINCHING HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER.
INJURED MAN WAS WALKING AT A FASR RATE WHEN HIS FOOT GOT STUCK IN SOME MUCK. WHEN INJURED MAN WENT TO TAKE A STEP IT CAUSED, HIM TO BE OFF BALCNE AND HE FELL DOWN AND LANDED ON A SMALL PIECE OF COAL HITTING HIS KNEE.
INJURED WAS PACKING 2 5 GALLON PAILS OF WATER .HE SLIPPED FALLING AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE PAILS OF WATER.WHEN INJURED WENT TO STAND UP HE PUSHED AGAINST THE PAILS,HE HEARD AND FELT A POP IN LOWER PART OF BACK CAUSING PAIN LOCATION 2ND WEST 60' INBY FEEDER BREAKER.
INJURED WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SIDE POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLES.
INJURED WAS CUTTING HOSE OUT OF WAY TO INSTALL HORN ON 911 SCOOP- KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT THE END OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER- REQUIRED FOUR (4) SUTURES TO CLOSE.
INJ CUTTING HOSE OUT OF WAY TO INSTALL HORN ON SCOOP-911- KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT END OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.REQ 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
INJURED WAS WALKING FROM LEFT SIDE OF ENTRY TO RIGHT SIDE. THERE WAS APPROX. 8" OF WATER IN ENTRY- STEPPED ON MINER CABLE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY INJURING HIS RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HIT CHUCK HOLE OR LIP AND JARRED HIMSELF STRAING HIS NECK.
INJ LOCATING BROKEN END OF HYDRAULIC HOSE TOUCHED CONTROL LEVER WHICH SHOT OIL OUT OF BROKEN HOSE AND INTO LEFT EYE.
INJ STEPPED ON WATER HOSE COATED WITH OIL.SLIPPED AND FELL.LEFT HAND STRUCK TAILPIECE GUARDING RESULTING IN LACERATION REQ 14 STITCHES
INJURED HAD STO1PED THE KUBOTA HE WAS RIDING ON TO SIGN A PRE-SHIFT CARD WHEN A DIESEL SCOOP CAME THROUGH THE FLY PAD AND STRUCK THE KUBOTA CAUSING HIM TO BUMP HIS KNEE.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING SPILL OUTSIDE BELT TRANSFER- SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM.
INJURED SAID HE3WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CHANGING BELT ROLLERS & HURT HIS BACK.
INJ STEPPED OFF3KUBOTA TRACTOR AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
INJURED WAS WAL5ING AND LOOKING AT FLOOR LOOKED UP AND RAN INTO A LOW HANGING ROOF BOLT
INJURED WAS REP5ACING HYDRAULIS HOSES ON TOP OF 913 SCOOP AND WHEN HE WAS DISMOUNTING HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
INJURED WAS LIF7ING A 4" WATER HOSE AND STRAINED BACK .LOST TIME BEGAN JUNE 9,1987.
INJURED WAS WAL5ING FROM SHOP TO SUG-STATION AND SLIPPED ON SOME ICE PARTIALLY FALLING, AND TWISTING HIS BACK
INJURED WAS CLO8ING AN AIRLOCK DOOR WHEN SUDDENLY THE PRESSURE IN FRONT OF THE DOOR PUSHED IT CLOSED, INJURED CAUGHT HIS THUMB IN BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME
INJURED WAS A M3NER HELPER PUTTING MINER CABLE OVER THE CUTTER HEAD AS THE CM BACKED OUT, THE CM TURNED PINNING THE INJURED POERSONS FOOT BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR PAN AND A PIECE OF COAL.
INJRUED WAS TAK3NG COVERS OFF OF MINER THE COVER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND LANDED ON HIS RT FOOT
INJURIED WAS RE1AIRING DOOR TO SHOP-WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT WRENCH SLIPPED & INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS CUT BY A PIECE OF TIN.
INJURED RAN UP 5LONGSIDE ROWER TO MOVE CABLE. THE MINER STARTED SWINING AROUND A CORNER @ THE SAME TIME & PINCHED HIM AGAINST THE RIB.
INJ OPERATING R2OF BOLTER WHEN HELPER SLID SCREEN MAT OVER TOP OF MACHINE KNOCKING OFF SOME LOOSE MATERIAL WHICH FELL INTO CORNER OF INJURED RIGHT EYE.
PRESSURE FROM 2MINED OUT SEAMS ABOVE THE HIWATHA SEAM CAUSING THE ROOF TO WEAKEN AND FAIL.CAVE WAS APPROX. 110\ 1DNG,20\ WIDE AND 8\-9\IN HEIGHT IN MAIN ENTRY.ALSO 1R ENTRY IT WAS 120\ LONG,8\ HIGH AND 20\ WIDE.
PRESSURE FROM 2 MINED OUT SEAMS ABOVE THE HIAWATHA SEAM CAUSING THE MINE ROOF TO WEAKEN AND FAIL.CAVE AREA WAS BETWEEN MAIN ENTRY AND 1R ENTRY APPROX. 15\IN DIAMETER AND CONED UP TO HIGHEST PO INT TO ABOUT 6\IN HEIGHT.
HE OBSERVED A ROOF FALL AT THE 25# X-CUT INTERSECTION. THE FALL HAD OCCURRED SOMETIME SINCE HIS LAS INSPECTING OF THIS AREA. THE FALL WAS 6\ TO 8\ HIGH BY APPROX. 40\ LONG & W'AS CONFINED TO T HE INTERSECTION. NO INJURIES & NO EQUIP. DAMAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIMBER ON A SCOOP OUTSIDE THE MINE AND THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPL STANDING MOTOR MOUNT PEDESTAL ON BELT DRIVE ALIGNING BELT ROLLERS.TURNED TO GET DOWN OFF DRIVE TURNED HEAD INTO WIRE HANGING FROM TOP AND SCRATCHED LEFT EYE.
EE WAS CARRYING A TIMBER 12X12X6 TO SET A BREAKER ROW. AS HE WAS CARRYING THE TIMBER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
75\ INBY SURVEY STATION 37+85 6\-7\ HIGH & 40\ LONG WIDTH OF ENTRY EXCESSIVE WATER AND 2 MINED OUT SEAMS ABOVE HIAWATHA SEAM CAUSING PRESSURE ON HIAWATHA SEAM
INJURED WAS MOVING PLASTIC WATER HOSE OUT OF ROADWAY TO TRAM FEEDER BREAKER INBY ROADWAY WAS VERY WET AND MUDDY SLIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
SLIPPED OFF SLIGHT WET BANK AND STARTED TO FALL EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM PUTTING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE FALL ON HIS SHOULDER.
EE WAS SITTING ON GROUND W/ HIS LEGS UNDERNEATH S/C TRYING TO PUT A NEW BRAKE BLOCK INTO PLACE. HE FELT PAIN IN H IS BACK & DOWN IN LEFT THIGH HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING UP.
INJURED WAS HOLDING UP STEEL ARCH LEG WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO ALIGN BOLT HOLES. THE HOLES WERE TOO SMALL CAUSING INJURED TO SUPPORT ARCH FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN XCUT 37( BETWEEN MAIN AND 1ST RIGHT FALL WAS 6FT TO 8FT HIGH 18FTX30FT
OCCURRED IN THE 1 ST RIGHT ENTRY CROSSCUT 27 FALL WAS 6 HIGH 18 WIDE 35 FT LONG APPROX. NO INJURES NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.
ROOF FAL OCCURRED X CUT TO MAIN CAUSE DAMPNESS OF ROOF WORKED OUT MINE ABOVE CAUSING HEAVY TOP CONDITIONS
AT APPROX. 6:30 AM ON 8-8-83 THE PRESHIFT EXAMINER WENT TO THE 2R ENTRY TO CHECK A WATER PUMP AT WHICH TIME HE OBSERVED THE ROOF HAD FALLEN. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 8 FEET HIGH X 20 FT. WIDE X 80 FT. LONG. BY THE FAN CHART, THE FALL APPARENTLY OCCURRED ON SUNDAY AT 11:15 AM. NO INJURIES - NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A CRIB BLOCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL. WHEN HE FELL THE CRIB BLOCK STRUCK HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A FEEDER BREAKER-WHILE TRYING TO MANEUVER IT THROUGH A SET OF CROSSBARS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BETWEEN THE FRONT OF THE STAMPLER AND THE RIB.
LEFTING 5 GALLON CAN OIL WHEN LEFT SHOULDER POPPED OUT OF PLACE.
EXCESSIVE PRESSURE FROM TO MINED OUT SEAMS ABOVE HIAWATHA SEAM CAUSING WEAKNESS IN ROOF STRATA AND A B" COAL BAN IN HEIGHT OF CAAVE, LOCATION 39+85 1L INTERSECTION
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