VICTIM WAS SETTING STIFF JACK TO PULL BRIDGE CONVEYOR THE JACK PULLED LOOSE WHILE VICTIM WAS TRYING TO HOLD IT CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN JACK AND BRIDGE CONVEYOR FRAME THIS INJURING HIS HAND
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 32
- Years on record
- 1984–1988
- Latest incident
- Mar 1988
Reportable incidents
32 on file1988 · 4 incidents
VICTIM WAS PULL3NG FREE TRAVEL UP ON BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND CAUGHT HIS FOREARM BETWEEN A TIMBER AND THE BRIDGE.
VICTIM WAS SETT3NG STIFF JACK TO PULL BRIDGE. JACK FLEW OUT HITTING TIMBER, WHICH HIT VICTIM ACROSS THE BACK.
VICTIM WAS LOAD3NG BELT STRUCTURE AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER OFLEFT HAND BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND SCOOP BUCKET, THIS CUTTING AND BUSTING OPEN HIS FINGER.
1987 · 11 incidents
VICTIM WAS OPER5TING ROOF BOLTER, WHEN SMALL SLAB OF ROCK FELL ON THE BACK OF THE MACHINE, CAUSING THE VICTIM TO JUMP AND TWIST HIS LEG UNDER HIMSELF.
DUE TO CRAWLING3EVERDAY, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED MINER'S KNEE AND HAD TO HAVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
VICTIM WAS REPA3RING ROPE ON MINER, WHEN PIECE OF ROPE FLEW OFF HITTING HIM IN THE EYE.
VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP & HIT A BUMP IN THE HAULWAY THROWING THE VICTGIM UP & HIS KNEE INTO THE R OOF
SLAB OF ROCK 126 THICK X58" WIDE FELL OUT OF FRESH 4' WILCOX CUT,CATCHING VICTIM WHO WAS SETTING SAFETY POSTS AND SHOVELING COAL.
VICTIM WAS USIN1 5 TON LIFTING JACK TO HOLD CONVEYOR UP .WHILE TAKING THE JACK OUT VICTIM WAS HIT BY THE JACK BAR UNDER THE CHIN.
VICTIM WAS BOLT3NG ROOF AND HAD HIS HAND ON TORQUE WRENCH TIGHTENING ROOF BOLT WHEN SLAB OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT MASHING HIS HAND AGAINST THE PINNER HEAD.
VICTIM HAS RECU9RING KNEE TRAUMA AND WAS OFF ON THIS DAY TO GO TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE TI RE-CHECKED.
VICTIM CAUGHT H3MSELF BETWEEN SCOOP'S OPERATOR'S DECK AND THE ROOF-AS HE MOVED TO LOWER HIMSELF IN THE SCOOP DECK, HE TWISTED HIS BACK & NECK.
LARGE SLIP OF R2CK FELL OUT ON WILCOX MINER, PINNING OPERATOR IN DECK.
VICTIM WAS RIDI3G IN SCOOP BUCKET AND CAUGHT LEFT FOREARM AGAINST THE ROOF OF THE MINE
1986 · 13 incidents
VICTIM CLAIMS H3S BACK WAS HURT WHEN HE WAS BOUNCED IN A SCOOP BUCKET WHILE T RAVELING TO SURFACE (THIS REPORT SUBMITTED DUE TO AN AUDIT )
WHILE PULLING A3CONVEYOR BELT BACK TOGETHER A COME-A-LONG PREMAT URELY RELEASED STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE ARM WITH THE HANDLE
SLUG OF ROCK FE5L FROM TOP STRIKING VICTIM ON THE FACE & CHEST AREA HE WAS TIMBERING THE TOP UP WHEN IT OCCURRED (THIS REPORT SUBMITTED DUE TO AN AUDIT )
WHILE CUTTING C2AL WITH WILCOX MINER, ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM TOP. MAJORITY OF ROCK WAS CAUGHT BY SAFTEY PROPS BACK TO BOLTED INTERSECTION. VICTIM WAS HIT WITH THIN SLAB OF ROCK, WHERE ROCK BR OKE OFF AT ROOF3BOLTS.
WHILE SETTING S5FETY PROPS A FLAT PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED & HIT THE VICTIM ON THE BACK (THIS REPORT SUBMITTED DUE TO AN AUDIT)
SLUG OF COAL AN8 ROCK FELL F ROM TOP HITTING VICTIM ON THE KNEE (THIS REPORT DUE TO AN AUDIT)
WHILE TRAVELING3FROM THE FACE AREA IN A MANTGRIP CAR A PIECE OF SHARP ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING VICTIM ON THE FACE AREA (THIS REPORT DUE TO AN AUDIT )
VICTIM WAS CRAW5ING ON BELT LINE & BUMPED HIS KNEE INTO A PIECE OF BELT STRUCT URE (THIS REPORT SUBMITTED DUE TO AN AUDIT )
VICTIM WAS INVO5VED IN A FIRST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE MINE SITE (THIS REPORT SUBMITTED DUE TO AN AUDIT )
WHILE LOADING A3HYD-JACK ONTO A SCOOP FOR TRANSPORTATION TO THE SURFACE VICTIM STRAINED HIS ARM (THIS REPORT SUBMITTED DUE TO AN AUDIT )
DUE TO CRAWLING3EVERYDAY, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED MINERS KNEE AND HAD MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE BACKED3A 1/2 TON TRACTOR INTO A TIMBER ROW ON HAULWAY. EMPLOYEE'S HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL FRAME OF THE TRACTOR AND A 4"X4" OAK TIMBER, THUS FRACTURING HIS SKULL.
1985 · 2 incidents
SLATE ROOF HAD COAL SEAM 2\\ THICK 32\\ UP IN SLATE ROOF.THIS TURNED 32\\ OF PRIMARY ROOF STRATA LOOSE IN BELT INTERSECTION.BEING ON WILCOX SECTION ONLY SUPPORT WAS TIMBERS.THE FALL WAS 50\ X 20\ X 30\\ THICK.
A PIECE OF RIB ROCK 6X1X1 FELL OFF RIB CATCHING BOLTER OPERATOR BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE BOLTER VICTIM HAD MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO HIS LWER BACK
1984 · 2 incidents
ROOF BROKE ABOVE 4\ BOLT ANCHORAGE POINT ALLOWING ENTRY TO FALL 10\ HIGH FOR A LENGTH OF 90\-100\. NO EQUIPMENT OR MEN WERE IN THIS ENTRY AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.
HORSEBACK SHAPED ROCK FELL ON INTERSECTION ROCK WAS BOLTED WITH 4 BOLT BUT WAS 9 THICK IN THE CENTER ROCK WAS ALSO TIMBER ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT TWO MINE CONVEYOR WITH WIRE LEFT UNDER FALL.