Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE HAD TRAMMED CONT MINER TO #6 HEADING, WENT BACK TO MOVE CABLE OUT OF HAULWAY AND HANG UP. WHEN EE PICKED-UP CABLE HE POSSIBLY STRAIN BACK.
Roaring Fork No 2 MineCoal
Clinchfield Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Pittston Company
Trammel, Dickenson County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406308
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Mar 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2000 · 4 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE REPORTED HE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE BENDING A 5' RESIN BOLT PRIOR TO INSTALLING IT
Accident type, without injuries
FALL OCCURRED AT SPAD 453 APPROXIMATELY 500' UNDERGROUND. BOLTED WITH 5' RESIN BOLTS. 20' X 20' APPEARS TO HAVE FOLLOWED ABOVE ANCHOR. WILL NOT CLEAN UP: TIMBERED OFF. NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
Accident type, without injuries
A FALL APPROX 150 FT LONG X 18 FT WIDE X 6 FT HIGH FELL NEAR SPAD #778. THIS FALL WAS BOLTED WITH 5' RESIN BOLTS.