CUTTING PORTAL TO MOVE IT LET PIECE OF STEEL DROP ON LEFT FOOT BREAK IT IN 4 PLACES.
No 3 Mine Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1987–1989
- Latest incident
- Mar 1989
Reportable incidents
20 on file1989 · 4 incidents
WORKING PILLARS TOOP BEGAN LOADING AT PILLAR LINE PULLED SECTION BACK TOP BEGAN LOADING AGAIN FASTER PULLED MENT OUT TO LET SETTLE OWN RET. FIND FALL 70'OUTBY STA. 13 AT 7:00AM FALL ON SC APPR OX 20 X 20 X 10 SANDSTONE.
WORKING ON BUGGY REEL HAD COVER RAISED WITH HAND AND ARMS INSIDE COVER FELL BREAKING R. HAND MIDDLE BONE WAS GIVEN TYLENOL #3
SETTING TIMBERS AND STRIANED BAKC LIFTING.
1988 · 7 incidents
EMPL LIFTED NITROGEN TANK TO LOAD ON SCOOP AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.RX...
BENT OVER TO PICK UP TIMBER HE HAD JUST SAWED. HE HAD HIS BACK TO THE RIB WHEN A PIECE OF COAL 12" THICK BY 18 BY 18 ROLLED OFF MIDDLE MAN STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER DRIVING HI S HEAD INTO COAL ON THE BOTTOM.
UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM SCOOP.LET END DROP JERKING EMPLOYEES BACK PULLING MUSCLE.MOTRIN AND FLEXERIL PRESCRIBED.
WAS WELDING ON STACKER CHUTE AND GOT HIS EYE BURNED BY A WELDER FLASH,FIRST AIS WAS ADMINISTERED AND PERCODAN PRESCRIBED.
WAS PRYING WITH A SLATE BAR AND BACK STARTED HURTING WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP.
ROOF FALL AT SPAD 186-ROOF IN THAT AREA WAS KNOWN TO BE BAD AND SEVERAL CRIBS AND TIMBERS ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO FALL.IT WAS IN A SLIP WITH WATER COMING FROM TOP.
SETTING TIMBERS IN OLD WROKS WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER ON SCOOP,PULLING ROCK LOOSE AS HE FELL WHICH ROCK LANDED ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND FOOT.MOTRIN 600MG PRESCRIBED BY DR SMITH
1987 · 9 incidents
LIFTING HEAVY T3MBERS CAUSED PROGRESSING BACK PAIN WHICH BECAME MORE INTENSE BY WEEKEND.
JACK ON TOP PIN3ER HIT ROOF AND SWUNG AROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT TEMPLE.
REMOVING ROCK A3D TO FROM STACKER TO FREE BELT STRAINED BACK SLIPPED VERTABLE WILL BE RE EX.
INJURED WAS HEL1ING TO SET A 16' TIMBER & WAS LOOKING UP TO GET IT STRAIGHTENED TO WEDGE WHEN HE DISLODGED A ROCK APPROX 3"X3"X4" WHICH FELL & STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE NOSE.
AREA OF FALL IN3OBVIOUS FAULT AREA ADDITIONAL STEP WERE TAKEN TO SUPPORT AREA AND MONITOR ITS CONDITION.
FALL LOCATED IN3OBVIOUS FAULT AREA WHICH HAD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL AS MONITORING CONDITIONS.
WATER ON BOTTOM3HID HOLE STEPPED IN HOLE WHILE CARRYING 2 BUCKETS STOPPIT AND TWISTED BACK.
ROOF FALL IN IN7ERSESCTION ON 1 ENTRY RETURN AIRWAY AT SPAD 99 APPROX 10X18X30 AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 5FT POINT ANCHOR BOLTS
INJURED WAS HEL1ING MOVE THE MINER BACK FROM A PILLAR CUT WHEN A RIB APPROX 12 FT HIGH X 2 FT THICK BY 4 FT WIDE SLIDE OFF AND HIT HIM AND CAUGHT AND BROKE HIS LEFT FOOT THIS OCCURRED IN AN IN TERSECTION APPR2X 30 FT OUTBY THE CUT WHICH WAS TAKEN