EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM SCOOP BUCKET @ DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN FACE AREA. WHILE DOING SO, HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA AT 8:18 AM. HE INFORMED SECTION FOREMAN LATER & WAS TAKEN TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTN. THE EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN SAIDHE PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
Mine No 2Coal
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Susie A Smith; Elmer Fuller
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406828
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- Feb 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2002 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
2001 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP TRANSPORT CART WHEN HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE MINE ROOF CAUSING INJURY TO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD RESULTING IN 5 STITCHES OR CLAMPS.
2000 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE LAST ROW OF #2 HEADING HE WAS USING SECTIONAL STEEL TO DRILLTHE LAST 18"" OF THE HOLE & PINCHED THUMB OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES OF STEEL WHEN HE APP LIED UP PRESSURE ON THE DRILL HEAD OF THE BOLTERGLOVES WERE BEING WORN WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED
Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE ALLEDGED THAT HE TRIPPED OVER MINER CABLE AND FELL ON RT KNEE.