Employee was setting pump in water. As they turned after setting pump, they twisted lower back resulting in a strained muscle.
Conaway Creek Deep MineCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2008–2020
- Latest incident
- Feb 2020
Reportable incidents
8 on file2020 · 2 incidents
Employee picked up a belt rail to remove it from around the feeder dump area and pulled muscles in left shoulder.
2019 · 1 incident
First intersection inby intake portal fell approx. 8 ft. high, 16 ft. wide, 23 ft. long. Fall did not affect ventilation, all employees were immediately evacuated from the mine. No injuries resulted from this event.
2014 · 2 incidents
Roof bolter operator was swinging drill head to install a roof bolt when he caught his finger between the boom arm and drill pot of roof bolter.
Roof fall out-by, neutral entry , aprox 32 breaks out-by face area. Ventilation was not disrupted. Fall occurred during idle weekend.
2013 · 1 incident
Sometime during Christmas break a rock fall occurred in the left return at just inby SS# 2577. The fall was dangered off, timbered off and the travelway was re-routed around the fall. The fall was approx. 80' long, 20' wide, and 7' high.
2008 · 2 incidents
EE was going from feeder to miner. He put his hand under the shuttle car while moving.
EE said he picked rock up and strained back.