Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was installing rib bolts when he stepped back and got foot caught between cinder blocks causing knee to twist. Location was MMU 001 60' outby SS #377
Phillips Rider MineCoal
Mill Branch Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407262
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2012
- Latest incident
- Jul 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2012 · 3 incidents
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Walking to move miner cable was walking down small incline, slipped and fell landing on his back. Bottom was wet and muddy at time of incident.
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee had finished safety talk with crew and two MSHA Inspectors and went to the power center. He called for the Shift Foreman to come to him and was holding his chest, saying he had pain in his chest and arm. Foreman checked pulse, stopped at Trauma Trailer got AED, O2. Foreman administered O2 and transported employee to surface where he was taken to the hospital by ambulance.