WHILE HE WAS ROOF BOLTING, A PIECE OF ROOF FELL AND HIT HIM ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Years on record
- 1983–1991
- Latest incident
- May 1991
Reportable incidents
33 on file1991 · 3 incidents
HE HURT HIS UPPER ARM AND ELBOW WHILE LOADING 4' ROOF BOLTS ONTO HIS ROOF BOLTING MACHINE.
HE TRIPPED OVER THE MINER CABLE.
1990 · 4 incidents
WHILE MOVING ROOF BOLTER UP TO BOLT TOP WHERE OVERCAST HAD BEEN SHOT OUT PIECE OF TOP BETWEEN TWO BOLTS FELL OUT HITTING HIM ON BACK OF NECK & BETWEEN SHOULDER.
HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE BENDING GLUE BOLTS IN 38" COAL HEIGHT.
HE WAS HANGING CABLE TO THE TOP WHEN HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON DRILL POT OF ROOF BOLTER WHILE LOWERING HEAD DOWN.
1989 · 9 incidents
WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON THE FEEDER CABLE, HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON A CHECK CURTAIN THAT HAD SOME COAL PUSHED UP ON IT.WHEN THE CURTAIN SLIPPED OUT SUDDENLY,HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE CORNER OF A PARKED SCOOP.
WHILE HE WAS OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR, THE TIRE BECAME LOOSE INSIDE THE WHEEL AND BEGAN TO THROW METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE WHEEL. SOME OF THE SHAVINGS WENT INTO HIS EYES.
HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT THIGH WHILE GETTING OFF A SCOOP.
LOCK ON WHEEL UNIT BROKE ALLOWING WHEEL TO SLIP CAUSING FINE METAL TO BE STRIPPED OFF WHEEL AND FLY INTO EYE OF SHUTTLE CAR OPER.
HE WAS GETTING INTO DECK OF 482 SCOOP WHEN HE STRUCK DECK WITH KNEE.
WHILE DRILLING A ROOF BOLT HOLE, THE DRILL STEEL GOT HUNG IN THE HOLE. THEN WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.
WHILE THE INJURED WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR HE HAD THE SCOOPE OPERATOR TO LIFT THE BUGGY TO CHANGE A WHEEL UNIT THE BUGGY SLIPPED OFF THE SCOOP BLADE WITH I NAME STILL IN THE OPERATOR DECK THE SUDDEN JOLT CAUSED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK
I,NAME,ELECTRICIAN, PULLED THE CATHEAD ON A POWER CENTER IN STILL POWER ON THE CABLE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE CUT INTO THE CABLE, THERE WAS STILL POWER ON THE CABLE. THE CATHEAD, OUTLET, AND BREAKER WERE PROPERLY LABELED. AND THE CATHEAD WAS CHAINED ALSO. HE MISTAKENLY PULLED THE WRONG CATHEAD AND DE-ENERGIZED THE WRONG SHUTTLE CAR.
1988 · 3 incidents
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE, A SMALL RIB ROLL OCCURRED PINNING HIS LEFT AG AGAINST THE CANOPY ON THE MINER.
WHILE HE WAS OPERATING CONTINOUR MINER RIPPER HEAD OF MINER GOT H UNG UP IN ROCK HE WAS CUTTING & WHEEN IT BECAME LOOSE MINER DECK SLAMMED TO BOTTOM JARRING OPERATOR.
INAME WAS HANGING A PUMP CABLE ON THE COAL RIB, BEHIND A CHECK CURTAIN, WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR CAME THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND MASHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE COAL RIB.
1987 · 7 incidents
WHILE LIFTING O3 SOME BELT STRUCTURE, HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THIS WAS DONE WHILE LINING UP BELT LINE
HE WAS OPERATIN1 THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK THE TOP AND LOOSENED UP A KETTLE BOTTOM LATER THE KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT WHILE STILL IN THE SHUTTLE3CAR.
BUMPED END OF E5BOW WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER.
PULLING AND LIF7ING CABLE CONNECTED TO MINER.
HE WAS USING A 6AR TO PRY UP A CATPAD ON A CONTINOUS MINER AND THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ONTHE SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE MINER
HE WAS LIFTING 4 X 8 HEADERS INTO THE SUPPLY CAR
HE WAS LIFTING 5 TIRE ON A KERSEY TRACTOR IN THE SHOP OUTSIDE.
1986 · 1 incident
WHILE HE WAS IN3THE POWER CENTER HE CONTACTED THE BUS BARS AND RECEIVED A BURN TO HIS FACE AND HANDS.
1985 · 3 incidents
I.NAME AND I.NAME WERE TAKING DOWN THE ANCHOR BOLT FOR THE STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHEN SOME TOP ABOUT 2FT X 6 FT X 4 IN FELL ON TOP OF THEM THIS TOP FELL FROM TWO BOLTS
WHILE SCOOPING ALONG A RIB, HE SCOOPED UP A PIECE OF PLASTICE PIPE BENDING IT AGAINST THE RIB, IT THEN FLEW BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT. SIDE OF THE HEAD.
DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS HIS TRUCK WAS PARKED AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL TO THE MINE SITE AND AS H E LEFT THE JOB AT QUIT TIME AND WALKED TO HIS TRUCK HE FELL ON THE ICE COVERED HILL AND B ROKE HIS LEFT FOREARM
1984 · 1 incident
WHILE HE WAS REPAIRING THE TRAMMING CIRCUIT OF A 270 BATTERY TRACTOR IT JUMPED I NAME THEN SLIPPED UNDER THE TRACTOR CAUSING HIS LEG TO BE TRAPPED RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS LEG
1983 · 2 incidents
A RIB ROLL HAD OCCURED EARLIER AND AS MR ELLIS WAS WALKING BY IT SLID IN ON HIS ANKLE IT WAS A SMALL RIB ROLL
WHILE PINNING TOP UNDER THE CANOPY A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT AND WHILE MR ADDAIR WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE ROCK HE EXTENDED HIS LEG AND STRAINED HIS KNEE