MSHA record for #55 (mine ID 4606430). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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INTERSECTION OF 1 HEADING 2ND BREAK OUTBY LOCATED SPAD 821 FAULT AREA IN MINE ROOF. FALL EXTENDED APPROX. 20 FT OUTBY SPAD 821 AND 15 IN RIGHT CROSSCUT ENTRY WIDTH APPROX 19 FT FALL OCCURRED IDLE SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING THE MINE ROOF IN #3 HEADING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SET A 4\ TENSION REBAR BOLT---THE BOLT WRENCH BROKE CAUSING A MASHING INJURY FROM BOOM OF THE BOLTER INJURY IS TO THREE SMALL FINGERS OF LEFT HAND
THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN FIRST CROSSCUT LEFT FROM SPAD 398 DUE TO FAULT AREA., SIZE OF FALL-36" IN HEIGHT. APP. 19\ FT IN WIDITH-23\ FT IN LENGTH.
EE-BOLTER OPERATOR- WAS ATTEMPTING TO BOLT A NEWLY EXPSED AREA IN T HE FACE OF THE #3 ENTRY-WITH THE BOLTER POSITIONED & THE DRILL STEEL SET, THE OPERATOR STARTED THE ROTATING OF THE DRILL ST EEL CAUSING A PIECE OF SLATE 1\X1\X6"X2" TO FALL AGAINST THE BOLTER HEAD SMASHING EE\S THUMB ON LEFT HAND.
FAULT AREA IN THE #7 RETURN AIRWAYS ENTRY SPAD #510 OF AN INTERSECTION LENGTH APPROX 50\ X 20\ THE FALL OCCURRED DURING A WEEKEND WHEN THE MINE WAS IDL E THE FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF THE 4\ POINT ANCHOR - TENSION REBAR
FAULT AREA IN MINE STRATA-STATE TOP-MINE OPERATING ONE SHIFT-DAY SHIFT.FALL OCCURRED DURING TIME-IDLE. IN LAST OPEN BREAK BETWEEN #1 HEADING AND #2 HEADING,30\ OF 480 VOLT CABLE DESTROYED.
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