HE WAS OPERATING A SPLICING MACHINE WHEN HE TOOK A STROKE FORWARD HE HIT HIS FINGER BETWEEN HANDLE AND FRAME OF MACHINE.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Years on record
- 1986–1992
- Latest incident
- Jul 1992
Reportable incidents
33 on file1992 · 2 incidents
EE WAS CLEANING RADIATOR OF ENDLOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIGHT RADIUS IN HIS WRIST.
1991 · 3 incidents
PULLING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE OUT OF MAIN BELT SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST STRUCTURE BRUSING LOWER LEFT RIB CAGE.
SMALL PIECE OF TOP BROKE LOOSE BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING MINER OPERATOR ON RIGHT HAND, CAUSING FRACTURE OF THUMB.
PLASTERING STOPPINGS WITH B BOND AND DID NOT USE LONG CUFF RUBBER GLOVES WHICH WERE AVAILABLE TO HIM RESULT WAS THAT EMP SUFFERED CHEMICAL BUR NS TO HIS WRIST AND HANDS
1990 · 4 incidents
WHILE CARRYING ONE BAG OF ROCKDUST EMPLOYEE TRIPPED & FELL
MAN WAS INSTALLING A LOADING SHORT ARM ON LOADER AND THIS PIECE HE DROPPED ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
PIECE OF ROCK 2"X4"X1/8" FELL FROM ROOF & HIT MAN ON END OF NOSE RESULTING IN CUT 5/4" LONG. THIS OCCURED WHILE BOLTING.
WHILE SETTING BOLT ROCK FELL 2X6X8 AND HIT BOLTER OPERATORS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST BOLTER HEAD. FINGER WAS X RAYED NO FRACTURE DISOLATIONS OR INTERNAL DANAGED FOUND. AESO NO CUT WERE PRESE NT MAN MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK FOR OBSERVATION.
1989 · 4 incidents
AREA FELL DUE TO WATER IN ROOF WATER CAME WITHER AFTER FALL. OTHER AREA AROUND ALSO SHOVEL WATER AFTER FALL. AREA HAS BEEN CRIBBED AND SECTION IS BEING MOVED FROM AREA. FALL ACCURRED OUTBY DUMPING POINT ON BELT ENTRY AT INTERSECTION 6 BOOLTS HAD BEEN USED.
FALL OCCURRED DUE TO RIDER COAL SEAM AT ANCHORAGE LEVEL. LOCATION WAS IN RETURN AIRWAY, 4800 FEET FROM ACTIVE SECTION. AIR WAS NOT RESTRICTED. NO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. OTHER AR EA WHERE BOLTS WERE USED HAS BEEN CRIBBED.
SPAD #421 ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #3 BELTWAY IN #2 INTAKE ENTRY ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE AT SPAD 421..
OPER RF BOLTER MACHINE STARTED TO SET DRILL STEEL WHEN PC OF ROCK FELL HIT MIDDLE FINGER ON L HAND.
1988 · 10 incidents
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 001-0 SECTION, ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE, INADEQUATE, ON 11-25-88. OCCURRED DURING IDLE PERIOD (DEER SEASON).
I.NAME HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING A HOLE AND HAD HIS HAND LAYING ON THE BOLTER HEAD THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE AND MASHED THE RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND
I.NAME WAS HELPING THE BOLTER OPERATOR BY HOLDING THE BOLT STEEL UNTIL HE GOT THE STEEL STARTED IN THE MINE ROOF WHEN I.NAME TURNED LOOSE OF THE STEEL AT THE SAME TIME THE BOLTER OPERATOR APPL IED UP PRESSURE ON THE BOLTER HEAD BUCKLING THE STEEL CAUSING IT TO HIT I.NAME ON THE FOREARM
ROOF FALL BLOCKING INTAKE ESCAPEWAY APPROX. 2800 FT FROM OUTSIDE.
ROOF FALL ON SECTION CONVEYOR BELT APPROX.8FT.HIGH 700FT.OUTBY FACE
I. NAME WAS HELPING BOLT AN AREA WHICH AD FALLEN OUT. DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE HEIGHT A 5 FOOT WRENCH HAD TO BE USED BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND DRILL STEEL. WHILE DRILLING UP PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, THE WRENCH BUCKLED STRIKING I. NAME ON THE FOREARM.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 001-0 SECTION ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE ON 062188
HE WAS CROSSING BNREAK THROUGH WHEN SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR TURNE ON SHUTTLE CAR & CABLE ON SHUTTLE CAR HIS HIM IN BACK OF KNEES.
PULLING ON A PICE OF CURTAIN AND BACKED UP AGAINST THE RIB OF COAL.
INJURED WAS USING A COME A LONG TO PULL DISCHANGE END OF TAIL PIECE IN LINE. THE TAIL PIECE TAKE UP CHAIN BROKE CAUSING THE TAIL PIECE TO SLIDE TOWARDS WALKWAY RIB I NAME JUMPED BACKWARDS STRI
1987 · 7 incidents
INJ WAS WALLKIN1 IN EAS TOPEN BREAK BETWEEN 3 AND 4 ENTRIES AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A HEADER BOARD STOVING HIS NECK
BOLTING IN #3 E3TRY CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN TO PIECE OF BOLT STEEL.
THIS INJURY OCC6RRED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO OPERATING & ROADWAY CONDITIONS IN THE DUTIES OF A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR.(TERM INJURY)BRUISED HIP.
ROOF FALL #6 EN7RY, 5 CROSS CUTS IN FROM OUTSIDE .
HE STEPPED OUT 2F MAN TRIP, WHILE MAN TRIP WAS STILL IN MOTION.
LOADING COAL IN3#5 ENTRY, BUGEY MOVING FORWARD OPERATORS FOOT WAS CAUGHT IN UNDER THE BUGGY.
STEPPED OUT OF 4ANTRIP FELL DOWN STRIKING KNEE AGAINST BOTTOM
1986 · 3 incidents
WHILE BACKING R2CKDUSTER AROUND CORNER, HE HAD HIS HAND ON GUARD POST AND ROCKDUSTER JACKKNIFED UP AGAINST GUARD POST CUTTING HIS THUMB.
INSTALLING ROOF3BOLTS IN TOP CAUGHT FINGER BETEWEEN BOLT PLATE & HALFHEADER
SHOOTING COAL I3 NO.6 ENTRY. HIT IN RIGHT ARM BY FORIEGN OBJECT.