HELPING TO LIFT GATHERING POT FOR MINER WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULLIN LOWER BACK
No 6 Mine Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Jan 1990
Reportable incidents
8 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 4 incidents
I NAME ROOF FALL WHILE MINING INBY INTERSEECTION IN #3 ENTRY 75FT INBY SPA #350-20FT WIDE 30FT LONG & 20FT THICK TRAPPED CONT MINER WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE FROM FACE NO INJURIES
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHILE SPLICING MINER CABLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH ROADWAY. CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING DOWN TO GET IH HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
1988 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ROCK DUSTING TRAVEL ROADWAYS AUGERS ON ROCK DUST MACHINE BECAME FOULED. WHILE TRYING TO FREE THE AUGERS WITH RIGHT HAND, THEY STARTED UP CATCHING RING FINGER & LONG FINGER ON RIGHT HAND, MASHING & CUTTING SKIN ON FINGERS FROM END OT FIRST JOINT.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD ARM AND HAND REACHING OUT OFFERING CHEWING GUM TO ASSIST SUPERNT PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP 4 IN THICK 8 IN WIDE 15 IN LONG STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HAND KNOCKING HIM T O GROUND AND MASHING THUMB AGAINST MINE FLOOR
SECTION 75 FEET INBY SPAD #58 AREA OF INTERSECTION IN #2 ENTRY APPROX. 40 FEET OUTBY FACE FELL IN. SLIP RUNNING FROM INSHADDED AREA ON SKETCH FELL ABOVE ANCHOURAGE RANGE TAPERNG DOWN TO 4 TO 6 ON OUTER EDGES, 30 FEET ROOF BOLTS WERE STILL INTACT AROUND 42 FEET AREA AND METAL STRAP WERE VISIBLE.