Climbing down off of EX1100 Excavator, feet slipped out from under person, held body with both arms on ladder handrails. Pulled arms, shoulders & chest. Hanging 8-10"" above ground, eased body off onto ground.
Anna Branch Surface MineCoal
Rum Creek Coal Sales, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Ethel, Logan County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608279
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2002–2010
- Latest incident
- Jul 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2010 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2009 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
Service man was climbing off EX-1100 after putting oil in machine, lost his footing and fell approx 3' and landed on right side, hurting lower back.
2003 · 2 incidents
Fall from machine
HE WAS STANDING ON ROLLER FRAME OF DOZER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL. HE HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AROUND EYE SOCKET & CHEEKBONE LEAVING A CUT ABOUT 1 1/2"" FROM LEFT CORNER OF EYE, DOW N CHEEKBONE.
Fall from machine
MEMBER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING HIS FRONT WINDOWS ON A 988F COAL LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL.
2002 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
EE WAS MOUNTING 785 ROCK TRUCK AT START OF SECOND SHIFT, WHEN THE SECOND STEP BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON THE GROUND. EE RECEIVED A MINOR ABRASION TO THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE AREA.