Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE AS LIFTING A BUCKET OF OIL WEIGHING APPROX 25LBS. WHEN HIS BACK GAVE OUT & HE FELL. EE DID NOT MISS WORK OR NOTIFY EMPLOYER UNTIL 2/8/01
No 48 MineCoal
Vica Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Wiley V Cullop Jr
Kimball, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608410
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Feb 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2001 · 1 incident
2000 · 2 incidents
Struck against stationary object
INJURED MAN WAS CHANGING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AFTER LOADING SHUTTLE CAR AND BUMPED HIS HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.
Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS IN NEXT TO LAST ROW OF BOLTS IN FACE OF #1 ENTRY, WHEN HE STARTED DRILLING A PIECE OF ROCK AAPPROX 4' X 3' X 6"" THICK CAME DOWN DRILL STEEL AND STRU CK HIM ON HIS NECK.