EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING TO SET TIMBERS FOR LAST LIFT THAT HAD BEEN MINED WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM TURNED LOOSE IN THE TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER HALF OF BODY.
No 52 MineCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- Dec 2002
Reportable incidents
14 on file2002 · 13 incidents
UNDER SCOOP WELDING WHEN SLAG POPPED UNDER WELDING SHIELD. HIT IN LEFT EYE.
COAL HAULER OPERATOR WENT TO CHANGE BATTERIES AND PLUGGED JUMPER CABLE TO FIRST SET OF BATTERIES FIRST AND WHEN HE PLUGGED THE OTHER END UP IT WENT TO GROUND IN HAULER END OF PLUG AND BLEW UP IN HIS FACE.
THE COAL FEEDER CONVEYOR WAS HUNG UP, IT WAS BEING CLEARED. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FOOT IN CONVEYOR & THE CHAIN WAS REVERSED. THE EMPLOYEE'S WERE TOLD THE CHAIN WAS GOING TO BE RAN, THEN THE MAN 'S FOOT GOT RAN UNDER GUARD AT TAILSHAFT.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTS APPROX 8' BY 2' BY 6' STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER.
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND WIRE BROKE, LETTING CABLE STRIKE EE ACROSS BACK.
MINER OPER, WAS PULLING CABLE OUT OF THE ROAD AND HURT HIS BACK.
2000 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG.