Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Loading belt structure in intake in insert in the scoop for next belt move and top roller struck small finger on the right hand and busted finger open. Received stitches in finger.
Eagle #2 MineCoal
Rhino Eastern LLC · Underground
Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation; Rhino Resource Partners LP
Bolt, Wyoming County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609201
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2011–2012
- Latest incident
- Mar 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2012 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
Victim was installing a roof bolt near a kettle bottom and had his hand resting on the drill pod. While drilling, a piece of rock broke around the moving drill steel and fell, striking the victim in the right hand.
2011 · 4 incidents
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Removing rock from miner with slate bar when rock measuring 9""x 6'x 8"" slid off the miner and struck the victim on the hand.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Lifting Belt Rails. The rails were stuck together and he strained his abdomen
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Victim hit his left hand with a hammer. His safety glasses were fogged up
Struck by falling object
Employees were re-setting timbers in the intake. While attempting to set a 14' timber, they lost control and the timber fell over and struck the victim on the back and pushed him to the ground.