MSHA record for Bear Branch Mine (mine ID 1508195). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A BATTERY POWERED MANTRIP BUGGY FRONT WHEEL HIT A ROCK & STEERING KNOB ON STEERING WHEEL STRUCK LEFT ARM BREAKING ARM BETWEEN ELBOW & WRIST
A ROOF FALL APP9OX. 15 FT LONG 10 FT WIDE AND 6 FT THICK WAS DISCOVERED ON 6-5-85. THIS SECTION HAD UNWORKED FOR APPROX. 1 MONTH HOWEVER A ROOF BOLTER HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE FACE AREA. THE FALL COVERED THE BOL7 MACHINE FALL HIS BEEN CHECKED BY MSHA INSPECTER LEON CLEVENGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA7CHING #4 BELT DIRVE. THE BELT DRIVE BROKE LOOSE FROM SUPPORTS & STRUCK EMPLOYEE.
BOLT MACHINE OP9RATOR HAD BOLTED #2 HEADING AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A COAL BROW WITH SLATE BAR. HE COULD NOT DISLODGE THE BROW AND THEN WALKED BETWEEN THE BROW AND THE BOLT MACHINE. THE BRO W FELL AND PINN9D OPERATOR'S LEFT LEG AGAINST BOLT MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING WITH HIS BACK TO RIB, AND A LUMP OF COAL FELL OFF RIB AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN BACK.
MINER WAS CUTTING COAL IN #1 HEADING AND OUT INTO OLD WORKS THAT WAS NOT SHOWN ON MAPS