MSHA record for Bell County No 1a (mine ID 1506388). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS A BOUT SIX FOOT INBY PERMINATE SUPORT NO EYE WITNESS.
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. EE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO HEIGHT OF TOP. RAISED HEAD TOO HIGH STRIKING HEAD AGAINST TOP OF MINE CAUSING MILE CONCUSSION.
STRAIGHTEN ROOF BOLT BY HAND. BOLT CREELED TWISTING LEFT FOREARM.
THE FIRE WAS IGNITED BY WHAT IS SUSPECTED TO BE AN ARSONIST. THIS IS AMEND INFORMATION BASED ON ITEM 7 TO 12:30 AM.
SUBJECT LAID MINER CABLE ACROSS SHOULDERS AND ATTEMPTED TO RAISE UP TO A STANDING POSITION STRAINING MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
CUT INTO OLD WORKS #2 ENTRY AT APPRX. 2:30 PM 5-18-93. CALLED MSHA JACKSBORO AT 3:00 SAME DAY. MAP WAS NOT CORRECT IN THAT IT WAS TWO HUNDRED OFF. WE HAD APPROVAL TO CUT INTO OLD WORKS BUT MAP WAS INCORRECT. APPROVAL PLAN FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT OR INJURY TO ANYONE.
SUBJECT OPERATING SCOOP, ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT ARM BELOW ELBOW.
GEOLOGICAL FAULT OFF SECTION APPROX 600FT LONG
63403OP DOWN RETURN 7 BREAKS BEHIND 2 HEAD DRIVE CLEVEL UP 28 RUBY AND REBOLTED WITH 6 FT TENSION REBAR.
28533Y TOP BROKE BACK FROM FACE IN 1 ENTRY FAULT UNDETERTEDS.
FAULT IN ROOF. BLOCKED RETURN OFF SECTION.
RAISED UP TOO HIGH BUMPED BACK AGAINST ROOF INFLAMING OLD INJURY.
OLD #3 BELTHEAD AREA UNDETECTED GEOLOGICAL FAULT RT AT ANCHOR POINT OF CONVENTIONAL BOLTS 30IN CONVENTIONAL BOLTS AREA HAS BEEN STANDING FOR ABOUT 1ST YRS OFF SECTION GRAVITY FALL
CRAWLING ON KNEES TWISTED LEFT KNEE,PULLING CARTILIDGE.
DOCTOR STATES THAT KNEE INJURY WAS AN OLD INJURY.
LOADING HEAVY CABLE INTO SCOOP BUCKET. LIFTED CABLE STANDING IN WRONG POSITION. SPRAINING BACK.
NO NARRITIVE
MINE INSPECTOR DOING AAA INSPECTION WHEN ROCK FALL ON CABLE, HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT WORKER FINE NO PRODUCTION NEXT OF DAY.
ROOF FALL FELL IN BRAKE IT WAS DANGERED OFF 4 GLOVE BOLTS WAS USED ROOF CONTROL PLANT WAS FOLLOWED WE TERMINED THAT IT WAS AN UNINTERSECTION FALT NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONAL WAS INVOLVED.
UNDETECTED GEOLOGICAL FALT. FALL IN DIRECTION OF FAULT.
OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ATRS & TOP.
CLEANING UP ON SURFACE AROUND BELT-STRUCURE STRUCTURE FELL ON LEFT HAND BREAKING (FRACTURING LITTLE FINGER)
EMPL MOVING TRAILING CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHILE ROOFBOLT MACHINE BEING TRAMMED.HE WAS ALONSIDE MACHINE WITH LEFT LEG BETWEEN MACHINE AND CABLE WHEN REAR WHEEL RAN OVER CABLE CATCHING LEG BETWE EN CABLE & MACHINE.
ROCK FALL ON RETURN #1 SECTION BETWEEN BREAK OF #1 AND #2 ENTRY 20' X 30'. NO INJURIES OF EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
THIS ROCK FALL WAS TEN FOOT THICK TWENTY FOOT WIDE AND ABOUT SIXTY FOOT LONG. BOLTED WITH 42" GLUE BOLTS, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WILL BE DECIDED WHEN NEEDED.
ROCKFALL IN INTERSECTION 48" THICK IN #1 ENTRY ABOUT THREE BRAKES FROM FACE 20'X30' AREA.
SUBJECT CLEANING UP AROUND MINE SURFACE AREA SPRAINED BACK.
CLEANING UP AROUND MINE SURFACE AREA,STRAINED BACK,TWISTED.
GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR ..AND TWISTED KNEE.
FORMER EMPL TOOK EXCEPTION TO WHAT I.NAME SAID ABOUT HIS WIFE,APPLIED RIGHT FIST TO I.NAME MOUTH LOOSENING TEETH,ETC.
SUBJECT WAS ROCKDUSTING WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEFT HAND, BREAKING LITTLE FINGER AND CUTTING A DEEP GASH.
SETTING TIMBERS. SUBJECT DROPPED TIMBER ON LEFT HAND, BREAKING MIDDLE FINGER.
SUBJECT WAS UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGER ON FRONT-END LOADER, UNAUTHORIZED OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE GOING DOWN GRADE. SUBJECT JUMPED FROM MOVING MACHINE LANDING ON RIGHT SHOULDER.
OPERATING FRONTEND LOADER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF SURFACE FOREMAN. SUBJECT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO PERATE ANY EQUIPEMTN AT ALL. SUBJECT LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE GOING DOWNGRADE. PANICED JUMPED O UT OF MOVING MACHINE BREAKING LEFT LEG AT ANKLE AREA 3 TIMES.
PICK UP BATTERY LID,STRAINED LOWER BACK.
NO DAMAGED EQUIP,INJURIES.SMALL ROCK FALL RIGHT AT ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE.VENTILATION NOT INTERRUPETED.UNDETECTED GEOLOGICAL? FAULT.
RUN BOLTER STILL BROKE THE HEAD WENT AGAINST THE TOP AND BROKE FINGER.
PULLING PIN THAT WAS PINCHED IN WIRE ROPE. TRYING TO GET PIN OUT OF WIRE ROPE WAS PINCHED, PIN CAME FREE HITTING HIM IN FOREHEAD.
ONE PERSON CUTTING DOWN TREE 3" IN DIA (HOLLOWED TIMBER) AND HE RAN IN WRONG DIRECTION.
A BLOCK OF COAL FELL OFF RIB & HIT ON LEFT KNEE WHILE HANGING CURTAINS
ROOF FALL OCCURRED #5 AND EXTENDED THRU # SEAM? ENTRY ABOUT 200' UP TO 8'HIGH.
ROOF DETERIORATION 3 SECTION GOING THROUGH HALLOW ROOF FALL MEASURING ACCROSS ALL SEVERN HEADING ABOUT 410 FT L AND 6 FT HIGH
HAS SCOOP (UNKNOWN) UP SCRAPING RIB,HUNG CABLE CAME LOOSE STRIKING HEAD WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL X-RAYS TAKEN,MAN HAD HEAD ACHE REPORTED FOR WORK NEXT DAY NO SERIOUS AFTEREFFECTS.
AFTER COMPLETION OF MONDAY MORNING PRESHIFT EXAMUATION A ROCK FELL WAS DISCOVERED ON TREE SECTION.
HELPING ROOF BOLTER OPER HOLD CHUCK WRENCH AND SUPPORTING DRILL IN HOLE GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN STEEL WHEN OPERATER STARTED ROTATION HEAD SPRUNG FINGERS
ON #6 BELT LINE THREE BRAKES BACK FROM HEADPEACE MA ROCK FALL HAPPENED IT WAS 20'W 3 1/2 H 40'L I TOOK 2 1/2 DAYS TO CLEAN UP BOLT BACK AND REENFORCE WITH HEAVY TIMBERS
SHOVELING BELT TRIPPED AND FELL SPRUNG RIGH HAND.
SLATE BAR STANDING UP FELL OVER ON FOOT HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOOT XRAYED NO BROKEN BONES. DR SAID FOOT WOULD BE ALRIGHT IN THREE TO FOUR DAYS.
SAID HE WAS HELPING MOVE CROSS TIE WHEN STRAINED BACK.
RIGHT KNEE HAS FLUID WORKED 1 WEEK AFTER FIRST REPORT.EMERGENCY 03-25-89.WILL BE OPERATED ON 04-04-89.
WIRE BT FROM ROBBING CAUSED ROCK FALL ON #7 ENTRY STARTING TWO BRAKES FROM FACE ENTRANCE OUTBY THAT AREA FOR A DISTANCE OF TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FOOT THREE FOOT THICK BY TWENTY FOOT WIDE
MINER TRAM QUIT E OPERATION MINER WAS NOT REPAIRED KTHAT DAY BECAUSE OF END OF SHIFT WEIGHT OF TOP SET DOWN ON MINER MINER RET RIEVER SECURED FROM OTHER COAL CO EXPERIENCE PEOPLE IN THIS ARE A BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST THE MINER RECOVER OTHERWISE 6FT OF ROCK FELL ON MINER ON PILLAR SECTION
3 DIFFERENT FALLS NOTED IN FAULTED AREA WHEERE LAST ROF FAL TOOK PLACE.
UPON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION AN INTERSECTION ON THE RETURN AIRWAY ABOUT FOUR BREAKS FROM THE FACE AREA FELL IN THE VENTILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED 50 IT WAS TIMBER AND DANGERED OFF
ROOF FALL OCCURED IN #3 ENTRY I APPROXIMATELY 4700' UND. NUMBER BELT- TAILPIECE WAS CAUGHT BY FALLING ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING COBLE (DC) . IT BROKE APART CAUSING HIM TO BURN HIS HANDS.
THE AREA EFFECTED THREE BREAKER FROM FACE AREA ON ENTRY HAD BEEN WORKER FOR FOUR DAY KNOWN OF IN ADVANCE TIMBER HAD BEEN SET AROUND SUSPECTED AREA AND AREA DANGERED OFF NO PERSON WAS INJURED O R EQUI PMENT EFFECTED.
25 TO 30 ROCK FALLS IN THRICKNESS RANGING FROM 30 INCHES TO FIVE FEET HAVE OCCURRED IN THE OUTBY AND ABADONED AREA OF THIS MINE. THESE FALLS OCCURRED MOSTLY OFF SHIFT AND DO NOT IMPED TRAVEL O R VENTILATION. THESE FALLS HAPPENED FROM 1973 UP TO 10-87 AND DID NOT CAUSE ANY INJURY.
KNEE HAS PAIN HOSPITILIZED 2-12-2-15 FOR TREATMENT HOME TREATMENT 2-16 WILL BE OPERATED ON AS SOON AS TREATMENT ALLOWS
BRAKES FAILED O3 CRANE. JUMPED OFF BREAKING LEFT LEG.
WAS MAKING DUMM3ES-BOLTING MACHINE OPERATOR PINNED HIS LEG BETWEEN DRILL AND BOLTING MACHINE.
SPLICING BURN-O6T CABLE. INHALED SUBSTANCE FROM CABLE- CAUSING CHEST PAIN, COUGHING TREATED WITH MEDICATION RETURNED TO WORK.
HELPING TO BOLT3ROOF AND SECTION OF ROOF FELL, HIT HEAD AND THEN BACK
REMOVING ROCK F9OM TOP- WITH CROWBAR AND STRAINED BACK.
REPORTED TO FOR4AN THAT BACK WAS HURTING.FINISHED SHIFT.TOLD TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF AND REST.IT WAS WEEKEND,WENT TO DOCTOR ON 7-21-86.NOW HE STATES HE HURT HIS BACK LIFTING DYNAMITE.
WAS UNDER LOADE9 TAIL GREASING FINAL DRIVES TAIL FELL ON HIM.TAIL WAS SCOTCHED UP.
RETURNING INTO 4INE ONS COOP CAR, MISSED TURN, HIT WALL HEAD WAS WEDGED BETWEEN ROOF AND CAR ROOF BOLT CUT SIDE OF HEAD.
HELPING REPAIR 8COOP HOLDING PUNCH SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF PUNCH PUNCH SLIPPED CUTTING OFF TIP OF FINGER.
CROSSED CATWALK3TO UNCLOG BELT. TRIPPED OVER STEEL CABLE-ELEVATED 6" ABOVE GROUND-FELL DOWN WITH MOST WEIGHT GOING ONTO RT KNEE.
PUMPING AIR IN 7IRE TIRE EXPLODED RT HAND THUMB TIP SEVERED FINGERS WRIST BROKEN
WAS ON KNEES RE5CHED FOR AND PICKED UP ROOFBOLT AND HURT BACK.
TWO TOP STEPS OF OFFICE TRAILER GAVE WAY.DROPPED 4 FEET TO DIRT LANDING ON A RIGHT LEG.LEFT LEG TWISTED UNDERNEATH.
WAS RUNNING BOLT MACHINE. DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT ROCK FELL FROM TOP CAUGHT HAND WHICH WA LAYING ON SIDE OF BOLT MACHINE HEAD.
NO DAMAGE ILLNESS OR IMPAIRMENT
SLID OFF BACK-STOP AND SLIPPED ONTO #1 BELT - #1 BELT JERKED LEG OUT FROM UNDER HIM RECEIVED BROKEN ANKLE
WORKING ON DRILL CHAIN-WAS PRYING CHAIN WITH SCREWDRIVER-SCREWDRIVER POPPED OUT & UP-HIT EYE EYE BLEEDING SWELLING T EARING-TAKEN TO EYE DOCTOR OFFICE SURGERY PERFORMED
STEPPED OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO REMOVE ROCK ON BELT LIFTED ROCK-FELT SOMETHING MOVE IN HIS BACK-GREAT DEAL OF PAIN
BUILDING BRADISH ON BELTLINE. CEMENT WENT INTO EYE. WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. SOMEHOW THEY MOVED.
REPAIRING SHUTTLE CAR TIRES. PIECE OF STEEL FROM SLEDGE HAMMER FLEW OFF AND STRUCK LEFT LEG, JUST BELOW KNEE.
ROCK WEIGHING 400-500 LBS FELL FROM ROOF MAN WAS PASSENGER IN SCOOP CAR HIT ACROSS SHOULDERS-DRIVER REMOVED ROCK
WAS BREAKING UP ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER DISLODGED OVER HEAD ROCK -HITTING FINGER WITH SAME.
PIECE OF ROCK SHALE FELL HITTING TOP OF HAND CUT HAND REQUIRING SCREW STITCHES
WHILE ANOTHER MAN WAS THROWING ROCK FROM SCOOP, SHECKLES WALKED UP BEHIND & HIM, AND GOT HIT WITH ROCK.
WAS OPERATING SCOOP. CLIMBED OUT TO CHECK AXEL BOLTS AND BUMPED LEG ON SCOOP.
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