WHILE CHECKING ANTIFREEZE IN HIS DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO TWIST HIS BACK.
Birch Surface Mine Coal
MSHA record for Birch Surface Mine (mine ID 4607790). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1990–1992
- Latest incident
- Sep 1992
Reportable incidents
7 on file1992 · 2 incidents
I.NAME LOADING A SHOT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL AND STRUCK RIGHT LEG ABOVE KNEE.
1991 · 4 incidents
INJURED TURNER FILED A OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIM 12-91.
ENPL FILED HEARING LOSS CLAIM WHICH WE RECEIVED 10/21/91.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB DOWN A LADDER OFF A ROCK TRUCK,SLIPPED ON RING OF LADDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BOLT FROM A FUEL TANK ON A ROCK TRUCK WITH A RACHET. WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIS MOMENTION CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT EYE BROW ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK.
1990 · 1 incident
MOVING BAGS OF SODA ASH BRICKETS TO DUMP IN STREAM STOOPED OVER, TWISTING TO RIGHT AND OPENING BAG, TURNED TO LEFT AND TWISTED BACK.
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