MSHA record for Camp Creek Deep Mine (mine ID 4608288). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EE WAS MOVING A DEWATERING PUMP (30-35 LBS.) AND SUFFERED A POSSIBLE HERNIA.
BELT LINE WAS FOULED AT A SPLICE IN THE BELT TAKE UP. IT WAS SHUTDOWN AND VICTIM WAS USING A WATER HOSE TO CLEAN MUD FROM FOULED AREA. WHEN HE REMOVED ENOUGH MUD, BOTTOM BELT MOVED ABOUT 8 FEE T INTO MINE, PULLING MOVABLE TAKE UP ROLLER DOWNAGAINST STATIONARY ROLLER THEREBY MASHING HIS RIGHT FOOT.
THE VICTIM (SECTION FOREMAN) WENT TO THE SECTION POWER CENTER TO GET NEW MINER WATER SPRAYS. WHILE THERE, HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF FALLING ROOF ROCK CAUSING A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF UPPER LEF T ARM. THIS AREA WAS MINED IN JANUARY 1994 AND WASNGENERALLY ACCEPTED AS A SAFE PLACE.
EE WAS PUTTING UP BELT HANGERS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF, STRIKIN HIM ON RIGHT HAND RIGHT SHOULDER AND LEFT FOOT, CAUSING BRUISING
EE WAS RIDING IN A MANTRIP AND WAS PASSING A ARKED SCOOP. EITHER THE SCOOP BEGAN RUNNING TOO SOON OR THE MANTRIP STRUCK THE SCOOP CAUSING THE EEFALL FROM MANTRIP. EE CONT WORKING UNTIL 8/3/98 BEFORE SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINVER WHILE IT WAS TAKING 2ND CUT IN PILLAR BLOCK #49. THERE WAS A RIB ROLL FROM BLOCK #54 (SOLID PILLAR) WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S LOWER LEFT LEG CAUSING A SIMPLE FRACT URE OF FIBULA AND TIBULA. THE RIB ROLL MEASURED ABOUT 5'LONG X 2.5' WIDE X 6" THICK WITH A 4" MIDDLE ROCK BAND.
ON 2-15-98 WE DISCOVERED THAT A PORTION OF OUR INTERAL BLEEDER ON SOUTHWEST MAINS WAS TAKING WEIGHT. WE MOVED BACK FROM THE AREA. SOMETIME DURNING EARLY MORNING OF 2/17/98 THE AREA INBY SPAD 3 110 FELL PROHIBITING TRAVEL TO THE SYSTEMS EP POINT. WE ESTABLISED A NEW BLEEDER BY DRILLING A SERIES OF BOREHOLES TO THE SURFACE. THE NEW SYSTEMS PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO MSHA AND APPROVED.
OUR MINE FOREMAN & A WV STATE INSPECTOR DISCOVED A ROOF FALL IN THE RETURN AIRWAY TRAVELWAY, ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD #2973 ON OUR 1ST S MAINS. FALL MEASURED 25'W, 25'L, 4' TO 5'THICK. SINCE RETUR N TRAVELWAY WAS BLOCKED, STOPPINGS WERE RELOCATED TO FACILITATE NEW TRAVEL WAY.
A ROFF FALL IN AN INTERSECTION OF THE #1 ENTRY OF OUR SOUTHEAST MAIN NEAR SPAD #2987. IT MEASURED 45'LX20'WX4'TO5' THICK. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A SLIP. FALL DID NOT VENTALATION AND /OR TRAVEL AND NO EQUIPMENT AND OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED. AREAWAS TIMBERED AND FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
WHILE HANGING A POWER CABLE, EE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL OR ROCK & SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS ON TOP OF ROOFBOLTER MARKING CENTER LINE WHILE BOLTER WAS POWERED. VICTIM STEPPED OFF OF BOLTER WHILE BOLTER OPERATOR WAS DRAWING DRILLING BOOM BACK TO DRILL HOLE. HE STEPPED INTO THIS PINCH POINT AND BADLY BRUISED HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.
SOMETIME DURING THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 29 AND 30, A SLIP HORSEBACK FELL IN OUR 2 ENTRY ON OUR SECTION 001. THE HOUSREBACK MEASURED ABOUT 60' LONG 20' WIDE 6' THICK IN CENTER TAPERING TO A FEW IN CHES ON ALL SIDES. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY OUR MIDNIGHT MAINTEANCE CREW.
MAINTENANCE EE WHILE HANGING MOVING POWER CABLES, EXPERIENCED AN INGUINED HERNIA.
AFTER EATING, EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING HIS DINNER PAIL ON THE BOLTING MACHINE AND THE OPERATOR THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR AND RAN BOLTING MACHINE OVER VICTIM'S FOOT.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED BACK HANGING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE. HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL END OF WEEK (3 DAYS).
MAN WAS PULLING BELT OUT OF HEAD AND SLIPPED ONA PIECE OF COAL AND INJURED RIGHT LEG ABOVE ANKLE.
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