Clinch Valley Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB OFF POWDER RIG BY TAKING SHORT CUT AND STEPPED ON SOFT BOXES CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE RIG WHICH WAS 4' ABOVE GROUND.

EE WAS FOUND IN CAB OF DRILL SLUMPED OVER IN SEAT, WITH NO RESPONSE. HELP WAS CALLED AND CPR COMMENCED. EE WAS PLACED IN BED OF TRUCK AND CPR CONTINUED WHILE TRANSPORTATING TO THE SURFACE. AMB ULANCE ARRIVED IN 3-4 MINUTES OF GETTING TO SURFACE. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DOA.

EE WAS PREPARING TO CONDUCT MAINTENANCE ON THE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM. AS PART OF THE PROCEDURE, THE COUNTERWEIGHT IS LIFTED BY FORKLIFT AND CHAINED/SECURED TO RELEASE THE COUNTERWEIGHT FROM BEL T. EE WAS PREPARINGTO SECURE THE COUNTERWEIGHT WHEN IT SLID BACK-WORDS ON THE FORKS APPROX. 4.5 M ABOVE GROUND AND PINNED HIS FEET TO THE MAST OF THE MACHINE.

EE WAS SERVICING AN UNDERGROUND HAUL TRUCK AT THE SURFACE SHOP AREA. AFTER FUELING THE TRUCK, THE EE MOVED THE TRUCK TO ADD OIL. EE STATED THAT HE BEGAN TO FEEL NAUSEOUS SO HE STOPPED THE TRUCK. HE STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO DISMOUNT THE TRUCK BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER DOING SO. THE EE WAS FOUND LYING NEXT TO THE TRUCK WITH A HEAD WOUND. THE TRUCK WAS SHUT OFF AND THE PARK BRAKE

EE WAS PERFORMING PRE-OPERATIONAL CHECKS ON LHD.AS HE STEPPED UP TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE STEP. AS HE SLIPPED DOWN, HIS RT.HAND STRUCK A PIECE OF PROTRUD ING METAL WHICH CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS PALM.THE RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 6 SUTURES.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON TOP OF SECONDARY CRUSHER TO UNPLUG THE FEED CHUTE TO THE SCREEN. EE FELT STRAIN TO HIS LEFT ACHILLES. EE WORKED ON REGULAR DUTY UNTIL ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON PLACED HIS LEFT F OOT IN WALKING CAST ON JUNE 17, 2003. AT THIS TIME, THE ACCIDENT BECAME LOST TIME AND REPORTABLETO MSHA.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING GRINDING RODS FROM THE ROD MILL AS PART OF A MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECT. THE RODS ARE 12' LONG & WEIGH 250 LBS. AS HE WAS MOVING 1 ROD INTO POSITION, IT SHIFTE D AND CAUSED HIS HAND TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THAT ROD & ANOTHER ONE, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE THUMB. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

HAULING PIPING UP STACKER WALKWAY. AWKWARD MOVEMENTS PLACING PIPE IN FRAMEWORK. OVER-EXERTED & TWISTED BACK. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL A REPORTABLE INJURY UNTIL 1/22/03.

EE WAS ASSISTING THE CRUSHER OPERATOR IN THE REPAIR OF A CRUSHER SCREEN. THE CRUSHER OPERAOR WASWELDING THE CHANNELS ON THE INSIDE OF THE SCREENEE WAS MANNING THE FIRE HOSE IN CASE OF A FLARE UP. EE SUFFERED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES FROM THE WELDING ARCS.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A ROCK, APPROX. 30 BLS, OUT OF THE ROADWAY SO LIGHT VEHICLE COULD PASS BY.

EE WAS REMOVING A 14 MM ALLENHEAD SCREW USING A 1/2" IMPACT AND A 14 MM ALLEN SOCKET ON ROOFBOLTER. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE BOLT THE PIN HOLDING THE SOCKET TO THE IMPACT CAME LOOSE STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT PALM CAUSING A LACERATION.

ELECTRICIAN & HELPER WERE WORKING IN THE SURFACESHOP, ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A PUMP. THEY WERE USING A 48"PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A FITTING INTO THE DISCHARGE END OF PUMP. EE WAS STEADYING THE WRENCH AS CO-WORKER APPLIED PRESSURE TO WRENCH USING HIS ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE FITTING & PINCHED EE'S FINGERBETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE FLOOR.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A 48" X 60" CRUSHER SCREEN PANEL. AFTER REMOVING THE WORN OUT SCREEN, THEY POSITIONED THE NEW SCREEN ON THE SIDE OF THE UNIT. THE NEW SCREEN SHIF TED AND PINCHED ONE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE SCREEN PANEL AND THE FRAME.

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE FOOT CLAMP CYLINDER FROM DOGHOUSE, EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A CRUSH INJURY TO HIS RIGHT FINGER.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HANG VENT TUBING, EMPLOYEE STRETCHED HIS ARMS OVER HIS HEAD AND PULLED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE PREPARING TO HANG 300' OF 4/0 ELECTRIC CABLE, THAT WAS STRETCHED ON THE GROUND. THE EE STARTED MOVING CABLE AGAINST THE RIB WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING LOADING POLE TO TAMP POWDER INTO POLE FOR BLASTING PURPOSES, WHILE TAMPING POWDER EMPLOYEE SUFFERED SEVERE THROBING PAINS GENERATING FROM RIGHT WRIST TO THUMB, POSSIBLY AGGR AVATING AN OLD INJURY, OF A BRUISED NERVE AND CYST IN WRIST.

EE WAS BLOWING OUT A PLUGGED CHEMICAL HOSE WHEN IT CAME LOOSE AND BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. EE DID HAVE SAFETY GLASSES ON.

EE WAS REBUILDING THE PARK BRAKE ON EJC 300 LOADER USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH. BOLT WAS TIGHT AND CAME LOOSE SUDDENLY AND PINNED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE & THE REAR HOUSING OF THE 3/4" IMPACT WRENCH CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUNDON BOTH SIDES OF THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. PUNCTUREWOOUNDS REQUIRED STITCHES.

EMPLLOYEE WAS GETTIN GOUT OF THE BED OF THE FORD MINE TRUCK. HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE DRIVELINE ON AN EIMCO JARVIS CLARK LOADER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STUCK THE BROKEN END OF THE CAP TIE WIRE FROM THE UNIVERSAL JOINT INTO THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS MOVING A PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR WITH A TRACTOR. HE WAS UNHOOKING THE COMPRESSOR FROM THE TRACTOR. HE BLOCKED UP THE TONGUE, BUT DID NOT SCOTCH THE WHEELS TO KEEP IT FROM MOVING. THE COMPRESSOR SHIFTEDAND FELL OFF OF THE BLOCK. TONGE SCRAPED HIS SHIN ON LEFT LEG AND TURNED HIS LEFT LEG AND TURNED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS OPEATING AN EJC HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS TRAMMING THE MACHINE FROM THE DUMP POINT TO THE LOADING AREA. FOR SOME REASON, PROBABLY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, THE PARK BRAKE SET (CAME ON), AND THE M ACHINE STOPPED INSTANTLY. THIS REACTION CAUSED EE, WHO WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, TO BE THROWN INTO THE DASH, THAT IS PART OF THE CANOPY ON THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE. HE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS

THE PORTABLE CRIMBER WAS BEING USED TO REPAIR GRESE HOSE. THE CRIMPER WAS HUNG ON OVERHEAD CRANE WITH SWIVEL BASE MOVED OT HORIZONTAL POSITION AND LOCKED DOWN. WHEN PUTTING HOSE IN CRIMPER TH E BASE CAME LOOSE AND TORE OFF NAIL ON MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING VALVE ON PUMP SUMP BOX & STEAM BLEW OUT BURNING RIGHT FOREARM WRIST HAND & NECK

EE WAS HANGING VENT. FAN WAS ON. DUST CAME OUT AND OBJECT GOT IN HIS EYE.

INJURED WAS DESCENDING NO. 1 BELT WALKWAY WHEN (1) PANEL OF FLOOR GRATING FELL OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HIS LEFT KNEE FELL ON SHARP RIPPLED EDGES OF REMAINING PANEL AND CUT A GASH IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN FROM HAUL TRUCK TO CHECK THE MUCKING AREA AT 5127 BEFORE BEGINNING WORK IN THIS AREA. AS HIS RIGHT FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND HE FELT HIS RIGHT ANKLE GIVE WAY AND TURN.

THE TRUCK CAME FROM 3019 TO THE RAISE OVER STEERED TO THE RIGHT COULD NOT CORRECT AND HIT THE RIB. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO BOUNCE AS I STARTED TO CORRECT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO HIT THE RIB AND MY KNEE TO HIT THE HOOD AND I WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH A 4 1/2" GRINDER AND A PARTICLE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE AND BECAME LODGED. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

ELMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL AND APPARENTLY A SMALL PIECE OF THE STEEL WAS WIPED INTO HIS EYE WHILE WIPING AWAY SWEAT. EMLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS TRAMMING UP 4403. HE CLAIMS THAT THE MACHINE MOTOR DIED. HE APPLIED THE PARK BRAKE AND TRIED TO START THE SCALER. AT THAT POINT THE MACHINE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE EE COULD NOT REC ALL WHETHER HE JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM THE SCALER HE SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS A SPARINED SHOULDER, AND A FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTER HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE TRAMMING UP A DRIFT.