THE ENGIUNE ON THE ROCK TRUCK HAD STALLED WHILE THE EE WAS RUNNING A FULL LOAD UP A HILL, THE BRAKES DIDN'T HOLD AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS & HIT A HIGH BANK & THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER 2 1/4 TIMNES. THE EE RECEIVED XRAYS & PAIN MEDICATION & MISSED 1 DAY OF WORK. INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINE THAT SERVICE BRAKES WERE NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A SAFE OPERATING MANNER.
Fisanick Strip Coal
MSHA record for Fisanick Strip (mine ID 3608426). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1995–1998
- Latest incident
- Nov 1998
Reportable incidents
6 on file1998 · 1 incident
1997 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO HIS FAMILY DR. FOR A SORE BACK. HIS FAMILY DR. SENT HIM TO A SPECIALIST FOR AN MRI AND CORTIZONE SHOTS. NO ACCIDENT, BUT EMPLOYEE FEELS IT IS DUE TO CONDIT IONS RELATED TO PROLONGED EQUIPMENT RUNNING. LOST DAYS DUE TO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS ONLY. WE ARE AWAITING A DR.'S REPORTR AND DON'T KNOW IF IT ISWORK RELATED. ADVISED MSHA/INDIANA TO REPORT TH
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A STEP ON AN ACCESS LADDER TO A 992 C LOADER. HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN A BRACKET OUT WITH THE HAMMER IT DISLODGED AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH, KNOCKING OUT 3 TEETH.
EE WAS WALKING IN A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED POND TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS STEPPED ON SOME LOOSE MATERIAL & HIS LEFT ANKLE ROLLED UNDER
WHILE MAINTAINING CATERPILLER LOADER, EE SLIPPEDON LADDER & HIT HIS RIBS ON RAILING. DID NOT BOTHER HIM UNTIL 3/3/97 WHEN HE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR & SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT
1995 · 1 incident
SPRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LOADING COAL WITH A CAT LOADER 992 C ONTO A ROCK TRUCK. EE STATES HE WAS WORKING ON A VERY STEEP PITCH AND PUT EXCESSIVE STRESS ON HIS LOWER BACK. IS BEING TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR.
The full compliance file on Fisanick Strip
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.