MSHA record for Holcomb Mine (mine ID 4601931). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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WENT TO CUT TRACTOR AND CAUGHT ELBOW BETWEEN TRAILER AND TWISTED ELBOW
HELPING PULL MINER CABLE TOOK CATCH IN BACK.
WORKING AT THE END OF MOTOR TRACK STEP ON TRACK AND SPRAINED ANKLE
DUG OUT HOLE TO SET TIMBER REACHED IN HOLE TO TAKE OUT ROCK TIMBER SLIPPED OUT OF PAUL WIRE HANDS AND FELL ON HIS FINGER
WENT TO PICK UP MINE POST TO SET TOOK A CATCH IN HIS BACK CAME BACK TO WORK NEXT DAY WAS CLEANING BELT HEAD & BACK GOT WORSE TOOK HIM TO DOCTOR PUT IN HOSPITAL.
WAS SETTING TIMBERS - STARTED TO HAVE PILLER FALL, THEY WERE GETTING BACK OUT OF WAY OF DUST AND WIND. HE TRIPPED OVER SOMETHING, FELL AND ROLLED ON BOTTOM, INJURED WRIST WAS PUT IN INFLATABEL SPLINT, BROUGHT OUTSIDE TOOK TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HOSPITAL XRAY FOUND WRIST WAS BROKEN - PUT IN CAST.
MOVING SCOOP TO END OF TRACK HE DIDNT KNOW HE WAS AS CLOSE TO RIB-BUCKET OF SCOOP HIT RIB-HE HIT SIDE OF HIS FACE-PUNCTURED CHEEK & ABOVE EYE TOOK TO DOCTOR FOR CHECK REQUIRED SOME STITCHES