INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN TOP AND BIT WRENCH USED TO TIGHTEN BOLTS SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT THUMB.
Mine #2-A: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine #2-A (mine ID 4002178). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Apr 1985
- Little T Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1978
- Little T Coal Inc 1978 to 1982
- Little T Coal Inc 1982 to 1984
- Bimbco Coals Inc 1982 to 1983
- Little T Coal Inc 1984 to present
Mine #2-A sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
13 on file1985 · 7 incidents
MASHED FINGERS WHEN LIFTING CAPONY.
TAKING A GREASE FITTING OUT OF A JACK, THE PRESSURE BLEW GREASE INTO HIS EYES.
HELPING LAY CULVERTS IN DITCH LINE,STANDING ON 48\\ CULVERT TO TAKE CHAIN OFF HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN DITCH HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE ON A STUMP.
RIDING IN SHUTTLECAR; A ROCK FELL HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
THE BELT STRUCTURE HE WAS MOVING WAS WET AND SLICK CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LET IT SLIP OUT OF HIS HANDS, THE BELT SUTRUCTURE FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT INJURING IT.
CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND ROLLER,JERKED FINGER OUT OF ROLLER & HIT SELF IN SIDE FRACTURING RIBS.
1984 · 1 incident
IND WAS UNLOADING ROCK DUST FROM A DELIVERY TRUCK WHILE DOING SO IND INJURED HIS BACK IMPAIORMENT OR EXTENT OF DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN PENDING FURTHER MED TEST IND IS SCHEDULED TO ENTER HOSPITAL 3 25 84 FOR MORE TESTS
1983 · 5 incidents
INDIVIDUAL WAS OPERATING A BOLT MACHINE ON PRODUCTION SHIFT INDIVIDUAL WAS MAKING UP BOLTS TO INSTALL WHEN THE OTHER OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TOMOVE THE MACHINEINTO POSITION TOINSTALL ANOTHER BOLT T HE MACHINE RAN UPON INDIVIDUAL S LEFT FOOT
INDIVIDUAL WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A SCRAPER ON THE OUTSIDE BELT HEAD INDIVIDUAL WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BOLT WHICH HELD THE SCRAPER IN POSITION WHEN THE BOLT SLIPPED STRIKING INDIVIDUA L ON RIGHT TEMPLE
INDIVIDUAL WAS OPERATING BOLTING MACHINE AT FACE BOLTING CLOSE HEAD ON BOLTER HE SWUNG THE HEAD CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN BOLTER AND RIB BREAKING HIS WIRST INDIVDUAL WAS TRAINED AND EVER L O BOLTING MACHINE.
IND WAS MINER OPERATOR OPERATING MINING MACHINE AT FACE EXTRACTING PILLARS UNDER SUPPORTED TOP BY BOTH BOLTS AND TIMBERS APP 3 TON OF ROCK FELL ON COMPLETE MINER AND FELL OUT FROM AROUND BOLTS OVER MINER OPERATOR ROCK FELL ON CANOPY FLIPPING ROCK INSIDE ON OPERATOR LEG NO BONES BROKEN INDIVIDUAL IS WORKING
INDIVIDUAL WAS PERFORMING JOB OF MINER HELPER WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT ON MINER WHILE HELPER WAS TRYING TO REMOVE ROCK FROM MINER SOME PCS OF ROCK ELL FROM AROUND KE TTLE BOTTOM STRIKING IND ON LEFT HAND WHICH WAS POSITIONED ON FLEX BOARD ON CONVEYOR SEVERING LITTLE FINGER IND WAS UNDER SUPPORTED TOP WHILE ON THE ADVANCE OF THE MINE