MSHA record for Mine #5 (mine ID 1516962). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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AN AREA OFF ROOF FELL ON THE ROOF BOLTER INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES TO THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR. THIS AREA HAD SHOWN NO SIGNS OF BEING FAULTY.
EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER MUSCLE.
ABNORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. BELTLIEN IN OPERATIRE DUE TO TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEPERATE FROZEN BELTLINE FORM STRUCTURE WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT INDEZ FINGER & B ROKE IT.
EMPLOYEE MOVING LOCK WITH SCOOP PASSED THROUGH A SECTION OF LOW ROOF TOP CAUSING SUBJECT MAN TO BE TWISTED OVER WHILE RIDING THE SCOOP STRAINED MUSCLES IN BACK
REOCCURENCE AFTER RETURN AT FULL CAPACITY 4-11-94.
SUBJECT MAN NOTICED NUMBNESS IN HAND. TESTS FROM A PHYSICIAN REVEALED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. SUBJECT MAN NOTIFIED US ON 4-25-94 THAT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME WAS DIAGNOSED.
MAN WAS BREAKING ROCK AT THE DUMP WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND GETTING ROCK OUT OF DUMP. BENT OVER TO GET ROCK AND STRAINED BACK.
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING MAN'S HARD HAT AND BREAKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHICH CAUSED THE LACERATION.
SUBJECT MAN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING METAL STRAP. AS HE STARTED TO DRILL HIS HOLE, DRAW ROCK FELL-MAN HAD PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF ROOF BOLTER HEAD AND HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BE TWEEN ROCK AND ROOF BOLTER HEAD. FINGER WAS SURGICALLY REPAIRED AND NO PERMENENT LOSS OR DISABILITY IS ANTICIPATED.
MAN WAS OPERATING ROOFBOLTER IN TALLING BOLTS WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ATRS & LAST ROW OF BOLTS ONTO MAN'S BACK.
WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTS STRIKING MAN ON SHOULDER.
MAN WAS PULLING DRILL AWAY FROM FACE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN TWO BOLTS AND STRUCK MAN ON HAND.
A "B" READER HAS RATED SUBJECT MINER'S X-RAY AT 1/0 OR ABOVE.
OPERATOR WAS PULLING SLACK OUT OF BOLT MACHINE CABLE AND HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH A INCH GASH IN CABLE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ELECTRICAL BURN HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS PROTECTIVE GLOVES.