MSHA record for Mountain Top (1) (mine ID 4607853). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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DURING PILLAR RECOVERY IN THE #4 ROOM A SLICKEN SIDED SLIP APPROXIMATELY 17'X17'X90' FELL CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO THE VICTIM.(SECTION FOREMAN)
INJURED WAS HELPING MOVE 6"X 8" X 16' HEADER IN #2 FACE WHEN INJURED STARTED EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN. INJURED CEASED WORK AT 2:00PM ON 10-25-95.
VICTIM RAN OVER LUMP OF COAL WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR CAUSING VICTIM TO STRIKE THE SHUTTLE CAR WITH LEFT SHOULDER. VICTIM CONTUNED,TO OPERATEE CAR FOR APPROX 1/2 HR BEFORE CEASING WORK.
VICTIM WAS PUTTING WHEEL UNIT ON S/C & LIFTING IT IN PLACE
VICTIM WAS BENT OVER PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY
INJURED WAS TRYING TO REPOSITION A BUNKLE OF ROOF BOLTS IN THE SCOOP BUCKET AND HURT HIS BACK.
THE INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2X2X6 FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND HIT HIM ON THE LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL LOCATED ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION FALL BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO FAULT IN ROOF. LOCATED ON 46 STOPPING ON ROADWAY ON 3 BELT ROOF FALL MEASURED 20 FT WIDE 24 FT LONG 5 TO 6 FT THICK. NO IN JURES RESULTED FROM THE FALL.
EE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT ON HIS KNEE PAD AND THE BOLT SLIPPED OFF HIS KNEE CAUSING HIS ELBOW TO TWIST AND PULL. INJURED KEPT WORKING AFTER THE INJURY, BUT AS HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9-28-94, CEASING WORK ON THAT DAY.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT ROLL BELT AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK A VACATION BEGAN 6-23-94 DELAYING A VAILABILITY OF ALL INFO. RETURN TO WORK FOR MINERS 7-11-94.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON SCOOP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND DURING HIS FALL HIT THE CORNER OF THE BATTERIES WITH HIS UPPER CHEST.
ON 3-18, INJURED WS WORKIGN AROUND AHKER AREA, WHNE HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE HE WAS X-RAYED AT RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE ANKLE WAS WRAPPED AS SPRAINED AND RELEASED TO GO BACK TO WORK. AFTER THE SWELLING WENT DOWN AND THE PAIN FAILED TO SUBSIDE, HE WS RE X-RAYED A BREAK ONT EH FOOT TOP BELOW THE ANKLE WAS FOUND. HE CEASED WORK ON 3-24-94.
INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD AND FRAME OF ROOF BOLTER.
INJURED WAS LIFTING & PULLING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINERS CONVEYOR CHAIN-ASSISTING IN REPAIRS.
INJURED WAS LIFTING ONE END OF A PORTABLE ROCK DUSTER WHEN LOWER BACK "WENT OUT" & HE WAS UNABLE TO STRAIGHTEN UP.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE #1 SHUTTLE CAR IN THE #4 ENTRY, DRIVING TOWARDS THE FEEDER. HE BUMPED THE FEEDER CAUSING HIS HEAD & NECK TO HIT THE LEG OF THE SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY.
INJURED WAS HANGING MINER CABLE ACROSS INTER- SECTION WHILE HOLDING CALBE UP & PULLED SOMETHING IN MIDDLE BACK AREA.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS LANDING ON THE CANOPY AND SLID DOWN THE CANOPY, FALLING ON BACK OF VICTIMS LEG.
INJ PULLING SLACK UP ON BUGGY CABLE AND HURT BACK. INJ WAS REPORTED 9-25-92.
INJURED PULLED ON A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE THAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUD ON THE BELTLINE INJURED REPORTED SHARP PAINS TO THE CERVICAL & LUMBAR REGIONS OF SPINE INJURED CEASED WORK ON 09-25-92
INJURED WAS REACHING FOR LEVER ON ROOF BOLTER TO SWING THE HEAD INTO POSITION FOR DRILLING & BOLTING THE OUTSIDE HOLE IN THE REACHING PROCESS HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE
INJURED MINER WAS HELPING REMOVE ROCK OFF CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN 2 PIECES SHIFTED CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THEM
WHILE BOLTING TOP, INJURED WAS LOOKING UP AND ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED BOOM ON FOOT, WHICH HAD SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL.
INJURED WAS HANGING CURTAIN AT LAST ROW OF BOLTS IN FACE AREA INJURED WAS WORKING UNDER SUPPORTED TOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 4FTX15FTX14IN THICK FELL FROM INBY SIDE HIT ON ITS EDGE & FELL OVER O N INJUREDS LEG
CAUGHT KNEE BETWEEN BOTTOM & DRILL BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER EMPLOYEE REPORTED ACCIDENT AS LOSS TIME AT THE BEGINNING OF 04-14-92 SHIFT
INJURED WAS DENDING A RESIN BOLT BACK STRAIGHT WHILE INSTALLING. INJURED WAS DESCRIBED AS INSTALLING THE ROOF BOLT IN THE PROPER MANNER. INJURED STOPPED WORK STATING HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.
THE INJURED & HIS FOREMAN WERE MOVING THE TRAILER FOR THE BATTERY CHARGE. INJURED WAS WEARING LEATHER GLOVES WHILE SETTING THE TONGUE DOWN, THE JACK STAND CAME LOOSE - CATCHING THE INJURED'S F INGER BETWEEN THE TONGUE AND THE JACK STAND.
PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN R SHOULDER AND NECK
A ROCK MEASURING 4'X4X10" FELL DOWN AND BACKWARDS AND UNDER THE ATRS OF THE BOLT MACHINE AND STRUCK THE INJURED.THE ATRS WAS PROPERLY SET,MINING HT 52".
THE INJURED WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS IN A SCOOP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE INJURED WAS REMOVING ROCK BUILDUP FROM THE COAL SHUTE WHENA ROCK SLIPPED FROM ABOVE THE INJUREDS LOCATION AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND.
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