HE WAS HELPING MOVE A 6" WATER PUMP AND SUCITON HOSE OUT OF THE PIT AREA HE WAS BENT OVER HOLDING THE SUCTION HOSE AND DISCONNECTINGF A CHAIN FROM AOURND THE HOSE WHEN HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN T HE L SIDE BOTTOM PART OF HIS STOMACH THE PAIN KEPT GETTING WORSE DAY AFTER DAY AND HIS SIDE BECAME SORE 3-14-89 TEH DR TOLD HIM HE HAD A RUPTURE HE IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE OPERATON MON 3-20-
No 2 Surface Coal
MSHA record for No 2 Surface (mine ID 4000521). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Mar 1989
Reportable incidents
12 on file1989 · 1 incident
1988 · 6 incidents
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE IS A MECHANIC HE WAS WORKING ON A 988 CATERPILLAR HILIFT USING A SMALL DRILL GRINDING OUT BOLT HOLES. RUST AND METAL GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THAT EV EVENING AND THEY REFERED HIM TO AN EYE SPECIALIST THE NEXT DAY, THEY CLEANED THE DUST AND METAL OUT OF HIS EYE, NO DAMAGE WAS DONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO PULL WATER ON THE ROAD WAY TO CONTROL DUST, HE LIFTED A 12-V BATTERY FROM THE FLOOR OF THE WATER TRUCK TO PUT IT INTO A WATER PUMP TO START IT, WHILE LIFTING THE B ATTERY HE HAD PAIN IN THE UPPER PART OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR WORK TO A 950 CATERPILLAR HILIFT. HE WAS STANDING ON THE FRONT TIRE, WHEN HE HAD FINISHED THE REPAIR HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE HILIFT, HE JUMPED OFF OF THE TIRE, ST RAINED A MUSCLE IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK.
INJURED EMPLOYEE LIFTED A BATTERY FROM THE FLOOR OF HIS PICK UP TRUCK TO PUT THE BATTERY IN A WATER PUMP TOSTART THE ENGINE SO HE COULD FILL THE WATER TRUCK UP WITH WATER SO HE COULD PUT THE WATER ON THE HAUL ROAD TO KEEP DOWN THE DUST. WHEN HE PICKED UP THE BATTERY UP HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING DIELSAL FUEL INTO TANK OF DOZER, WHEN THE DOZER MOVED AWAY FROM THE FUEL TANK THE FUEL HOSE WAS CAUGHT ON THE DOZER AND WAS TORN AWAY FRO THE FUEL TANK, EMPLOYEE WAS HURRY ING TO STOP FEL FROM COMING OUT OF THE TANK HE PCKED UP THE FUEL HOSE AND NOZZEL AND STARTED TOWARD THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL THAT HAD EXCAPED MADE THE GROUND SLIPPERY, THEEMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND
INJURED EMPLOYEE IS THE MECHANIC. HE WAS PUTTING ON THE BELLY PAN OF #1 D-9G CATERPILLAR DOZER. HE WAS TIGHTENING DOWN THE BOLTS USING A SMALL BAR TO HOLD THE HEADS OF THE BOLTS FROM TURNING. THE BAR SLIPPED LETTING THE BOLTT TURN, TRAPPING HIS SECOND FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE BOLT AND THE FRAME OF THE DOZER, CUTTING THE TIP END OF HIS FINGER.
1987 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING CLEAR AWAY ROOMS OUT OF A&S MALL CREEK.WHEN THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK SORE AND SWELLEN.HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY BUT IN A LOT OF PAIN.THE NEXT DAY HE COULDN'T WORK AN D WENT TO SEE A3DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM THE MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WAS PULLED AND SWOLLEN AND HE COULD NOT WORK FOR ABOUT 2 WEEK.
OPERATOR HAD HE5RT ATTACK.SETTING IN OPERATORS SEAT AND JUST SLUMPED OVER.OILER GRABBED HIM AND LAID HIM ON THE FLOOR AFTER OILER GOT HELP THEY STARTED MOUTH-TO-MOUTH AND CPR.WHEN AMBULANCE AR RIVED THE PARAM9DICS PRONOUNCED VICTIM DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
1986 · 1 incident
INJ EMP WAS LOA8ING 50 LB BAGS OF POWDER OFF OF TRAILER ONTO THE BED OF F 250 FORD TRUCK HE PICKED UP A BAG OF POWDER AND TURNED WITH IT CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN AND PINCHED NERVE IN HIS BACK
1983 · 2 incidents
MARTY DIPPEL AND JAY PARTIN WERE LOADING AN IDLER AND OLD TRACKS OFFA D-9G DOZER ONTO A LOW-BOY TRAILER. JAY WAS STANDING IN THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER WHERE THE IDLER WAS MARTY WAS RUNNING THE HILIFT LOADING THE TRACKS, THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE TRACKS KNOCKING OVER THE IDLER ANDIT MASHED JAY\S ANKLE AND FOOT BETWEEN THE IDLER AND THE FRAME OF THE TRAILER.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING A ROLLER ON D-9 DOZER, BETH WAS ON THE GROUND LOOSENING THE ROLLER BOLTS MARTY GOT ON THE DOZER TO PUT DOWN PRESSURE ON THE BLADE SO THE DOZER WOULD RAISE HIGHER OFF THE GROUND, THE BLADE CONTROL WENT INTO FLOAT POSITION ANDTH W WEIGHT OF THE DOZER CAME DOWN AND MASHED BETH\S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE TRACK OF
The full compliance file on No 2 Surface
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.