Contractor (Hooper and Chandler) was removing old tin and installing new tin on top of shop, when employee fell through the roof and landed on the concrete floor causing fatal injuries. The employee fell approx. 28 feet.
No. 3 Mine Coal
No. 3 Mine has $122K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 200
- Years on record
- 1997–2023
- Latest incident
- Oct 2023
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.No. 3 Mine has $122K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.MSHA sampling at No. 3 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.03 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 samples.
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.ⓘ
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2025 Q4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 13157.9 |
| 2024 Q4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 2,005 | 1 | 0 | 498.8 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,930 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,948 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,995 | 4 | 0 | 2005.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 3,186 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 3,319 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
199 on file (excluding fatalities above)2023 · 1 incident
We were notified by the local fire department of a fire on the idle property. After investigation it appears that trespassers started a fire and it spread into the nearby woods. The local fire department and the Forestry Commission extinguished the fire. No company structures were harmed. MSHA was notified and investigated the incident.
2001 · 1 incident
WHILE EE WAS MOVING OLD CROSS TIES SO HE COULD MOVE BACKHOE, HE PULLED A SMUCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.
2000 · 1 incident
PULLING ON PUMP LINE AND STRAINED BACK. EE DIDN'T START LOSING TIME UNTIL 3-22-00.
1999 · 29 incidents
EE WAS LIFTING A 6" ELBOW OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK AND INJURED HIS BACK.
EE FELT LEFT KNEE GIVE AWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A MINE ROCK FROM CHUTE #2LWHEADER
WHILE WORKING ON SOUTH "A" BELT EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK FROM CONVEYER BELT WITH A PRY BAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM ROCK TRUCK AND IN THE PROCESS HE PULLED HIS LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY OF THE #2 LONGWALL AT SPAD 17607. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 45' LONG X 35' WIDE X HEIGHT UNKNOWN. NO PERSONS WERE INJURED OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED. THIS ROOF FALL DID NOT INTERRUPT VENTILATION.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY OF THE #2 LONGWAL AT SPAD 17729. THE FALL WAS APPROX 50' LONG X 45' WIDE X HEIGHT UNKNOWN. NO PERSONS WERE INJURED OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED. THIS ROOF FAL L DID NOT INTERRUPT VENTILATION.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY OF THE #2 LONGWALL AT SPAD 17752. THE FALL WAS APPROX 60'LX20'WX10' TO 15' HIGH. NO PERSONS WERE INJURED OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED. THIS ROOF FALL DID NOT INTERRUPT VENTILATION
WHILE WORKING ON #2 LW FACE EE WAS USING A COMEALONG TO MOVE A TAILGATE SPROCKET WHICH ROLLED PINNING HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE RACK
WHILE WORKING ON #2 LW FACE EE BENT DOWN TO ADVANCE SHIELD AND FELT RIGHT KNEE LOCK UP WHE TWISTED.
WHILE IN SHOWER AT EAST PORTAL BATH HOUSE EE CUAGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE TOE IN A HOLE WHERE FLOOR TILE WAS MISSING NOTE EE STARTED LOSING TIME FOR THIS INJURY ON 5/7/99
WHILE PULLING ON A HYDRAULIC HOSE HE FELT PAIN AND SOMETHING PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EE WAS WALKING INTO NORTH "A" BELT LINE AREA AND JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST A WATER LINE INJURING HIS NECK.
WHILE CUTTING BOLTS OF A FRAME AND STANDING ON ALADDER, FIRE SUPPRESANT SYSTEM CAME ON, COVERINGEMPLOYEE'S CUTTING GOGGLES. WHILE EMPLOYEE TRIEDTO GET OFF LADDER, HE FELL BACKWARD HITTING HIS BACK.
WHILE WALKING EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A CRIB AND FELL TO FOOTWALL TWISTING RIGHT KNEE AND STRIKING LEFT ARM.
EE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL ON TO THE CONVEYOR BELT NEAR THE SOUTH "A" TAILPIECE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK. NOTE: EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 4/8/99.
EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP ON #6 SECTION ROADWAY WHEN THE SCOOP WENT INTO HIGH TRAM AND RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY. EE JAMMED HEAD AND NECK. NOTE: EE STA RTED LOSING TIME 4/6/99.
AS THE JOY 4L53 LONGWALL SHEAR WAS CUTTING COAL ON THE 2LW TOWARD THE HEADGATE AT APPROX. 132 SHIELD, AN IGNITION TOOK PLACE AT THE TAILGATE SHEAR DRUM THAT WHICH LASTED APPROX. 3-4 MINUTES AN D WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WATER. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
EE WAS STRIPPING PARTS OFF FEEDER. A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE SPRAYED OIL INTO BOTH EYES. REPORTABLE DUE TO A 4 STITCHES REQUIRED.
EE WAS MAKING HIS REGULAR PUMP/SEAL ROUND WHEN A ROCK FELL FROMT HE ROOF. WHILE TURNING AROUND TO RUN, THE EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE IN A WET MUDDY AREA. NOTE: EE STARTED LOSING TIME
WHILE WORKING ON #1 LW FACE EMPLOYEE STARTED WALKING DOWN LONGWALL FACE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON #61 SHIELD RESULTING A STRAIN TO NECK AND LOWER BACK. NOTE: EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 5-2 6-99.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER NAILING SPLICE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 2/22/99 AND THEN RETURNED TO WORK ON 2/26/99.
EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING TIME 2/14/99.
EE WAS MOVING GLUE PUMP AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON ROCK, CAUSING PUMP TO FALL ON FOOT.
EE WAS WALKING UP PANLINE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST SHIELD, JAMMING NECK.
EE WAS FIREBOSSING #7 SECTION RIGHT RETURN, GOT UP TO SPAD 17285. THE WATER WAS DEEP EE LOST FOOTING WHILE TRYING TO CROSS THE WATER SLIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS GRINDING ON SIDE OF MANBUS AND THE GRINDER HIT THE EE'S UPPER LEFT LEG. NO LOST TIME. REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO STITCHES REQUIRED.
EE WAS KNOCKING BEARING OFF AND A PIECE OF SLAG BOUNCED BEHIND GLASSES AND INTO L EYE.
AS THE JOY CM12 MINER (#81 COMPANY NUMBER) WAS CUTTING IN THE #2 ENTRY ON #7 SECTION, AN IGNITION OCCURRED THAT LASTED APPROX 15 SECONDS NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO WALK TOWARD THE MANTRIP CAGE TO LOAD UP AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 2-17-99.
1998 · 65 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING HYDRAULIC JACK WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF RAIL STRIKING HIS RIGHT THUMB.
AS AN EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING ON THE HEAD OF A JOY MINER, AN IGNITION OCCURRED THAT RESULTED FROM THE SPARKS OF THE CUTTING TORCH. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE INCURRED. THIS REPORT WAS DELAYED DUE TO T HE HOLIDAYS.
EE WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF CATWALK & SLIPPED ON LLOSE MATERIAL FALLING & HIT ON RIGHT KNEE ON ANKLE BRACE. EE STARTED LOSING TIME 12/21/98
EE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFFLADDER & HE TWISTED FELT PAIN IN BACK
BAD ROOF CONDITIONS. IMMEDIATE ROOF WAS SANDY SHALE. FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE, 006 SECTION, SPAD 17623.
EE WAS ON TOP OF MACHINE TURNING AIR VALVE ON AND WHEN HE GOT DOWN OFF OF MACHINE, FELT PULL IN RIGHT HIP.
EE WAS DRILLING HOLE AND BUMPED HEAD ON ROOFBOLTER CANOPY. DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 1-11-99.
AS THE JOY MINER WAS CUTTING BOTTOM SCRAPPING UP #1 ENTRY FACE, AN IGNITION TOOK PLACE THAT LASTED APPROX 30 SECONDS. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
WHILE DRIVING COMPANY TRUCK, 1989 FORD, EE WENT ACROSS INTERSECTIOON AT STOP SIGN ON GROUND HOG ROAD AND CROSSED MUD CREEK ROAD AND RAMMED A BANK HEAD-ON.
EE BUMPED L KNEE GETTING OUT OF UNATRAC
SHEAR PIN BROKE AND HIT EE IN RIGHT HAND EE DID NOT LOST ANY TIME BUT HIS INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES
EE WAS PULLING CABLE ON BELT LINE AND STRAINED BACK AND SIDE.
EE CROSSED OVER BELT, SLIPPING ON TEE BOARD AND SPRAINING RIGHT ANKLE
WHILE EE WAS PULLING SHIELDS IN 70 AREA, HE SAID THE SHIELD HE WAS STANDING ON PULLED HIS CLOTHES AND STRAINED HIS BACK. DID NOT STRAT LOSING TRIME UNTIL 10-14-98.
AFTER GETTING OFF THE MANTRIP AT THE BEGINNING OF SHIFT, THERE WAS A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF WATER THAT MUS BE TRAVELED THRU GOING TO SECTION. EE STEPPED ON UNEVEN SURFACE UNDER WATER, FOOT SLIP PED OFF LANDING ON LOWER PART OF SURFACE, JAMMING BACK AND NECK. REPORTING WAS DELAYED DUE MEDICAL DETERMINATIONS.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRACTOR AND HIS FEET SLIPPED RESULTING IN FALLING BACK OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE FOOTWALL.
EE WAS HELPING ANOTHE EE CARRY A PUMP TO BE SWAPPED OUT IN 2ND SOUTH. WHEN THEY GOT THE NEW PUMP TO THE DOOR GOING TO THE BAD PUMP, EE SAID HE FELT A PULL ANDF POP IN HIS BACK THEN EE WENT DOW N, HAVING TO BE HELPED UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON #8 SECTION, THE ROADWAY WAS WET AND MUDDY. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND JARRED HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9/25/98.
EE WAS STANDING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A PROP BEING USED TO PUSH A 4" BEAM UP UNDER THE BRIDGE ON #2 LW. THE BEAM SLIPPED OUT AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE NOSE. NO TIME LOST, REPORTABLE ONLY DUE TO FRACTURE.
AS THE JOY MINER (S/N 4356) WAS CUTTING COAL IN THE #2 ENTRY ON #7 SECTION AN IGNITION TOOK PLACE THAT BURNED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE FLAME WAS PUT OUT WITH WATER AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
WHILE EE WAS TAKING OUT BROKEN SHEAR SHAFT,, HOTOIL BLEW OUTOF MOTOR ONTO BOTH LOWER ARMS
EE WAS ROOFBOLTING ON THIS SHIFT, HE HAD FINISHED PINNING & WAS HELPING TO SERVICE #3 PLACE. HE BENT OVER TO GET SLIDING CURTAIN & PULL BACK OUT OF COAL & IT TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF TRACK 9SO. A) AT 2ND OVERCAST THAT WAS TAKEN OUT JUST INBY SOUTH MAIN TURNOUT. HE WAS IN MUD/WATER AND WHEN HE WENT TO TURN, HIS BOOTS WERE STUCK IN MUD AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 8-17-98.
EE WAS PICKING UP A PALLET OF 100 HYD. OIL WITH THE FORKLIFT. THE PALLET SLIPPED OFF THE FORKS. EE WAS PICKING UP THE CANS THAT HAD FALLEN WHEN HE CUT HIS L. RING FINGER ON ONE OF THE CAN LIDS . LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.
EE WAS LIFTING MATERIAL WITH CRANE AND STEPPED ON A BOLT ON THE FLOOR AND TWISTED HIS LFT KNEE.
EE WAS SITTING ON A MANBUS IN A KICKBACK WHEN A ROCKDUST LEAD MOTOR RAN INTO AND HIT THEM.
EE WAS WALKING BESIDE ROCKDUST TANK NEAR BRATTICE #44 ON SOUTH B BELT, WHERE THERE WAS WATER AND MUD. EE SLIPPED, FELL DOWN, HITTING BOTH KNEES ON THE BOTTOM.
A ROOF FALL HAS OCCURED IN THE 3 ENTRY TRACK OF H-9 SECTION 8" OUTBY SURVEY SPAD 4 & 45. THIS WAS A CONTINUATION OF A PREVIOUS FALL WHICH OCCURED ON 6-21-98. THE FALL IS APPROX. 18'LX22'WX7'H. THE FALL IS APPROX. 8330 FT. OUTBY THE FACE AREA.
EE WAS CHANGING BRUSHES IN HOIST MOTOR AND WAS MOIVNG A 5 GALLON OIL CAN EE STATED FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LEFT ELBOW AND IT STARTED TO SWELL. ALSO SWELLING LEFT HAND EE DID NOT START LOSING TI ME UTNIL 6/30/98
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OUTBY SPAD 17035 IN THE SOUTH MAINS #6 ENTRY. THE FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET IN LENGTH AND 15 FEET HIGH. THIS FALL DID NOT AFFECT THE VENTILATION OF THE INBY SECTIONS AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING AND MOVING ABOUT IN MUD AND WATER WHEN HIS KNEE BEGAN TO ACHE.
EE RAN OVER BLOCK WITH TIRE, BLOCK STRUCK EE ON RIGHT SIDE. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 6/29/98
EE WAS PULLING CABLE UP TO BELT, STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 5-28-98.
EE WAS ASSISTING ROOF BOLTERS SPOT PINS IN HI CAVITY WHERE TOP HAD FALLEN OUT. HE HAD CLIMBED UP ON BOLTER TO HELP PUT RESIN IN THE HOLE. EE RAN HIS HEAD UP IN THE CAVITY, GOT DIZZY, SLIPPED O FF AND HIT HIS HEAD AS HE FELL. DUE TO MRI AND MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC PORCEDURES CO WAS NOT AWARE OF MEDICAL CONDITION UNTIL 5-18-98.
WHILE MOVING ROCK ON 2LW VERSATRAC HIT ROCK AND BOUNCED EE AND TWISTED. BACK.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN #2 ENTRY, PIN WAS HANGING DOWN,, STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE PIN AND JAMMED HIS NECK.
WHILE CHANGING OUT LIGHT BULB FOREIGN MATERIAL FELL IN EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE. EE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 5-13-98.
EE WAS PICKING UP A CHANNEL BRACE FOR THE NO 7 HEADER TO MOVE IT OFF OF TRACTOR WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #1 ENTRY OF THE #2 LONGWALL AT SPAD 17122. THIS ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN A FAULT AREA. THIS ROOF FALL DID NOT INTERRUPT VENTILATION.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF THE 2 ENTRY, 71' INBY SPAD 17342 ON 3 SECTION. FALL ESTIMATED TO BE 35' LONG X 20' WIDE 18' HIGH AT TIME OF INSPECTION. FALL OCCURRED IN A FAULTED ZONE RUNNIN G DIAGNOALLY ACROSS THE SEETION. FAULT DISPLACEMENT IS 4'-5'. FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY INCOMING OWL SHIFT.
EE HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY THAT MADE HIS RAM CAR BUMP REAL HARD, HURTING HIS BACK.
EE HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY THAT MADE HIS RAM CAR BUMP REAL HARD, HURTING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF OVERCAST ON OLD BELT, TAKING THE SLAB OFF WHEN HE FELL THROUGHT THE TIN BOTTOM CUTTNG HIS RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AND CUTTING LEFT ELBOW AND SCRATCHING BACK. LACERATIO N TO RIGHT FINGER RESULTED IN SUTURES.
EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE BUNKER & COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. PUMPS & STRAINED BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD. PHYSICIAN HAS REFERRED THE INJURY BACK TO EXISTING INJURY OF 1/27/94. EE STATRTED LOSING TIME ON 4/17/98 & RETURNED TO WORK ON 4/19/98.
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF RAM CAR SEAT AND HIT HEAD ON CHANNEL BENT DOWN.
EE WAS WALKING THRU WATER AT THE OLD ROCK DUST PIT TO CHECK THE PUMPS & STRAINED BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 4/16/98.
EMPLOYEE WAS FIREBOSSING OLD WORKS. HE STARTED OUT #1 ENTRY. A PANEL NW AND STEPPED OFF A OVERCAST NOT REALIZING HE WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE FOOTWALL. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THERE WAS ABOUT 12" OF RO CKDUST THERE, HIS LEFT LEG BUCKLED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO A TOOL POUCH AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB ON AN OPEN KNIFE. INJURY REQUIRED SUTURES BUT EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME FROM WORK.
EE SLIPPED GETTING OFF TRACTOR & FELL ON RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING ON OFF SIDE WEST C BELT @ SO. HEADER. SHE STARTED TO STEP UP ON A BANK TO GO IN XCUT AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT KNEE.THIS AREA IS DAMP AND VERY SLIPPERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING 5TH , WENT LEFT RETURN #6 FAN WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON A HILL TWISTING HIS LEFT SNKLE. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON MARCH 15, 1998.
EMPLOYEE WAS RAMMING SHIELD WITH ROTOR. HOSE TO RAM HAD BEEN BROKEN BY ROCK. HOSE OR MATERIAL HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
AN IGNITION OCCURRED ON THE #4 ENTRY OF #3 SECTION IN THE FACE AREA THAT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 SECONDS AND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A WATER HOSE. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURR ED.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING PIN INTO RIB IN #1 PLACE. WHILE GUIDING PIN INTO RIB WITH RIGHT, PIN A HARD SPOT CAUSING WRENCH TO KICK TO ONE SIDE CATCHING RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND PIN.
TTHE BUNKER NEEDED FLIGHTS INSTALLED ON THE OFF TRACK SIDE CONVEYOR. THE FLIGHTS WEIGH ABOUT 20# EACH AND MUST BE HAND CVARRIED TO THE REAR OF THE BUNKER FROM THE TRACK. EE HAD LIFTEDF SEVERAL FLIGHTS & HANDED THEM TO ANOTHER EE WHEN HE TURNED TO HAND THE FLIGHT OFF HIS FEET BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD CAUSING HIS LOWER BACK TO TWIST AND HAVE PAIN.
EE STRAINED BACK WHILE LOADYING HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS ONTO PALLET. EE LOST ONE DAY ON 2/24/98 & AGAIN FROM 2/26/1998 THRU 3/2/1998 WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK.
AFTER EMPLOYEE GOT A ROCK OUT OF THE HEADER, HE STEPPED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE AWAY, TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK TO MOVE IT WHEN THE ROCK BROKE. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO HOLD THE ROCK FROM FALLING ON ANOTHER EE AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS WALKING BESIDE RAIL AND RAM CAR HIT RAIL AND HIT EE ON LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN 36B BELTLINE CAT WALK & STEPPED ON A FIRE HOSE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SIDE HOLDING ONTO THE HAND RAIL.
EE WAS PULLING FLY PADS THUR CROSSCUT ON 2LW & FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL JANUARY 28, 1998.
EE WAS LOADING MATERIAL INTO RAM CAR AND ASKED OPERATOR TO LOWER THE TAILGATE AND THE OPERATOR DID. EVIDENTLY, THE EE HAD HAD ON RAM CAR REUSLTING IN HIS FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BEING CAUGHT IN H INGE POINT OF TAILGATE. HE FELT A PINCH ON FINGERS AND WHEN HE LOOKED HE SAW INJURIES TO FINGERS.
AS THE 4LS3 JOY MACHINE WAS CUTTING COAL TO THE H/G AN IGNITION OCCURRED WHICH LASTED APPROX. 20-30 SECONDS. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
AS THE JOY 4RLSC SHEARER WAS CUTTING COAL ON THE 2LW AN IGINITION OCCURRED WHICH LASTED APPROX. 30-40 SECONDS & WAS EXTINGLISHED WITH A WATER HOSE & FIRE EXTINGUISHER. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
AS THE JOY 4LS3 CONTINUOUS MINER WAS CUTTING COAL IN THE FACE OF THE 7 SECTION AN IGNITION OCCURRED THAT LASTED APPROX. 1.5 MINUTES. THE FLAME WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A WATER HOSE. NO INJURIES O R PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
1997 · 102 incidents
EE WALKED THRU ENTRY AND COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOOT. UPONS INSPECTION, EE FOUND CAP BOARD ATTACHED TO HIS FOOT VIA THE NAIL. PUNCTURE WOUND WAS SWOLLEN WITH MINIMUM BLEEDING.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING RAIL OVER WITH BAR AND FELTPAIN IN BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL JAN. 28 1998.
EE WAS WALKING ON #7 SECTION TRACK AND STEPPED INTO A WATER HOLE TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKL.E
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF DURA SLIDE WITH KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. EE RECEIVED SUTURES FOR LACERATION.
AS THE JOY 4L53 LONGWALL SHEAR WAS CUTTING COAL ON THE 2LW AT APPROX. #58 SHIELD, AN IGNITION TOOK PLACE THAT LASTED APPROX. 2-3 MINUTES AND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WATER . NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
EE WAS WALKING INTO SECTION STEPPED IN A HOLE AND SLIPPED & FELL. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE STARTED LOSING TIME 12/8/97
EE WAS SHOOTING ROCKDUST OFF TOP OF OVERCAST ON 1LW BELT BETWEEN THE HEADER AND DRIVER. HE LAID THE END OF THE ROCKDUST HOSE ON TOPE OVERCAST TURNED AROUND TO GET OFF OVERCAST AND JAMMED HIS H EAD AGAINST THE ROOF NOT REALIZING HE WAS IN A LOW AREA CAUSING SORENESS IN BACK OF NECK AND LOWER PART OF SHOULDER. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 11-25-97
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED ON A WOODEN 2X6 WALK BOARD APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR WHEN THE WALK BOARD BUSTED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL. HE HIT A PIPE ON THE WAY DOWN AND THEN HIT THE FL OOR. EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE HAVE A SAFETY BELT ON
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LIFT A WARE PLATE UP TO SET ON METAL SKIRT. AS THE PLATE WAS LIFTED EMPLOYEE SAID OH! MY BACK! AND FELL DOWN.
EE REQUESTED TO GET MEDICAL TREATMENT ON SUNDAY 11-16-97, FOR ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY 11-14-97. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS AUTHORIZED. ON MONDAY 11-17-97 EE S FOREMAN REPORTED THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY ACCIDENT, THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED TO HIM. THIS MATTER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING FROM S/L TO PUMP CAR BETWEEN MONORAIL AND RIB WHEN RIB FELL KNOCKING EMPLOYEE TO HIS KNEES. THE RIB STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BODY (UPPER CHEST AND ARM).
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER FROM POWER CENTER TO FACE #2 ENTRY. HE WAS MOVING CBLE OUT OF ROADWAY AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS SETTING JACK TO HANG CURTAIN ON WHEN A 7" X 8" X 1-1 1/2" ROCK FELL APPROX 1 1/2' FROM TOP STRIKING EE ON RT SHOULDER WITH SHARP EDGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING MAGNETIC SEPARATORS. MATERIAL HAD ACCUMULATED ON SHOES AND WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS HELPING LOAD PIN MATERIAL ON BOLTER WHILE MINER WAS MOVING. EE AND ANOTHER EE PICKED UP FOUR CHANNELS AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
WHILE RIDING MAN TRIP TO SECTION EE FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK FROM SNATCH AND JERK OF TRACK.
EE WAS RETURNING OUT OF XCUT ON OFF TRACK SIDE WITH BROOM IN HAND WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE STEPPING DOWN OFF BANK. THE BANK WAS WET & EXTEMELY SLIPPERY. THE FALL CAUSED A CONTUSION TO LO WER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING BAN DUSTER BACK UP ON SCOOP AND CAUGHT 5TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN DUSTER AND WENCH ON SCOOP. RESULT WAS A FRACTURED FINGER.
EE STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN DUE TO THIS INJURY ON 10-23-97. ORIGINAL WAS 11-05-95.
WHILE LOADING 500 MCM CABLE ON THE H/G OF OLD 1LW EE FELT PAIN AT CENTER AND BASE OF NECK. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 10-30-97.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SCALING LOOSE MATERIAL DOWN AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL ONE LAST ROCK RIGHT IN THE FACE. THE ROCK BROKE OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE STUMBLED BACK AND SAT DOWN ON BACK OF ROOFBOLTER. HE STATED HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK. WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.
EE WAS USING BOLT CUTTERS TO CUT LOCK OFF TOOL BOX, STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW.
EE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE ON BELT ALONE AND HE TWISTED TO THROW BELT ROLLER ON THE BELT AND FELT PAIN, IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 10-20-97.
AS THE 12CM12 JOY MINER WAS SCRAPPING UP BOTTOM IN THE #6 ENTRY OF #3 SECTION AN IGNITION OCCURRED WHICH BURNED APPROX 30 SECONDS. IT WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A WATER HOSE AND NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.
EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON COVER AFTER REPAIRING TRAM CHAIR. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT AND FINGER WAS CUT ON SIDE OF COVER REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES TO 2ND DIGIT, RIGHT HAND.
EE PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL AT WEST A HEADER AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ELECTRIC MOTORS AND PULLING ON MOTORS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING TO MOVE REFLECTOR AND TOLD OPERATOR BUT OPERATOR TOLD HIM TO LET HIS SET SPINNER OVER. IN SETTING PINNER OVER OPERATOR TRAMMED OVER EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.
ON THE OWL SHIFT AROUND 5:00 AM (APPROX) A ROCK FALL OCCURRED ON THE #7 SECTION IN THE #3 PLACE. AN INTERECTION AND APPROXIMATELY 30' OF A CROSS CUT TO #4 WERE INVOLVED. THE AREA COVERED A 40' X 40' X 20' HIGH AREA. NO INJURIES WERE INVOLVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE BATTERY END OF 604 VERSA TRAC WITH 15-TON SHOP CRANE. TWO CRANE HOOKS WERE ATTACHED TTO THE VERSA TRAC. THE PLATE ONE OF THE HOOKS WAS ATTACHED TO BROKE AT THE WELD. T HE PLATE WENT STRAIGHT UP STILL ATTACHED TO THE CHAIN. WHEN IT CAME DOWN IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOUTH.
ON EE WAS PULLING 2 1/2 BOXES OF CONVEYOR CHAIN. INJURED EE WAS LEADING ANOTHER EE WHO HAD 3 CARS OF PANLINE. WHEN THE FIRS TMOTOR LOST TRACTION AND CAME OFF THE WEST SIDE FULAT HILL AT J PANE L AND AT THE SAME TIME THE LAST EE CAME OFF THE WEST SIDE FAULT HILL AT J PANEL AND AT THE SAME TIME THE LAST EE CAME OFF THE EAST SIDE FAULT HILL AT J PANEL. INJURED EE S MOTOR WAS HIT AT BO
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDIN ON #1 SHIELD PULLING #2 SHIELD WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE #1 SHIELD AND RIB. ROCK SLID INTO THE SHIELD LINE HITTING LEFT FOOT.
WHILE GETTING INTO LOADER, EE JAMMED NECK ON TOPOF LOADER.
WHILE WALKING ON TRACK EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON THE END OF CROSS TIE, SLIPPED AND FELL STRAINING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ACCOMPANYING A FEDERAL INSPECTOR GOING IN ON 7 SECTION BELT DRIVE WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT BACK TO CLOSE 5' MANDOOR. AS HE TURNED AROUND AND HIT HIS HEAD ON DOOR FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SUCTION PIPE FEED #2 UNDER FLOW PUMP. HE STRAINED HIS BACK PULLING ON WRENCH. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9-29-97.
EE STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN ON 9/16/97, DUE TO RECURRING PROBLEMS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WAS LIFTING ROCK TO THROW ONTO THE BELT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17, 1997.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AFTER 11:30 AM HIS LEFT EYE STARTED TO BOTHER HIM,THAT IT WAS IRRITATED, RUNNING AND VERY RED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 6' LADDER TO HANG FIBER CABLE WHENHE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSIGN TIME UNTIL 9-22-97.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELTLINE WHEN A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS HIS FOOT STARTED TO SWELL.
AS THE 12CMIJOYMINER WAS CUTTING COAL &BOTTM IN THE #3 PLACE ON #3 SECTION, AN IGNITION OCCURED WHICH LASTED APPROX 20-30 SECONDS AND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A WASH DOWN HOSE. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.
ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL FEB 20, 1998.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING NORTH A BELT, AT #10 BRATTICE STRADDLING A WATER DITCH. AS HE CAME DOWN THROUGH THE AREA HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE DITCH AND HE FELL, HE GOT UP TO CONTINUE WALK ING AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EE STEPPED OVER A RELAY BAR, TRIPPED, AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT HIP.
EE WAS CHANING BITS ON THE 74 C/M WHEN HE TRUCK THE THUMB OF LEFT WITH CLAW HAMMER. RESULT WAS A LCAERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
EE WAS PIMMING UP A RUN THRU DROP BOARD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CURTAIN STRIP COVERED WITH CURTAIN WITH A NAIL IN IT. PUNCTURED HIS LEFT BIG TOE.
EE WAS STANDING ON STIARS AT PRODUCTION SHAFT 3RD FLOOR WHEN A ROCK OR COAL FELL FROM 2ND FLLOR STRIKING EE ON NECK. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 8-20-97.
EE WAS GETTING ON ROOF BOLTER BY STEPPING ON RIM OF TIRE. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE TIRE RIM HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF EXTENDING LEFT LEG STRAINING THE UPPER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RAM CAR MOTOR ON CAR. THERE WAS OIL IN UT BUCKET AND EMPLOYEE FELL SPRAINING LEFT AND RIGHT SHOULDERS.
WHILE SERVICING THE SECTION FEEDER, EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL.
EE WAS TAKING PUMP MOTOR OUT OF PINNER WHEN HE FELT & HEARD HIS SHOULDER POP.
EE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD AN ARCH OFF FLAT CAR TO PUT ON RAM CAR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CARRYING TOOLS OUT OF BELT TOOL ROOM DOOR & STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR JAM, JAMMING HIS NECK & SHOULDER. RESULT WAS CERVICAL STRAIN.
EE STEPPED OFF EQUIPMENT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. AREA WAS MUDDY AND SLIPPERY. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 7-7-97 BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 7-14-97 AND HE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 7-15-97.
WHILE PUTTING A SLT OF BINDERS ON A SHIELD, THE CHEATER BAR BEING USED SLIPPED OFF BINDER AND BINDER HANDLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF AW RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
EE LOST FOOTING WHILE THROWING THE TRACK SWITH FALLING ON A 4X4 BLOCK OF WOOD INJURING HIS LEFTSIDE FRACTURING THE 8TH RIB RESULTING IN A CONTUSION TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHEST.
EE WAS ON HIS KNEES JACKING A MOTOR ON A TRUCK. WHEN HE STARTED TO GET UP OFF HIS KNEES HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE. EE DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 7-15-97.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP TRACK, SLIPPED IN GOB OF GREASE ADN TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS BETWEEN SHEAR AND FACE PULLING HUBCAP OFF H/G DRUM WHEN THE FACE ROLLED OUT. A PIECE OF COAL APPROX. 4'X2'X1' PINNED EE TO THE BOTTOM, FRACTURING LEFT LEG AND DISPLACING BACK.
GPF-ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.
EE WAS MAKING HIS REGULAR PUMP/SEAL ROUND WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF. WHILE TURNING AROUND TO RUN THE EE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE IN WET MUDDY AREA. NOTE: EE STARTED LOSING TIME 7/1/97
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT IN THE BACK OF THE #1 UNDERFLOW PUMP AND HAD A FAN BLOWING. HE IS NOT SURE IF THE TRASH CAME FROM THE FAN OR FROM BEHIND THE BOLT BUT HE GOT TRASH IN HIS LEFT EY E WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO REMOVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SAW A TIMBER WITH A HAND BOW SAW. WHEN THE SAW STUCK, BOTH MEN PULLED TO FREE THE SAW AND THE SAW BLADE STRUCK INJURED'S LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SUTUR ES.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING A TIMBER WHERE THE P.C. WAS TO BE PUT AND FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HIPS.
AT APPROX 4:00PM AN IGNITION OF COMPRESSED GAS OCCURRED WHEN AN OXYGEN CYLINDER AND AN ACETELYNETANK WERE RUPTURED AND IGNITED WHEN PASSED THROUGH A STAMLER FEEDER CRUSHER ON #5 SECTION. ONE M AN WAS LIGHTLY BURNED BUT NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.
EE WAS USING ROCK BAR TO ROCK HUNG IN CHUTE AND INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS.
EE WAS PUSHING UP A ROOF BOLT AND WHEN IT STARTED TO BEND HE REACHED UP TO TRY TO STOP IT HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT AND FRAME.
AS THE 12CM12 YOU MINER, SERIAL 4847, WAS CUTTING COAL AN IGNITION OCCURRED THAT LASTED APPROX. ONE MINUTES AND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH WATER. NOR INJURIES OR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.
JOY MINER WAS CUTTING COAL IN THE #2 PLACE ON #7 SECTION. AN IGNITION TOOK PLACE THAT LASTED APPROX. 2 OR 3 SECONDS. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED. THE FLAME WENT OUT BY ITSELF.
SECTION INBY SPAD#16762 WAS PINNED WITH 6FT FULLY GROUTED RODS. TOP FEEL 8-10 FT ABOVE ANCHORAGE ZONE. TOP WAS VERY LAMINATED. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WERE INVOLVED IN THE ROOF FALL. AREA WAS DANGERED OFF & BREAKER ROW OF TIMBER WERE SET
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BAND ON ROOF MATERIALS. MADE ON CUT AND TRIED TO GET PLIERS BACK UNDER BAND WHEN THE PLIERS SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.
EE WAS DOWN ON BOTH KNEES WELDING. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO GET A WELDING ROD HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK.
AS THE CREW ON 1LW WAS WORKING THROUGH SHIFT CHANGE AND CUTTING COAL COMING TO THE HEADGATE AN IGNITION OCCURRED ON THE TAILGATE DRUM THAT LASTED APPROX 1 MINUTE AND WAS EXTINQUISHED WITH WATE R. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE WAS INCCURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING UP A LEG JACK WITH COME-ALONGS IN ORDER TO TIE IT OFF TO THE DRIVE. ONE END OF COME-ALONG WAS TIED TO JACK AND TENSION HAD BEEN LET OFF COME-ALONG. THE OTHER END OF THE CO ME-ALONG WAS HUNG ON ROOF AND EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THE COME-ALONG DOWN, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND THE HOOK STRUCK HIM IN THE NOSE REQUIRING SUTURES.
EE STATED THE HE HUNG HIS LIGHT CORD ON A FACE PHONE AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. THIS HAPPENED AT APPROX. 0800 AND EE THOUGHT HE WAS ALL RIGHT. REPORT ACCIDENT TO FOREMAN AT 1230.
WHILE TRAVELING WITHG A MSHA INSPECTOR EE TOOK MANBUS TO SECTION. AT END OF TRACK THERE WAS SOME WATER WHICH EE WALKED THRU AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
EE SET CHANNEL ON CHANNEL HOLDER & STARTED UP TRS. WHEN THE TRS TOUCHED THE TOP THE CHANNEL FELL OFF & HIT EE IN THE FACE. THE EE TRIED TO CATCH THE CHANNEL BUT MISSED. LIP WAS SUTURED.
AFTER DRILLING HOLE EE CLIMBED UP ON HEAD & PUT RESIN & PIN IN THE HOLE. HE STEPPED DOWN OFF HEAD AND WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE LEVER TO RAISE HIS HEAD, THE ROCK TURNED LOOSE AND HIT TOP OF CANO PY BREAKING INTO 3 PIECES. THE PIECE OF ROCK THAT HIT EE WAS TURNED SIDEWAYS AND WAS EXTREMELY SHARP LACERATING HIS LEFT WRIST WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
WHILE WASHING COAL FROM SCREEN, HE TURNED TO PULL FIR HOSE AND SLIPPED AND FELL IN FLOOR, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE AND STRAINING HIS BACK.
AS JOY JM 4847 MINER WAS CUTTING BOTTOM IN 6 PLACE OF THE #7 SECTION AN IGNITION OCCURRED WHICH LASTED APRPOX. 15 SECONDS. NO INJURIES INCURRED.
EE WAS CHECKING TRANSMISSION FLUID ON HIS MOTOR AND THERE WAS A JACK LAYING IN THE AREA HE NEEDED TO BE. HE LIFTED THE JACK TO MOVE IT AND FELT A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ON SECTION TO PRESHIFT, WALKING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY TO EOT WHEN HE STEPPED ON A NAIL PUNCTURING HIS RIGHT FOOT APPROX. 1/2 TO 3/4".
EE WAS MOVING A SPOOL OF CABLE FROM MANBUS WHEN THE SPOOL SLIPPED & CAUGHT THE END OF RIGHT RINGFINGER AGAINST THE METAL FRAME OF THE BUS, REQUIRING SUTURES IN THE FINGER
EMP WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR TRUSSES IN ROOF WITH WOMBAT DRILL ON SOUTH A BELT (HEIGHT APPROX 4') AND FOOTWALL WAS WET FROM DRILLING. EMP STATED HE DID NOT KNOW HE HURT HIS BACK. IT JUST STARTED HURTING WHILE DRILLING.
EMP WAS PUSHING A PIECE OF FALLEN ROCK ON THE OPERATOR SIDE OF THE MINER ONTO THE BOOM WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MID SECTION OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 4/14/97.
AS THE JOY MINER WAS CUTTING UNDER A BROW IN #3 ENTRY, ON THE #7 SECTION AN IGNITON OCCURRED WHICH LASTED APPROX 15 SECONDS & WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A WATER HOSE. NO INJURIES OCCURED
EE WAS MASHED BETWEEN SHIELD AND PAN LINE WHEN SHIELD ADVANCED FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME OF REPORT. INVESTIGATION STILL ONGOING AT THIS TIME.
AS THE JOY 4LS SHEARER WAS CUTTING COAL ON THE 1 LW COMING TO THE HEADGATE WITH THE H/G DRUM CUTTING TOP, AN IGNITION. OCCURRED THAT LASTED APPROX. 30 SECONDS AND WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH WATER. THE FLAME WAS APPROX. 2-3 INCHES HIGH. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.
EE WAS PULLING SHIELDS WHEN ROCK FELL BETWEEN CANOPIES HITTING HIS LEFT HAND. HAND WAS RESTING ON HAND RAIL OF PAN LINE WHEN ROCK FELL.
EE WAS WALKING IN P/C CROSSCUT 2ND, STOPPED ON APROTRUDING NAIL. THIS NAIL WAS IN A STRIP THAT HAD BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED DOWN. THE STRIP WAS BEING USED AS A HOSE RACK
EE WAS USING STINGER OF TRACTOR TO PULL PAD OFF DROP BOARDS. PAD SLIPPED FROM BEHIND STINGER SO EE GOT 4X4 TIMBER TO PUT BEHIND STINGER AND TIGHTEN UP ON PAD. EE WAS HOLDING TIMBER UNTIL IT TI GHTENED UP ON PAD AND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TIMBER AND BACK OF BUCKET MASHING RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
THIS WAS IN ON OLDER AREA OF NO. 3 MINE. IT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN PINNED W/4' RESIN #7 REBAR. RESUPPORT IN THE WAY OF CRIBBING HAD BEEN DONE & SOME REPINNING WAS BEING DONE ALSO. 30'F, 8'H, 15'W . SPAD # BETWEEN SPAD 7338 & 7532 ON 5TH W MAINS
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE VULCANIZEING EQUIPMENT, EE TRIED TO PULL SMALL ROLL OF 10-5 CABLE THAT WAS TIED WITH CABLE TIES. EE PICKED UP CABLE, STARTED TO DRAG IT & MOVE BACKWARDS AT THE SAME TI ME. HE STUMBLED BACKWARDS, STEPPED ON A CONCRETEBLOCK & FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS RIGHT ELBOW ONSIDE OF BUS.
EE WAS HANGING 4" WATER LINE & WAS PUSHING PIPE OVER TO ALIGN UP JOINTS. EYE IN PIN PLATE WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS PRESSED OUT. WIRE CAME OUT OF EYE LETTING PIPE DROP DOWN & MASHED EE'S HAND AG AINST ROOF.
EE WAS TAKING DOWN 7200 CABLE ON 1LW, WHEN HE UNHOOKED CABLE THE SLACK FELL HE WAS HOLDING ONLY THE CABLE AS IT FELL CAUSING IT TO JERK HIS BACK.
EE WALKED UP TO HIS RAM CAR, HE PUT HIS LEG UP ON THE CAR TO CRAWL UP ON TOP OF THE CAR & WHEN HE PULLED UP HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LEG.
AS THE 12CM12 JOY MINER WAS SCRAPING UP LOOSE COAL ON THE OFF CURTAIN SIDE OF #2 PLACE ON #3 SECTION AN IGNITION TOOK PLACE THAT LASTED APPROX. ONE MINUTE. A FIRE HOSE & AN EXTINGUISHER WERE U SED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAME. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CORNER OPERATIGN MINNER, TAKING 2ND CUT OUT OF X-CUT. ALUMP OF COAL APPRXO 30"X36" ROLLED FROM CORNER STRIKIGN EMPLOYEE ON LEGS.
AS THE JOY MINER WAS CUTTIGN COAL IN THE #6 PLACE ON #7 SECTION AN IGNITION OCCURRED WHICH LASTED APPROX 30 SECONDS. THE FLAME WAS EXTINGUISHED IWTH WATER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING ROCKDUST FROM THE TRACK TO HIS HEADER ADN WAS POURING OUT A BAG WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS FOREARM AND A KNOT CAME UP.
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