EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF BLOCKS ON THE SCOOP THAT HE WAS OPERATING.HIS HEAD APPARENTLY BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE RIB AS HE ROUNDED A CORNER.
No 35 Mine Coal
MSHA record for No 35 Mine (mine ID 4607854). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1992–1996
- Latest incident
- Feb 1996
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
4 on file (excluding fatalities above)1992 · 4 incidents
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL AT INTERSECTION ON BELT LINE. FALL 20 FEET BY 20 FEET BY 3 1/2 TO 4 FEET HIGH AT SQUAD #231.
UNINTENTIONAL FALL IN 4 ENTRY APPROX. 70 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE FALL OCCURRED ABOVE ANCHORAGE APPROX. 4 FT HIGH.
EE OPERATOR OF SCOOP WAS RUNNING SCOOP IN 001 SECTION DOING ON SECTION WHEN DRAW FELL FROM AROUND PIN STRIKING HIM ON HEAD AND BENDING HIM BACKWARD.
INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND RECEIVED GLANCING BLOWS TO THE BACK BY FALLING SMALL ROCKS AND DEBRIS FROM THE ROOF-FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS. INJURED WAS WORKING ME CHANICAL WORK ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER.
The full compliance file on No 35 Mine
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.