No 5 has had no fatalities among 15 reportable incidents since 1983.
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| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6 | 17,579 |
| 1987 | 14 | 74,628 |
| 1986 | 14 | 82,525 |
| 1985 | 15 | 74,469 |
| 1984 | 13 | 31,796 |
| 1983 | 10 | 1,912 |
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING POWDER IN POWDER MAGAZINE AND SOMETHING SNAPPED IN HIS BACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO FLOOR OF MINE.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SHOVELING TWO SCOOPS FULL OF GRAVEL ONTO ROADWAY AND HAD STARTED BAC INTO THE MINE WITH SCOOP WHEN HE GOT SICK.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS WALKING AND RAN INTO A ROOF BOLT PLATE WITH HIS HEAD KNOCKING HIM DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK
HE WAS GETTING 2UT OF A SCOOP AND TWISTED HIS L KNEE
EMP WAS SHOVELI3G RIB AND WENT TO HELP PINNER MAN PULL DRAW ROCK AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
EMP WAS HANGING3CABLE AND DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND CUT EMPLOYEES FOREARM
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING DOWN TWO LINES BACK FROM FACE OF MINE AND A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON RT WRIST
WHILE SEALING LOOSE ROCK FROM TOP A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND PIERCED EMPLOYEES RT HAND
EMPLOYEE HAD DOUBLED BACK TO HELP MAKE A BELT SET UP & WAS OPERATING SCOOP TO BRING TO THE OUTSIDE AFTER GETTING TO OUTSIDE HE FELL AS HE WAS GETTING OFF SCOOP & TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG AND AN KLE
EMPL LIFTED ROOF JACK OFF OF BOLT MACHINE AND TURNED TO THROW IT ASIDE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
ROOF FALL ON BELT LINE.
FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME ON 2ND OR 3RD SHIFT IN THE INTAKE AIRWAY IN THE NO 6 ENTRY SPAD LOCATION 3607 NO ONE WAS IN MINE AT THE TIME
ROOF WORKED AND FELL IN THE INTERSECTION APPROX 35 FT OUTBY THE FACE OF THE NO 5 WORKING FACE
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN NO 6 HEADING DURING THE OFF SHIFT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR IN THE AREA WHEN THE ROOF FALL OCCURED THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE FIRE BOSS APPROXIMATELY 7115
NO PERSONS INJURED - ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON OFF SHIFT IN CROSS CUT 70\ OUTBY WORKING FACE, NO 6 ENTRY