LOGGING CREW WAS INT EH PROCESS OF WRENCHING A FALLEN TREE WHEN THE CABLE SLIPPED OFF TREE AND STRUCK INJURED IN BACK OF HEAD.
Spruce Run Surface Mine Coal
MSHA record for Spruce Run Surface Mine (mine ID 4606992). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1990–1991
- Latest incident
- Feb 1991
Reportable incidents
4 on file1991 · 1 incident
1990 · 3 incidents
GOING INTO SHOT AND HIT SOMETHING SOLID WITH BUCKET RESULTING IN A SLIGHTLY PINCHED NERVE IN NECK AND SOME STIFFNESS OF NECK.
BATTERY BOX TOP SLIPPED OUT STRUCK HIM O N TOP OF FOOT
A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST FROM THE REAR RIPPER JACK, KNOCKING OUT THE REAR GLASS PANEL OF HIS DOZER. HE WAS BACKING UP LOOKING TO HIS RIGHT SIDE AT THIS TIME, CAUSING BROKEN GLASS TO ENTER HIS RI GHT SHOULDER AND HYDRAULIC FLUID IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
The full compliance file on Spruce Run Surface 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.