MSHA record for Swanson Mine (mine ID 4800082). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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DURING THE PAST 3 YEARS SEVERAL ROOF FALLS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE ABANDONED AREA OF THE 1ST NORTH SECTION AS SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED MAP. BECAUSE MANY RECORDS DISAPPEARD DURING THE CHANGE OF OPERA TIONS FROM LION COAL CO TO COUGAR COAL CO. WE CANNOT DETERMINE WHICH FALLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND THEREFORE WE ARE REPORTING ALL THE ROOF FALLS NOW.
USE OF IMPROPER TOOL REQUIRED FOR JOB
WHILE DRIVING FRONT END LOADER DRIVER WENT OFF EMBANKMENT APPROX. 70 FT DRIVER WAS THROWN FROM THE LOADER.
MINER FAILED TO PROPERLY BAR DOWN WHICH CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LOWER BACK.
MAN WAS ROOF BOLTING AREA THAT NEEDED CLEANED. ALSO THE ROOF BOLTER WAS FAULTY. HE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HE WAS DOING.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE SIDE LADDER ON THE TRAILER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING SLIPPED OFF STEP AND OVERTWISTED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE MAN WAS ROCK DUSTING HE WENT TO GET MORE ROCK DUST & SLIPPED IN MUD TWISTING HIS KNEE. THIS REPORT WAS NOR FILLED OUT ON 11-09-94 BECAUSE MAN DID NOT THINK HE NEEDE TO SEE A DR. UNTIL 11 -12-94.
EE WAS ON EDGE OF TRAILER SIDE TO PUSH COAL INTO CORNERS OF TRAILER WHEN SLIPPED DUE TO FROST ON TRAILER
WHILE MAN WAS DRIVING COAL TRUCK IN TOWN, ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED IN FRONT OF COAL TRUCK AND CAUGHT COAL FRONT BUMPER. MAN WAS NOT TICKETED- THE OTHER DRIVER WAS IN FULL FAULT. MAN HURT HIS BACK IN THE ACCIDENT AND HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AS OF TODAY'S DATE.
WHILE MOVING SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL UNIT MAN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA--MAN DID NOT GO TO DR. UNTIL 10-13-94 NOR HAD HE MISSED WORK YET.
WHILE SPILCING BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE UTITILTY KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT MAN ON KNEE.
A SMALL SEPARATION IN ROOF SETPS WERE TAKEN TO EVACUUATE THE SITUATION IT WAS DECIDED WITH PAST OCCURENCE WITH OUR ROOF THAT THIS WOULD BE SMAL SLOGHAGE OF AIR SLACK ROOF. CRIBS WERE ORDERED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND WERE INT HE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN INTO AREA WHEN ROOF FALL OCCURED THE SITUATION WAS AGAIN ALLOWED TO ENTER AREA TO SET ADDITIONAL ROOF SUPPORT TO MAKE ARA SAFE
WHILE MAN WAS SETTING TIMBER HE TWISTED AND P-ULLED HIS BACK.
MAN WAS BENT OVER SHOERING AND FELT HIS BACK START HURTING.
MAN WAS WEARING KNEE PADS--THE BURSAE IN HIS LEFT KNEE ARE INFLAMED--THE MEN HAVE TO WORK ON THEIR KNEES.
WHILE CUTTING TIMBER WITH BOW SAW, SAW SLIPPED AND CUT MAN'S 1ST FINGER.
MAN WAS CARRYING 2 BAGS OF ROCK DUST-ONE ON HISB BACK & ONE IN HIS ARMS WHILE WALKING RAN INTO ROOF BOLT. THIS ACCIDNET WAS JUST REPORTED TO US TODAY. MAN DROVE TO PRICE UT. 7-21-94 AND CALL ED AND SAID AS BACK WAS SORE THEN HE CAME BACK TO R.S. AND SAID HE WENT DR ON 7-23-94.
MINER SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PLACING ROOF BOLT INTO POSITION.
WHILE RIDING IN KABOTA MANTRIP THE MANTRIP HIT A BUMP MAN BOUNCED UP INTO ROOF
WENT UNDERGROUND INMANTRIP--GOT TO SECTION--GOT OUT OF MANTRIP & COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN HIS BACK--MAN JUST DECIDED 3-11-94 TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
WHILE TAMPING FACE IT FELT LIKE HIS SHOULDER TWISTED THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED NOW BECAUSE AT TIME OF INJURY MAN DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION HE HAS NOW FINALLY SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION
WHILE WALKING IN ENTRY SLIPPED IN MUD AND TWISTED KNEE.
WHILE SHOVELING MAN WENT TO THROW A SHOVEL OF MATERIAL ON BELT & SHOVEL CAUGHT BELT STRIKING SHOVEL HANDLE UP & CATCHING FINGER IN BETWEEN SHOVEL HANDLE & ROOF
WHILE SETTING BOLTER TO BEGIN BOLTING TRAM LEVER STUCK MAN TRIED TO REACH UP AND PUT LEVER IN NEUTRAL HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY BUT PANIC BAR CAUGHT HIS LEG HE CAUGHT THE PANIC BAR GOING UP NOT IN SO MAN REACHED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF BOLTER AND HIT THE PANIC BAR THE SIDE PANIC BAR WAS TESTED AFTER AND WORKED FINE.
WHILE SHOVELING AT FEEDER, PULLED MUSCLES IN CHEST.
WHILE LOADING COAL A LARGE CHUNK OF COAL GOT CAUGHT IN THROAT OF LOADER. THE CHUNK OF COAL BROKE LOOSE & SOME GOT IN MAN'S EYE. MAN TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE GOT COAL IN HIS EYE BUT SAID NOTH ING ABOUT NEEDING HELP. MAN FINALLY CAME INTO DAY TO LET US KNOW HE HAD SAUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/28/94.
MAN WAS CLEANING OFF ROLLER ON THE BELT WITH A PIN. THE ROLLER CAUGHT PIN AND GRABBED HIS FINGER WITH IT.
WHILE TRAMMING MAN WAS PUSHING CABLE OUT OF WAY, BROUGHT HIS HAND BACK INTO CAB AND CAUGHT EDGE OF LOADER SEAT & CUT FINGER.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR MAN HIT RIB KNOCKED COAL OFF RIB & HIT MANS HAND WHICH WAS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SHUTTLE CAR CAB
WHILE PULLING ON A COME-A-LONG PULLED HIS BACK.
WHILE MAN WAS OPERATING MANTRIP, THE MANTRIP SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, WHEN MAN TRIED TO USE BRAKES THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKES HAD BEEN OPERATING MAN DID NOT PERFOR M SAFETY CHECK BEFORE OPERATING. THE MANTRIP HIT A RIB THEN STOPPED.
WHILE PUTTING BOLT IN ROOF BOLT TURNED AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER.
WHILE FACE MAN BACK STARTED HURTING.
MAN'S LEG BECAME TANGLED IN A CABLE AS CABLE WAS PULLED TIGHT, PULLED MAN'S LEG--HIS LEGS WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
WHILE UNLOADING CABLE FROM CABLE HOOK FROM LOADING MACHINE MAN PULLED HIS BACK.
MAN LIFTED A CASE OF POWDER NAD SWUNG HIS BODY AROUND TO PUT CASE IN POWER MAN TRIP INSTEAD OF MOVING TO MANTRIP AND SETTING CASE IN.
WHILE MAN WAS WATCHING FOR CUTTER BAR DURING CROSSCUT BREAKTHROUGH, A PIECE OF COAL POPPED OUT OF FACE HITTING MAN IN NOSE.
WHILE CHIPPING A WELD A PIECE OF FLUX ENTERED LEFT EYE.
MAN WAS PICKING ROCK OFF #1 BELT WHEN HE PICKED UP ROCK 7 WHEN HE TWISTD HE HURT HIS BACK.
WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM BELT ROCK FELL ON MAN'SFOOT.
WHILE MAN WAS HELPING INSTALL COUPLING ON MOTOR-THE SUPPORT FOR THE MOTOR SLIPPED-THE MOTOR FELL ON MAN'S HAND-BROKE LEFT THUMBS.
MAN WAS WELDING ON A CUTTER BAR IN THE SHOP HE S5UMBLED & STUCK WELDING ROD INTO THE LEFT THIGH RESULTING IN A PUNCTURE TYPE OF WOUND
WHILE TAMPING FACE A CHUNK OF COAL FELL OUT OF FACE AND LANDED ON MAN'S HAND THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR.
MAN WAS GETING OUT OF ROOF BOLTER CAB HE HAD PAINT CAN IN HIS HAND MAN SLIPPED AND FELL.HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND.IMPACT OF FALL CAUSED INJURY.
EMPL WALKING AND TRIPPED OVER AND FELL ON SOME IRON.
AFTER SHOOTING DOWN AREA FOR OVERCAST, INJURED WAS CLEANING UP WITH SCOOP, WHERE CLEANING MAN NOTICE DSOME PIECES OF LOOSE ROOF THAT HA DNOT FALLEN FROM THE SHOT, MAN STOPPED SCOOP GOT OUT OF SCOOP BENT OVER TO LOOK FOR SCALING BAR, HE HEARD A POP AND THE PREVIOUS MENTIONED LOOSE ROOF CAME DOWN HITTING MAN.
MAN WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WENT AROUND THE CORNER HIT A ROOF BOLT CANOPY COLLAPSED HITTING THE MANS RT SHOULDER CAUSING STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN MANS RT SHOULDER
MAN WAS WELDING ON CAGE OF LOADER. MAN RAISED UP WELDING HOOD AND IT WAS CUAGHT ON THE TOP OF THE CAGE. CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE MAN'S NECK.
WHILE CUTTING A HOLE IN THE SOUTH 480 PANEL IN THE SHOP, THE PILOT BIT HUNG UP AND BROKE CAUSING THE SAW TO JUMP A CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE CUTTER NO.2, WHEN THE PANIC BAR STUCK IN "OFF" POSITION. WHILE MAN WAS TRYING TO PULL SWITCH, THE ENCLOSURE CAME LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTING AND FELL INTO THE CAB OF THE CUTT R. WHEN THIS HAPPENED ARMANDO SAID THERE WAS A FLASH AND THEN FLAMES WERE SHOOTING UP AND HE WAS BURNED. IT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT EE WAS BURNED BYA DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ARC. HOWEVER
THE MAN WAS DRILLING RIB HOLE AUGER STALLED. HE LIFTED UP ON AUGER TO KEEP DRILLING AND HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. THE MAN PULLED MUSLCES IN HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
MAN WAS DRILLING RIGHT SIDE HOLE IN BELT-AUGER STALLED, THE DRILL SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND SPUN AROUND. THE HANDLE OF THE DRILL HIT MAN ON HIS RIGHT CHEEK CUTTING HIM.
APPARENTLY MAN HAD CUTS ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND HIS KNEE BECAME INFECTED DUE TO THE FACT THE SEAM IS 46" IN HEIGHT.
MAN WAS PUTTING CABLE ON LOADER AND HIT KNEE ON THE SIDE OF LOADING MACHINE.
THE MAN PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK. MAN DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1-23-92.
GETTING INTO SHUTTLE CAR,SLIPPED AND FELL BACK ON RIGHT HAND. CUT PALM OF RIGHT HAND.
HANGING BRATTICE,TOOK OFF HAT RAISED HEAD AND HIT ROOF BOLT PLATE CAUSING LACERATION TO SCALP REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.
PCOF ROCK FELL BOUNCED AND LANDED ON HIS HAND
MAN WAS WALKING DOWN ENTRY HIT BACK ON ROOF KNOCKED OFF HARD HAT MAN TOOK COUPLE MORE STEPS & HIT HEAD ON ROOF BOLT PLATE.
MAN WAS TIMBERING AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIT HIS LEFT HAND INSTEAD OF THE CAP PIECE.
THE WRENCH SPUN AROUND AND HIT TGHE MAN IN THE HEAD RESULTING IN A HEMOTOMA TO THE HEAD.
BELT UNDER THE ROTARY BREAKER JAMMED THE MAN WAS PICKING COAL TO FREE BELT RIGHT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN BELT & ROLLER CAUSING A POSSIBLE BROKEN FINGER
MAN WAS CARRYING PIPE UP LADDER HE CAUGHT RIGHT HTIRD FINGER BETWEEN PIPE & LADDER CAUSING CUT WHICH TOOK 6 STITCHES.
SPLICING ELECTRICAL CABLE WITH UTILITY KNIFE,IT SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATION TO 3RD FINGER LEFT HAND.
RUNNING CUTTING MACHINE,ROOF CRACKED AND CAME IN HITTING EMPL ON BOTH ANKLES.
EMPL TOLD BY FOREMAN TO MAINTAIN A POSITION TO WATCH THE ROOF FROM SAFE AREA. EMPL DIDNT FOLLOW INST. LEFT THE AREA AND WENT TO ANOTHER AREA WITHOUT NOTIFYING FOREMAN-PILLAR LINE WAS LEFT UNSU PERVISED. ROOF FELL CAUSING INJURY TO 2 PERSONS.IF EMPL HADNT LEFT AREA WOULDNT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ROOF FALL.
MAN WAS HOLDING METAL ON SCREEN FINES BELT AND A BELT SPLICE CAME AROUND CAGUHT ON METAL PIECE OAND PULLED FINGER BETWEEN METAL PIECE AND MOTOR BRACE.
THE MAN TRIED TO LIFT THE MAIN GARAGE DOOR TO THE SHOP CAUSING A POSSIBLE HERNITED DISC IN THE UPPER BACK.
CLEANING OUTSIDE SHOP-PICKED UP OIL CAN.CARRYING IT WITH LEFT HAND,THE CAN SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB.
THE MAN WORKS ON HIS KNEES WHILE WEARING KNEE PADS HE RECEIVED INFECTED WITH COAL DUST ETC MAN DID NOT RECEIVE DIAGNOSIS UNTIL 5-13-91.
SAWING A TIMBER-ROLLED TIMBER OVER TO SAW OTHER SIDE.DIDNT REPOSITION THE SAW BLADE.STARTED TO SAW AGAIN AND IT JUMPED OUT OF NOTCH AND CUT FINGER.
CUTTER HELPER WAS IN ENTRY ADJACENT X-CUT-AREA MAN WAS NOT EVACUATED PRIOR TO SHOOTING FACE. WHEN SHOT WENT OFF, LEFT HAND SIDE BROKE THRU INTO ENTRY MAN WAS IN. WHEN IT BROKE THRU A TIMBER WAS BLOWN ACROSS ENTRY STRIKING MAN ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY. INJURING LEFT SIDE OF FACE HIS NECK AND LEFT EYE AND HIS HEAD.
SHOVELING BUG DUST AND SECURING TIMBER FOR CUTTER-CUTTER MOVED -TIMBER WAS HIT AND MAN'S HAND WAS HIT WITH TIMBER-MAN DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED TO GO TO DOCTOR-HE FINALLY WENT ON 11-6-90.
WHILE MAN WAS DRILLING WITH HAND DRILL HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN CHALK OF DRILLING BOLT AND PULLED THUMB INTO BIT BREAKING LEFT THUMB IN TWO PLACES.
CLEANING OFF TAILGATE OF TRUCK ON TOP OF GRIZZLEY WHEN HE MISSED HIS STEP AND FELL THROUGH GRIZZLEY SCREEN CUTTING RIGHT SHIN AND REQ 10-12 STITCHES.
MAN WAS CLEANING UNDER BELT SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN BELT PULLING HIS LEFT HAND INTO BELT CUT TOP OF LEFT HAND
WHILE REPAIRING CONVEYOR CHAIJ-MAN USED A DIFFERENT TOOL THAN NORMAL-DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PROPER TOOL HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MACHINE & NOT REPLACED-WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE CONVEYO R CHAIN-MAN SLIPPED-WENT FORWARD HITTING HIS FINGER ON GATHERING RING HEAD OF LOADER
DIDNT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS TO GET OUT OF WAY WHEN SHOT FIRER WAS SHOOTING,HE GOT DUST IN BOTH EYES.
EMPL PUT LEFT HAND ON TOP OF CAB WHILE OPERATING SCOOP AND SCRAPED OFF 2 MIDDLE FINGERS ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROOF AND TOP OF CAB.
MAN WAS CHECKING TRAILER BED INSIDE SLIPPED CAUSING BUTTOCKS TO HIT ON TANK AND HE FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
SHOVELING COAL IN RETURN AIRWAY,PULLED BACK MUSCLE.
REMOVING TIRE WITH CHEATER BAR ON WRENCH CHEATER BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT CHEEK.
STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER, LIFTING ROCK OFF BELT LINE.
WAS LIFTING HEAVY TRACK EQUIPMENT AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK ON LEFT SIDE UNDER ARM.
WAS JACKING UP BELT TAIL WHEN IT WENT TO ONE SIDE RESULTING IN HITTING HIS UPPER RIGHT LEG.
CHUNK OF COAL FELL OFF OF FEEDER AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON FOOT AND ANKLE.
MAN WAS JACKING UP BELT TAIL WHEN IT FELL TO ONE SIDE RESULTING IN HITTING HIS UPPER RIGHT LEG.
OPERATING SCOOP RAN OVER TIMBER SCOOP JARRED & HE HIT TAILBONE.
MAN WAS PUTTING AIR INTO TIRE THE RIM CAME A PART RESULTING IN A HURT KNEE.
I.NAME WAS CLIMBING STAIRWAY, AND HIT HEAD ON STEEL BEAM HURTING NECK.
HE WAS HELPING MECHANIC REMOVE PISTON FROM A CYLINDER PISTON CAME OUT HITTING HIS FINGER
THE MAN WAS HOLDING A SPRING U BELT WHIEL BEING HIT WITH A HAMMER.U BOLT FLEW UP AND HIT HIM AT THE BOTTOM OF SAFETY GLASSES.CUTTING HIM UNDER RIGHT EYE.
MAN WAS SHOVELING AROUND FEEDER AND JAMMED RIGHT SHOULDER.
HE WAS DRILLING FACE WITH HYDRAULIC DRILL. HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT IN DRILL STEEL.
MAN WAS UNLOADING STEEL FROM TRAILER HE STEPPED OFF TRAILER & TWISTED ANKLE
REMOVING A CUTT9R BAR ANCHOR SMASHED HIS FINGER
,AM WAS ON HIS 5NEES SHOVELING THE FACE. THE MAN TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE SHOVELING
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