MSHA record for Unicorn Mine #2 (mine ID 1516262). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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CONTINUOUS MINER WAS TRAMMING OUT OF THE LEFT CROSSCUT OF THE #4 ENTRY MINER HELPER POSITIONED HIMSELF IN A DANGEROUS POSITION BETWEEN MINING MACHINE & RIG RIB & WAS CRUSHED BY TAIL OF THE C ONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A PUMP MOTOR ON A MINER IN THE SHOP AND WAS TAKING THE BOLTS OUT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT AND MISSED 2 DAYS WORK BEFORE REPORTING IT.
EE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A BENT ROOF BOLT AND THE BOLT SLIPPED AND THE PLATE CUT HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE THE CHARGING STATION WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON A ROCK. "BRUISED KNEE."
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUCKET OF PLASTER TO PLASSTER A BRATTICE WITH WHEN HIS POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BRING THE 1026 JEFFREY MINER BACK ACCROSS THE SECTION WHENHE ACCIDENTLY GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER TAIL & THE COAL RIB
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BLOCK (CEMENT BLOCK 8") INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN ONE OF THE BLOCKS FELL OFF THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MANTRIP UP TO SECTION USING A BATTERY RAM CAR WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY. WHEN THE TIRE CAME OFF THE ROCK IT CAUSED THE CAR TO BOUNCE & HURT EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING GET A LARGE ROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE 1026 JEFFREY MINER AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING AT THE ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A METHANE MONITOR IN THE DECK OF A 1026 JEFFERY MINER & GOT HIS BACK IN A TWISHED POSITION & WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP HE COULD NOT STARIGHTEN UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE BELT LINE GOING TO ANOTHER HEAD DRIVE AND STARTED THROUGH A MAN DOOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL UP THAT HA DFALLEN OFF THE BELT ONTO THE TOP OF HTE OVERCAST, WHEN HE GOT FINISHED AND WAS GETTING DOWN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE A FLAT TIRE ON A BATTERY RAM CAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON THE MINER AND WAS ADVANCING THE WING CURTAIN ON UP AND GOT HIS FEET CAUGHT IN THE WATER LINE AND FELL BRUISING HIS RIGHT LEG.
UNICORN MINIGN HAD AROOF FALL IN THE RETURN ESCAPEWAY SOMETIME OVER THE WEEK END ON 002 SECTIN. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED AND RETURN ESCAPE WAY HAS BEEN REROUTED.
EE WAS HELPING ON THE CONTINOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND THE RT RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE RT FOOT.
EE WAS PULLING UP A CABLE WITH THE SCOOP WHEN THE ROPE BROKE CAUSING THE CAT HEAD TO STRIKE EE IN THE FACE.
EE WAS STARTING #1 BELT. AFTER STARTING THE BELT, HE NOTICED A ROLLER WAS STUCK. WHEN HE TRIED TO FREE IT, HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE GUARD CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT H AND.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN 2RT CROSSCUT AND WAS RUSHING TO GET IT BOLTED BEFORE QUIT TIME. WHEN HE TWISTED AROUND TO GET ANOTHER BOLT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT NECK. EE SAID PAIN GOT WORSE ON INTO THE AFTERNOON. DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 11-28-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER A BELT TAKE-UP. WHEN HE STARTED TO CRAWL AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE HE HIT HIS KNEE ON A SHARP ROCK AND BRUISE AND BRUISED HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A 1026 JEFFERY MINER, WHILE HAMMERING THE CONNECTING LINK TOGETHER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF & HIT HIM ON THE NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SHOVEL BELTLINE AND WAS PUTTING A SHOVEL FULL OF WET MUCK ON THE BELT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN ROCK DUST SECTION ADN HAD FINISHED DUSTING #5 HEADING AND WAS LOADING HTE DUSTING HOSE BACK ONTO THE DUSTING MACHINE WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE MOUTH WIT THE HO SE BREAKING ONE OF HIS UPPER TEETH OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN #6 HEADING AND WAS STARTING TO DRILL A HOLE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE BESIDE THE HOLE AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND CUTTING A SMALL PLACE ON HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTIN GTOP USING A RRII ROOF BOLTER WITH ATRS IN #4 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLT SNA DHIT HIM ON TEH LEFT FOOT "BRUISED FOOT".
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A JEFFERY MINER & GOT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE
EE WAS HELPING UNROLL A ROLL OF 42" BELT ONTO A FLAT CAR AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SLIDE AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR OFF OF TH ESHELF USING APRY BAR WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY GOT HIS FINGER THE MOTOR AND MASHED IT.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP ON 001 SECTION USING A FLETCHER RR11 WHEN A PIECE OF A KETTLE BOTTOM BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT ARM CAUSING A SMALL OPEN WOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN PUT THE CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK TOGET HER IN A 1026NN JEFFREY MINER WHILE BEATING THE PIN BACK INTO THE CHAIN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF THE PIN & STRUCK HIM IN TH E UPPER PART OF THE CHEST
EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING A CHANEL IN THE RIB TO HELP BUILD A SEAL IN #1 ENTRY ON 002 SECTION USING A PICK WHILE DIGGING EMPLOYEE MASHED INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND AGAINST RIB
UNCORN MINING ACCIDENTLY CUT INTO ONE OF OUR OWN SEALED AREAS ON THE 002 SECTION. NO ONE WAS INJURED THE MISTAKE IN THE MAP WAS FOUND AND THE AREA IS NOW RESEALED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP #4 BELTLINE WHEN HIS HAT FELL OFF EMPLYEE BENT OVER & PICKED UP HIS HAT & RAISED BACK UP HIT HIS HEAD ON A METAL STRAP ON THE ROOF
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING LOOSE ROCK IN #5 ENTRY USING A SLATE BAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE OVER HIS HEAD AND FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD, SHOULDER AND LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PLASTER BRATTICES AND WAS OPENING A BUCKET OF PLASTER USING A KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT A SMALL PLACE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
EE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A PIECE OF 42 INCH BELT STRUCTURE STAND OUT OF A SCOOP BUCKET WHILE LIFTING HE PULLED SOMETHING OR MUSCLE IN THE LOWER STOMACH OR GROIN AREA. NOTE ACCIDENT WAS SUPPOSED T O HAVE HAPPENED 4-13-94 WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4\-20-94 EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 4-25-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OVER TO CHARGING STATION TO PUT SCOOP BREAKER IN ON CHARGER. WHILE CROSSING OVER TRACK HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A METAL STRAP AND CUT HIS LEFT EAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN GET A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE TOP OF A 1026 JEFFREY MINER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED & CUT THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS RT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE MOUTH OF 001 SECTION HELPING LOAD ROCK DUST INTO A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN THE SCOOP OPERATOR ACCIDENTLY LET BUCKET DOWN ON HISRIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP ON THE 002 SECTION MINE #2 T RYING TO GET A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF ROOF WHEN PULLING DOWN ON DRILL STEEL HE INJURED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ROCK DUST SECITON USING ON ALE ROCKDUSTER. WHILE POURING ROCK DUST INTO THE HOPPER HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND DOWN INTO THE HOPPER & THE AUGER CAUGHT HIS FINGER.
EE WAS WALKING FROM HIS LONG AIRDOX COAL HAULER TO THE STAMLER FEEDER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS SPLICING ROOF BOLTER CABLE USING A HAMMER AND CRIMPING TOOL AND WHEN HE HIT CRIMPING TOOL A PIECE OF IT BROKE OFF AND STRUCK EE IN LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING DO REPAIR WORK ON A 1026 JEFFREYMINER USINGA GRINDER, A PIECE OF SLAGFLEWAND HIT EMPLOYEEIN ELFT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIMEOF ACCIDENT.
EE WAS LOADING OIL INTO RAM CAR, EE SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST FRAME OF CAR AND CUT LOWER RIGHT LEG.
ELMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP OXYGEN AND ACCTYLENE GAUGES TO TARKS WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIT HIS KNEE ON OXYGEN TANK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN 820 COAL HAULER. WHILE PUSHING ANOTHER COAL HAULER OUT OF A DIP, HE WAS JARRED & HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY OF OPERATOR'S DESK. HE WAS BOUNCED AROUND IN DECK, INJURI NG HIS CHEST.
EE WAS WELDING UNDERNEATH A EIMCO SHUTTLE CAR WITH LEGS STICKING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH CAR A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EE ON LEFT LEG ANKLE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING A SIMMONS RAND 820 COAL HAULER WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY JARRING HIM & HURTING HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING BRATTICE CLOTH AT FACE OF COL SECTION INJURED BACK WHEN PULLING UPWARD ON BRATTICE CLOTH
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SIMMONS RAND 820 COAL HAULER, PUSHING ANOTHER 820. HIS BATTERY END AGAINST OTHER BUCKET END. BATTERY END CAME LOOSE FROM BUCKET END & DROPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A J.H. FLETCHER HYDRAULIC PUMP TO PUT IN STOCK IN WAREHOUSE. WHEN SETTING PUMP DOWN ON FLOOR, EMPLOYEE INJURED LEFT MIDDLEFINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER RRII BOLTER WHEN PULLING STEEL CUT OF HOLE EMPLOYEE BURNED LEFT FOREARM WITH HOT BIT
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER RRII BOLTER A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN LAST ROW OF BOLTS & ATRS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LOER BACK CAUSING INJURY
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE ON 002 SECTION. WHILE TOSSING 8' CONCRETE BLOCK EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING HIVOLTAGE CABLE DURING PROCESS OF DRAGGING & HANGING CABLE HE INJURED LOWER BACK
EE WAS UNLOADING HYDRAULIC OIL BY HAND OUT OF BACK OF A JEFFREY RAM CAR WHILE LIFTING BUCKETS OF OIL TURNING AND TWISTING AROUND HE INJURED LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ASSISTING A REMOVING COAL FROM BED OF A SIMMONS RAND 820 COAL HAULER. INJURED LEFT FOOT WHILE STANDING IN HOLE IN COAL HAULER CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN BOTTOM AND FALSE BOTTOM OF BED.
A RAIL FLAT CAR HAD DERAILED AT END OF TRACK. EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND PUTTING THE DERAILED FLAT CAR BCK ON THE TRACK. THE FLAT CAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP JARRING THE EE.
EE WAS HELPING LAY TRACK RAIL FOR RAILRUNNER WHILE SETTING A PIECE OF RAIL DOWN RAIL SLID ON MINE FLOOR AND PINCHED LEFT SIDE OF LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG AND ANKLE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MAKING A BELT SETUP 002 SECTION. WHILE ANCHORING TAIL PIECE EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOL BOLTS STRIKING RIGHT LEG & RIG HT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING PUTTING CONVEYOR BELT BACK IN STRUCTURE. WHILE LIFTING & PUSHING BELT EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING BELTCREW IN LOADING BELT STRUCTURE IN BUCKET OF A 488 SIMMONS RAND SCOOP.AFTER LIFTING AND LOADING STRUCTURE, EMPLOYEE HAD A BURNING SENSATION IN LEFT LOWER BACK AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN RETRIEVAL OF HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE. CABLE WAS DENERGIZED WITH CABLE HUNG FROM ROOF AND EMPLOYEE'S HAND ON TOP OF CABLE A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK DISLODGED FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS. CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PULL UP SLCK IN MINER CABLE, WHEN WALKING & LOOKING DOWN AT MINER CABLE - HE LOOKED UP ABRUPTLY STRIKING RIGHT SIDE OFFACE ON A 5"X54" ROOF STRAP.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MAKING A POWER MOVE. MOVING A DENERGIZED FACE POWER CENTER. EMPLOYEE REACHED OVER TO POWER CENTET TO GET HIS JACKET WHILE POWER BOX WAS BEING PULLED. WHEEL RAN OVER
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A JEFFREY 1036 HP MINER INSTALLING A WATER SPRAY MANIFOLD (MINER WAS IDLE). AFTER INSTALLATION OF MANIFOLD, EMPLOYEE TWISTED LOWER BACK CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER MINER BO OM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN #5 BELT TOWARD #5 HEADING DRIVE WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK A BROW INJURING HIS HEAD, NECK, AND LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING BRATTICE USING REGULAR 8" CONCRETE BLOCK. WHEN LIFTING 8" CONCRETE BLOCK PARTIALLY OVERHEAD. EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO MINE FLOOR INJURING LOWER BACK AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING FIVE GALLON CANS OF HYDRAULIC OIL INTO SCOOP BUCKET BY HAND. AFTER LOADING APPROX. 30 CANS OF OIL, EMPLOYEE HAD SOME LOWER BACK PAIN WHICH DIDN'T IMPROVE THE CONTINUATION OF SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTERIES ON A SIMMONS RAND 820 COAL HAULER. WHEN HOOKING UP RECEPTACLE ON CAR TO BATTERIES, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON TRAM MOTOR CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS RIGHT K NEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ON A BELT MOVE (SETUP) ON 002 SECTION. EMPLOYEE DROPPED A 42" STRUCTURE BELT STAND ON LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN LIFTING & PUSHING MINER CABLE OVER TO SIDE OF ROADWAY IN LAST OPEN CROSS CUT OF 002 SECTION. DURING PROCESS OF LIFTING CABLE, EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPL SHOVELING COAL SPILL AT #4 BELT HEAD. EMPL INJURED LOWER BACK DURING PROCESS OF SHOVELING.
EE WAS SHOVELING BELTLINE ON 6 BELT A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD AND LEFT SIDE RIB CAGE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN FACE AREA REMOVING HUNG BRATTICE CLOTH. WHILE PULLING BRATTICE CLOTH FROM ROOF EMPLOYEE TWISTED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT SET-UP. WHILE LIFTING BELT, USING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL, EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRING A BAG OF ROCKDUST (50BL.) FROM TRACK ENTRY TO #4 HEAD DRIVE AT END OF SHIFT EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED ABOUT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPL WAS OPERATING BOLTER BOLTING ROOF AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT FOOT.
EMPL REMOVING CONCRETE BLOCKS 8" FROM BRATTICE LINE.WHILE PICKING UP LOOSE BLOCK EMPL INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MINER OPERATOR IN PULLING UP SLACK ON MINER CABLE & WATER LINE. EMPLOYEE IJURED LOWER BACK WHILE PULLING ON WATER LINE.
EE WAS OPERATING A J.H. FLETCHER MODEL LTDO-15 SINGLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER, INSTALLING A 5/8INCH X 72INCH RESIN BOLT. WHILE PUSHING ROOF BOLT INTO HOLE IN MINE ROOF, EE TWISTED LOWER BACK CAUSING INJURY.
EMPL WAS ASSISTING MINER OPERATOR IN HANGING MINER CABLE. WHILE HOLDING CABLE OVERHEAD ATTEMPTING TO PUT IN HANGER EMPL INJ LOWER BACK.
EE WAS WORKING ON A FLETCHER LTD0 15 ROOF BOLT MACHINE, INSTALLING A 5/8 X 72 INCH GR 60 RESIN BOLT. WHILE HOLDING ONTO ROOF BOLT PARTIALLY IN ROOF EE PULLED ON ROTATION LEVER INSTEAD OF UP PR ESSURE LEVER. ROOF BOLT HIT LEFT HAND CAUSING INJURY.
EMPL WAS OPERATING SIMMONS RAND MODEL 820 COAL HAULER. WHILE TRAMMING CAR TO FACE ARE EMPL INJ BACK ON BEING JARED CAR HIT HOLE IN MINE FLOOR ROADWAY.
RIDING IN SCOOP DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING ON R FOREARM
EMPL REMOVING GATHERING HEAD GEARCASE FROM A DRESSER CONT.MINER.USING A 4' SLATE BAR TO PRY WITH.PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY.FIRST LOST DAY 5-21-91.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMING AN EIMCO MODEL 48C SHUTTLE CAR UNLOADED TOWARD MINING FACE WEARING SEATBELTS SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS UPPER BACK A GAINST OPERATORS DECK CANOPY
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JEFFREY 1036 CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL, TURNING A RIGHT BREAK CUTTING COAL. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTED STRAPS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NECK & SHOULDER AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HANG CABLE AN A FLETCHER, J.H. ROOF BOLTER, WHILE PUTTING CABLE HANGER INTO HOLE IN ROOF BOLT, EMPLOYEE TWISTED LOWER BACK CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MINER HELPER ON A JEFFREY 1036 MINER, CONTINUOUS MINER AUGER FLIPPED A PIECE OF COAL ONTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OEPRATING A JH FLETCHER RRII BOLTER, ATTEMPTING TO ISNTALL A 5/8" X 72" REBAR RESIN BOLT INTO MIEN ROOF. ROOF BOLT HAD STARTED TO BEND AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN DURING THI S PROCESS OF PULLING ON BOLT, EMPLOYEE INJURED MUSCLE IN RIGTH SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING CONTINUOUS MINER FROM #3 ENTRY TO #2 ENTRY.WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE MINER CABLE.EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTER CABLE OUT OF ROAD WAY. UPON LIFTING CABLE EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC TO INSTALL A HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER IN A DRESSER 4110 DIESEL RAM CAR.EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING ON ONE END OF HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A PICE OF ROCK(ROCK WAS ALREADY ON MINE FLOOR) EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING WITH 4' SLATE BAR.WHILE LIFTING ON SLATE BAR EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPL BENDING ROOF BOLT 5/8" X 72". AFTER HALF OF BOLT WAS INTO DRILLED HOLE,EMPL INJURED LOWER BACK BENDING ROOF BOLT BACK TO A STRAIGHT POSITION.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED BOLTING THE #3 HEADING CROSSCUT. WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE MINER CABLE TO TRAM TO ANOTHER ENTRY. WHILE LIFTING AND CARRYING MINER CABLE, EMPLOYEE DISLOCATED LEFT KNEE J OINT.
EMPL WAS SQUATTING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP MINER CABLE. PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ONTO EMPL'S RIGHT SHOULDER & RIGHT COLLAR BONE AREA CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN A TURNBUCKLE WITH A HAMMER. HAMMER HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF TURN BUCKLE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT KNEE CAUSING INJURY.
TRAMING SHUT CAR, SITTING IN OPER DECK, JERKED BY HOLE IN ROAD, INJ
INJ LOWER BACK WHILE BENDING RF BOLT
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PICE OF DRAW ROCK FROM JEFFREY 1036 HPRS MINER.WHILE SLIDING ROCK OFF OF MINER DRAW ROCK BROKE IN TWO AND INJURED EMPLOYEES LEFT FOREARM(LACERATION).
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HIT A PIECE OF METAL ON 9JEFFREY 1036 HPRS MINER) WITH A HAMMER.UPON STRIKING METAL WITH HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF MINER AND LODGED INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT THIGH.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLICE A 1036 HPRS MINER CABLE WHILE CUTTING OUTSIDE OVER OF CABLE EE S KNIFE SLIPPED AND INJURED RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TAKE RAIL FROM FLA T CAR (ALONG WITH 30THER EMPLOYEES) USING RAIL TONGS EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK DURING THE REMOVAL FROM FLAT CAR
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER SINGLE HD. BOLTERS; DRILLING HOLE FOR RESIN BOLT. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK (1 FT. WIDE - 2" THICK) FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION BETWEEN 1 ST & 2ND KNUCKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON FAN HOUSING WITH A 7" DISC GRINDER A SMALL & SHOVING ENTERED EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS DRILLING WITH A FLETCHER RR USING A 4 FT STARTED STEEL. WHILE RIGHT DRILL STEEL EE PUSHED THE UP PRESSURE LEVER BENDING STEEL WHICH HIT EE ON LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE (#6-3 FLA TT GGC) ON FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER DURING A POWER SETUP WHILE PULLING CABLE EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK
EMPL WALKING ACROSS SECTION TO #6 ENTRY.EMPL TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN.UPON FALLING CUT RIGHT HAND ON PIECE OF COAL.
EMPL REPAIRING REMOTE ANTENNAE-WHIP TYPE-ON DRESSER,CONT.MINER.ANTENNAE SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND STRUCK EMPL ON LOWER LIP CHIPPING 1 TOOTH.EMPL.NOTIFIED 2-5-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A COMPONENT ON /SIMMONS RAND COAL HAULER 820|& CHANGED TIRE <SIZE 12:00X20|& OTHER DUTIES OF A PHYSICAL NAT URE EMPLOYEE NOT SURE WHEN INJURY HAPPENED
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FOR LOOSE ROCK ON SECTION ATTEMPTED TO PULL A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BY PUSHING UP ON SLATE BAR HURT BACK IN THE PROCESS
EMPLOYEE WAS PLASTERING A OVERCAST. EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF MORTAR MIX TO PUT IN WHEEL BARREL INJURED BACK UPON LIFTING MORTAR MIX (APPROX. 50 LBS)
EMPLOYEE WAS ROCKDUSTING. FACE AREA OF MINE. EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BAG OF ROCKDUST AND INJURED LOWER BACK WHEN LIFTING. (NOTE) EMPLOYEE INJURED ON 12-6-89 REPORTED ON 12-13-89 LOST DAYS WORK ON 12-17-89.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRESSER-JEFFREY 1036 HPRS CONTINUOUS MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL.EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON HIS HAND BY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK.ROCK BROKE UPON IMPACT OF EMPLOYEES HARD HAT AND F ELL ONTO HIS RIGHT AHND.INDEX FINGER CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FROM TOP OF MINER.WHILE PULLING ON ROCK(IT DRAW ROCK) BROKE IN TWO CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO MINE FLOOR AND RIB.PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPR OX 3 IN THICK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ELECTRICIAN AND GOT INTO ENERGIZED WIRE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ROOF USED ALL THE RESIN FROM BOX WHILE GETTING FULL BOX OF RESIN FROM TOP OF ROOF BOLTER PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ROOF WITH FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER WHILE DRILLING HOLE DRILL STEEL STOPPED UP GOT BLEW BACK FROM HOLE BLOWING ROCK DUST IN EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE.
EMPL REMOVING PIECE OF ROCK FROM TOP OF MINER.ROCK WAS 1' THICK AND 3' ROUND.200 LB.EMPL INJURED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING AT ROCK.
EMPL BOLTING ROOF.DRILLED HOLE WITH STARTER STEEL 72" LONG.,EMPL DROPPED HEAD OF BOLTER STARTER STAYED IN HOLE.AFTER HEAD WAS DOWN DRILL STEEL CAME LOOSE ,FELL,HITTING EMPL HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A OXYGEN TANK FROMA REA OF #5 HEADRIVE EMPLOYEE WAS CRESSING TAIL PIECE WITH OXYGEN TANK DROPPED TANK ON BELT BEGAN TO RUN TO CUT OFF SWITCH. TO STOP BELT. EMPLOYEE HIT RIGHT LEG ON BELT STRUCTURE.
EMPL USING HAND CONTROLS ON ROOF BOLTER TO SWING BOOM OF BOLTER TO RIGHT BOTTOM OF BOOM HIT LEFT FOOT.
EMPL WAS HELPING BOLTER OPERATOR TO BEND & INSTALL ROOF BOLT INTO DRILLED HOLE IN MINE ROOF UPON PUSHING ROOF BOLT INTO HOLE EMPL FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER JOINT AREA.
EMPL WAS ASSISTING IN WELDING PIECE OF METAL METAL WAS DROPPED ONTO MINE FLOOR PIECE OF ROCK OR FOREIGN MATERIAL AFTER METAL WAS DROPPED STRUCK EMPL IN RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR CAME TO FEEDER TO UNLOAD CAR ONTO FEEDER CAR HAD CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP EE PUT HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF CANOPY ACCIDENTALY HIT TRAMLEVER WHICH MOVED SHUTTLE CAR CA USING FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN CANOPY AND ROOF, CAUSING INJURY.
EE WAS PUSHING A RESIN BOLT INTO DRILLED HOLE IN PREPARATION TO SPIN AND SET RESIN BOLT. EE INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING AND PUSHING BOLT INTO HOLE. BOLT SIZE 5/8 INCH X 72 INCH BEAM 5 FT HIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN RAISING CONVEYOR BELT TO INSTALL A BOTTOM ROLLER. INJURED BACK UPON LIFTING.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF DECK OF 820 SIMONS RAND COAL HAULER DECK APPROX. 8" FROM MINE FLOOR WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF DECK SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL BIT OFF OF DRILL STEEL IN FACE AREA. BIT KNOCKER LOCATED ON ROOF BOLTER IS USED TO PULL IT FROM DRILL STEEL WITH RIGHT HAND ON CHUNK END OF DRILL STEEL AT THE SAME TIME SLIDING BARRELL AND BIT THRU BIT KNOCKER EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RIB AND CHUCK END OF STEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL METAL COVER OFF SC WAS USING A SCOOP AND CHAIN SLIPPED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN FACE.
EMPL CHANGING FLOOD LAMP IN LIGHT ENCLOSURE ON RAM CAR.WHILE TURNING AND PULLING ON LENS COVER OF RAM CAR LIGHT .LENS COVER OF LIGHT ,LENS CAME LOOSE HITTING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE-JAW AREA
EMPL WAS WALKING DOWN MINE SITE HILL TO PARKING AREA AFTER SHIFT HAD BEEN COMPLETED WALKED APPROX TO BOTTOM OF HILL TURNED AND SPRAINED HIS R ANKLE CAUSING INJURY
EMPL WAS BOLTING #3 ENTRY 002 SECTION DRILLING WITH DRILL STEEL STARTED 7/8" X 72" EMPLS GLOVE CAUGHT ON BURR ON DRILL STEEL CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BELT STURCTURE ON (FLAT CAR ) OR RAIL CAR TO TAKE IN SIDE. WHILE HE WAS STACKING RAIL, RAIL SHIFTED CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND (SMALL FINGER #5) CAUSING INJURY, (RAIL 10 FT LO NG 2 IN SQUARE APPROX. 25 LBS.)
EMPL HAD RECEIVED PAYROLL CHECK IN MINE OFFICE THEN PROCEEDED OUT OF OFFICE DOOR & STARTED TO WALK DOWN METAL STEPS. EMPL"S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON TOP STEP FOOT FALLING TO MIDDLE STEP TURNING R IGHT FOOT CASUING FRACTURE OF FITH METATORSEL ONRIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING DOWN ON MINE FLOOR EATING LUNCH TOOK HARD HAT OFF HIS HEAD TO WIPE SWEAT FROM BROW A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.
EMPL WAS CHANGING PLACES WITH ROOF BOLTER IN FACE AREA OF MINE ROOF BOLTER CABLE WAS HUNG ACROSS LAST OPEN BREAK. EMPL WAS TAKING ROOF BOLTER TO OTHER SIDE OF SECTION HAD TO TAKE CABLE DOWN FR OM ROOF.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM SCOOP BUCKET STRUCTURE STRUCTURE SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEES HANDS AND FELL HITTING EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING XXXOR COUPLING FOR EIMCO RAIL RUNNER PERSONNEL CARRIER TO HOOK UP ON OTHER END OF RAIL RUNNER WHILE CARRYING COUPLING CAUSING INJURY T O LOWER ABDOMEN COUPLING WEIGHT APP ROX 50 LBS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 2/0 MINER CABLE IN #5 ENTRY ONE BREAK OUTBY FACE HURT HIS BACK.
PRELIMINARY MEDICAL EVALUATION CORONER INDICATES NATURAL CAUSES. WE WILL SEND FOLLOW UP REPORTR WHEN WE GET FINAL RESULTS FROM AUTOPSY.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER IN FACE AREA OF MINE. HE DID NOT PLACE DRILL STEEL PROPERLY IN HOLDING TRAY AND PROCEEDED TO LOWER HEAD TO TRAM MACHINE. HEAD STRUCK DRILL STEEL, FLIPPING IT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL ON A BENCH GRINDER. METAL SLIPPED OFF THE GRINDER WHEEL, APPLIED PRESURRE ON TO METAL FROM LEFT HAND CAUSNG LEFT THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN GUIDE PL ATE AND GRIND WHEEL.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 60 LB. RELAY RAIL HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH RAIL WAS SITTING ON 2 PIECES OF WOOD WHEN EMPLOYEE CUT RAIL INTO RAIL SLIPPED OFF OF WOOD FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE RIGHT FOOT & ANKLE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BELT STRUCTURE ON TOP OF AN OVERCAST AND MASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN OVER CAST WALL AND PICE OF BELT STRUCTURE.
WHILE REMOVING METAL COVER ON 480 EIMCO SHUTTLE CAR COVER SLIPPED FROM HANDS & STRUCK FINGER
WHILE DISCCUNECTING TOOL BUGGY FROM 488 SCOOP TOUNG FROM TOOL BUGGY FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON FOOT.
PULLING ON BOLTER CABLE EMPL FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON CORNER OF EQUIP.
SLIPPED ON WET ROCK AND FELL INTO BOLTER, INJURING LEFT RIB.
LIFTING CONCRETE BLOCK 8X8X16" STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN
MINER WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE AND WAS STRUCK WITH A PIECE OF DRAWROCK.
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