MSHA record for Welch Branch Mine #1 (mine ID 4607648). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SITTING IN BREAK WAITING TO LOAD BELT STRUCTURE.HE MOTIONED THE SCOOP OPERATOR TO COME CLOSER.HE WAS POSITIONED IN FRONT OF SCOOP AND THE SCOOP OPERATOR RAN ON HIS LEG.
MINE OPERATOR WAS FINISHING UP A CUT AND STARTING TO BACK UP WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL ON TOP OF MINER. WHEN ROCK HIT MINER, A PIECE ABOUT 18" WIDE, 30" LONG AND 3" THICK, SLID ON OPERATORS DECK, HI TTING OPERATOR ON THE LEFT LEG- KNEE AREA.
REPAIRING ROOF BOLTER TRAM CHAIN AND A PIECE OF HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO LEFT HAND POINTER FINGER KNUCKLE.
THROWING CRIB BLOCK, FELT PULLING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA.
JACKING UP S/C JACK. BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HAND. BAR HIT EMPLOYEE OVER RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE PULLED POWER CABLE TIGHT AT THE LESTRAINING CLAMP BESIDE OPERATORS DECK CAUSING CABLE TO TEAR INSULATION AND POWER HEAD GROUNDED AGAINST RESTRAINI NG CLAMP CAUSING A ACK BESIDE OPERATORS SHOULDERSHOCKING HIM.
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.