MSHA record for West Fork Mine No 2 Portal (mine ID 4404148). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPL BOLTING TOP AND LOWERED ROOF DRILL HEAD ON BOTH LEGS. EMPL FIRST DAY OFF 12-14-92.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP & SPRAINED HIS NECK EMPLOYEE FINISHED HIS SHIFT EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOC ON 04-09-93 FOR EVALUATION & HAS CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 04-19-93 EMPLOYEES FIRST DAY OFF DUE TO INJURY 04-19-93 THIS DEPARTMENT BECAME AWARE OF THE REPORTABILITY OF THIS INJURY ON 04-20-93
KSPINAL STENOSIS AND LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE
SUBJECT HAD FINISHED REPAIRING LEVEL WIND ON SHUTTEL CAR, WAS REPLACING LID OVER REEL AND STATED THAT HE FELT A STRAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN.
TAKING CURTAIN DOWN ACROSS INTERSECTION. FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING SHUTTLE CAR WITH SCOOP WHEN PIECE OF CABLE CAME LOOSE WHERE CHAIN WAS ANCHORED STRIKING INJURED ON RIGHT CHEEK. SUTURES SEVEN.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE BACKED ROOF DRILL OUT OF PLACE PULLED DRILL CABLE & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING TRACTOR WITH SCOOP SCOOP SLID SIDEWAYS CAUSING INJURED TO STRIKE HEAD AGAINST TOP
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE SCOOP OPERATOR PICKET UP THE BUCKET ON THE SCOOP CATCHING THE BUMPER OF CAR AND LIFTING IT UP. AFTER DOING SO, PULLED OUT AND LET CAR DROP ON BOTTOM CAUSING A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED IT IS ASSUMED THAT WEAK SHALE ROOF & INADEQUATE BEARING PLATES CONTIBUTED TO FALL.
EMPL RIDING IN MANTRIP WHEN HEAD STRUCK TOP AND HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED IT IS ASSUMED THAT A COAL STREAK EXTENDING BELOW AND THROUGH THE ANCHOR HORIZON OF THE ROOF BOLTS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FALL
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED, IT IS ASSUMED THAT LOCAL AREA OF BAD ROOF CONSISTING OF LAMINATED SHALES AND SANDSTONE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FALL.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ON BLEEDER TAKING AIR READINGS WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE FLEW OUT MEDICAL REPORTS REVEALED THAT THE MUSCLE WAS TORN AROUND THE KNEE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING BLOCK OF WOOD UNDER SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL & CAUGHT THREE FINGER BETWEEN WHEEL & BLOCK OF WOOD & FRACTURED ONE FINGER.
A PREMATURE ROOF FALL ON CONTINUOUS MINER AND SHUTTLE CAR.
PICKED UP JACK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE WAS CRAWLING BY A S/C & BUMPED KNEE ON THE SIDE OF CAR.
WHILE OPERATING BOLTER A ROCK FELL OUT OF ROOF AND STRUCK LOWER RT SIDE OF BACK