MSHA record for Winston No 9 (mine ID 4403312). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPL BENT OVER AND GOT HOLD OF SHEET OF METAL 4" X 8' X 1/8" AND SLID IT OVER INTO A FRAME WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA.DIDNT GO TO DR UNTIL 4-28 DIAGNOSED RUPTURE.EMPL LOST NO TIME UN TIL 5-4-89.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK DOWN THE TOP WALL OF AN OVERCAST. WHEN HE STRUCK A CINDER BLOCK IN THE WALL A PIECE OF BLOCK FLEW BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES TO HAVE CONTRACTED COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE WORKING AT DOMINION COAL CORP NOTIFIED OF ILLNESS ON 10-29-87 CLAIM WAS SETTLED AND COMPENSATION PAID ON 4-13-88
EMPLOYEE PULLED THE STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR UNDER THE MINER CONVEYOR BOOM IN THE #4 LEFT BREAK FORCING THE MINER BOOM AGAINST THE MINE ROOF A ROCK TRAVELING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN RUBBED THE MINE ROO F AND AT THIS TIME WAS THROWN OUT THE END OF THE CONVEYOR STRIKING EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR AND AS HE WAS IN THEPROCESS OF TURNING AROUND IN THE OPERATORS DECK A RIB ROLL OCCURRED. A PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER RIGHT BACK WHILE ADDITONAL ROCK FELL IN THE OPERATORA COMPARTMENT OF THE SHUTTLE CAR.
EMPLOYEES WERE 5YING IN A TRACK OPERATED MANBUS WITH THIER HEADS IN DIRECTION OF TRAVLE WHEN THE MANBUS SLID DOWN DESCENDING GRADE STRICKING A PARKED MANBUS.
EMPLOYEES WERE 5YING IN A TRACK OPERATED MANBUS WITH THIER HEADS IN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WHEN THE MANBUS SLID DOWN A DESCENDING GRADE STRICKING A PARKED MAN BUS.
EMPL BACKED SCO2P IN MOTOR BARN AND STOOD UP IN DECK.FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL IN SCOOP DECK STRIKING HEAD ON SOMETHING IN SCOOP DECK.
EMPL PICKING UP3VENTILATION BLOCKS TO BUILD STOPPING WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO BEND A 36" ROOF BOLT OVER THE HEAD OF THE GALIS 300 ROOF BOLTER WHEN THE SHUCK SLIPPED FROM UNDER THE OFF-SIDE LONG LEVELING ROD, CAUSING A SPRING ACTION FROM THE BOL T AND PLATE, ST9IKING HIM IN THE FACE.
INJ UNLOADING R5IL.EMPL THREW 1 END OF RAIL OFF ONTO STACK OF RAILS CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN RAILS.
SET LEFT KNEE D2WN ON SHARP ROCK AND HE FELT SOME PAIN.
INJURED WAS CRA4LING ON KNEES, HELPING ON MINER
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING SPIKES OUT OF RAIL HE MOVED PORTAL BUS AND PARKED IT ON DOWN HILL SLOPE HE THEN PROCEDED TO PULL SPIKES THE MICRO LOCK BRAKES LEAKED OFF AND DRIFTED DOWN SLOPE AND CAUGHT HIS FEET UNDER3PORTAL BUS
HE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE TAILPIECE WHEN A BELT SPLICE CAUGHT HIS SHOVEL HE SAID WHEN IT CAUGHT HIS SHOVEL IT PULLED HIS SHOVEL & HE HURT HIS SHOULDER HOLDING ONTO HIS SHOVEL
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SHUTTLE CAR UNDER LOADER. HE TURNED AROUND AND GOT HIS HEAD IN LOW TOP.
INJURED WAS GETTING A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OF BELT HOPPER ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS
EE WAS GOING TO #5 HEADING TO GET A SET OF ROOF JACKS. HE HAD HIS HAND ON DECK OF SCOOP WATCHING AHEAD OF THE SCOOP FOR HIS PARTNER WHEN A ROCK WAS STICKING UP & CAUGHT UNDER SCOOP DECK.
EE STATED THAT WHILE HANGING LINE CURTAIN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY BEGINNING AT THE DRIFT MOUTH & EXTENDING INBY FOR APPROX. 40 THE FALL WAS FROM 6-13 IN THICKNESS AND WAS APPROX. 18 WIDE THE F ALL BLOCKED THE TRACK ENT RY AND WAS CLEANED UP, REBOLTED, AND CRIBBED BY END OF THE 1ST SHIFT 2 28 85
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE WITH HIS KNEES ON THE BOTTOM, LIFTING CABLE OVER HIS HEAD
EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE RUNNING SCOOP OVER UNEVEN BOTTOM.
INJURED WAS ON HIS KNEES 40" HEIGHT USING A SLATE BAR TO PULL LOOSE ROCK, WHEN THE ROCK FELL SOXX DOWN A SHARP PAIN HIT HIM IN LOWER BACK
THE SHUTTLE CAR HAD A GROUND IN CABLE. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS TRYING TO PUT THE BREAKER BACK IN WHILE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE CABLE FOR VISION DAMAGE. HE SAW A BAD PLACE IN CABLE AN AND WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MARKING IT WHEN THE CABLE BLEW UP IN HIS FACE .THE ARC OF THE CABLE BURNT HIS EYES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE FACE INA SCOOP DIPPER. WHEN THE SCOOP HIT A HOLE, IT BOUNCED HIM IN THE AIR AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN HE LANDED ON HIS SELF RESCUER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES PUSHING THE SIDE OF THE ROCK DUSTER TO LOAD IT IN THE SCOOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN A STRAIN WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR BECAUSE OF LOW TOP. HE WAS ALSO TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR ON ROUGH HAULWAY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE OF CAR WHEN HE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP A 20\ ROLL OF 48" BELT OUT OF CAR. WHEN HE DID, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.
EMP WAS TRAMMING BOLTER MACHINE FROM FACE WHEN WHEEL ON LEFT SIDE OF MACHINE DROPPED IN A HOLE, IN BAD BOTTOM THIS THREW THE EMPLOYEE INTO TOP ON RIGHT SIDE OF MACHINE WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE H AMMER THE EMPL OYEE HAD ON HIS RIGHT SIDE WAS PUSHED INTO HIS RIGHT ABDOMEN
IN SQUATTED POSITION HELPING TRANSPORT INJURED MAN OUT OF MINE ON STRETCHER.
BENDING OVER TO GET SHOVEL LOAD OF MUD THEN STANDING UP STRAIGHT TO UNLOAD MUD FROM SHOVEL ONTO BELT WHICH WAS OVER HIS HEAD.
INJURED WAS LAYING ON HIS LEFT SIDE IN THE FRONT OF MANTRIP GOING TO SECTION. THEY WENT THROUGH LOW TOP ABOVE THE #2 DRIVE AND HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM AGAINST THE TOP, PULLINGIT OVER TOP OF TRIP.
EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS FROM SCOOP DIPPER & PUTTING THEM ON RIB WHERE SOME JACKS WERE STACKED. THERE WERE SOME OLD ROOF BOLTS LAYING ON THE JACKS THAT HAD BEEN RECOVERED FROM AN AREA THAT HA D BEEN SHOT & CLEANED FOR A BELT DRIVE. HE THREW A TIMBER WHICH HIT ONE OF THE BENT BOLTS, CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE UP & STRIKE HIM OVER THE RIGHT EYE.
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