Mining Incidents

American Mining & Manufacturing CorporationMining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at American Mining & Manufacturing Corporation operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY2 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE DROPPING THE MINER CABLE IN THE #6 ENTRY THE INJURED PERSON FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TRYING TO WORK BUT THE PAINCONTINUED TO INCREASE. SCOOP OPERATOR TRANSFERRE D HIM OUTSIDE ON THE SECTION MANTRIP.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP, ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON HARD HAT AND LEFT HAND AND BROKE FINGER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER WAS BEING MOVED FROM RIGHT TO LEFT SIDE. BOLTER TRAM WAS UP ON A LUMP OF COAL. WHEN THE BLOCK OF COAL BROKE, THIS ALLOWED THE PINNER DECK TO FALL DOWN AGAINST HIS RIGHT KNEE.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to American Mining & Manufacturing Corporation's numeric MSHA operator ID.