Accident type, without injuries
OLD ROADWAY ENTRY AT #36 BREAK; FALL IN INTERSECTION.
Baylor Mining, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2001
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Baylor Mining, Inc. operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2001
- 2
- Total incidents
- 27
- Year
- 2001
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS6 incidents
- 02POWERED HAULAGE5 incidents
- 03FALL OF ROOF OR BACK3 incidents
- 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
- 05MACHINERY3 incidents
All incidents in 2001
Struck by falling object
PILLAR WORK IN THE NO.2 ENTRY THE LAST LIFT IN THE RIGHT BLOCK WAS FINISHED AND THE MINER OPR. AND HELPER WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT. A PILLAR FALL OCCURED AND FELL BEYOND THE MINER WHITCH CAUG HT THE HELPER INBY THE CORNER OF THE SOLID PILLAR BEHIND THE MINER.
Struck by falling object
CONTINUOUS MINER EXTRACTED ONE LIFT OUT OF PILLAR, BLOCK #12. AS EE AND C0-WORKER ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL THE FIRST POST, THE ROOF FELL, RODE OVER THE BREAKER POST STRIKING HIM, CAUSING FATAL INJ URIES.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING BOOM OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS RIGHT FINGER WENT DOWN BETWEEN 2 LEVERS, HE JERKED HIS HAND AWAY AND CUT BOTH SIDES OF FINGER ON THE COTTER KEYS THAT HOLD THE LEVERS IN PLACE.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT FOOT IN BUMPER OF SHUTTLE CAR WHILE GETTING OUT OF CONVEYOR. CAR WAS JACKED UP.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED HE HAD INJURED HIS BACK APPROX 1 YEAR AGO AND HE WOKE UP THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD NOT MOVE DUE TO HIS BACK. HE ALSO STATED HE COULD NOT RECAL DOING ANYTHING AT WORK TO HAVE CAUSED A REOCCURRENCE OF HIS BACK TROUBLE.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE TURNED TO LOOK AT THE INCOMING S/C & CABLE WHE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE AND IT CONTINUED TO SWELL.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE AND COWORKER WERE LAYING RAIL AND HAD A RAIL JACKED UP INSTALLING TIES. WHEN THE RAIL SLIPPED OFF THE JACK STRIKING EE ON TOPOF THE LEFT FOOT.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING BELT WITH PLIERS TO LOAD ON SUPPLY CAR TO BRING OUTSIDE.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
SHOVELING WET MATERIAL ONTO STOPPED MINE BELT CONVEYOR. PULLED MUSCLE ON RIGHT SIDE RIB AREA.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS HANGING CABLE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. BOTTOM SLICK. HURT HIS BACK.
Struck by falling object
EE HAD WENT INTO FACE OF #4 ENTRY WITH BOLTER OPERATOR & BOLTER AND WAS REMOVING REFLECTOR FROM 2ND ROW OF BOLTS, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING EE ON THE HEAD AND DRIVING HIM DOWN T O THE BOTTOM, BREAKING HIS LOWER LEG AND POSSIBLY HIS THIGH. (RT. LEG)
Struck against a moving object
TRANSPORTING 2 MEN AND OVERLOADED MAC 8 (PERSONEL CARRIER) UP HILL WHEN AXLE STRIPPED CAUSING IT TO ROLL BACKWARDS HITTING RIB. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINING OF BACK, RIBS HIP.
Struck by rolling or sliding object
IN THE PROCESS OF RESETTING MINER TO GET #3 LIFTWHEN SMALL PIECE OF COAL RIB ROLLED OVER, STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ANKLE. POSSIBLE BROKEN ANKLE.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING T 3 WHEEL MANTRIP WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED ON SLICK FLOOR, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
Struck by powered moving object
EE WAS HELPING THE MINER OPERATOR MOVE THE MINER CABLE. WHEN THE NEXT BUGGY APPROACHED, IT STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG.
Struck by falling object
CHANGING ATRS JACK ON BOLTER. BLOCKING WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO PREVENT A PART FROM FALLING.
Struck against stationary object
EEW WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP, RAISED UP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF MINE, INJURING HIS NECK.
Struck against stationary object
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN HE STRUCKHIS HEAD ON A BROW BETWEEN 4 & 5 ENTRY.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAKING BELT SPLICE AND CHIP OFF OF HAMMER BROKE AND WENT INTO RIGHT HAND AT MIDDLE KNUCKLE.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROOF BOLTER MASHED FINGER ON DRILL STEEL.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
CHANGING PLANITARY ON MINER AND INJURED LOWER BACK LIFTING.
Struck by falling object
BUILDING INTAKE STOPPING WHEN BLOCK ROLLED OVER ON RT HAND.
Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BATTERY CELL FROM A SET OF BATTERIES, AS HE BENT DOWN TO SET THE CELL ON THE MINE FLOOR, IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE HANDS, AND AS IT HIT THE FLOOR, THE ACID SPLASHED UP INTO HIS FACE AND EYES.
Struck against stationary object
OPERATING RAILRUNNER-WAS LOOKING DOWN. WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A CABLE GOING ACROSS ENTRY. HE HAS PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES & NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS.