Accident type, without injuries
Found a fall in the West Mains travel way 1 crosscut outby survey station 67 in the #3 entry, the fall was about 6' high 20' wide by 20' in length due to deteriorating roof conditions.
Big Laurel Mining CorporationMining Incidents in 2012
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Big Laurel Mining Corporation operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2012
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Year
- 2012
Top incident classifications
- 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 incidents
- 02POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
- 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 04HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
All incidents in 2012
Accident type, without injuries
Roof fall was found on 4 West Mains Cut Out. Fall is located 20ft. inby SS#3171 in entry. Fall measured 40 ft. X 20 ft. X 8 ft. Fall did not go into intersection.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee and two others were hanging continuous miner cable and his back went out. Employee did not seek medical attention until 12/12/2012 at which time he was placed on restricted duty.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee stopped at shuttle car anchor, when he restarted shuttle car the anchor struck his head causing a laceration requiring four stitches. Location of accident was 001 MMU 35' outby SS #4690.