Accident type, without injuries
Found an unintentional roof fall in #5 entry of #16 return at break #52. Fall is approx. 12' long x 20 wide x 8' high.
Blue Diamond Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2010
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Blue Diamond Coal Company operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2010
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Year
- 2010
Top incident classifications
- 01MACHINERY5 incidents
- 02FALL OF ROOF OR BACK4 incidents
- 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
- 05POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
All incidents in 2010
Accident type, without injuries
Had an unintentional roof fall at break #22 on the #21 belt. Fall is 20' x 20' long x 10' high.
Accident type, without injuries
Mine had an unintentional roof fall on th e#9 belt line at break #41 & # 42. Fall was 30'L X 18'W X 5' H.
Accident type, without injuries
Had an unintentional roof fall 20X20X4 in White Oak Mains.
Struck against stationary object
Pulling rock out of bridge conveyor and cut right 5th digit finger. Started missing work 10/20/2010.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was walking down the #3 entry, slipped on a loose rock and twisted his rt. knee. Started missing work 8-6-2010.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE let his drill canopy down onto him too quickly and it knocked him down. Has contusions on his leg and neck. EE started missing work 4/29/10.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE caught his foot between 2 waterlines and fell backwards. He fractured his right foot and ankle.
Struck by powered moving object
He stepped out of rail motor and the supply car hit him on the ankle. Fracture ankle. Started missing work 1/19/2010.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Stacking concrete block in a brattice and caught thumb between the top and a block. Fractured end of right thumb.
Struck by falling object
Drill steel fell from hole and struck hand. Fractured bone in hand.
Struck by falling object
Drill steel hung in hole and then fell and struck his left hand. Diagnosed with a fracture in his left hand.
Struck against stationary object
EE was pulling up cable slack and cut his left arm on a piece of rock, 8 sutures were required.
Struck by falling object
Drill steel fell out of hole and hit his hand and cut his left thumb. Sutures were required.
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
He was drilling a hole in the mine floor with hand drill and caught his finger on the drill steel keeper pin. His right ring finger was cut. 9 sutures required.
Fall onto or against objects
He was going up ladder, his foot slipped and he fell forward and hit his forehead. His safety glasses cut his forehead at the eyebrow. Sutures were required - no lost time.
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE started missing work due to self-sickness. We rec. notification on 11/16/10 that he has filed for Occupational Disease - Coal Work Pneumoconioses