Mining Incidents

CAM Mining LLCMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at CAM Mining LLC operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
10
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  2. 02FALL OF ROOF OR BACK3 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  4. 04NO VALUE FOUND1 incident
  5. 05MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 10 00 AM IN THE 1ST RIGHT SECTION AT THE #1XC !4 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED 18'X18'X8-9'.

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 6:32 AM DURING THE PRE-SHIFT EXAM. THE FALL WAS INT HE #2 ENTRY, #2XC IN THE FIRST RIGHT SECTION. IT MEASURED 18'20'X8-9'.

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 001-0 1ST RIGHT SECTION. THE FALL WAS IN THE #3 ENTRY #3 CROSSCUT & MEASURED 20' X 20' X 8'. A SLICK INSIDED SLIP WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CAVITY.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Tightening the brake on a rairoad car and the release handle on the brake wheel struck his wrist. he began missing work on the 5/13/04. it has been determined by the medical information from the doctor, that this was caused by the 12/15/03.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON A CABLE WHEN HE APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

No Value Found

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING A DRILL STEEL, HE LOWERED THE DRILL POT& THE ADDITIONAL DRILL STEEL HUNG UNDERNEATH THE POT MASHING HIS RIGHT WRIST AGAINST THE PANIC BAR.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS UNLOADING RIDIG BELT FRAMING FROM A TRAILER WHEN HE MASHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE FRAMING & THE TRAILER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DOING MECHANIC WORK AND INADVERTANTLY LEANED AGAINST A ""HAND HELD"" AIR POWERED GRINDER, ACTIVATING THE SWITCH AND CAUSING THE WHEEL TO CUT HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.

Struck against a moving object

EE, DRILL OPERATOR, SET THE JACK PAD OF THE DRILL ON A ROCK. THE PAD SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK, JARRING EE. (ON 11-17-03 EE CALLED THE MINE CLERK, & STATED THAT THE OCCURRENCE AGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS INJURY.)

No Value Found

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCOUPLE THE AIR HOSE BETWEEN THE RAIL CAR & THE TRACKMOBILE WHEN THE CLOSING VALVE MALFUNCTIONED, STRIKING THE EE IN THE JAW, FRACTURING THE LEFT CHEEK BONE.

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 CAM Mining LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.