Mining Incidents

Carter Roag Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2011

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Carter Roag Coal Company operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2011
0
Total incidents
12
Year
2011

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK7 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents

All incidents in 2011

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall was discovered by Mine Foreman on old 2 F Panel 1 Block inby Spad 9222. There was no interruption in ventilation and no equipment involved.

Accident type, without injuries

Airway examiner found fall on his weekly run. There was no equipment involved and no interruption in ventilation.

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall on #8 Belt was discovered by belt examiner on fire boss run.

Accident type, without injuries

After losing power to the mine, a fall was discovered. Area was cribbed and dangered off. No ventilation was interrupted and no equipment involved.

Accident type, without injuries

Was having problems with water line and while investigation this area discovered 3 falls and one continuation. No equipment was involved and no interruption in ventilation. Area was timbered and dangered off.

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall was discovered by shift foreman on old 3rd left #6 Block in #2 Entry. Area was timbered and dangered off. No Equipment was involved and no interuption in ventilation.

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall was discovered on North mains #1 Panel. No equipment was involved and no interruption on ventilation. It was investigated by MSHA & State. Outby Spad 5510

Struck by falling object

Was hanging miner cable and hanger broke and cable fell on hand and broke left thumb.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE setting air gap on hoist brake disc. the .003 gage shim slipped out of pack, the train shim slice the skin on the right palm.

Struck against stationary object

While moving pipe from old scrappa at top floor loadout we had cut off. He was turning pipe and it had a sharp edge on pipe that cut through his glove and into his left index finger at app. the first bend of finger. Cut appeared to be about 1"" across finger and could not tell how deep cut was.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was cutting a zip tie on his mantrip and hand slipped and he cut his hand with knife.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Had drill steel stuck in chuck of bolter and was trying to take center nut off to replace chuck and was hitting punch with a hammer and smashed thumb with hammer against drill steel.

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 Carter Roag Coal Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.