All MSHA-reportable accidents at Colony Bay Coal Company LLC operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.
ON 7-14-01 AT 1145 AM EE OF BLACK DIAMOND SECURITY A CONTRACTOR FOR EASTERN ASSICIATED COAL CORP. WAS GOING UP THE ROAD INT HE WEST AREA OF COLONY BAY COAL COM PROPERTY. THE 1993 CHEVY SUBURBA N HE WAS DRIVING QUIT RUNNING AND HE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HE REMOVED HIS PERSONAL BELONGINGS FROM THE VECHILE AND RAN BACK TO THE SHOP.
EE WAS USING CUTTING STEEL BEARING MOUNT ON THE END A CATERPILLAR D11N PUSH ARM. AS HE WAS CUTTING THE BOTTOM SECTION, A SMALL PIECE OF HOT SLAG (<1/4"" DIA) BLEW OUT AND GOT UNDER HIS CUTTING GOGGLES, BURNING THE BOTTOM OF HIS LEFT EYELID.
OCCUPATIONAL PNUEMOCONIOSIS. DATE OF DIAGNOSIS 1-3-01. DATE DIAGNOSIS RECEIVED 5-31-01.