Mining Incidents

Dags Branch Coal Company IncMining Incidents in 2010

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Dags Branch Coal Company Inc operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2010
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2010

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 incident
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2010

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the #4 right crosscut into the #5 heading. The fall was approximately 25'long x 18'wide x 8' high. The roof fall did not affect workers,ventilation nor equipment. The fall also continued in the #5 heading on 4-22-10 appx. 10' in length x 18, wide x 8' high.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was taking drill steel apart when his right ring finger was mashed between 2 pieces of drill steel.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Bending a roof bolt.

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 Dags Branch Coal Company Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.