Mining Incidents

Excel Mining, LLC.Mining Incidents in 2020

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Excel Mining, LLC. operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2020
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2020

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  4. 04FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 incident
  5. 05MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2020

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got off of the scoop to roll up the curtain to finish cleaning the face area. EE stepped off of some gob and heard a pop and felt pain in the right leg below the knee. The X-ray was negative for a broken bone and EE was referred to a specialist.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was working on taking batteries off a scoop, the battery pin was stuck. EE was using a bar to try to pry the pin loose. The bar slipped and struck EE in the jaw causing a broken jaw.

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

EE was helping set cribs, EE had picked up a crib out of the scoop bucket, someone else picked up a crib and smashed EE's finger between 2 crib blocks

Struck by falling object

EE had put outside bolt up, EE leaned over bolter pot to move bolt out of way to swing in to put inside bolt up. Rock fell from top and cut tri-cep of left arm which required 4 stitches

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Another employee was drilling with Jackleg drill. Drill got in a bind and kicked back hitting injured employee in head causing IE to fall backwards. Laceration on head behind left ear - 7 stitches.

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 Excel Mining, LLC.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.