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.
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
- 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
- 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
- 04FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 incident
- 05MACHINERY1 incident
All incidents in 2020
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.
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
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
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.