Mining Incidents

Fairbanks Coal Company IncMining Incidents in 2002

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Fairbanks Coal Company Inc operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2002
0
Total incidents
4
Year
2002

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY3 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2002

Struck against a moving object

EE TRAMMED ESCAVATOR OVER ROUGH TERRAIN AT TOO HIGH RATE OF SPEED CAUSING ABRUPT MOVEMENT AND EVENTUAL PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT GROIN AREA, WHILE STEPPING UP ON LADDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO BULK BIN COVER TO DETERMINE LEVEL OF BULK IN BIN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF OPERATING THE CONTROL LEVERS ON A D-65 EX-12 KOMATSU DOZER. THE MOVEMENT OF THE LEVERS TO TRAM & MANEUVER MACHINE CAUSED PAIN IN LEFT HAND & EVENTUAL PULLED LIGAMENT IN HA ND DIAGNOSIS.

Struck by falling object

MATERIAL BEING EXCAVATED FROM HIGHWALL CAME LOOSE FELL FROM WALL THRU CAB AND STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT LEG AND RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SCRAPES & BRUISES. FIRST AID ONLY NO MEDICAL TREATMENT ADMINISTER D

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 Fairbanks Coal Company Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.