Mining Incidents

Fairbanks Coal Company IncMining Incidents in 2005

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Fairbanks Coal Company Inc operations in 2005. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2005
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2005

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2005

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a filter box from filter trailer , caused a sharp pain to right arm and chest area , which ended as a strain to muscle of arm and chest area

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in process of removing bolts and hardware from a 992d loader cab area with a 1/2"" air gun. Air gun was left on cab floor area, while employee exiting cab area to ground by means of a portable ladder caught air gun hose and pulled air gun down against right jaw and face area.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CLIMBING A 992 C CAT FRONT END LOADER, WHEN ENTERING OPERATORS COMPARTMENT ,FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MID RIGHT LOWER BACK AREA. WHILE TRYING OPERATE FRONT END LOADER PAIN BECAME MORE INTENSE , AT THAT TIME CO WORKER NOTIFIED FOREMAN OF INJURY .

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.