Mining Incidents

Free Dome Coal IncMining Incidents in 2004

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Free Dome Coal Inc operations in 2004. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2004
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2004

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK4 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2004

Accident type, without injuries

ROCKFALL WAS FOUND DURING WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE INTAKE AIR COURSE ON THE DATE AND TIME STATED IN ITEM 6.

Accident type, without injuries

Rockfall was found on the date and time in item 6. the fall was 30' long 20' wide 4-5' thick, located at spad 228 in #5 entry on first right.

Accident type, without injuries

Rock fall was found during preshift examination on the date stated above, the fall was approx 70' long 19' wide 2-6' thick, located in the #3 entry on the 3rd main.

Accident type, without injuries

ROCKFALL OCCURRED AROUND 4:00 AM 1 BRK INBY SPAD 0557 IN # 3 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS 40' LONG 25'WIDE. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN THIS AREA PRIOR TO FALL.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL STRIKING THE EDGE OF THE MINER THEN HITTING EE ON THE LEFT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.

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 Free Dome Coal Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.