Mining Incidents

Jeddo Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2012

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Jeddo Coal Company operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2012
0
Total incidents
13
Year
2012

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON4 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE3 incidents
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  4. 04MACHINERY1 incident
  5. 05HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2012

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking to dragline slipped and fell

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

Replacing belt on vibrator - pinched hand between belt & pulley

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

Changing belts on crusher finger caught between belt and sheave. Avulsion requiring sutures.

Struck against a moving object

Working on manlift to install new house crane in 8700 dragline. While setting limit switches for crane operation, check valve on manlift basket malfunctioned causing basket to tip. Wearing the proper PPE (harness) prevented him from falling, although the jarring action caused injury to left shoulder.

Struck against a moving object

Working on manlift to install new house crane in 8700 dragline. While setting limit switches for crane operation, check valve on manlift basket malfunctioned causing basket to tip. Wearing the proper PPE (harness) prevented him from falling, although the jarring action caused injury to left shoulder.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Twisted leg getting off dragline. Pulled arm to avoid fall. Accident occurred 7/31/12. Off work since 8/14/12.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Cutting tooth wedges on drag line bucket w/ torch hot slag fell onto shoe burning hole into shoe and burn to top of left foot. Accident occurred on 6/19/12 did not seek medical attention until 7/2/12 off work starting 7/3/12

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

Working on spray bar w/pipe wrench, wrench slipped pinching finger between wrench & metal plate.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking in dragline tripped/slipped on grading fell on right knee. Did not seek medical attention till 4/2/12 off since that date.

Struck against a moving object

Climbing onto haul truck front end loader bumped truck causing movement of truck jarring EE. Treatment date 3/26/12 off since 3/27/12.

Fall onto or against objects

Walking toward vehicle slipped in mud - jammed right arm against vehicle - fell back and grabbed vehicle - pulled arm. Did not seek medical attention until 11/8/12 - off since 11/8/12.

Struck against stationary object

Bending under mirror banged hat on mirror forehead hit bracket bolt causing laceration to forehead requiring sutures.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Diagnosis w/carpal tunnel both hands on 7-31-12 did not seek treatment until 3/4/13

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 Jeddo Coal Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.