All MSHA-reportable accidents at Manalapan Mining Company Inc operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
A ROCK FALL 25' BY 25' BY 6' HIGH WAS DISCOVEREDON THE TRACK ENTRY LEADING TO THE SMITH SIDE PORTAL 10 CROSSCUTS FROM THE #5 CONVEYER BELT. THE FALL HAD OCCURRED SOMETIME OVER THE WEEKEND AT WHICH TIME THE MINE WAS IDLE. THE FALL HAD NOEFFECT ON VENTILATION AND THE AREA WAS CRIBBED OFF TO PREVENT ACCESS. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL WAS DIACOVERED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE #6 ENTRY OF 7 INTAKE AIR ENTRIES 5 CROSSCUTS INBY BEP #9. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 20' WIDE X 20' LONG X 4' HIGH. THE AREA WAS NOT BEING USED AND WAS DANGERED OFF. THE FALL HAD NO AFFECT ON VENTILATION.
INJURED STATED THAT HE STARTED TO PICK UP A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED'S FIRST LOST WORKDAY WAS 10-29-03.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING FROM UNDERNEATH A BELT TAKE-UP AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ON EITHER THE METAL PART OF THE TAKE-UP OR THE MINE FLOOR. INJURED FINISHED THE SHIFT AND NEVER RETURNED . INJURED VISITED A DR. ON 11/6/03 THEN REPORTEDTHE INJURY AS WORK RELATED BY TELEPHONE THE SAME NIGHT. INJURED FILED A FORMAL ACCIDENT ON 11-7-2003.
INJURED STATED HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE BOLTING THE MINE ROOF. INJURED WORKED UP TO AND INCLUDING 10-22-03 AND HAS NOT WORKED SINCE.
INJURES SAID THAT ON 9-29-03, HE JERKED ON A BOX OF ROOF BOLT GLUE THAT WAS LOCATED ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE IN ORDER TO PULL IT CLOSER TO HIS WORK STATION. THIS IS WHEN HE THOUGHT H E PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. THE INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 10-9-03 WHEN THE EMPLOYEE ARRIVED AT THE OFFICE TO PICK UP HIS PAYCHECK.
INJURED STATED HE WAS PULLING THE CONTINUOUS MINER TRAILING CABLE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS ARM. HE REPORTED THE INJURY ON 8-22-03.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE OIL IN THE RD800 GREASE TRUCK AND AS HE WAS LIFTING THE HOOD HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 7-28-03.
INJURED WAS BOLTING THE MINE ROOF WITH 6' ROOF BOLTS AND AS HE STARTED TO ROTATE THE BOLT IN ORDER TO GET A BEND IN THE DRILLED HOLE, THE BOLT CAME OUT OF THE CHUCK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE THUMB RESULTING.
EE STATED THAT DURING THE SHIFT ON 6/11/03 HIS LEFT KNEE BEGAN HURTING AS HE OPERATED THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. AT AROUND 2PM THE FOLLOWING MORNING HE DISCOVERED HIS KNEE WAS SWELLED & HE WEN T TO THE ER WHERE HE WAS TOLD TO SEE HIS FAMILY DR. HE SAW ANOTHER DR ON 6/13/03 WHERE HE WAS TOLD HE HAD WATER ON THE KNEE
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A SPEED REDUCER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 7-29-03.
INJURED STATED HE WAS MUCKING LOOSE COAL FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK, CAUSED FROM SHOVELING.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING AN OLD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE CABLE TOWARD HIM TO TIE IT OFF TO THE MANTRIP AND AS HE TURNED TO TIE IT OFF, HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND INJURED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON A LARGE ROCK. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 4-25-03.
AS INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS OVER THE DOLLY OF THE CONTINUOUS HAULAGE SYSTEM HE PLACED HIS HAND ON A NICK INT HE TRAILING CABLE AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. INJURED WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. INJURED HAD NO VISIBLE WOUNDS.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS SITTING IN THE MANTRIP IN THE REAR COMPARTMENT, FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, WHEN THE NEXT THING HE KNEW, HE WAS LAYING THE TRACK AND THE MANTRIP DROV E AWAY. THE MANTRIP (RAILRUNNER) WAS TRAVELING TO THE SURFACE WITH A CREW ENDING THEIR SHIFT. NO ONE KNEW WHEN INJURED LEFT THE MANTRIP AS OTHERS WERE SITTING NEXT TO HIM. INJURED SUFFERED A
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS WATCHING THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE AND WATERLINE AS THE CABLE WAS BEING PULLED DOWN THE BELTLINE. HE SAID HE TOOK HIS EYS OFF THE CABLE BRIEFLY TO GET A BOLTING MAC HINE WRENCH THAT WAS LYING BY THE BELTLINE. THIS IS WHEN A LOOP OF CABLE CAME BY AND DRAGGED HIS FEET FROM UNDERWRITH HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
INJURED STATED HE SLIPPED & FELL ON THE SLICK BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
INJURED WAS HOLDING A SECTION OF VENTILATION CURTAIN AS HE PULLED IT TO THE FACE WITH A MANTRIP BUGGY. THE CURTAIN HUNG ON THE MINE FLOOR & PULLED INJURED'S ARM BETWEEN THE STEERING ROD & THE MINE ROOF. POSSIBLY BROKE INJURED'S ARM.
INJURED WAS APPLYING ROCKDUST BY HAND TO THE CONVEYOR BELT ENTRY. WHEN HE SLUNG A HANDFULL OF DUST HE STRUCK HIS HAND ON A BELT ROLLER, CUTTING HIS SMALLEST FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 3-14-03
INJURED STATED THAT AS HE WAS REACHING TO GET A CAN OF HYDRAULIC OIL ON THE MBC HE WAS OPERATING HE ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ON THE WATER TO THE MBC WASH DOWN HOSE BY OPENING THE BALL VALVE WHEN HI S COVERALLS HUNG IN THE LEVER. INJURED SUSTAINED A BURN TO HIS LEFT HAND AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS GROIN AREA.
INJURED WAS SCOOPING THE ROADWAY WHEN AN OLD PIECE OF BLACK PLASTIC PIPE FLEW UP FROM UNDERNEATHHIS SCOOP AND STRUCK HIM ON THE CHIN, REQUIRING THREE STITCHES. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME.
INJURED STATED THAT AS HE WAS TRAMMING THE MOBILE BRIDGE CONVEYOR THRU A DIP INT HE MMINE FLOOR AND AS THE MBC MOVED OUT OF THE DIP IT ROCKED FORWARD RAISING THE REAR AND OPERATOR'S DECK OF TH E MBC, CAUSING INJURING TO BUMP HIS HEAD ON THE MINE ROOF. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 11-10-03.