All MSHA-reportable accidents at Manalapan Mining Company Inc operations in 2004. Fatalities appear first.
AN UNPLANED ROOF FALL(40' L X 20' W X 0'-5' H) OCCURRED IN ONE OF TWO INTAKE ROADWAYS BEING # 4 ENTRY OF FIVE. THE FALL WAS LOCATED 30 CROSSCUTS OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION AND BETWEEN THE #25 & 26 CROSSCUT INBY # 4 HEAD DRIVE. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. THE FALL HAD NO AFFECT ON VENTILATION. THE AREA WAS DANGERED OFF WITH CRIBBS AND TIMBERS.
A roof fall measuring approx 10' w by 20' l by 3 1/2' thick was discovered in the conveyer entry on the morning of 5-21-04. The area was cleaned up and cribbed and cross collared. the fall was located between #2 and #3 crosscut in by the portal.
INJURED WAS CARRYING A BOX OF GLUE FOR HIS ROOF BOLTS FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS KNEE.
INJURED HAD TRAVELED WITH THE ROCK TRUCK DRIVER FROM WHERE HIS VEHICLE WAS LOCATED TO WHERE HIS DOZER WAS LEFT. INJURED STATED THAT AS HE BEGAN CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER AT THE ROCK TRUCK, HE L OST HIS FOOTING AND FELL. INJURED SUFFERED A BROKEN WRIST.
INJURED WAS TRAVELING UNDERGROUND WITH THE REST OF THE CREW IN THE RAIL RUNNER. HE STATED THAT HE WAS LOOKING TO THE SIDE AND AS HE TURNED TO FACE THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL HIS HEAD STRUCK A ROO F BOLT. THE MINING HEIGHT WAS 40"" TO 60"" IN THIS AREA. INJURED WAS EXAMINED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.
INJURED EE STATED THAT HE HAD BEGUN TO TRAM HIS MBC FORWARD WHEN THE DECK SHIFTED, CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DECK OF THE MBC AND THE OIL COOLER ON THE MBC. INJURED EE HAD HIS FINGERS OVER THE SIDE OF THE MBC.
INJURED WAS BOLTING THE MINE ROOF WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK MEASURING APPROX 18"" IN DIAMETER BY 3"" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROW OF ROOF BOLTS AND THE ATRS STRIKING HIM ON THE FOREARM REQUIRING STITCHES.
ABOUT 3:00 A.M. A SECURITY GUARD ON THE THIRD SHIFT WAS FOUND DECEASED SITTING AT THE DESK IN THE MINE OFFICE. LAST KNOWN CONTACT WAS AROUND 2:00 A.M. WHEN HE WAS TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH ANOTHER GUARD COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS AND BEING SICK. THE GUARD CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE AND SOMEONE TO CHECK ON THE VICTIM. THE CORONER AT THE HOSPITAL RULED DEATH BY NATURAL CAUSES.