All MSHA-reportable accidents at Manalapan Mining Company Inc operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.
The RB #10 mine was on retreat mining. The continuous miner was in the 2nd lift in the 3 entry left pillar about 30 feet into the pillar. A piece of rock fell onto the Emico miner that was 5 feet thick on the miner cutter head and 3 feet thick on the miner tail. The measurement was 5' to 3' thick, 12' wide and 25' long. The rock did not fall into the entry or pull any bolts.
A rock fall was found by employee while making weekly examination of the return and the old worked out area of the mine. The fall was in the No 4 Panel, No. 5 entry, 9 crosscuts from the No 1 main entry. The rock fall was about 20 feet long, 20 feet wide by 4 feet thick. The No. 5 entry is cribbed off and is not traveled by the examiner
A rock fall was discovered approx. 300' inby portal, in the intake roadway. The fall was one rock that measured 8' wide extending 6' down to a point. The rock was triangular in shape and was approx 3' high. The rock fell sometime between the morning preshift and when the foreman exited the mine, approx 3:00 pm.
Employee stated he was helping the electrician make a splice in the shuttle car cable and his knife slipped off of the cable cutting his little finger on his left hand. Had to have stitches put in finger.
EE was crossing a conveyor belt line that was not in operation. For an unknown reason he stepped on top of the wet slick belt causing him to fall forward striking his right hand on a piece of rock breaking his right thumb.
The injured miner stated that he picked up an acetylene tank and felt back pain.
The EE allegedly strained his lower back trying to lift a scoop charger and put it in a scoop bucket.