Midland Trail Resources LLCMining Incidents in 2001

WHILE CUTTING CROSSCUT 4-3 HEAD-ON INTERSECTION FELL. 4'-5' IN HEIGHT, 30' LONG, 19' WIDE. UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL; DID NOT FALL ON CONTINUOUS MINER.

UN-INTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 20'X20'X6 1/2' HIGH IN IN TERSECTION NEAR SURGERY STATION 590 #4 ENTRY 1300 OUTBY FACE. AREA TIMBERED AND DANGER OFF.

A SUPPLY TRUCK FOR BECKLEY WELDING HAD AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE CATCH ON FIRE & THE FIRE BURNED LONGER THAN 20 MIN. STATE & FED. WERE NOTIFIED. BECKLEY WELDING HAS BEEN CONTACTED & REQUESTED TO INS PECT BOTTLES & NOZZLES BEFORE DELIVERY TO OUR SITES.

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL #4 ENTRY AT STATION 986.20' X 30' X 10'. DANGERED OFF AND TIMBERED.

LOOSE ROOF FELL & STRUCK INJURED IN LOWER BACK AS HE WAS OPERATING ROOF DRILL - CAUSING A CONTUSION.

INJURED HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF A UNI-HAULER WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL, STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT ELBOW, CAUSING A BRUISE.

INJURED HAD HAND OUTSIDE OF SCOOP MOVING A ROOF DRILL CABLE AND MASHED FINGER BETWEEN SCOOP CANOPY AND RIB.

INJURED WAS LOOSENING BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BROKEN BOLT ON PRESS ROLLER TRACKING ARM. THE OTHER BOLT HOLDING ARM BROKE & ROLLER FELL AGAINST HIS ARM CAUSING A BRUISE.

RIDING MAN TRIP, MAN TRIP HIT BUMP AND BOUNCED, EE JARRED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DOWN ROCK THAT WAS HANGING ON A ROOF BOLT, RIPPER HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER CAUGHT THE ROCK AND THREW IT BACK STRIKING EE ON RIGHT THIGH.

EMPLOYEE IS A SURFACE MINE FOREMAN. HE WAS RE-SETTING A LIGHT PLANT TO A NEW SURFACE LOCATION. HE RAISED THE BOOM ON PLANT AND REACHED DOWN TO SET HOLDING PIN. THE BOOM SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND PINCH POINT.

A PIECE OF ROCK, 18"" X 30"" X 6"", FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EE ON THE UPPER BACK.

WORKING ON BELT SECTION FEEDER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

INJURED STATED HE WAS PLASTERING A STOPPING WHEN HE GOT PLASTER IN HIS RT. EYE. INJURED WENT TO DR. AND HAD FOREIGN MATERIAL REMOVED.

EE WAS LANDING CABLE IN SCOOP BUCKET-FOOT SLIPPED UNDER FRONT OF BUCKETS.

EE WAS IN THE DECK OF HIS SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF LOCK APPROX 3'X2'X3"" FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING HIM IN THE UPPER BODY.

EE WAS IN INTERSECTION SETTING TIMBERS AS MINER WAS BEING BACKED OUTBY INTERSECTION. THE INTERSECTION ROOF COLLASPED TRAPING HIS LOWER LEGS UNDER BACK.

A POCKET OF HEAD COAL FELL OUT OF THE ROOF AND STRUCK THE MAN ON THE HOOD AND DOUBLED HIM OVER. COAL APP 3 FT BY 3 FT BY 5 IN.

IN MUD AND WATER, HIS FOOT SANK AND STUCK IN MUD. HE TRIED TO WALK AWAY AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, STRIKING VICTIM ON LEFT UPPER LEG.

BREAKING FITTING LOOSE ON BOLT MACHINE. FITTING BROKE AND HE FELL AND HIT HIS HAND CUTTING IT.

WHILE ROOF BOLTING A STONE FELL OUT OF ROOF AND STRUCK OPERATOR ON SHOULDER.

EE IS AN ELECTRICIAN & HAD CUT A LARGE PIECE OF METAL FOR A REPAIR JOB & WHILE LIFTING THE CUT PIECE, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIM IN CHEST.