Accident type, without injuries
DUE TO FREEZING AND THAWING, HIGH WALL FELL AT THE FAN HOUSE APPROX. 10 FT HIGH AND 16 FT IN DEPTH, HITTING BACK OF FAN HOUSE AND AMAGING THE 4160 VOLT UNDERGROUND POWER CABLE.
Mountain Spring Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2001
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mountain Spring Coal Company operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2001
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Year
- 2001
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
- 02MACHINERY3 incidents
- 03FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL2 incidents
- 04POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
- 05SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
All incidents in 2001
Struck against a moving object
WHILW EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP, HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND THE IMPACT INJURED HIS UPPER BACK.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE PULLING ROCK OUT OF CONVEYOR HE FELT SHOULDER PAIN.
Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS PUMPING GREASE INTO A HOT BEARING, ATTEMPTING TO COOL IT, WHEN HOT GREASE SPLASHED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS PULLING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE FROM ONE POWERBOX TO ANOTHER.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS HELPING LOOSEN A HUNG UP MINING MACHINE FROM MUD. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE TREADS OF THE UNIT AND IT LUNGEDBEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIS HAND. THE TRACKS CUT HIS RIGHT HAND. THE MINING UNIT ITSELF WAS NOT DAMAGED AND MUD COULD POSSIBLE BE A FACTOR. NO RULES OR SAFETY REGULATION VIOLATED BUT MORE AWARENESS FROM WORKERS COULD BE A FACTOR.
Struck by falling object
PART OF THE RIB ROLLED ONTO EE'S HAND AS HE AND CO-WORKER WERE MOVING ROCK OUT OF WAY OF BOLTER CABLER.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LIFTING A 50 POUND BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE EE WAS PULLING ROCK OUT OF BRIDGE HE FELT HIS SHOULDER POP.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT EE GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN MINE TOP & BOLTER HEAD (NOT SURE ON WHATPART OF BOLTER HEAD, POSSIBLY IT WAS THE BOLTER WRENCH).
Fall onto or against objects
WHILE EE WAS CROSSING OVER BELT NEAR #4 TAIL, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, STRIKING HIS HAND ON THE RAPID HAUL.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE SHOVELING RIB HE FELT AND HEARD HIS SHOULDER POP.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS SHOVELING UNDER BELT, LIFTED SHOVEL INTO BELT AND BELT CAUGHT SHOVEL CAUSING SHOVEL TO BE PUSHED DOWN AND HANDLE PUSHED UP SMASHING HAND BETWEEN SHOVEL AND RAIL.
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, HIS GLOVE GOTCAUGHT ON BOLT RESULTING IN SPRAIN & STRAIN OF HAND & FINGERS.
Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS UNLOADING TRASH FROM THE FRONT LIFT LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED STRIKING PIECE OF STRUCTURE CUTTING HIS LEFT ARM.
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WHILE CLEANING #5 FACE, HE INHALED BATTERY FUMES.
Contact with cold
CLAIMANT WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND IN THE PROCESS FOT HIS HANDS AND CLOTHES WET. UPON COMPLETING THIS TASK HE THEN MOVED TO A BRIDGE UNIT AND DID NOT CHANGE CLOTHES OR GLOVES. T HIS HAPPENED OVER A TIME OF THE WHOLE SHIFT AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED THAT EVENING AS HAVING FROST BITTEN FINGERS. NO RULES WERE VIOLATED, MINING EQUIP WAS NOT INVOLVED BUT MORE ALERTNESS ON CLAIM