Mining Incidents

PBS Coals, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2006

All MSHA-reportable accidents at PBS Coals, Inc. operations in 2006. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2006
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2006

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2006

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was cleaning D-11 tracks; he slipped & fell injuring his left knee.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulled muscle in right shoulder while installing turbo in a rock truck when it slid and he tried to stop it. He recently on Aug 17, 2006 was diagnosed with a torn rotor cuff and went off on Aug 18th to prepare for surgery.

Struck by falling object

Employee was helping dismantle a D9 dozer when the left push arm fell from the dozer strking his right leg and foot.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to PBS Coals, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.