Mining Incidents

PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC.Mining Incidents in 2000

All MSHA-reportable accidents at PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC. operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2000
0
Total incidents
12
Year
2000

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK5 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  4. 04MACHINERY1 incident
  5. 05SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2000

Accident type, without injuries

A FALL MEASURING 20'X25'X5'H FELL IN AN OUTBY AREA. THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WAS BAD AND PULLED AWAY FROM AT THE TIME.

Accident type, without injuries

A SECTION OF ROOF FELL FROM THE #2 FACE THROUGH BREAKTHRU TO THE FACE OF #3. APPROX 10'HIGH BY 20' WIDE BY 40' LONG.

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY OUTBY SECTION. FALL IS ABOUT 40' LONG & 4-8' THICK.

Accident type, without injuries

FOUND AREA OF ROOF THAT HAD FALLEN 18' BY 18' BY 6' HIGH. THIS WAS IN AN OUT BY AREA IN THE INTAKE AIRWAY. THIS WAS A BAD AREA OF TOP WHEN IT WAS ADVANCED.

Accident type, without injuries

FOUND AREA OF ROOF THAT HAD FALLEN 20 FT BY 20 FT BY 5 FT HIGH. THIS WAS IN AN OUT BY AREA THAT HAD SLOWLY DETERIORATED. THIS WAS IN A NEUTRAL AIRWAY.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRAINED SHOULDER PULLING MINER CABLE.

Struck by powered moving object

MINER WAS BENT ACROSS MINER WORKING ON THE WATERLINE WHEN HAULER KNOCKED MANTRIP INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.

Struck by falling object

HE WAS SETTING SECOND BOLT OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN LOOSE ROOF BETWEEN BOLTS FELL ON HIM.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINE FLOOR WAS MUDDY. EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE TRYING TO FREE FOOT THAT WAS STUCK IN MUD.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE STATED HE WAS CLEANING #3 HEAD AND TOOK A CATCH IN HIS BACK.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON CAN OF FUEL OIL TO PUT IN LOADER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT HAND WITH UTILITY KNIFE.

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 PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.