A roof fall occurred while mining the No. 1 lift off the right wing of the No. 6 Pillar block on the mains section. The material caught the continuous miner on the left side and caused the continuous miner to be stuck. The continuous miner was pulled out from under the rock by using a separate machine.
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2019
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. operations in 2019. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2019
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Year
- 2019
Top incident classifications
- 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
- 03MACHINERY1 incident
All incidents in 2019
Accident type, without injuries
Struck by falling object
Employee was operating a continuous miner when a piece of rock fell out between roof bolts striking employee.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was shoveling coal onto the belt conveyor when EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder.
Struck by flying object
Employee was operating a shuttle car and was being loaded by the continuous miner when a piece of rock being discharged by the miner struck the employee on EE's lip.