Struck against stationary object
Employee was inserting roof bolt into hole. The bolt bent, and the ring finger on his left hand was smashed against the mast on the Roof Bolter which, resulted in employee receiving two stitches in his finger.
Rhino Eastern LLCMining Incidents in 2013
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Rhino Eastern LLC operations in 2013. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2013
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Year
- 2013
Top incident classifications
- 01MACHINERY1 incident
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
- 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
All incidents in 2013
Fall from ladders
EE was building a intake stopping, as he placing the block, the ladder started to shift causing ee to fall. As ee was falling the block fell striking him on his left collar bone causing a fracture.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A piece, of rock fell across the miner. While, ee was removing the rock with a slate bar, the rock broke in half, and the slate bar slipped striking ee in the nose causing a laceration. After finishing the shift ee went to the Doctor, and received butterfly stitches.