Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY AND INTERSECTION, TWO BLOCKS LEFT OF SPAD #257 ON THE 1 LEFT SECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 80 FT LONG, 12 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT HIGH.
Roblee Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2003
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Roblee Coal Company operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2003
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Year
- 2003
Top incident classifications
- 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK3 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
- 03NO VALUE FOUND1 incident
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
All incidents in 2003
Accident type, without injuries
FALLS IN BLEEDER ENTRIES OF BARRIER BETWEEN TOP END OF 7 LEFT OFF 1 RIGHT AND 6 LEFT OFF 1 RIGHT SECTION.
Struck by falling object
A FATAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED TO EE AS HE WAS RUNNING THRU AN INTERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY IN THE 1 LEFT SECTION. HE HAD BEEN SETTING BREAKER POSTS ON THE PILLARLINE WHEN HE HEARD THE TOP RUMBLING AN D HAD MOVED OUTBY ONE BLOCK AND STARTED THRU THECROSSCUT WHEN REACHING THE INTERSECTION, THE ROOF COLLAPSED ON HIM.
No Value Found
EE WAS STANDING IN THE INTERSECTION AS THE SCOOP WAS TRAMMING OUTBY WHEN THE SCOOP SLID INTO A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY & CAUGHT HIS RT.FOOT BETWEEN SCOOP BUCKET & ROADWAY PAVEMENT.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE WORKING ON #4 BELT, 2 WORKERS WERE LETTING OFF THE COME-A-LONG WHEN THE INJURED GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BY THE COME-A-LONG.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ASSISTING THE CREW IN THE CHANGING OF THE GEARCASE ON THE JOY 14CM10 CONTINUOUS MINER WITH REMOTE IN THE #5 ENTRY, SPAD #1722, OF EAST MAINS WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE RIPPERVEYOR SPROCKET AND GEARCASE OF THE MINER, RESULTING IN TWO BROKEN BONES IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Struck by falling object
EE WAS HELPING UNROLL A 700' ROLL OF MINER CABLE THAT WAS SUPPORTED WITH A 5' PIECE OF PIPE LOCATED BETWEEN THE FORKS OF A FORK LIFT. THE PIPE FELL OFF THE FORK CAUSING THE SPOOL TO FALL AGAI NST THE LEFT FORK WHERE EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS LOCATED.