All MSHA-reportable accidents at South Central Coal Company, Inc. operations in 2004. Fatalities appear first.
Located in Hatfield Mains in return #3 entry at x-cut 22. Continuation of an old rooffall reported in 6-4-02. Area was already cribbed and dangered off to impead travel. Fell on downhill around 50'x60'x8' hi. Area was bolted with 6' fully grouted resin bolts.
During a AAA inspection Employee & Inspector were walking return in #2 Left Panel in the #1 entry x-c25 where they found fall outby pillar section. size 8'hi x 70'long x 45' wide located in fault zone. Fall not in way & dangered area off.
Roof fall in the #3 entry intersection at x-cut 30 outby the working section 20' wide x 25' long x 10' thick. Fall was in a fault area.
Roof fall in 1st left#5 entry x-cut #11 in a bad fault in intake. Surrounding areas had already been cribbed off & isolated. Area bolted with 6' double lok bolts. Fall was 25'x20'x8' thick. Area mined in april 2004.
Roof Fall in return of Hatfield mains entry #4 & #5 x-cut 20. This was secondary escapeway which was rerouted and was found on a weekly examination. Fall was 25' wide x 130' long x 10' high. Fall was in slip and tied to an existing fall and area was bolted with 6' resin bolts and 8' resin bolts.
Roof fall in the #1 entry intersection x-cut 28 outby the working section 20' long x 50' wide x 7' thick. fall area was in bad slip and the area eas cribbed as well as surrounding areas.
Roof fall in 1st left #4 entry x-cut 14 located in belt entry where our #7 drive was located. Area mined around Dec.2003, and had a slip/fault. area was bolted with 6' full grout resin bolts and had a few 8' resin bolts installed in intersection. Area also had cribs & timbers. South Central changed to Double-lok bolts april 2004.
Walking down slope to mine opening and slipped on patch of ice 50 foot from portal and fell to ground spraining right ankle.
Employee was helping to build seals in the Hatfield 1st left and had skin irritation from the B-bond sealant on his chest, stomach, legs and arms.
Third shift outby rolling up belt. Foreman told men not to climb on top of scoop to pull belt & left to go to another area. Employee climbed up on scoop anyway. Some of guys told him not to as well and when he climbed up to pull belt slipped & fell off scoop hitting ground.
Employee was behind curtain and scoop came by. The floor was slick & downhill grade & scoop slid into curtain. Canopy of scoop pinched employee against rib hitting him in chest & back.
He was walking underground and twisted right knee.
He was pulling conveyor belt using channel locks and slipped striking himself in the cheek & eye
Employee was walking down #3 belt line & went through low place & bumped head & stepped on loose rock & lost balance & fell twisting ankle.
The foreman was operating the scoop, pulling feeder cable slack,and the slack became hung under the feeder. The cable suddenly came loose, striking the injured on the left leg.This report was not filed within 10 days because there was a questionwhether or not it was job related. l
Injured was chipping weld slag and a piece went into his eye. Injured was wearing glasses but it entered through the side of his glasses. The injured was treated with cream for his eye and prescriptions for pain and anti-biotics.
Injured was operating a battery powered golf cart and the brakes failed. Injured steered the cart into the left rib and was thrown from the vehicle.He went to St. Edward's hospital where he recieved stitches and prescription for pain.
Employee working on miner cutter torque shaft he was working on removing draw rock from top of miner and his finger got caught between roof and rock when he lifted cutting finger.
Injured was welding, using only glasses and a lens for eye protection,and his eyes were burned. Injured went to the ERand was given cream for his eyes and a prescription for pain medication.