Struck by falling object
Roof bolting in 1st South #1 Entry, loose piece of rock fell between the ATRS and canopy striking the employee on the right arm.
South Central Coal Company, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2013
All MSHA-reportable accidents at South Central Coal Company, Inc. operations in 2013. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2013
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Year
- 2013
Top incident classifications
- 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 incidents
- 02MACHINERY2 incidents
- 03FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 incident
- 04STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
- 05SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
All incidents in 2013
Struck by falling object
face rolled out and rock struck employee in the foot
Struck against stationary object
getting off of scoop, stepped down on something(crossover, scotch) on edge and foot rolled off, spraining ankle.
Struck by falling object
Employee was drilling hole for rib bolt, when some rock fell out and struck him.
Fall from ladders
Employee climbing down ladder, ladder collapsed causing employee to fall.
Struck by flying object
11/7 employee reported a shoulder strain while roof bolting. When he arrived at ER, his eye was hurting, but nothing was seen in his eye. 11/8 Employee returned to ER with his eye irritated. A fleck of metal was removed from his eye.
Struck by flying object
normal mining conditions, employee was operating a shuttle car, miner conveyor threw a rock and hit shuttle car operators right arm, shoulder and face.