Mining Incidents

Taft Coal Sales & Associates IncorporatedMining Incidents in 2008

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated operations in 2008. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2008
0
Total incidents
3
Year
2008

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2008

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stemming holes with hand shovel, he strained low back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepping out of truck and right foot slipped on wet ground causing sprain to right foot.

Struck by falling object

Employee was removing the hyd. tank cover on the ex1800 Hitachi excavator. He dropped the cover on his left index finger. Fractured (small) to end of finger.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated's numeric MSHA operator ID.