Accident type, without injuries
A rock 2'x 4' x 1' fell from brawl of overcast causing damage to the overcast.
White County Coal, LLCMining Incidents in 2016
All MSHA-reportable accidents at White County Coal, LLC operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2016
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Year
- 2016
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
- 02FALL OF ROOF OR BACK3 incidents
- 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
- 04STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
All incidents in 2016
Struck against stationary object
Employee was pulling on wrench, when the wrench came off, employee struck elbow on the fender of a Mantrip. ( a tear in tri-cep) ** started missing 7/11/2016**
Struck by falling object
While traveling down the travel road, a piece of material fell out and struck employee on head and shoulder. (Compressing lower back, causing contusion.)
Struck by falling object
While installing a roof bolt, a rock fell out and struck left ankle. (EE received a fracture).
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was installing a roof bolt, ee reached for the fast feed lever, Hand ended up on boom. EE pinched ring finger between short arm and boom. (fracture and laceration)
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
While bending a roof bolt ee felt a burning in right shoulder. Then ee went to put the glue into the hole and ee felt shoulder pop. ( strained shoulder)
Struck against stationary object
EE was walking between cross cut #4 and #5. There was a shuttle car traveling the straight of #5 which was anchored in #4. While the cable was moving across the entry, ee tried to step over the cable, which caught boot, causing EE to do the splits. (EE has a bruise of the right hamstring.)
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Was carrying oil cans in each hand, while walking. EE felt something in left knee. ***(Started missing on 03/17/2016. Orginal diagnosis was a cyst(non work related). After further test, as of 04/08/2016 changed diagnosis to strain.)
Struck by flying object
EE was driving a jack pin out of miner. A piece of metal came back and struck upper lip. (EE received stitches).
Struck by falling object
While trying to pull sections of a pinner steel out of the drill hole. The bottom came out and struck EE on upper lip. ( received stitches )
Struck by falling object
EE was moving old control cabinets in shop, when the lid fell off, striking on top of head, knocking off hardhat, cutting head. ( EE received stitches)