Select Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND THE CANOPY STRUCK A ROOF STRAP WHICH THEN ENTERED THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.
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Select Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROOF JACKS HAD BEEN PLACED ON MANBUS TO TAKE UNDERGROUND AND WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH FLY CURTAINS, ROOF JACKS SLID AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE NECK AREA.
Select Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE OPERATING SCOOP IN 2 HEADING OF MAIN SECTION EE HAT WAS FALLING OFF AND HE REACHED TO GET IT WHILE SCOOP WAS STILL MOVING RESULTING IN HIS HAND BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN MINE ROOF AND HAT.
March 6, 1992
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Select Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP. HIS KNEE WAS HIGHER THAN THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND STRUCK THE TOP IN A LOW PLACE IN THE ENTRY. AVERAGE COAL HEIGHT IS 36".
January 8, 1992
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Select Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE TRAMMING #3 BRIDGE, IT BECAME HUNG UP IN SOFT MINE FLOOR, #4 BRIDGE CAT PADS RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT. FOOT WAS BRUISED AND SORE BUT NOT BROKEN, PROBABLY SPARINED ALSO.
December 16, 1991
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Select Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
SCOOP WAS MOVING AND OPERATOR HIT LEGS AND HEAD AGAINST ROOF, HURTING HIS BACK.
Select Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
ELECTRICIAN WAS DRIVING A 3 WHEELER, WHEEL HIT HOLE AND CAUSED ARM TO HIT TOP.
Select Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS OPERATING THE MANTRIP THE KNOB ON THE STEARING WHEEL CAME OUT OF HIS HAND WENT AROUND AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS HAND.
Select Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
SCOOP OPERATOR JAMMED HEAD AGAINST TOP
Select Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE RUNNING A SCOOP IN 36" COAL CLEANING UP #2 HEADING, ROOFED THE SCOOP AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT KNEE.
Select Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CONTINUOUS HAULAGE BRIDGE WAS TRAMMING THROUGH INTERSECTION TOWARD FACE SCOOP HIT BRIDGE KNOCKING IT INTO OPERATOR.
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