Every mining fatality in Illinois

The detonator had a dead battery. In order to set off the shot, employee brought up a loader. The loader battery was used to set the shot off. Employee was unable to be inside the shelter provided for blasting.

The fatally injured miner and co-workers were in the process of building cribs during recovery of a longwall shield when unconsolidated rocks fell through the roof mesh and struck the miner.

Victim was clearing brush with the excavator near pond and the bank appears to have given away causing the excavator to fall into the water and become totally submerged. It is not known if victim drowned or was fatally injured in the accident. We are uncertain of the exact time of the accident. The accident occurred between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Employee was removing an electrical motor using a chain hoist suspended from a cross brace when the cross brace became unsecured and struck the employee.

A miner was fatally injured when they were pinned between an air-lock equipment door and a concrete rib barrier located near the shaft bottom.

The pile gave away.

Oil leak was noticed during operation of the end loader. Foreman instructed operator to block the machine & went to get oil. Returned & found EE under the machine looking for the leak. Loader had been raised by tilting the bucket on the ground. Foreman got under machine to help look. Machine came down on top of them shortly after that, just as foreman saw that it was not blocked.

Employee was transporting material down slope A. Slope A belt shut off on a fault. Upon investigation of cause of fault, employee was discovered at the bottom of slope A.

Was putting screw jacks in to hold a pony boom up, supports dislodged and the pony boom came down hitting shoulders knocking EE to the ground. *On October 1, 2015, the injured miner died. On October 13, 2016, MSHA's Fatality Review Committee determined the death to be mining related and chargeable to the mining industry.

Employee was operating a diesel personnel carrier on the Main South Travelway. It appears that his vehicle struck a coal pillar at xcut #193 and he was ejected from the vehicle. He sustained fatal crushing injuries to his chest area.

An employee on the ground level retrieved the tool and climbed 1 to 2 rungs of the ladder to hand the tool to the employee above. The employee appeared to lose consciousness and fell. The witnesses indicated that it appeared the victim was breathing. At 12:01pm, US Silica was informed that the victim had a heart attack and while at the hospital the employee died.

The victim and another miner were tramming the roof bolter outby down the No.3 entry of tailgate No.1 when the accident occurred. The victim was injured when he was struck by the roof bolter as he placed himself between the coal rib and the roof bolter.

Employee was shoveling coal into the Longwall pan line. A piece of coal fell from the face striking the employee. Employee was standing under shield #123 on the Longwall face at the time of the accident.

The victim was operating a battery-powered, rubber tired, personnel carrier on the 2nd 48 supply road. As he traveled outby, for a presently undetermined reason, the golf cart veered suddenly to the left before overturning on top of him. Co-workers initiated CPR and continued to the surface. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at 1:59pm.

Employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a battery powered coal hauler in Unit 2.It is believed that the employee walked through the last open crosscut to #4 entry and sat down near the inby corner of #4 entry to eat his lunch. A coal hauler rounded the corner and pinned the employee to the rib.

At approximately 8:35pm the miner operator was fatally injured when he caught himself between the tail of the miner and the coal rib.

The EE was operating the C.M., he was making the first cut in the C.C. left from No. 4 to No. 5 entry. After making the initial cut,EE backed the C.M. into C.C. between No. 4 and 3 entries to set the machine to slab the right side of the cut. As he backed the machine into the C.C., he was pinned between the outby rib of the C.C. and the left side of the cutter head. (See attached)

A Supervisor was found lying in an active roadway intersection with fatal injuries that would appear to have been caused by a coal hauler running over his body. There were no eyewitnesses. The investigation is ongoing.

Employee was struck when a stair stringer, secure in 4 locations, inadvertently released, striking employee in the chest area, thereby forcing him into a Genie manlift located approximately 8-10 feet from the point of contact with the stair stringer.

A piece of grating had been moved to insert a piece of pipe. Employee stepped in hole in grating and fell 38' down the shaft. Injury was fatal.

A truck driver was delivering a load of lumber to the mine site. While the fork truck operator was unloading the truck, the truck driver walked around the other side of the truck when the fork truck operator accidentally pushed over a bundle of lumber, crushing the truck driver fatally.

WHILE OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER, THE OPERATOR PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND A COAL RIB.

HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER ON REMOTE CONTROL AND MOVING IT TO START THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS. HE PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.

DRIVING A TRUCK LOAD OF COAL OUT A RAMP. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT BACKWARDS AND ROLLED ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE.

EE WAS STRUCK BY A COUNTERWEIGHT, DESIGNED BY AMERICAN BIN AND CONVEYOR, INC OF FOURTEEN STEEL PLATES THAT WAS BEING LIFTED FOR INSTALLATION INTO A CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY TO CORRECT PROBLEMS EXPERI ENCED WITH THE NEW CONVEYOR, WHEN THE COUNTERWEIGHT FELL ABOUT SEVEN FEET.

EMPLOYEE WAS RIB BOLTING CORNER IN #7 ENTRY AND NOTICED LOOSE RIB. HE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO OBTAIN A SCALING BAR WHEN RIB FELL, PINNING HIM AGAINST THE MACHINE.

A LOADER OPERATOR WAS SMOTHERED BY A FALL OF MATERIAL FROM THE SAND FACE WHERE HE WAS OPERATING.

HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER TO MOVE SAND LINE WHEN BANK CAVED IN CAUSING IT TO GO IN PIT.

INJURED WAS PUTTING OIL IN THE CENTER GEAR CASE OF THE #11 JOY MINER ON #2 UNIT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING INJURED IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS PINNING HIS HEAD ON THE MINER. INJURED RECEIVED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. INJURED WAS LIFE FLIGHTED FROM THE MINE TO ST MARY'S HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, IND. INJURED DIED ABOUT 6:15 PM ON MAY 23, 2001.

THE DECEASED WAS ASKED TO EXAMINE A CORNER OF A PILLAR BY THE SCALERS. HE GOT IN HI-RANGER BASKET W/O FALL LPROTECTION OVER THE OBJECTION OF SCALER (1 1/2 YRS EXP). WHILE INSPECTING THE PILL AR, THE BASKET BECAME HUNG UP ON THE SIDE OF THE PILLAR, WHEN IT BROKE FREE. THE BOOM SPRUNG AND THREW BOTH MEN OUT. THE SCALER WAS SAVED BY HIS FALL PROTECTION. THE POWDERMAN FELL APPROX 5

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FORK TRUCK AND RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE FORK TRUCK ROLLED OVER AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE, RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.

THE MINER WAS CUT 6 LEFT, WENT TO FACE, 6 LEFT FELL IN. THE MINER RAMPED UP ROCK. DOUBLE BOOM PUT UP 5 ROWS OF PINS. ROOF BOLTER WAS BACKING OUT, ONE MAN WALKED TO SIDE CONTROLS, THE OTHER MAN STOOD BESIDE THE BOLTER. RIB ROLLED OUT 7 1/2' X 24" X 22" IN SIZE. PINNING INJURED AGAINST THE BOLTER.

FROM PRELIMINARY: THE SCRAPER WAS ASCENDING A RAMP AFTER BEING LOADED AND STOPPED JUST AS IT APPROACHED THE CREST. IT TRAVELED BACKWARD DOWN RAMP ABOUT 90 FEET, PROCEEDED OVER THE HIGHWALL AND DROPPED 78 FEET TO THE QUARRY FLOOR.

INJURED WAS TRAVELING ON THE 3A TRAVELROAD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 5" X 13" X 25" FELL STRIKING THEINJURED IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND CHEST AREA CAUSING FATAL INJURY APPARENTLY DUE TO THE D ISLODGING OF HIS HEART.

THE DECEASED AND THREE CO-WORKERS WERE BOARDING A PONTOON TYPE RAFT TO REPAIR A V-BELT GUARD. AS ALL FOUR MEN WERE ON THE RAFT, IT BEGAN TO TIP CAUSING ALL TO FALL INTO THE QUARRY SUMP WATER. THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO SWIN TO SAFETY AND THE FOURTH WAS UNABLE AND WAS FOUND IN 25' OF WATER BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVERS.

IT APPEARS WHILE DRILLING THE FRONT HOLES ON THE HIGHWALL (APPROX. 92') THE CHAIN THAT LIFTS THE DRILLHAMMER BROKE, WHEN THE THE HAMMER WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE MAST ALLOWING IT TO FALL. THE HA MMER APPRENTLY STRUCK THE DRILLER WHO WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY BELT AND PUSHED HIM OFF THE WALL. THERE WAS A SAFETY HARNESS ON THE MACHINE BUT DRILLER DID NOT HAVE IT ON AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

THE DECEASED WAS RETYRBUBG A KIAD IF CA-6 MATERIAL BACK TO THE STOCKPILE. AS THE TRAILER BOX WAS APPROX. 30 DEGREES IN THE AIR THE DECEASED EXITED THE CAB TO UNHOOK THE SPREADER CHAINS AT THE REAR OF THE TRAILER. WHEN THE DECEASED WAS AT THE REAR OF THE TRAILER THE STOCKPILE MATERILA SLOUGHED OFF COVERING THE VICTIM.

NO WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT. HAUL TRUCK DRIVER COMING FROM PIT NOTICED COWORKERS TRUCK BLOCKING ROADWAY. DRIVER APPROACHED VEHICLE AND OBSERVED EMPBREATHING BUT UNCONSCIOUS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOCATED AT THE STAGELOADER MASTER CONTROLLER WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, RIB COAL AND ROCK BURST FROM THE PILLAR OUTBY THE LONGWALL FACE, STRIKING HER AND CAUSING FATAL CRUSHING INJ URIES.

EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BY TRUCK AGAINST SHOP WALL.

THE DECEASED AND A CO-WORKER, BOTH CUSTOMER TRUCK DRIVERS WERE OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES NEAR THE SHIPPING AREA WHEN A HAUL TRUCK DROVE THROUGH THE AREA AND STRUCK BOTH INDIVIDUALS.

EMPLOYEE WALKE DOTU ON HEAD FRAME STRUCTURAL SUPPORT BEAMS WHILE INSTALLING COLLAR STRUCTURE. TURNING TO LEAVE SHAFT DOORS EMPLOYEE MISJUDGED WHERE HE WAS STEPPED OFF ON 3.5' RADIUS AIR SWEEP -LOSING HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT.

EMLOYEE WAS CLASSIFIED AS A GENERAL INSIDE LABORER, HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE TRACTOR TO UNITE #1 AND PICKKKUP A SLINGER DUSTER. HE WAS TO EMPTY TO DUSTER ON THE ROADWAY LEADING OUT OF UN IT #1. HE GOT THE UNIT REPAIRMAN TO HELP HIM HOOK TO THE DUSTER. HE STARTED OUT OF THE UNIT. APPROX 1 X-CUT OUTBY THE WORK BENCH A FEW MIN LATER HE WAS FOUND UNDER THE CAB END OF THE TRACTO

ACCIDENT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION- EE WAS CLIMBING AND CUTTING STRUCTURE (METAL), WHEN THE STRUCTURE HE WAS TIED TO RIPPED AWAY AND HIS SAFETY ROPE DID NOT HOLD.

WAS DISMANTLING A TRUSS CONVEYOR & CUT FASTERS THAT CAUSED STRUCTURE TO COLLAPSE. SUBJECT WAS WORKING ABOUT 15' ABOVE GROUND & WAS THROWN FROM CATWALK STRUCTURE.

FALL OF ROOF STRUCK CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR.

LARCA RI-RAP (LIMESTONE) FELL FROM CRUSHER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HEAD AND UPPER BODY.

A BLAST WAS SET OFF BUT DO NOT KNOW WHAT ANGLE VICTIM WAS STRUCK. BUT MEDICAL EXAMINER STATES [H]IS DEATH WAS BLUNT TRAMA.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BOLTING THE RIB AND WAS POSITIONED IN THE PINCHPOINT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE FRAME AND DRILL MAST ROTARY HEAD. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AT HEARING, EH REACHED IN TO 5A BELT CONTROL BOX TO REMOVE A FUSE WITH FUSE PULLER WHILE POWER WAS ON BELT BOX. HE TOUCHED TOP OF BREAKER WITH BACK OF FINGERS CAUSING DE ATH.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING PINS OUT OF A BOOM TO ADD AN EXTENSION WHEN THE PIN CAME OUT AND THE BOOM FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE.

THE MILL WAS SHUT DOWN FOR THE LUNCH PERIOD. THE CRUSHER OPERATOR ASKED THE SUPERINTENDER TO LOOK AT THE BELT FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER SCREENS TO THE SECONDARY CRUSHER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE O F SPILLAGE FROM THE BELT. THE SUPERINTENDENT GOT UP ON THE CONVEYOR AND FELL OFF, 14 FEET TO THE GROUND.

THE BELT RIPPED- CLEVICE HIT VICTIM IN HEAD CAUSING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.

EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN PULLED INTO PINCH POINT OF HEAD SECTION OF CONVEYOR BELT.

38920ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN UNDERGROUND TUNNELING OPERATION AT A SURFACE LIMESTONE QUARRY. A SHOT WAS BLASTED INSIDE THE TUNNEL AT 12:04PM, THEN VENTILATED. THE VICTIM WAS SEEN AT THE OFFICE 1301?30PM. IT IS ASSUMED THAT FROM THERE SHE PROT PROX. 2 PM THE BLASTER ENTERED THE TUNNEL AND FOUND THE VICTIM ON TOP OF THE MUCK PILE. IT WAS E

AN OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER, WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A SECTION OF DRISCO PIPE 50 FT LONG 26INCH IN DIAMETER WITH WALL THICKNESS OF 21/4 INCHES AND WEIGHTING APPROX. 3800 LBS, ROLLED FROM TH E SECOND ROW OF THE LOAD. STANDING ON THE HAULAGE ROAD APPROX. 10 FT FROM THE LOAD ON THE DRIVER S SIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS STRUCK & CRUSHED WHEN THE PIPE ROLLED OVER HIM.

A MOBILE CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LOAD SALVAGE STEEL. IT WAS BOOMED ABOVE THE ADJACENT 7200 VOLT POWER LINES. THE VICTIM WAS GOING TO ATTACH THE LOAD LINE HOOK TO A PIECE OF SALVAGE STEEL THAT HAD BEEN CHAINED WHEN THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED ONE OF THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, FATALLY ELECTRICUTING THE VICTIM AND SHOCKING HIS HELPER.

A SUPV & LABORER CHANGING A TIRE ON A LOADER USING A BOOM TRUCK TO LIFT THE TIRE.BOOM TRUCK WAS 14' FROM OVERHEAD WIRE.THE COME-ALONG HOLDING THE TIRE SNAPPED (A METAL HOOK BROKE),THE TIRE DRO PPED,THE BOOM TRUCK CABLE WHIPPED OUT STRIKING THE ELECTRICAL CABLE.MAN HOLDING TIRE WAS ELECTORCUTED.

SIC OPERATOR STATED HE HAD OBSERVED THE FOREMAN(VICTIM) ALONG THE INBY RIBLINE OF CROSSCUT THE SIC WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE SIC OPR MADE AN EXTRA WIDE TURN INTO CROSSCUT TO AVOID HITTING FORE MAN WHEN HE FELT CAR RUN UPON SOMETHING HE STOPPED & OBSERVED VICTIM UNDER THE BOOM OF THE SIC

WHEN BUGGY LEFT TAILPIECE WHEELS WHERE TURNED INTO RIB PINNING OPERATOR BETWEEN CANOPY & RIB

THE EE AND HIS CREW WERE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE CONTINUOUS MINER FROM THE MUD AT THE FACE. A RAMCAR WHICH BROUGHT IN TIMBERS TO BE CUT AND PLACED UNDER THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS MOVED APPROX. 8 5 FT UPHILL FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE RAMCAR 6 MIN LATER STARTED ROLLING BACK DOWN THE HILL TOWARD THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO RUN TOWARD THE CONTINUOUS MINER TAIL BUT WAS

THE EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A BRIDGE BOARD ENTERED THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND THE PLANK. THE RIGHT LUNG WAS INJURED AND RIBS 5, 6 AND 7 WERE FRACTURED. THERE WAS A RESTRICTION OF BLOOD FROM THE HEAD CAUSING DEATH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HARRISBURG HOSPITAL BY THE COUNTY CORONER.

THERE ARE TWO DRIVETHROUGH VENTILATION DOORS FORMING AN AIR LOCK BETWEEN THE MAIN INTAKE AND NEUTRAL AIR COURSES. PADDLE SWITCHES OPERATE THESE DOORS. AS THE EMPLOYEE TRAVELED THROUGH THE SECO ND DOOR IT WAS ACTIVATED BY ANOTHER PASSENGER ON ANOTHER PERSONNEL CARRIER ABOUT 140 FEET INBY THE DOOR. AS THE DOOR CLOSES, THE BOTTOM EDGE STRUCK HIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE P

I.NAME STEPPED OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE #13 FACE SHIELD AND A SECTION OF THE ROOF CAVED FATALLY INJURING I.NAME. THE ROCK THAT HIT I.NAME WAS 56" X 42" BY 48" - 9" TO 11" THICK.

DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF SEVER CORNOARY ARTERY DIESEASE AND MASSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCT IN DEC. 1988.

DECEASED & COWORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR USABLE SPARE PARTS IN AN ABANDONED BLDG WHEN AN APPARENT FLASH FIRE FROM AN ELECTRICAL BOX OCCURRED ENGULFING THE DECEASED CO-WORKER WA S INJURED ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH THE CLOTHS ONFIRE OF THE DECEASED

I NAME WAS IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK CLEARING THE PIT FOR BLASTING FLY ROCK HIT TOP OF CAB FORCING IT ON HIS HEAD

EMPLOYEE ENTERED AN INBY END OF ABANDONED WORKING SEALED WHICH HAD BEEN PORPERLY MARKED AND WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE AREA WAS NOT TO BE ENTERED. THE EMPLOYEE'S LOCATION AND POSITION WAS NO T A PART OF HIS ASSIGNED TOUR OF DUTIES, HE HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE AREA WAS RESTRICTED AND WAS NOT INSTRUCTED BY COMPANY SUPERVISION TO BE WITHIN SAID LOCATION. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUC

CHAIN RIGGING HOLDING 300 TO 400 POUND SCRAP PIECE OF SLUICE BOX EITHER FAILED OR SLIPPED ALLOWING LOAD TO BE RELEASED FROM HOIST WITHOUT WARNING SCRAP METAL FELL FOUR STORIES STRIKING EMPL ON THE HEAD AND UPPER BODY TORSO KILLING HIM UPON IMPACT THERE WAS NO WATCHMAN OR SPOTTER ON LOWER LEVEL OR ANY OTHER WARNING SIGNALLING OVERHEAD LOAD

KNIFE JUNCTION BOX LOCATED 1800' FROM EAST END OF PIT HOLDS ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN L-6 POWER DIST SYSTEM & 5761 SHOVEL. VICTIM WAS TO RECONNECT CABLE TO JUNCTION BOX. POWER WAS APPLIED TO THIS BOX & DISCONNECT KNIVES WERE IN CLOSED POSITION. VICTIM OPENED DOOR TO JUNCTION BOX REMOVED HOT STICK REACHED INTO BOX TO INSERT PHASE PIN INTO POSICLAMP. AT THIS TIME VICTIM CONTACTED

THE DECEASED ASCENDED TO THE TOP OF A RAILROAD COVERED HOPPER CAR WITH PRODUCT SEALS HE WAS THEN DISCOVERED ON THE GROUND APPROX 14 FT BELOW BY A COWORKER THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCID ENT AND A DEFINATE DETERMINATION TO THE CAUSE OF THE FALL IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION

CAT 621 BEING PULLED HEAD FIRST TO ANOTHER IN PREPERATION TO JUMP-START 2ND MACHINE,EMPL GOT BETWEEN THE MACHINES AND WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING FELLOW EMPLOYEE REMOVE A HAUL TRUCK FROM THE 100 TON DART HAUL TRUCK CO. #122 WHEN THE TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING TIRE TO PUSH EMPLOYEE BACKWARDS APPROX. 30' CAUSING FATALITY.

BACKHOE BREAKER ARM STRUCK ONE EMPLOYEE AND CAUGHT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND FRAME. HYDRALIC HAMMER STANLEY 250 MB.

THE VITAMIN BAC5ED OVER A 12-FOOT HIGH BANK AT AN ANGLE. THE DOZER ROLLED OVER AND CRUSHED HIM. IT WAS A VERY OLD DOZER, NOT EQUIPPED WITH ROPS.

BACKED QUARRY H5UL TRICK TO CLOSE TO EDGE OF STOCKPILE DUMPING AREA ANDTRUCK OVERTURNED.

EMPLOYEE ENTERE8 DUST BIN TO HELP CLEAR BLOCKAGE OF DISCHARGE CHUTE. DUST COLAPSED OR SLID COVERING UP EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIS DEATH

THE EMPLOYEE CO4PLETED THE INSTALLATION OF A MECHANICAL ROOFBOLT AND WAS STANDING UNDER SUPPORTED TOP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL AND GRAY SHALE MEASURING APPROX. 3-1/2FT X 2-1/2 FTX 6 INCH THICK. 7HE MATERIAL FELL FROM A SLICKEN-SIDED SLIP LOCATED BETWEEN THE BOLTS OF A PROPERLY SUPPORTED AREA. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CRUSHING INJURY TO HIS HEAD.

ENGINEER AND AS8ISTANT ENTERED AN UNKNOWN HAZZARD AREA A BOULDER FELL FROM THE FACE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES

EMPLOYEES I.NA4E & I.NAME TAKING HIGHLIFT TO SHOP FOR REPAIR I.NAMES EYES ROLLED BACK INTO HIS HEAD HIS MOUTH OPENED HE STEPPED BACKWARD OFF HIGHLIFT WHILE MACHINE TRAVELING 1-2 MILES PER HOU R THEN FELL BAC5WARD STRIKING HEAD ON ROADWAY HE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT

A BOSS AND A WO9KER GOT ON THE CAGE TO GO BELOW AT THE START OF THE SHIFT AS THE CAGE STARTED ITS DESCENT THE VICTIM THOUGHT HE DETECTED A DISCREPANCY IN THE HOIST AND TRIED TO JUMP TO A BU BUNTIN IN THE S2AFT. NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD ON, HE F ELL TO HIS DEATH

VICTIM SETTING 8URVEY STAKES.HE BROKE THROUGH SURFACE AND FELL ABOUT 8' INTO HOLE 15'DIAMETER.LARGE PIECE OF CLAY 3' X 2' X 2' FELL ON BACK AND HEAD.VICTIM LYING FACE DOWN AND COULDNT BE RESCU ED BEFORE SUFFO7ATING.WAS WALKING THROUGH BLASTED AREA VERTICALLY DRILLED 1 WEEK BEFORE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SC5LING AREA THAT HAD BEEN SHOT ON THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY WHEN AN AREA WITH A CLAY SEAM IN THE RIB & BACK AREA BROKE LOOSE & FELL ON MINER EMPLOYEE IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION WITH INTER NAL INJURIES & 6ROKEN RIBS

EMPL HELPING MI3ER OPERATOR WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOFBOLT SUPPORTED TOP STRIKING EMPL.16''WIDE X 14''THICK X 10'LONG.

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #4 ENTRY 2ME AT SURVEY STATION 8146.FALL WAS 30'LONG X 16'WIDE X 4'THICK.STANDING IN ENTRY OBSERVING COMTINUOUS MINER CUTTING DOWN ROOF FOR OVERCAST WHEN ROOF SUDDENLY CO LLAPSED COVERIN1 VICTIMS.

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #4 ENTRY 2ME AT SURVEY STATION 8146.FALL WAS 30'LONG X 16'WIDE X 4'THICK.STANDING IN ENTRY OBSERVING CONTYINUOUS MINER CUTTING DOWN ROOF FOR OVERCAST WHEN ROOF SUDDENLY S COLLAPSED COVE9ING VICTIMS.

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #4 ENTRY 2ME AT SURVEY STATION 8146.FALL WAS 30'LONG X 16'WIDE X 4'THICK.STANDING IN ENTRY OBSERVING CONTINUOUS MINER CUTTING DOWN ROOF FOR OVERCAST WHEN ROOF SUDDENLY CO LLAPSED COVERIN1 VICTIMS.

IN PREP PLANT N9AR HEAD OF #24 BELT.EMPL HELPING ANOTHER WORKER REMOVE 8'' DIA STEEL PIPE WHICH CARRIES REJECT WATER FROM MANGETITE SEPARATORS.A SECTION OF PIPE 8'LONG CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK EM PL ON HEAD. 3

THE VICITM WAS 9LECTRICUTED WHEN HE GOT INTO 4160 POWER INSIDE A BELT CABINET. IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE VICTIM WAS IN THE CABINET HE WAS A BELT SHOVELER.

I.NAME WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF SCOOP WHEN ANOTHER SCOOP CAME THRU A CURTAIN 3& STRUCK A SERVICE CENTER BEING PUSHED BY THE 1ST SCOOP PUSHING IT INTO RIB & CATCHING THE RT LEG OF I.NAME B ETWEEN THE BLADE OF THER SCOOP & THE RIB. I.NAME HAS A BROKEN LEG & VEIN & MUSCLE DAMAGE.

WHILE SITTING ON RIB WAS RUN OVER BY SCOOP

THE NORTH OVERHEAD VENTILATION ON THE IMMEDIATE BOTTOM MALFUNCTIONED AND CAME DOWN CATCHING VICTIM BETWEEN BOTTOM OF DOOR AND PERSONEL CARRIER HE WAS DRIVING

A PIECE OF RIB ROCK FELL FROM NEAR THE ROOF RESULTING IN A FATAL ACCIDENT

WHILE THE DREDGING OF SETTLED PRODUCTS AT THE COMPANY S SETTLING/TAILING POND WAS BEING CONDUCTED, TWO DREDGE OPERATORS BECAME INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE DREDGE OVERTURNED. THE DREDGE WA S A FLOATING DREDGE AND WAS 8X28 FT LONG. DURING THE NIGHT SHIFT THERE HAD BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE CABLE AND THE BOAT GENERALLY LEFT AT THE DREDGE HAD BEEN TAKEN BACK TO SHORE BY THE MAINTENAN

ROOF FALL FELL ON MAN FATALITY INJURING HIM

THROWED A BUNDLE OF PINS UPON PINNER. STEPPED IN AHOLE FELL INTO SHARP CORNER OF PINNER. JABBING SELF IN NAVAL AREA.

CONTRACTOR BLASTER FATALLY INJURED CHARGING BLAST HOLE.

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO FOLLOW LOCK-OUT PROCEDURES AND ENTERED ENERGIZE COMPARTMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN 1550 PIT AREA, EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CONNECTING A PUMP HOSE TO A PORTABLE DIESEL PUMP WHEN FALLING MATERIAL OFF OF THE HIGHWALL STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK. AFTER DUMPING LOAD EMPLOYEE DID NOT DISENGAGE POWER TAKE-OFF. AS TRUCK WAS DRIVEN TOWARDS MINE ENTRANCE DUMP BODY WAS RISING AND BED STRUCK ENTRANCE CEILING OF MINE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE TRUCK DASH AND WINDSHIELD. AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT THEEMPLOYEE INJURED HIS NOSE, CAUSING BLEEDING, LACERATIONS TO RIGHT EYE AND CHIN, X-RAYS REVEALED CRA

WHILE NEAR RIGHT REAR TIRE OF SEMI-TRAILER STOCKPILE SLID STRIKING MR ALBRECHT

MR. PIERCE WAS STANDING AT EDGE OF BENCH 30 FT. EAST OF W-5 WHEEL DIGGING HEAD. BANK OF HIGHWALL AT BENCH AREA GAVE WAY. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 FT. AND WAS COVERED UP BY DIRT APPROXI MATELY 3 FT. THICK.

MAN WAS DRIVING A LOWBOY TRACTOR TRAILER UP A RAMP OFF THE BENCH. AS HE WENT UP THE RAMP THE TRACTOR FLIPPED OVER BACKWARDS AND CRUSHED THE MAN INSIDE THE CAB.

BRUCE LINDSAY WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING IN PANEL OF LONGWALL #1 STAGE LOADER WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH 990 VOLTS CAUSING DEATH. THIS WAS IN THE 40TH NORTH OFF OF 16TH EAST.

STARTING UP THE 6\\ PUMP,PLASTIC HOSE BLEW INTO //// OUT.THE PRESSURE FROM THE PUMP PUSHED EMPL INTO THE WATER.EMPL WAS IN 10-12\ WATER AND COULD NOT SWIM.WENT DOWN AND DROWNED.