Mining Incidents

ADDCAR Systems 20 HWM Serial No. 23020Coal

Petersburg, IN, Pike County, IN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202416
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2009–2016
Latest incident
Nov 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2016 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

The injured employee was rolling up a power cable for a stacker belt with a co-worker when EE turned back and proceeded to trip over one of the co-worker's feet. While falling to the ground, EE twisted right foot causing injury.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While handling the electrical connector for an Addcar, the employee dropped it on the car with left hand in between the connector and the car; causing injury to the middle finger.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was replacing a conveyor belt on a conveyor car. He had bent over to pull the belt by hand when a belt puller that was attached to the end of the belt fell back toward him and struck his two front teeth. On March 15, 2011 he received treatment at from a dentist and minor cosmetic treatment was performed to repair small chips on those two teeth.

2010 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Combs had assisted in connecting the power cables to two conveyor cars together and was attempting to lay those cables into the tray on the conveyor car. While doing this he experienced some pain in his abdomen which has been diagnosed as a muscle strain.

Contact with hot objects or substances

While employee was trying to unthaw an air compressor some air brake anti-freeze that was sprayed onto his pants legs was ignited. While running to put out the fire on his pants he fell and dislocated his left shoulder.

2009 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was assisting in the removal of a panel cover for a continuous mining machine. He was crossing the conveyor on a disabled continuous miner when he stepped on a piece of rubber belting and slipped. When he did this he twisted his left ankle which has been diagnosed as a sprain.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee had positioned his left leg over the pusher assembly trough in order to add grease to a belt alignment fitting. The pusher assembly flipper was advanced and his leg was pinched between the flipper and a conveyor car pusher block resulting into a fracture and muscle damage to his left leg.