Fall down raise, shaft or manway
EE & CO-WORKER WERE WRECKING FORMS ONE OR BOTH EE'S STEPPED OUT ONTO PIECE OF PLYWOOD WHICH HADNOT BEEN NAILED DOWN. BOTH EE'S FELL 15' TO THE BOTTOM OF SHAFT.
San Juan DeepCoal
San Juan Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC
P.O. Box 561, San Juan County, NM · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902201
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 2001–2002
- Latest incident
- Feb 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file2002 · 6 incidents
Fall down raise, shaft or manway
EE AND CO-WORKER WERE WRECKING FORMS ONE OR BOTHEE STEPPED OUT ONTO PIECE OF PLYWOOD WHICH HAD NOT BEEN NAILED DOWN- BOTH EE'S FELL 15' TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT.
Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PIECE OF IRON, IRON FELL AND STRUCK FOOT CAUSING FRACTURE. STARTING LOSING TIME.
Contact with hot objects or substances
POCKET OF METHANE IGNITED BY CUTTING TORCH CAUSING FLASH BURN TO HANDS, WRISTS, FACE.
Contact with hot objects or substances
POCKET OF METHANE IGNITED BY CUTTING TORCH CAUSING FLASH BURN TO HANDS, WRISTS, & FACE.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE LEANED BACK ON KICKER WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED. KICKER FELL OUT CAUSING EE TO FALL. BRUISES TO BACK & HIP.
2001 · 5 incidents
Struck by falling object
EE WAS HOOKING AIR & WATER HOSE TO DRILL BASKET.ROCK FELL FROM RIB HITTING HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS AFTER USING DRILL.
Struck by falling object
EE WAS DRILLING WITH SINKING HAMMER. HE TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS. THE DRILL FELL ON HIS FACE, FRACTURING HIS NOSE AND LACERATIONS TO FACE.
Struck against a moving object
EE WAS DRILLING DRILL BIT CAUGHT A PIECE OF RBARCAUSING DRILL TO JERK, SPRAINING WRIST
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS PUTTING DRILL HAMMER INTO DRILL RIG, RIG PINCHED HAND BETWEEN RIG & RIG STEP. HAND PINCHED OR MASHED CAUSING FRACTURED FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.