Over-exertion in lifting objects
Changing a wrench hydraulic unit out on a drill. The new unit was bolted up and when he stepped to the ground his stomach started hurting. He was diagnosed with a hernia that required surgery.
Buckeye Br.Coal
Surface Minerals Company · Surface
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407038
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2002–2011
- Latest incident
- Jun 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2011 · 1 incident
2002 · 3 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE CUTTING CHAIN ON A HIGH WALL MINER HEAD AND WHEN HE HIT A PIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF THE HAMMER AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM.
Struck by falling object
I WAS WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO GET LOADED AND WHEN IT WAS I STEPPED OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO PUSH UP THE TARP WHEN I DID THE RAIL OF THE TARP KNOCKED OFF A ROCK A LUMP OF COAL OFF THE TOP OF THE TR UCK ONTO MY HEAD.
Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A SET OF TORCHES AND A PIECE OF RUST POPPED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.