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Preventable Accidents in Coal Mines

In the past 30 days, there have been five serious accidents in District 3 underground coal mines that could have resulted in fatalities. The accidents include: a miner struck by a rib roll, a roof bolter operator hit by a falling rib, a continuous miner operator caught between a cable handler and coal rib during tramming, a track bolter operator burned by contacting energized trolley wire, and a section foreman hit by a shuttle car. MSHA inspectors will be speaking with miners about the accidents to reinforce safety precautions like examining work areas and communicating to prevent future accidents.

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Preventable Accidents in Coal Mines

In the past 30 days, there have been five serious accidents in District 3 underground coal mines that could have resulted in fatalities. The accidents include: a miner struck by a rib roll, a roof bolter operator hit by a falling rib, a continuous miner operator caught between a cable handler and coal rib during tramming, a track bolter operator burned by contacting energized trolley wire, and a section foreman hit by a shuttle car. MSHA inspectors will be speaking with miners about the accidents to reinforce safety precautions like examining work areas and communicating to prevent future accidents.

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In a time span just over 30 days, there have been five serious

accidents which have occurred in District 3 underground coal


mines. Any of these accidents could have easily resulted in a
fatality. Please “TAKE FIVE” to discuss these five accidents
with your employees. MSHA inspectors will also be talking
one on one with miners, focusing on these accidents.

A miner/bolter operator was struck by a rib roll while


standing next to the bumper of the continuous miner. The
rib measured approximately 22 feet long by 4.5 feet high by
1.5 feet wide.
A roof bolter operator on a full face miner was struck by a
rib measuring 6 feet long by 6 feet high and up to 6 inches
thick. The rib hit the worker pushing him into the machine.
He received a cut on the forehead, a bruised shoulder, and
complained of pain in his ankle.
A continuous miner operator was seriously injured while
tramming a continuous miner. The miner operator was
caught between the cable handler and the coal rib.
A track bolter operator received first and second degree
burns when a hydraulic hose from the roof bolting machine
contacted energized trolley wire.
A section/mine foreman was seriously injured when he was
struck by a shuttle car entering a cross cut. The foreman
was walking between the line curtain and the rib. The
operator’s deck of the shuttle car was located on the side
opposite the line curtain.

These were accidents which were 100 percent preventable.


Please reinforce to all employees the need to adequately
examine work areas, communicate with one another, comply
with all regulations, company safety polices and to take
necessary precautions to prevent accidents. June 2010

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