INJURED WAS HELPING LOOSEN A HUNG UP MINING MACHINE FROM MUD. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE TREADS OF THE UNIT AND IT LUNGEDBEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIS HAND. THE TRACKS CUT HIS RIGHT HAND. THE MINING UNIT ITSELF WAS NOT DAMAGED AND MUD COULD POSSIBLE BE A FACTOR. NO RULES OR SAFETY REGULATION VIOLATED BUT MORE AWARENESS FROM WORKERS COULD BE A FACTOR.
No 10 Coal
Mountain Spring Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Forest Coal Company
Hammondsville,
Jefferson County,
OH
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3304446
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001
- Latest incident
- Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$69
proposed penalties
$69
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q1 | 18,247 | 1 | 1 | 54.8 |
| 2000 Q4 | 3,211 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 2 incidents
March 1, 2001
OH · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Mountain Spring Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
February 21, 2001
OH · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Mountain Spring Coal Company · Contact with cold
CLAIMANT WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND IN THE PROCESS FOT HIS HANDS AND CLOTHES WET. UPON COMPLETING THIS TASK HE THEN MOVED TO A BRIDGE UNIT AND DID NOT CHANGE CLOTHES OR GLOVES. T HIS HAPPENED OVER A TIME OF THE WHOLE SHIFT AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED THAT EVENING AS HAVING FROST BITTEN FINGERS. NO RULES WERE VIOLATED, MINING EQUIP WAS NOT INVOLVED BUT MORE ALERTNESS ON CLAIM