Mining Incidents

#1 Surface Coal

Controlled by Stacy Dennis
Avawam, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514937

MSHA record for #1 Surface (mine ID 1514937). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1989 · 5 incidents

July 5, 1989 KY · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Base Enterprises Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING WRENCH TO RETRIEVE BROKEN DIP STICK OUT DRILL ENGINE LACERATED R INDEX FINER ON TOP OF STICK REQ 11 STITCHS ALONG WITH TETANUS

June 17, 1989 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Base Enterprises Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP IN PIT PACKING OIL TO LOADER DUE TO MUDDY CONDITIONS TWISTED L KNEE CAUSING IT TO SWELL TO RETAIN FLUID ADMITTED TO HOSP.

June 5, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Base Enterprises Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING FUEL IN THE FUEL TRUCK. WHEN HE FINISHED, HE WAS COMING OFF OF TRUCK BY WAY OF LADDER. HE GOT TO THE BOTTOM STEP AND HAD TO SWING HIS BODY AROUND TO GET OFF CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

May 9, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Base Enterprises Corp · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE PARTS TRAILER WITH 2 GALLONS OF OIL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WET AND MUDDY STEPS FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE STEPS.

March 27, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Base Enterprises Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A PUSH ARM IN A DOZER. EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A PIN WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT EYE. SUBSEQUENTLY, SURGERY WAS REQUIR ED TO REMOVE THE PIECE OF METAL FROM THE LEFT EYE.

1987 · 1 incident

December 29, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Base Enterprises Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING3A SPROCKET ON AUGER, FINGER BECAME TRAPPED

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