Mining Incidents

Black Oak #4 Coal

Controlled by Reading & Bates Corp
Amburgey, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1502288

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

1987 · 5 incidents

August 23, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING THE FEEDER CABLE OFF SCOOP WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.

August 20, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING ON OUTSIDE YARD.HE TRIPPED OVER A HEADER BOARD AND FELL TO THE GROUND.THEREFORE TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

July 23, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING BELT TQIL PIECE AND SUDDENLY FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.

July 22, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS GREASIN1 A HEAD DRIVE WHILE IT WAS RUNNING HE CAUGHT HIS SLEEVE IN THE DRIVE CHAIN THEREFORE PULLING HIS HAND AND TWISTING IT

February 23, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL DUE T2 DETERIORATING ROOF CONDITIONS NAND ROOF SUPPORT 300-350' INSIDE #3 ENTRY.ROCK FALL IS ABOUT 70'LONG AND 6-8'THICK.MINE IDLEC AT TIME OF FALL.WORKERS FOUND FALL WHILE CLEANING MINE IN PREPAR5TION FOR REOPENING.

1985 · 8 incidents

May 23, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

MAN WAS PULLING ROOF BOLT FROM UNDER ROOF BOLTER WHILE MACHINE WAS RUNNING HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY TO R. FOOT.

January 21, 1985 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING ON THE ROPES THAT HADBEEN USED IN THE SET UP ROPE DOG CAME LOOSE AND THE TAIL PIECE SLIPPED AND PINNED THEEMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE TAIL PIECE AND TRACTOR.

January 16, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CRIB BLOCKS WHEN A CRIB BLOCK SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CRIB BLOCK AND THE SCOOP BUCKET RESULTING IN 2 BROKEN FINGERS

1984 · 5 incidents

August 8, 1984 KY · Coal FIRE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

RIB HAD FALLEN ON THE BELTLINE HAD HAD IGNITED. WAS EXTINGUSIHED WITH WATER.

May 15, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PC OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN PC OF ROCK AND PINNER CAUSING A CUT TO HIS HAND

April 23, 1984 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK UP AT THE TAIL PIECE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 9, 1984 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELPING JACK A RAIL MOTOR BACK ON TRACK, JACK SLIPPED OUT, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT EAR, ARM AND HAND

1983 · 3 incidents

June 10, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING CABLE OUT OF PINNERS WAY WITH FOOT, CABLE PULLED HIS FOOT UNDER PINNER, BREAKING HIS LEG APPROX. 6" ABOVE THE ANKLE.