Mining Incidents

Coal-Mac #66 Surface Coal

Coal Mac Inc · Surface
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1503221

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1983–1999
Latest incident
Jan 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
30
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 30 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 8,173 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

January 28, 1999 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Coal Mac Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE ALLEGDES DUE TO YRS OF OPERATING EQUIPMENT ON SURFACE MINING AREAS JARRING & BOUNCING IN EQUIPMENT HAS POSSIBLY CAUSED THIS REPETITIVE STRESS.

January 9, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Coal Mac Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO HEAT ROD NUT ONA 988 CAT LOADER LIFT CYLINDER, WHILE LIGHTING THE TORCH, THE TORCH FLAME TOUCHED HIS RIGHT HAND, BURNING HIS RIGHT THUMB.

1998 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1998 KY · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coal Mac Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS INSTALLING A BUSHIN IN A D-11 CATAPILLAR DOZER, USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE IT IN WHEN THE BUSIN CAME OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

April 26, 1998 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal Mac Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE CHANGING A BOTTOM TRACK ROLLER, AIR WRENCH FELL OFF ROLLER FRAME STRIKING EE R HAND.

1996 · 1 incident

October 24, 1996 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Mac Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS SERVICING A BULLDOZER, WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BETWEEN THE DOZER TRACK AND FRAME.

1994 · 2 incidents

October 18, 1994 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawkins Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS IS CUMLATIVE INJURY GOING BACK TO A NO LOST TIME INJURY IN 1992 IN WHICH HE SUFFERED A BRUISE KNEE BUT NO TREATMENT WAS NECESSARY. IN OCT 1994, HE WAS REPAIRING A SURFACE DRILL AND WAS IN A BENT POSITION FOR TWO HOURS. UPON ARISING A BKNOT CAME UP ON HIS KNEE HE IS NOW SCHEDULE FOR OUT PATIENT SURGERY TO REPAIR CANTILAGE.

July 28, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawkins Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CAME OUT OF TRUCK CAB AND ATTEMPTED TO CROSS OVER HOOD TO OTHER SIDE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL FORWARD, STRIKING GROUND.

1993 · 1 incident

April 26, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkins Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT CONTINUAL PUSHING OF TRUCK BRAKE CAUSED STRESS TO HIP

1992 · 1 incident

May 8, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkins Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DRIVES OFF-HIGHWAY ROCK TRUCK.WAS SITTING IN TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED BY ENDLOADER.LARGE PIECE OF ROCK CAUSED TRUCK TO VIBRATE,CREATING STRAIN ON EMPLOYEES NECK.

1991 · 2 incidents

May 24, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawkins Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS USING BATTERY CHARGER TO START ENDLOADER. GROUND WAS SLICK AND HIS FEET SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL WITH HIS BACK HITTING THE GROUND.

February 22, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkins Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING OFF POWER ON ENDLOADER & PUT HAND IN FAN

1989 · 1 incident

April 11, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkins Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

LARGE ROCK DUMPED ON TRUCK BED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE JOLTED.

1988 · 1 incident

May 12, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hawkins Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN CAB OF OFF HIGHWAY ROCK TRUCK WHILE UNLOADING ROCK. BACK BEGAN PAINING MOTION OF TRUCK CAUSED STRAIN MUSCLE IN BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

May 14, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawkins Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD GO7TEN OUT OF TRUCK. ANKLE TURNED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON GROUND.

1983 · 1 incident

June 16, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawkins Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE BATTERY STRAINED BACK MUSCLES