Utility Coals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WA OPERATING HIS VEHICLE WHEN HIS VEHICLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE END OF A GATE, WHICH PENETRATED INTO THE CAB OF HIS VEHICLE.
Utility Preparation Plant Coal
Utility Coals Company
· Facility
Controlled by
Zeigler Coal Holding Company
Kimper,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505301
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1984–1997
- Latest incident
- Feb 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file1997 · 1 incident
1996 · 2 incidents
Utility Coals Company · Accident type, without injuries
FIRE STARTED IN AREA WHERE A CHEMICAL TANK CONTAINING ALCOHOL BAS CHEMICAL OF APPROX. 450 TO 500 GAL, THIS IGNITED. THE FLAME SPREAD THROUGH THE PLANT, BURNING THE PLANT UP.
February 10, 1996
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Utility Coals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGEA WEAR PLATE IN A COAL CRUSHER. STRUCK THE WEARPLATE, HAMMER GLANSED OFF AND HIT ANKLE.
1992 · 3 incidents
October 22, 1992
KY · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Utility Coals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE PULLING RAILROAD CARS BACK, HE OPENED THE DRAW HEAD AND THEN CLIMBED ON THE CAR RIDING IT BACK UP THE TRACK WHILE PULLIGN HIMSELF UP ON CAR HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
September 25, 1992
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Utility Coals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS TAKING TRACK OFF DOZER. HE HAD A CHAIN HOOKED TO THE TRACK TO CENTER THE TRACK SO IT COULD BE LIFTED EVENLY. HE GRABBED THE CHAIN TO CENTER IT, AND HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT ON A BU RR ON THE CHAIN. THE BURR CUT TWO OF HIS FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.
January 22, 1992
KY · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Utility Coals Company · Fall onto or against objects
CLIMBING UP THE SIDE OF BELT PRESS TO LOOK AT SLURRY COMING BACK DOWN SLIPPED & HIT HIS BACK & SIDE ON HAND RAILS ABOUT 3FT AWAY FROM THE PRESS
1991 · 1 incident
January 14, 1991
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Utility Coals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE ON WALKWAY TO RAW COAL CRUSHING PLANT HE SLIPPED AND CREELED HIS ANKLE.
1984 · 2 incidents
April 25, 1984
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Utility Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING SCREENS UP IN TIPPLE HE GOT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN SHEAVE WITH HOISTING ROPE FINGER WAS CUT BADLY & BONES WERE BROKEN HE WENT TO HOSPITAL & FINGER W AS AMPUTATED BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND JOINT
March 8, 1984
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Utility Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BARREL OF MIBC CHEMICAL AND PULLED SOMETHING LOOSE IN LOWER PART OF HIS STOMACH. DOCTOR SAID HE HAD A HERNIA AND HE HAD TO HAVE A OPERATION TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO HIS S TOMACH.