Mining Incidents

#3 Coal

Arjay Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Poteet J W
Alva, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1506778

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 10 incidents

September 4, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER AND BECAME CAUGHT AGAINST RIB,ROOF BOLTER BRUISED HIS MID-SECTION AND RIGHT LEG.

July 17, 1984 KY · Coal timberman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING REGULAR JOB DUTY AS TIMBERS.WHILE SETTING THE TIMBERS A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND AS EMPLOYEE TURNED OUT OF WAY HE HIT ANOTHER TIMBERS THAT WAS SET. BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER SHOULDERS AND NECK X RAYS WAS TAKEN.

June 20, 1984 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER IN HIS NORMAL CAPACITY TWO TIMBERSWERE DISLODGED TO ALLOW THE MINER TO SWING TO THE RIGHT WHEN HE APPROACHED THE AREA IN WHICH THE TIMBERS WERE SET A PI PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK

June 2, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED AND I,NAME WERE PREPARING TO OVERHAUL A SWING GEAR CASE ONTHE MINER AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE HOOD (COVER) FROM THE MINER. WHEN THE HOOD WAS MOVED, THE INJURED HAD HI S HAND IN A POSITION THAT IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOOD AND FRAME AND AMPUTATED THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND JOINT.

June 1, 1984 KY · Coal timberman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJ WAS PREPARING TO RESET A SUMP PUMP JACK AND AS HE LEANED OVER TO PICK IT UP A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD AND SHOULDER AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN MASHING HIS FACE AGAINST THE JA JACK

April 27, 1984 KY · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS PERFORMING REGULAR JOB DUTY OF SETTING JACK TO THE WILCOX MINER, WHEN THE ROPE WAS TIGHTENED UP ON THE JACK, THE JACK LOOSENED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP AND IT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE O N THE RIGHT FOREARM, CAUSING CUTS AND SCRATCHES

March 28, 1984 KY · Coal timberman POWERED HAULAGE
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS RIDING BELT MANTRIP OUT AT END OF SHIFT AND SOMEHOW GOT CAUGHT ON SOME OF THE ROLLERS, HE COMPLAINED OF LEG AND BACK CRAMPS IT WAS LATER DETERMINED A SLIPPED DISC

February 28, 1984 KY · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING REGULAR JOB DUTY-JACK SETTER THE JACK SLIPPED WHEN THE WILCOX MINER WAS ENGAGED AND STRUCK HIM ON KNEE

1983 · 8 incidents

December 7, 1983 KY · Coal timberman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

AREA OF MINING HAD APPROX 6IN OF DRAWROCK THE CREW WAS SETTING MANY EXTRA TIMBERS THE INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF SETTING A POST AND NOTICED THE IMMEDIATE ROOF BEGAN WORKING BUT STATED THAT BE CAUSE OF SO MANY TIMBERS BEING SET THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO GET CLEAR OF THE ROCK BEFORE IT FELL

October 10, 1983 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE SECTION WAS IN PROCESS OF MOVING TO NEXT SETUP CHARLES WAS HELPING MOVE THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL WITHOUT WARNING HITTING HIM ON THE BACK

August 4, 1983 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS RIDING BELT INSIDE MINE AND HIS LIGHT CORD GOT CAUGHT IN THE BLET ROLLER AND JERKED EMP HEAD CAUSING STRAINED MUSCLES

April 6, 1983 KY · Coal timberman POWERED HAULAGE
Alliance Of Puckett Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER SWING CASE OF AUGER & THE SCROLL STARTED BY ACCIDENT CATCHING PERSON\S RIGHT HAND & FOREARM BETWEEN SWING CASE & ROLLER.