Beco Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SEPAR IN ROOF ABOUT 3 1/2 FT
No 5 Mine Coal
Topper Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Gary D Fields
Lookout,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1507253
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1986–1991
- Latest incident
- Jan 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file1991 · 1 incident
1990 · 6 incidents
Beco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS TRAMMING TO FACE WHEN HE WENT OVER A LITTLE ROCK IN THE FLOOR MAKING THE RIDING COMPARTMENT RAISE CLOSER TO THE ROOF. HE HAD HIS HEAD LEANDED OVER TOWARD THE MACHINE AND HIS HEAD WAS CA UGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND MACHINE. HE PULLED HIS HEAD OUT AND INJURED HIS NECK DOING SO.
Beco Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SEPAR IN RF DUET TO STREAK OF COAL IN ROCK
May 23, 1990
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Beco Inc · Struck by falling object
VICTIM WAS AT THE BACK OF ROOF BOLTER APPROXIMATELY 25' FROM FACE. HE WAS BENDING ENOUGH BOLTS TO BOLT THIS PLACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 24'X24"X1" FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING ON SIDE OF HE AD. HE SUSTAINED 3 SMALL CUTS TO LEFT EAR.
Beco Inc · Accident type, without injuries
4' BOLTS WERE SET IN THIS HEADING. A STREAK OF COAL RAN UP INTO THE TOP TO ABOUT 44". THE ROOF BOLTS BARELY ANCHORED ABOVE THIS HAIRLINE COAL STREAK. THIS CAUSED A SEPARATION THAT LET ROOF FAL L.
Beco Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SEVERAL FINE STREAKS OF COAL RAN UP INTO TOP TO ABOUT 40 TO 45 INCHES CAUSING THE ROOF TO BE WEAK IN THIS INTERSECTION. ROOF FELL IN THE INTERSECTION, NO EQUIPMENT OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.
Beco Inc · Accident type, without injuries
LARGE DEFORMITY IN ROOF.
1989 · 5 incidents
Ike Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
AREA OF THIS MINE IS 15 YRS OLD TOP WAS BOLTED WITH WOODEN HALF HEADER THERE WAS SEAM PRESENT THESE WAS THE CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTING FACT TO THE ROOF FALL
Ike Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL
Ike Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL
May 10, 1989
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Ike Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL STRIKING VICTIM AND CAUSING SERIOUS FACIAL AND SCALP LACERATIONS.UNDETECTED KETTLEBOTTOM MEASURED 66" LONG,52" WIDE, FROM 0" TO 16" THICK.
February 1, 1989
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ike Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING BELT FELT MUSCLE CRAMPS IN SHOULDER.
1988 · 2 incidents
April 20, 1988
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Poor Bottom Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS PINNING TOP WHEN HE SAID TRAM LEVERF STRUCK PINNING HIM IN FACE BRUISED SIDE
January 15, 1988
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Poor Bottom Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LOADING STRUCTU9E ON BELT HOOKED BOTTOM STRUCTURE UNDER KNEE PADS HURTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
1986 · 3 incidents
Freedom Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WE WERE POURING3CONCRETE IN HOLE IN HOUL ROAD AND SMOOTHING IT DOWN WITH SHOVELS I NAME GOT THROUGH A HOLE IN ONE BOOTH CAUSING A RAW SPOT & SWELLING OF FOOT.
August 29, 1986
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Freedom Coal Company · Struck by falling object
I NAME, THE ROO0 BOLTER OPERATOR, WAS DRILLING THE ROOF WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK JARRED LOOSE AND FELL AND CUT HIS LITLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES TO FIX IT
March 7, 1986
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Freedom Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE ROOF BOLT M5CHINE OPERATOR WAS PUSHING LOOSE COAL OUT OF THE WAY WITH THE HEAD OF THE BOLTING MACHINE A LUMP OF COAL GOT UNDER THE TRAM LEC LEVER AND CAUGHT THE OPERATOR BETWEEN THE RU RIB AND THE MA7HINE THE PANIC BAR SHUT THE MACHINE OFF