Mining Incidents

Clark Dock Coal

Lst Inc · Facility
Controlled by Knight Kem & Brett
Owensboro, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510343

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1984–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
8
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: 8 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
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 1,115 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 5, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO SECURE THE UPRIGHT PORTION OF STEEL STRUCTURE AND POSITIONED HIMSELF IN UNSAFE WORKING FASHION

Reportable incidents

22 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 1 incident

June 6, 1991 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON A BARGE ROPE, ATTEMPTING TO FREE IT FROM A LOG. THE LOG GAVE WAY. THE SUDDEN RELEASE IN ROPE TENSION INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS TAKE TO THE OWENSBORO DAVIES COUNTY HOSPIT AL AND DIAGNOSED AS HAVING SUFFERED A LOWER BACK STRAIN. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT.

1990 · 8 incidents

November 12, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CHIPPING RUST OFF OF A PIECE OF METAL THAT HE WAS PREPARING TO CUT WITH A TORCH IN THE PROCESS A PIECE OF RUST WENT IN UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES & LODGED IN HS RT EYE HE WAS TAKEN TO LADY OF MERCY HOSPITAL & HAD HIS EYE FLUSHED HEWAS ALSO GIVEN A BOTTLE OF EYE DROPS NO EYE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED

October 26, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING FINES ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK HE REPORTED THE INJYR BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. ON 10129 THE PRIN HAD NOT GOT ON DMX BETTER SO HE WENT TO OUR DR THE DR PRESCR IBED MUSCLE AND RELAXERS AND TWO DAYS REST.

October 17, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAULING GOB FROM OUR E 60 PREP PLANT AND DUMPING IT IN A GOB PILE LOCATED ON THE COAL YARD. HE WAS OPERATING AN UNFAMILAIR TRUCK. WHEN HE RELEASED THE CHAIN THAT HOLDS THE TAILGATE LEVE R THE LEVER SPRING.

August 30, 1990 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Green Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING ON A BROKEN DRAG LOCATED INSIDE THE PREP PLANT. AMAZINGLY A LARGE MOTH MANGED TO FLY AND LODGE IN HIS EAR CANAL. HE AND OTHER CO-WORKERS WERE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE INSECT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DAVIESS COUNT EMERGENCY ROOM. THE DOCTOR FLUSHED HIS EAR AND REMOVED THE MOT. THE DOCTOR THAN APPLIED SOME EAR DROPS. NO EAR DRUM DAMAGE WAS CAUSED.

August 29, 1990 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A PRESSURE RELEASE CAP FROM THE PRIMING MECHANISM ON A 6" WATER PUMP. IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING THE CAP, THE PRESSURE CAUSED IT TO BLOW OFF. THE STEAM THAT WAS RELEASED, BURNED HIS RIGHT ARM CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FOREARM. THE RIGHT OF HIS FACE WAS ALSO SLIGHTLY BURNED, NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH HOWEVER, TO REQUIRE. ANY SUBSTANTIAL ME

July 5, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Green Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DUMPING A LOAD OF FINES BACK ON THE YARD. HE RAISED HIS TRAILER AND DUMPED A SMALL PORTION. AFTER THIS SMALL AMOUNT WAS RELEASED, HE DECIDED TO MOVE HIS TRUCK I NTO ANOTHER POSITION. FORGETTING TO LOWER HIS TRAILER. HE PULLED FORWARD WITH HIS RIGHT FRONT TIRE ROLLING INTO A HOLE. WITH HIS TRAILER PARTIALLY RAISED AND ALMOST FULLY LOADED THIS UNBALA

June 29, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Green Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH TO DO SOME STEEL CUTTING. UNKNOWN TO HIM WAS A HOLE IN THE ACETYLENE HOSE. AS HE STARTED CUTTING THE HOT SLAG IGNITED THE GAS LEAK. THE SMALL EXPLOSION BURNED H IS FACE, NECK AND RIGHT HAND.

May 30, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Green Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I NAME WAS LIGTING A FIRE IN A 55 GALLON BARRELL CONTAINED IN THE BARREL WAS A CAN OF ETHER THE FIRE IGNITED THE ETHER WHICH BURNED I NAME FACE

1989 · 6 incidents

September 27, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

LUMP OF COAL FROM COAL BEING LOADED INTO CRUSHER HOPPER ROLLED OUT ONTO CATWALK HITTING EMPL LEG .AT THIS TIME ONLY REQ 1ST AID.10-2 EMPL WENT TO DR IT BECAME INFECTED.

May 31, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Green Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

HE WAS INSIDE A CYCLONE VIB. WELDING A PATCH WHEN HE RECIEVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK THROUGH HIS LEFT ELBOW TRAVELING DOWN HIS LEFT SIDE AFFECTING HIS HEART AND HIS MUSCLES ON HIS LEFT SIDE IN HI S ARM AND LEG. HE WAS OBSERVED OVERNIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. HIS HEART RETURNED TO NORMAL HEART BEAT AND MUSCLE LOOSENED UP.

April 24, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING DOWN THE WALKWAY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIS FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON HIS BACK HITTING THE H BEAM SUPPORTING THE WALKWAY.

March 19, 1989 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING A DRALINE AND WINDOW IN THE OPERATER CAB JARRED LOOSE AND THE FRAME ON IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE NOSE CUTTING IT. HE GOT 5 STITCHES ACROSS HIS NOSE.

March 18, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING BUCKET DOWN INTO BARGE WHEN THE OPERATOR SAT THE BUCKET DOWN WITH A JAR. THE JAR CAUSE A NERVE AROUND THE SPINAL CORD TO BECOME INFLAMED.

January 11, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A FRONTEND LOADER HE HIT A HOLE IN THE YARD THAT BOUNCED HIM IN THE SEAT HE STARTED HAVING BACK PAIN AND HE WENT TO A CHIROPROCTOR HIS VERTEBRATE WAS OUT OF ALIGN IN SIX PLACES AND THE CHIROPRACTOR REALIZED IT.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 14, 1988 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS TAKING A DRYER CAP OFF AND THE CAP SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS FOOT DR TOLD HIM TO STAY OFF OF IT FOR A DAY

November 29, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PACKING A COME-A-LONG WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A CHUTE GOING INTO A SLURRY TANK AND LOST HIS BALCNE. HE DID NOT FALL BUT HE LOST BALNCE PUT HIM IN A STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 12, 1988 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE JUMPED 3 FT FROM THE BOAT TOW KNEE TO THE BARGE HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND BROKE HIS BIG TOE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1987 · 3 incidents

December 21, 1987 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS PUSHING 5 LUMP OUT OFTHE CRUSHER HOPPER AND IT WENT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND FELL ON HIS FOOT.

November 30, 1987 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING 5 FRONT END LOADER ACROSS THE YARD AND HIT A HOLE THAT JARRED HIM AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM.

October 1, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WORKING ON DRAG3CONVEYOR FOOT HUNG & FELL BACKWARD ON HAND.

1986 · 1 incident

August 18, 1986 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Green Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHIPPING WITH A3CHIPPING HAMMER RUST POPPED INTO RT EYE-PHYSICIAN WASHED OUT RUST & PRESCRIBED EYE DROP SOLUTION.