Mining Incidents

Washer Plant Coal

Hwy 2012, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510491

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1987 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING COAL OUT FROM UNDER BELT.

July 21, 1987 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING ON RAIL CARS WITH A 6TH BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED-HITTING HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD.

1983 · 6 incidents

September 16, 1983 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JOHN TIGUE AND BILL BRITTAIN WERE LOADING CROSS TIES ON TO WASHER UTILITY TRUCK . ONE WAS ON EITHER SIDE OF CROSS TIES SWINGING THEM ONTO TRUCK. JOHN APPARENTLY LET HIS FINGER GET CAUGHT BETWE EN THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE CROSS TIE THAT THEY WERE HANDLING.

July 26, 1983 KY · Coal FIRE
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

STOCKPILE AT LOADOUT FACILITY IGNITED IN TUNNEL SHUTES HOT COALS DROPPED DOWN ON BELTLINE BURNING BELT AND DAMAGING SEVERAL ROLLERS

April 27, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PALLET OF SCREENS WEIGHING APPROX 175 POUNDS FROM PARTS TRUCK TO STORE UNDER PARTS SHED WILLIAM TRIPPED APPARENTLY OVER PUMP BEARING HOUSING AND FELL STRIKING HIS CH ON THE SHARP UPPER RIM OF SCREENS

March 17, 1983 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

BRUCE WAS INSPECTING PIPE LINE (SLURRY LINE) WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TUARN HIS ANKLE.

February 17, 1983 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING UP PILE OF PIPE ALONG SIDE PLANT FEED CONVEYOR STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.