Slusher Brothers & Associates · Struck by falling object
A ROCK FALL AT THE FACE CAUGHT THE VICTIMS HEAD, AND PINNED IT AGAINST THE BOTTOM.
#3 Mine Coal
Eric Mining Incoprorated
· Underground
Controlled by
Browning Ted R
Box 1721, Hyden, Ky,
Leslie County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510554
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1984–1989
- Latest incident
- Dec 1989
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)1989 · 5 incidents
Eric Mining Incoprorated · Accident type, without injuries
CREW OF MEN LEFT SURFACE AT 7:00 AM. 7:04 HAD TRAVELED 250' INBY ROADWAY DRIFT #3 ENTRY AND FOUND THE TOP HAD SWAGGED ABOUT 6". MEN BACK ON SURFACE AT 7:15. CHECKED THE INBY SIDE OF SWAG AND F OUND TOP WORKING. CALLED FEDERAL AT ABOUT 9:15 AM. CHECKED AGAIN AT 10:30 AM, FOUND THE TOP HAD FALLEN.
October 13, 1989
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eric Mining Incoprorated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HAD END LOADER BUCKET SETTING ON GROUND 4 MEN WERE SLEWING A BATTERY CHARGER OVER INTO BUCKET OF LOADER AND CHARGER CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE BUCKET RESULTING IN A CUT INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
Eric Mining Incoprorated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN WA USING A HYDRALIC HAND DRILL IN THE FACE DRILLING A CUT OF COAL, PREPARING IT TO BE SHOT. HE WA WITH DRAWING THE DRILL AFTER HE HAD DRILLED THE HOLE UP AND HIS ELBOW HIT HIM IN THE RIBS .
August 21, 1989
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eric Mining Incoprorated · Struck by flying object
THE TRAM CHAIN BROKEON JOY 16 RB CUTTER. THE REPAIRMAN WAS SPLICING BACK THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECEOF THE HAMMER CHIPPED AND FLEW INTO HIS INDEX FINGER.
Eric Mining Incoprorated · Accident type, without injuries
MINE FOREMAN WAS MAKING AN INSPECTION OF MINES BEING REOPENED, FOUND A ROOF FALL ON THE #1 BELT INBY THE 4TH OPEN X-CUT FROM THE BELT DRIFT. FALL IS ABOUT 100' LONG AND 20' WIDE, 3-4' HIGH.
1984 · 1 incident
Slusher Brothers & Associates · Accident type, without injuries
WERE CUTTING COAL CUT INTO OLD WORKS AT BOTTOM OF MINER CUT WASTER CAME INTO MINE. MINE WAS EVACUATED.