Mining Incidents

Magoffin Surface Coal

Salyersville, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512113

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
35
Years on record
1985–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

35 on file

1995 · 1 incident

January 23, 1995 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON TO THE BACK OF A CAT 992 LOADER TO CHECK THE ENGINE OIL WHEN HE WENT TO PULL HIMSELF UP THE HAND RAIL GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS STRIKING THE GROUND. HE WAS T AKEN TO EE MEDICAL CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE . HE WAS X RAYED GIVEN PAIN PILLS, AND HIS NECK WAS PLACED IN A BRACE HE WAS COUPLAINING OF NECK AND BACK PAIN AND TINGLING IN LEGS.

1994 · 8 incidents

September 28, 1994 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS BURNING BEARINGS OFF SHAFT ON A D7 BULLDOZER FINAL DRIVE ASSEBLY THE DAY AFTER HE EXPERINCED A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS EYES WHITE USING THE CUTTING TORCH HE WAS WEARING CUTTING GOGGLES POSSIBLE THE GOGGLENS WER FAULTY.

September 13, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD DISMOUNTED THE ROCK TRUCK. HE WENT TO CLIMB BACK INTO IT, PLACING HIS FOOT ON THE LADDER AND HAND ON THE HAND RAIL. WHEN HE PULLED HIMSELF UP HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL CTR IN PAINSTVILLE. THERE HE WAS X RAYED, GIVEN A SHOT AND PAIN PILLS AND REFERRED TO THE CASTRO CLINIC IN HUNNINGTON WVA. MORE TEST ARE BEING RUN TO DETERMINE THE

September 7, 1994 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler OTHER
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CAT 215D EXCAVATOR TO REMOVE A POND WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A YELLOW JACKET NEST. HE WAS STUNG SEVERAL TIMES IN THE ARM AND NECK. THIS EMPLOYEE IS EXTEMELY ALLERGIC T O BEE STINGS. HE WAS TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO PAUL B. HALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN PAINSTVILLE. HE WAS GIVEN BENEDRYL AND A SHOT, THEN RELEASED.

August 24, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPOOYEE WAS USING A D10N CAT DOZER TO PUSH ROCK. HE STOPPED THE DOZER AND WHILE DISMOUNTING IT, HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HIS LEFG TO LAND IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. THIS IN TURN, CA USED A LIGAMENT STRAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

August 1, 1994 KY · Coal auger helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING A NEW CARRIAGE CABLE ON THE AUGER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, EE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM, CAUSING A SLIGHT PULL OF HIS ARM MUSCLE. EE TOOK 1 DAY OFF FROM WORK TO REST HIS ARM. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS GIVEN.

April 29, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE D-9 CAT DOZER TO PUSH ROCK WHEN HSI LEFT LEG WENT NUMB. HE STOPPED WORKING AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE FEELING TO HSI LEG RETURNED. HE THEN LEFT WORK AND WENT TO T HE EMERGENCY ROOM HE WAS X-RAYED, AND GIVEN PAIN PILLS. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME THE EXACT NATURE, OR CAUSED OF THIS INJURY.

February 3, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE ROCK TRUCK WHEN A RING ON HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER BECAME LODGED IN THE STEPS. THIS CAUSED THE RING TO CUT DEEPLY INTO HIS FINGER. THE RING WAS CUT OFF AND HE WAS TAKE N TO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THE CUT WAS CLEANED NUMBED STICHES WERE PREFORMED AND THEN IT WAS BANDAGED. HE WAS RELEASED THE SAME DAY.

January 13, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WATCHING THE MECHANIC GRIND ON THE PTO YOKE OF HIS GREASE TRUCK. HE THOUGHT HE WAS AT A SAFE DISTANCE, HOWEVER A SMALL METAL PARTICLE FLEW INTO AND BECAME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS UNAWARE OF THIS FOR 2 DAYS, UNTIL IT BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO HIM. HE WENT TO THE DR. AND A NEEDLE AND COTTON SWABS WERE USED TO RETRIEVE THE METAL OUT.

1993 · 8 incidents

December 14, 1993 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DEMONSTRATING PROPER TECHNIQUE FOR WEARING EYE SAFETY PROTECTION. WHILE DOING SO HE STRUCK A HAMEMR AGAINS THE IDLER OF THE CAT 215 TRACK HOE CAUSING A SMALL PIECE OF METAL TOFLY LOSSE, STRIKING AND LODGED IN HIS UPPER LEFT THIGH.

December 2, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS BALANCE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS BACK AGAINST A SMALL ROCK. HE WAS SUFFERING FROM BACK PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BRE ATH DUE TO THIS CONTACT.

November 5, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO VEHICLE AT QUITTING TIME WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK & INTO A SMALL HOLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL RESULTING IN HIM BREAKING LEFT ANKLE & INJURING LIFT FEMUR BONE.

October 7, 1993 KY · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CAP ON HYD. TANK WHICH WAS HOT. HOT OIL SPILLED OUT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALLING INTO A 55 GALLON DRUM RESULTING IN A BROKEN FINGER (PINKY FINGER ON RIGHT HAND).

September 30, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL WHILE CLEANING THE COAL HE GOT HOT AND HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WENT UP CAUSING HIM TO BECOME LIGHT HEADED AND DIZZY.

July 27, 1993 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE #1 AUGER HE STEPPED ON A WET SURFACE HE THEN FELL RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS KINNEY AND SIDE.

May 4, 1993 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FROM A992C LOADER TO 777 ROCK TRUCK HE STEPPED ONTO A SLICK SURFACE CAUSING HIM TO FALL HITTING HIS RIGHT SIDE ON THE MIRROR RESULTING WITH HIS RIBS AND LOWER BACK BEING IN JURED.

April 5, 1993 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF OF TRUCK. HE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE THEN GRABBED HANDLE ON TRUCK TO CATCH HIMSELF STRAINING HIS LEFT ARM.

1992 · 9 incidents

September 21, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BLASTER LOAD DYNAMITE WHEN HE GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT. RESULT WAS A SMASHED THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

September 17, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING GRASS ON MINE SITE FOR A PRODUCTIVITY SAMPLE.WHILE HE WAS CUTTING THE GRASS A FOREIGN OBJECT HIT HIS EYE. RESULT WAS A SCRATCH TO HIS RIGHT EYE.

September 15, 1992 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING WOOD BLOCK FOR THE AUGER TO SET ON. WHILE MOVING THESE BLOCKS EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK.

July 31, 1992 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING POWER DIVIDER COUPLING HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE SPIRAL OF THE AUGER HEAD RESULTING IN A BAD BRUISE TO HIS UPPER FOOT.

April 28, 1992 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING EQUIPMENT HE SLIPPED & HIT LEG ON A PIECE OF METAL RESULTING IN A SMALL CUT & BRUISE TO RT LEG (BELOW KNEE)

February 6, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

WHILE SEEDING RECLAIM A ROCK ROLLED FROM THE UPPER PART OF THE RECLAIM HITTING HIM ON HIS LEFT LEG RESULTING IN PULLED LEGAMENTS AND A SHIVERED BONE.

1991 · 3 incidents

December 26, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BLOCKS HE GOT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS RESULTING IN MIDDLE FINGER GETTING SMASHED.

January 4, 1991 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM BULK TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE RESULTING IN LOSS OF FOOTING CAUSING A SPRAIN TO LEFT ANKLE.

1987 · 5 incidents

November 20, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Belfry Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

AS HE PREPARED 9MPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTGENANCE WORK UNDERNEATH GRADER AS HE PREPARED TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE GRADER HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE GRADER DOOR

June 16, 1987 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Belfry Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING GARDNER DENVER DRILL AFTER DRILLING THE SHOT AREA HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE DRILL FROM THE BENCH AREA HE FAILED TO CHECK THE DRILL BENCH ROAD AND DROVE THE DRILL OVER THE LEFT SIDE OF T2E ROAD RESULTING IN THE DRILL BEING OVERTURNED AND EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN FROM THE EQUIPMENT

May 13, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Belfry Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A 3 LB BALL PIN HAMMER TO DRIVE A TOP ROLLER OF THE TRACK SYSTEM ON THE DOZER. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE ON IMPACT AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYEE S SIDE.

May 13, 1987 KY · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Belfry Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

UNPLANNED IGNIT3ON OR EXPLOSION OF BLASTING AGENT OCCURRED DURING LIGHTNING STORM INVOLVING 50 HOLES AND 75-100 LB PER HOLE OF EXPLOSIVES.ALL MEN HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM SHOT AREA HOWEVER WHEN H THEY RETURNED 7O WORKING AREA FOUND SHOT HAD BEEN DETONATED.NO ONE SAW OR HEARD SHOT AND NO INJURIES INVOLVED.THIS SITUATIO DISCUSSED WITH INSPECTOR AND BLASTING CREW DURING REGULAR INSPECTIO

January 16, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Belfry Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO LOAD & WIRE A FRESHLY DRILLED BENCH. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A HOLE NEAR THE EDGE OF HIS WELL. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OVER THE BANK.

1985 · 1 incident

June 18, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Magoffin Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD EQUIPMENT ON AN INCLINED GRADE. HAD SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LOCKED BRAKES. HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE MACHINE BY WAY OF THE LEFT TRACK OF THE DOZER, WHENT HE DOZER MOVED AND CAUGHT T HE OPERATOR BETWEEN THE RUNNING BOARD AND TRACK OF THE MACHINE, PINNING HIM TO THE MACHINE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A DISLOCATED RIGHT HIP AND FOUR TRAVERSE FRACTURED LUMBAR.