Mining Incidents

No 3 Surface Coal

Rifle Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Randolph Frederick
Debord, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512132

MSHA record for No 3 Surface (mine ID 1512132). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1990 · 1 incident

August 6, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO GET IN LOADER WHEN HE FELT A SHAPR PAIN IN HIS BACK.

1989 · 3 incidents

December 29, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rifle Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE PARKED TURCK AT END OF SHIFT AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY.

April 21, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rifle Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN ROCK TRUCK BACKED UNDER LOADER LOADER MAN SIGNALED THAT HE WAS GOING TO LOAD AN EXTRA LARGE ROCK WHEN THE ROCK WAS LOADED IT SHOOK THE TRUCK & EMPLOYEES BACK WAS TWISTED PULLIN G A MUSCLE

April 21, 1989 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rifle Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD WELDED ON ROCK TRUCK AND WAS TRYING TO KNOCK SOME METAL OFF TRUCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HE MISSED AND HIT HIS LEFT SHIN WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER.

1987 · 1 incident

October 19, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING FERTILIZE BAGS AND EMTYING INTO FERTILIER SPREADER FOR RECLAMATION PURPOSE. EMPLOYEES BACK STARTED HURTING AND HE HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

1986 · 1 incident

October 27, 1986 KY · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rifle Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMOUNT3NG CRANE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO SURFACE FROM RAIN. EE FELL APPROX 3' TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK.

1984 · 3 incidents

October 30, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rifle Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO DUMP A ROCK, THE ROCK LODGED IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE BED WOULD NOT GO BACK DOWN. THE FOREMAN PULLED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO CHECK ON THE PROBLEM. I.NAME GOT IN T HE FOREMANS TRUCK & RADIOED FOR A LOADER TO GET THE ROCK OUT. THE ROCK DISLODGED & THE TRUCK JUMPED FORWARD HITTING THE FOREMANS PICKUP TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE PICKUP AND AS HE

September 12, 1984 KY · Coal mechanic helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rifle Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE LADDER OF A HYDRAULIC SHOVEL DOING SOME REPAIR WORK WHEN THE LADDER CAME LOOSE FROM THE SHOBEL LADDER & EMPLOYEE BOTH FELL TO T HE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS BACED ON TOP OF THE LADDER, BRUISING AND SPRAININS HIS BACK.

July 12, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rifle Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL SERVICING EQUIPMENT FOR 2ND SHIFT.REMOVED RADIATOR CAP FROM DOZER AND HOT WATER CAME GUSHING OUT BURNING RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.

1983 · 2 incidents

November 25, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Rifle Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TREES, CHAINSAW STRUCK SOMETHING IN TREE (KNOT, BARBED WIRE, ETC.) AND JUMPED BACK THE BLADE COMING IN CONTACT WITH EMPLOYEES NECK AND CUTTING NECK. EMPLOYEES WOUND WAS C LEANED AND REPAIRED.

August 11, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rifle Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS TAKING FUEL TANK OFF DOZER AND STANDING ON THE TRACKS THE TANK CAME OFF AT O NCE EMP STEPPED DOWN TO STAND ON PUSH ARM AND LEG WENT BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND ROLLER FRAME AND EMP FELL TO GR GROUND TWISTING AND BREAKING HIS LEG AS HE FELL

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