Mining Incidents

No 5 Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by William B Sturgill
Carcassonne, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512154

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1988 · 1 incident

September 13, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

KNOCKING ROCKS OUT OF ROAD WHEN HIT BIG ROCK JERKED HIS BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

September 29, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING ONTO END LOADER AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE TRANSMISSION LEVER LOCK

1986 · 1 incident

January 6, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING SWEEPER TTACHMENT OFF TRACTOR & FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT RIBS

1984 · 8 incidents

August 11, 1984 KY · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A SHOT HAD BEEN LOADED ON 8-10-84 FOR DENOTATION WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE CAUSING US TO BARRICADE THE AREA UNTIL NEXT DAY DURING THE NIGHT BETWEEN 300 PM ON 8-10-84 AND 600 AM ON 8011084 A PREMATURE DENOTATION OCCURRED.

June 28, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CUTTING PIEC OF SHOOTING WIRE TO HAND HAND COUNTER,KNIFE CUT WIRE IT HIT HIM IN EYE WHILE PULLING KNIFE.

June 28, 1984 KY · Coal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE STEERING LINKAGE ON ROCK TRUCK WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH COOLING FAN WHICH CUT END OF RT INDEX FINGER

June 6, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

DOZER OPERATOR BACK DRAGGING HOLLOW FILL AND ENGINE DIED.DOZER WENT DOWN OVER SLOPE AND OPERATOR JUMPED OUT CAUSED INJURIES.

May 26, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS HELPING I.NAME INSTALL DECKING PLATE ON #211 LOADER WHEN HE TWISTED WRONG & COULDN\T STRAIGHTEN UP.

May 4, 1984 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDER WAS CHIPPING OFF SLAG FROM BOTTOM OF DOZER AND GOT AS PIECE OF IT IN HIS EAR

February 13, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COLLINS STOPPED HIS DOZER TO TALK WITH THE FOREMAN AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM DOZER HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE DIDNT REALIZE THAT HE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER

February 6, 1984 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS FUELTING D-9L DOZER AND OPERATOR MOVED DOZER BEFORE HE FINISHED AND JERKED OIL HOSE OUT OF HIS HAND.

1983 · 2 incidents

November 18, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE DOZER OPERATOR TANSEL HAYNES STOPPED HIS EQUIPMENT AND WAS WALKING ON TRACTION PADS OF DOZER WHEN INJURY OCCURRED HE WAS TRYING TO POSITION HIMSELF TO CHECK OIL LEVEL ON DOZER WHEN HIS FOO T SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BURN HIS HAND ON THE HOT ENGINE MANIFOLD

August 22, 1983 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WELDER WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING A BOTTLE OF OXYGEN OFF WELDING TRUCK WHEN HE PICKED UP TANK AND STRAINED HIS BACK HE DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS HURT UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER WHEN HIS BACK START TO STIFFEN UP ON HIM HE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 8 31 83