Mining Incidents

Branham & Baker Coal TerminalCoal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Catlettsburg, Boyd County, KY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1512199
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2001–2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2021 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE was welding on belt line skirt boards over to guarded area. Lost balance and fell to ground approximately 8 to 10 feet.

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Cutting brace out of structure, jacks slid out causing belt line to fall, hitting employee and pinning legs.

2007 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Breaking loose fozen coal from belt structure and hopper with a pinch bar. Material suddenly dislodged, pinning left hand between bar and structure. Hematoma of the left hand.

2006 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Pulling 2 tanks oxygen/acetylene on cart when feet slipped out from underneath him, landing flat on back. Pain along lenth of spine.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was breaking accumulated dirt out of rollers with a sledge hammer, when in mid-swing, his finger became caught between hammer handle and a piece of overhead structure.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting another with putting a leaf-spring on the water truck when a piece of debris became lodged in his cornea. His eye became very irritated. Debris had to be surgically removed by a specialist.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Walking under conveyor belt. Hit head on beam support bolt. No hard hat.

2003 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE AND 2 OTHER CO-WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SOME LARGE ROCKS FROM THE RAW CRUSHER BELT. ALL 3 EE'S WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON 1 ROCK WHEN INJURED EE FELT HIS SHOULDER PULL. PULLED LIGAME NT/LEFT SHOULDER.

Struck by flying object

EE FUELING EQUIPMENT ON A VERY WINDY DAY. WIND BLEW DEBRIS IN EYE. A PIECE BECAME LODGED AT EDGE OF CORNEA, CREATING A MINOR CORNEAL ABRASION.

Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE RIVER TUNNEL WITH A WELDING HOOD ON AND EXPERIENCED MODERATE TO SEVERE FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

2002 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING CHAIN FROM LOADER BUCKER WHEN STEPPED IN BUCKET WITH MUDDY BOOTS HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE BRUISING HIS RIBS & KIDNEY.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A COMEALONG TO RAISE A WINCH CABLE WHEN IT SLID BACK & MASHED HIS LEFT HAND.

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN TORCH TIP & GOT OXYGEN IN GLOVE THAT IGNITED WHEN HE LIT TORCH, BURNING LEFT HAND.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING OLD TROPH ROLLERS INTO LAODER BUCKET AND DROPPED ONE ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.