Mining Incidents

No 6 Mine Coal

Lester Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jessica R Lester
Sidney, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513014

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 10, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Eastwood Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS 2PERATING A SCOOP ON ROUTE TO THE SURFACE TO PICK UP MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES, WHEN HE APPARENTLY GOT HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE MINE ROOF, RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 1 incident

August 16, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Baisden Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER, SCRAPING A ROCK FROM THE TRAVEL WAY. AS THE EMPLOYEE PREPARED TO DUMP THE ROCK OVER THE BERM, THE BERM BROKE WA Y AND THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM TE CAB OF THE LO ADER LANDING ON THE ROADWAY.

1986 · 4 incidents

October 7, 1986 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastwood Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING 8PLICE BELTLINE USING A WINCH. THE H ANDLE OF THE WINCH SLIPPED & THE DEVICE CAME LOOSE FROM THE BELT & S TRUCK EE IN MOUTH.

August 4, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastwood Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING3CENTER SECTION OF A 482 SCOOP A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE FROM THE HAMMER & STRUCK EE IN NECK.

March 14, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastwood Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING 4ITH A TAIL ROLLER. THE CHAIN BROKE & HIT EE ON FINGER.

January 17, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastwood Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A 2AMMER TO CHANGE TRAM CHAIN ON A CUTTER. HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN CHAIN & HUB.