Mining Incidents

C-3Coal

Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Joseph T Bennett
Louellen, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513103
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2001–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2007 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Repairman slipped on a piece of belt and fell across structure cutting himself in the abdomen. Very minor situation. Came back to work after going to doctors office.

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ee was cutting cable ties and accidently cut his hand

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

Employee was tramming up to get last 2 bolts on left side of cut when the pinner wedged his hand to the rib.

2005 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A non injury roof fall accident was discovered at 5:45 am on #5 belt flight between crosscut #2 and #4 in the #3 entry. The fall was approx. 120' long, 22' wide and 5' thick.

2004 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was greasing the tailpiece of the belt-line when his sleeve got caught in the moving belt line and jerked his arm and pulled his shoulder.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Ee was helping hang high line on #2 belt when he said a knot came upon his lower back.

2003 · 2 incidents

No Value Found

WHILE STRINGING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE, THE CABLE FELL AND HIT EE IN BACK CAUSING BRUISING AND A STRAIN. EE HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE OCCURENCE BUT IS HOPING TO BE FINISHED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY AND GO BACK TO WORK IN A FEW MORE DAYS.

No Value Found

EE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE. THE HELPER TOOK ONE MORE SWIPE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THAN EE THOUGHT. EE HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OB BLOCK WHEN THE HAMMER HIT. EE HAS A FRACTURE IN HAND. HE WILL BE OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

2002 · 9 incidents

Flash burns (electric)

EE ENGAGED THE ELECTRICAL CURCUIT TO THE FAN. AN ARC OCCURRED. THE FLASH FROM THE ARC BURNED HIS HAND UP TO THE WRIST. HE WAS NOT ELECTROCUTED. THE BURN WAS BAD. THE LOCAL HOSPITAL TRANSFERRED HIM TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. THE INJURY WILL REQUUIRE SKIN GRAFTS.

Struck by falling object

EE IN MINER OPERATOR. HIS LEFT HAND WAS RESTING ON THE FRAME OF THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND HIT IT. EE WAS CUT AND HAD TWO BONES CRACKED. EE WAS NEVER IN DI STRESS. HE DROVE HIMSELF TO THE ER FOR TREATMENT.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING BELT TO PUT STRUCTURE UNDER IT, EE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK. A LOCAL DRS OFFICE VISIT AND MINOR RX PUT EE BACK TO WORK ON 10/17/02.

Accident type, without injuries

THE 002 MMU MINED INTO OLD MINE WORKING AT APPROX 2:00 PM, & AN UNPLANNED INUNDATION OF WATER OCCURRED FORCING THE UNDERGROUND WORKER TO RETREAT TO THE SURFACE AREA. THE MINE MAP INDICATES THA T THE CLOSEST 010 WORKS WERE APPROX 200' AWAY. THIS WAS A NON-INJURY INUNDATION OF WATER.

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

EE GOT HIS BRIDGE TOO CLOSE TO THE LEFT RIB AND GOT PINNED BETWEEN RIB AND CONTROLS ON BRIDGE. HE WAS ABLE TO HIT PANIC BAR QUICKLY ENOUGH TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY. HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 5-29 -02.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING BELT ROPE & STRAINED LEFT HIP.

Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON NECK AND BACK.

Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PROCEEDING TO EXIT THE MANTRIP AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE.

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

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT PLATE AND ROOF OF MINE.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING BROKEN BELT LINE & CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN BELT STRUCTURE & TIMBER.