Mining Incidents

No 3 Coal

M & Mb Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Biliter Marvin Jr
Galveston, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513126

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1989 · 1 incident

March 11, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE WERE STARTING TO ROLL UP A PIECE OF BELT WITH A BELT ROLLER WHEN THE LOOSE SLEEVE OF HIS COVERALLS CAUGHT ON THE PIN, TRAPPING HIS RIGHT ARM.

1988 · 5 incidents

October 10, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS USING A COAL LOADING SCOOP TO CLEAN THE RIB AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SCOOP LATERALLY BY USING HIS BUCKET AND HYDRAULICS IN DOING SO HE DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE TOP WITH THE SCOOP STRIKING AND POSSIBLY INJURING VICTIM

October 3, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS OPERATING A COAL SCOOP USED TO LOAD AND HAUL COAL ON THE SECTION WHEN HE APPARENTLY POSITIONED HIMSELF INBY PERMAMENT ROOF SUPPORT ROOF BOLTS AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROOF

August 8, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF.

April 20, 1988 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP VEHICLE WHEN IT BECAME DISABLED. HE THEN BOARDED A SCOOP GOING BY. HE WAS RIDING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND HIS FINGER SLIPPED UNDER BLADE OF SCOOP WHEN IT BOUNCED ON ROUGH ROAD.

February 8, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING COAL FROM ROCK PREPARING TO BREAK IT AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE HAND.SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND SMASHED FIRST JOINT.

1987 · 6 incidents

September 14, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

TWO EMPLOYEES W9RE ATTEMPTING TO CARRY A MOTOR BY PLACING A SLATE BAR, THROUGH LIFTING EYE OF MOTOR. I,NAME LET HIS SIDE OF BAR DOWN AND MOTOR SLID TO HIS SIDE AND BROKE HIS LEG.

August 11, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M & Mb Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD CO4PLETED SHIFT AND WAS GREASING HIS FRONT END LOADER. WHILE GREASING THE ARMS OF THE LOADER HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
M & Mb Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SCOOP AND WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE INTERSCTION OF #4 ENTRY HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE MINE ROOF AS THERE IS A ROLL IN THAT AREA OF THE MINE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS FORCED DOWNWARD3RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE AND MINOR ABRASIONS TO LOWER LEG

March 26, 1987 KY · Coal MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS ROOF-BOL7ING OUT OF SEQUENCE.NO VISIBLE INJURY.COMPLAINED OF NUMB LEG.KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.

January 16, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MEN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME AND FRACTURING ONE TOE ROCK WAS APPROX 4 FT X 9 FT X 8 IN

January 16, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MWN WERE REMOVI3G BOLTS FROM ROOF IN PREPARAION FOR CREATING A BOOM HOLE IN DOING SO THE ROOF FELL STRIKING I.NAME ROCK WAS APPROX 4FT X 9 FT X 8 IN CAUSING A PELVIC FRACTURE TO I.NAME

1986 · 3 incidents

November 24, 1986 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
M & Mb Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

SECTION WAS BEI3G DRIVING BETWEEN 2 FAULTS ONE SIDE WAS AGAINST SAND STONEER OTHER SIDE WAS PITCHING STEEPLY UPWARD 60IN BELTS WERE BEING USED THEY WERE TOURGOING IN RANGE ROOF ABOVE BELT ANCH ORAGE WAS 50FT3& SLICK SIDE

September 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED. DR SAID HE EXPECTS FULL RECOVERY

September 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
M & Mb Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES PREPA9ED TO BOLT ROOF BEFORE SETTING SAFETY JACKS, LOOSE DRAW ROCK FELL INJURING THEM, I.NAMES BACK WAS INJURED FULL EXTENT OF INJURY NOT KNOWN