Mining Incidents

Mine #4 Surface Coal

Controlled by B W McDonald
Ivel, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513149

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

August 8, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Laurel Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL OPERATING DOZER ON FILL AREA.LOADED TRUCK WAS DUMPING,WIND BLEW ROCK IN LEFT EYE.

July 11, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING EQUIPMENT WHEN HE STEPPED IN A 9" DRILL HOLE. EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE, LIGAMENTS IN RIGHT KNEE & HIS RIGHT HIP.

May 25, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

LOADED TRUCK TRAVELING DOWN HLL STEERING TURNED SO FAR LOCKED UP WENT IN BERM STARTED OVER BERM JUMPED OUT INJ TO FT ANLKE

1989 · 2 incidents

February 9, 1989 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laurel Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SWINGING PIPE RACK ON ROBBIN DRILL #410 MANUALLY CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN PIPE RACK AND DRILL STEEL MASHED HAND NO BROKEN BONES

1988 · 2 incidents

November 10, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laurel Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING LOAD TRACK ROLLERS INTO 980 BUCKET FOR REMOVAL FROM HOLLOW FILL AREA.LIFTING ROLLER INTO BUCKET HE DROPPED TO HIS KNEES AND COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.AT THIS TIME CEASED FROM HELPI NG LOAD ROLLERS.

August 13, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Laurel Creek Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

992C LOADER BLEW A HYDRAULIC HOSE LOADER BURST INTO FLAMES IN THE CAB AREA AND BELOW CAB OF LOADER.EMPLOYEE WAS BURNED ON HANDS,ARMS,UPPER BODY AND FACE.ALSO BROKE TWO BONES IN HIS BACK.WHEN J UMPED FROM LOADER.

1986 · 1 incident

November 14, 1986 KY · Coal superintendent MACHINERY
Homer Short Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

A BOOM TRUCK WA8 UNLOADING A 25E DOZER BLADE IN STORAGE AREA OUT RIGGERS WERE SET & THEN BLADE WAS PICKED UP I.NAME WAS STANDING IN BED OF TRUCK BALANCING BLADE WHILE IN AIR WHEN BLADE SWU NG TO SIDE OF T9UCK THE RT OUTRIGGER SUNK INTO GROUND CAUSING TRUCK TO FLIP ON ITS SIDE ALLOWING PUSHARM TO HIT I.NAME IN LEG R ESULTING IN BROKEN LEG