Asher Branch Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL CONDI7IONS IN THIS AREA ARE POOR INADEQUATE SUPPORT PARITALLY BLOCKED INTAKE AIR COURSE
No 1 Coal
Pixie Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Mc Ghee Jack
Hyden,
Leslie County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513461
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Nov 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file1987 · 8 incidents
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED MAN WAS3HANGING WING CURTAIN WAS ON HSI KNEES WITH FEET IN RAM CAR HAULAGE WAY RAM CAR OPR LOADED AND PULLED OUT OF #2 RT BK AND LOADED CAR RAM OVER MANS FOOT
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED 15 BKS FROM SURFACE IN #5 MAIN HDG IT FELL ADJACENT TO AN OLD ROOF FALL THE FALL EXTENDS APPROX 60 FT LONG 20 FT TO 30 FT WIDE AND 4 FT TO 6 FT HIGH NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN POS SSIBLY RESTRICT3NG VENTILATION THE ROCK FELL ABOVE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE
August 26, 1987
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
THE OPERATOR WA8 TURNING FROM #3 HEADING INTO #2 BREAKTHROUGH WITH TRACTOR AND RAM CAR AND PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON CANOPY POST AND CAR CAME ONTO CANOPY POST INJURING HIS HAND.SEVER LACERATIO NS TO LITTLE F3NGER AND RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.WILL BE POSSIBLE AMPUTATION OF TWO FINGERS AT 1ST JOINTS.
May 27, 1987
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CAR OPERATOR WA8 SETTING IN DECK OF CAR WITH PUMP MOTOR RUNNING & HAND OVER DECK OF TRACTOR - HYHE TURNED IN DECK STRIKING TRAM LEVER - SWIVEL TRACTOR & CATCHING HIS R HAND BETWEEN TRACTOR & C AR 3
May 19, 1987
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS MOV3NG A PIECE OF SLATE OFF OF TAIL PIECE & STOWED HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE OF SLATE
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current
MINER MAN BEGAN3TO TRAM MINER TOWARD FACE RAM CAR MAN TRAMMED RAM CAR ONTO CABLE CAUSING CABLE TO BE PULLED OUT OF BOX. BURNING MINER MANS LEFT UPPER LEG.
April 16, 1987
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Asher Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WORKED 5LL SHIFT DIDNT COMPLAIN A REPORT ANY INJURY-DIDNT WORK NEXT SHIFT SENT WORD HIS BACK WAS HFURTING-CAME BY MONDAY 042087 & REPORTED HE WAS GOING TO DOC.-THAT HE HAD PULLED A MUS CLE IN H IS BAC5 THE EMPLOYEE HAS A H ISTORY OF BACK TROUBLE
1986 · 5 incidents
Altizer Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING MOVE A 100 HP MOTOR ON THE 3 BELT DRIVE WHICH HAD BROKE DOWN.
March 31, 1986
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
ELECTRICAL
Altizer Resources Inc · Contact with electrical current
INJURED WAS PLA7ING FUSE IN BATTERY CHARGER. HAD DISCONNECTED POWER BUT FAILED TO UNPLUG BATTRIES. WRENCH COME IN CONTACT WITH TERMENAL BURNING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
Altizer Resources Inc · Accident type, without injuries
CROSS CUT HAD B5D TOP-HAD POSSIBLY BEEN BOLT ED WITH WRONG SIZE DRILL BITS-ALL STARTER BITS ARE TO BE REMOVED FROM ALL BOLT MACHINES
Altizer Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS OPE9ATING SCOOP-WAS ON WAY OUTSIDE TO PICK UP SUPPLIES A PIECE DRAW SLATE FELL STRIKING INJURIES ON THE HEAD NECK WAS INJURED.
February 24, 1986
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Altizer Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I,NAMEN WAS REM2VING A PIECE OF SLATE OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT STRIKING INJURIE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD. CUTTING A PLACE JUST BACK OF RT EYE.
1985 · 5 incidents
W & T Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
TOP CHANGING FROM SLATE TO SANDSTONE THIS CONDITION USUALLY OCCURRS WHEN ROCK STRATA CHANGES. THE O ENTRY USED FOR TRAVEL WAS BLOCKED
September 18, 1985
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W & T Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS SPLICING A BELT.
W & T Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
THE SLATE TOP HAS CHANGED TO SANDSTONE FALLS USUALLY OCCURE UNDER THIS CONITION. A ROAD TO AND FROM THE SECTION WAS BLOCKED ONE OF THE THREE INTAKE AIR WAGE WAS BLOCKED.
April 18, 1985
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W & T Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED EMPLOYEE REMOVED A HYDRAULIC HOSE FITTING FROM THE BOOM LIFT JACK ON THE 21 SC SHUTTLE CAR (OFFSIDE). THE BOOM FELL ON EMPLOYEE\S LEGS. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO INSTALL A SAFETY BLOCK UNDER THE BOOM.
W & T Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL COVERING GALIS 300 ROOF BOLTER A FALL APPROX 35\ LONG 18\ WIDE
1983 · 1 incident
July 14, 1983
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Quick Silver Mining Inc · Struck by flying object
SHOOTING COAL PIECE OF RIB PENETRATED HIS BACK