Mining Incidents

No 8 Coal

Kem Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Dwarf, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513563

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1984–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

April 28, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP ALLEGEDLY INJURING HIS BACK EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING UNTIL 05-10-94

1991 · 1 incident

October 22, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kem Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN TRACTOR BUMPED BLADE LIFT CONTROL, R HAND PINCHED BETWEEN CAB AND BLADE FRACT TO 5 MET.

1989 · 1 incident

January 26, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Kem Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT THIGH WITH A SMALL PIECE OF FLYROCK.

1986 · 1 incident

April 9, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kem Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 THAT WHILE OPERATING A DOZER HE HIT A ROCK WHICH JERKED HIM AND CAUSED TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK.

1984 · 3 incidents

October 17, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Highland Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF CAB OF WATER TRUCK AND STEPPED OFF OF CATWALK AND FELL TO THE GROUND FRACTURING BOTH HEELS.

May 4, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Highland Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOLDING A BUCKET TOOTH SHANK PIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HIUTTING THE PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE A BUCKET TOOTH.

April 30, 1984 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Highland Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL RAG FREE FROM ROTATING TOP DRIVE ON DRILL AND CAUGHT HAND, CAUSING GREASE FITTING ON TOP DRIVE TO CUT FINGER