Mining Incidents

No 6 Surface Coal

Controlled by Reading & Bates Corp
Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513618

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1984 · 1 incident

April 9, 1984 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING EQUIPMENT AND HAD A 5 GALLON CAN OF TRANS. OIL WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON MACHINE, RESULTING IN HIS FALL

1983 · 7 incidents

December 27, 1983 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE GROUND WAS COVERED WITH ICE KEN & PAUL MILLIAN WAS WALKING UP HILL AT FIRST SWITCH BACK ON CLAY HOLLOW ROAD KEN SLIPPED & FELL SEVERAL TIMES RESULTS BRUISED RIGHT CHEST & HIP.

October 17, 1983 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING CRUSHED ROCK TO BE PLACED ON THE HAUL ROAD. HE TURNED THE TRUCK AROUND TO BACK DOWN THE HILL IN ORDER TO DUMP, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND FLIPPED OVER ON IT S SIDE.

August 28, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE INJURED HIS HAND & FINGER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A DRIVELINE BACK INTO THE TRUCK WHEN THE UNIVERSAL JOINT SLIPPED APART CAUSING HIM TO MASH HIS LITTLE FINGER ON THE H AND AGAINST THE FRAME OF THEW TRUCK.

August 26, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER WAS DRIVING BACK TO PIT AREA ON CRAFTS COOLY WHEN DUST- DIRT THAT WAS IN THE AIR BECAME LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE STATED THAT HIS PARTNER ATTEMPTED TO GET THE FOREIGN OBJECT OUT & HE FINISHED THE SHIFT WITH NO REAL PROBLEMS. AFTER HE LEFT WORK HIS EYE BECAME IRRITATED & HE LET A DOCTOR CHECK & CLEAN EYE.

August 19, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

MCBEE WAS BRINGING A WATER TRUCK ON A DOWNHILL GRADE ENROUTE TO LOAD THE TRUCK WITH WATER WHILE HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL HE STATED THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT KICKED OUT OF GEAR AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STOP WITH THE BRAKES THEY WENT OUT ALSO WHEN THE OPERATOR DITCHED THE TRUCK THEN ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM THE TRUCK WHICH CAUSED THE I NJURY

August 4, 1983 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING A ROCK OUT FROM UNDER TRACK ON A AIR TRACKDRILL & HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT BACK OF HIS HAND ON THE TRACK PADS.

July 30, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR STOPPED D-9H DOZER WHILE PUSHING MATERIAL TO LOADER & STEPPED OUT OF DOZER TO CHECK HIS WORK WHEN HE FELL. IN DOING THIS HE STOOD TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF TRACK PAD ON DOZER & HIS FEET SL IPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON TOP OF TRACK PADS WITH HIS KNEE CAP STRIKING THE EDGE OFT RACK PADS.