Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Paul J Sturgill
Bledsoe, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513696

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1987 · 4 incidents

April 3, 1987 KY · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING A SURVEY ROD AND WALKING DOWN SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN SNOW AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

April 1, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A TWISTED POSITION WHILE LARGE ROCKS WAS BEING LOADED INTO TRUCK CAUSING HIS BACK TO BE SPRAINED OR TWISTED.

February 7, 1987 KY · Coal FIRE
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FIRE STARTED AT3ON UNKNOWN ORGIN AND QUICKLY SPREAD TO THE HYDROLICS WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE TO SPREAD RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE MACHINE.

1986 · 4 incidents

September 26, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS REPA3RING A 988 FRONT END LOADER AND AS I STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LOADER I BUMPED MY LEFT KNEE ON A MECHANIC TRUCK

July 7, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING ROCK TRUCK - RAN OVER LARGE ROCK

April 7, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING 9ADIATOR ON D9L DOZER WRENCH SLIPPED CUT RIGHT HAND ON RADIATOR.