Mining Incidents

No 12 Coal

Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Lovely, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513838

MSHA record for No 12 (mine ID 1513838). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Dec 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

December 9, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SITTING ON RIB 8TARTED TO GET UP AND TWISTED KNEE OUT OF PLACE

March 3, 1986 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

IN ENTRY #4 ON 4MU #1 ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD #6. A ROOF FALL OCCURRED OVER THE WEEKEND & WAS FOUND ON 3-3-86. THE FALL MEASURED 30X60 FEET & WAS 3'-7' HIGH & FELL ON A S/C IN THE INTERSECTION.

1985 · 5 incidents

November 11, 1985 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

IN #1 ENTRY ON 4MU #001 40' OUTBY SPAD 567 ROOF FALL OCCURRED OVER WEEKEND AND WAS FOUND ON 11-11-85.ROOF FALL MEASURED 20' X 20' X 5' AREA IS CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF.

February 22, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURIED MAN WAS HANGING BOLTER CABLE WHEN OPERATOR STARTED TRAMING BOLTER, CAUSING CABLE TO BECOME TIGHT AND PULLING FINGER OF INJURIED MAN INTO J-HOOK CUTTING HIS FINGER.

January 7, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS ROOF BOLTING ON OPERATOR SIDE, AND WAS TAKING DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE IN R EVERSE ROTATION, WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BEND, HITTING HIM ON THE RIGHT WRIST

1984 · 7 incidents

July 10, 1984 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS SHOVELING AROUND THE FEEDER IN THE 3 ENTRY WHEN HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK, WHICH RESULTED IN APULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

June 18, 1984 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I.NAME WAS WORKING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER PULLING A PIN ON THE GUARD RAIL OF THE MINER, WHEN HE GOT SHARP PAINS IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS. DIAGNOSIS WAS CERVICAL STRAIN OF THE NECK FROM PULLI NG TO HARD ON THE PIN

May 16, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SUBJECT WAS ROOF BOLTING IN THE #1 HEADING WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MINER HARD HAT FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD, CAUSING HIM A HEADACHE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

April 13, 1984 KY · Coal master electrician HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS WORKING AT THE BATTERY STATION LIFTING A H-2 RIPPER HEAD INTO A SCOOP AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE DIDN\T THINK HE WAS SERIOUSOUSLY INJURED AND DIDN\T TAKE OFF WORK UNTIL THE 24TH OF A APRIL 1984

April 12, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WHILE ROOF BOLTING IN THE 4 ENTRY AT APPROX. 10 AM ON 4 12 84 A ROCK APPROX 18 HIGH 68 LONG 36 WIDE AND WEIGHTING APPX 800 LBS FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND LANDED ON SUBJECT AND RO OF BOLTER. SUBJECT HAD BRUISED HIPS WITH NO BROKEN BONES.

April 5, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS DRIVING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HURT HIS BACK.

March 13, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS ROOF BOLTING AND WHILE DRILLING A HOLE THE DRILL STEEL HIT HISHAND BRUISING HIS HAND.

1983 · 3 incidents

May 23, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Collieries Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR. SIMPKINS WAS ROOF BOLTING & ONE SIDE OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE BRAKES DID NOT WORK & CAUSED IT TO SWING AROUND & HIT MR. SIMPKINS IN T H E LEFT SIDE-RIBS.

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