Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
19'X23' FOOT ROOF FALL 36" THICK FELL APPROX. 60" INBY SPAD #1742.
Mine No 4 Coal
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Hogg Willis
Roxana,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514533
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1984–1991
- Latest incident
- Jan 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file1991 · 1 incident
1990 · 5 incidents
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
20' X 20' FOOT ROOF FALL 36" THICK FELL APPROX. 60' INBY SPAD #1720.
October 12, 1990
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT AHND WHILE HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER.
May 23, 1990
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded
WAS CRAWLING AROUND ON KNEES.
February 22, 1990
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
ELECTRICAL
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
WAS OWKRING AT FUSE BOX. PIECE OF METAL HIT FUSE BOX CAUSING IT TO ARC OVER BURNING EMPLS FACE.
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER BACKED INTO PIG & PIG PUSHED IN ON EMPL.
1989 · 3 incidents
November 22, 1989
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS OPERATING 506 CARRIER AND MINER PULLED CARRIER INTO RIB. THE CARRIER CAUGHT HIS LEG BENDING IT INTO HIS CHEST.
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS CUTTING A PICE OF BELT WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING THIGH.
June 8, 1989
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
TAKING DUSTER DOWN ON SCOOP. THE DUSTER JAMMED UP ON TOP CATCHING LEFT LEG & KNEE TWISTING IT.
1988 · 1 incident
December 15, 1988
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
WAS CLEANING FUEL TANK WHEN TANK GOT HOT EMPLOYEE JUMPED OVER HILL & HURT RIGHT WRIST
1985 · 1 incident
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
SCOOP DRIVER OVERCOME BY POWDER SMOKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTRACT BUCKET OF COAL FROM LEFT BREAK OF #5 HDG SCOOP CLIMBED UPON SOME LOOSE COAL AND WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM OF MINE AND COULDNT GET BACK TO FRESH AIR.
1984 · 4 incidents
November 9, 1984
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
AUTHOR JENT, WHILE IN LOW COAL & IN THE KNEELING POSITION, BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF DUMMIES WHICH WEIGHTS APPROX. 20 LBS., & STRAINED HIS BACK.
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
I NAME WAS IN RIGHT BREAK OF NO. 4 ENTRY POSITIONING THE WAGON DRILL TO START DRILLING COAL IN PROCESS OF POSITIONING DRILL HE HAD TO LIFT DRILL RESULTING IN BACK.
October 4, 1984
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
I NAME MOVED HIS SCOOP INTO #4 ENTRY AT FACE AND WAS COMING OUT OF #4 ENTRY WITH LOAD OF COAL WHEN LEFT KNEE CONTACTED THE TOP THE INJURY CAUSED A STRAINED KNEE PULLED TENDONS AND MUSCLES LOW COAL WAS THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS INJURY
Lucky Branch Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current
DEFECTIVE CABLE ON POWER SIDE OF 6002 30 AMP SWITCH BOX EMP WAS INSTALLING A BATTERY CHARGER 44 V 3 PHASE MIDDLE FINGER KING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WAS ELECTRICALLY BURNED WHEN POWER WAS APP APPLIED TO SWITCH BOX 2 PHASES CAME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER