Mining Incidents

No #3 Coal

Controlled by Prater Taylor
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514573

MSHA record for No #3 (mine ID 1514573). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

February 12, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STANDING UP AT END OF ONE SCOOP ANOTHER ONE HIT HIM PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE OTHER SCOOP BREAKING HIS LEG AND SMASHING HIS FOOT.

January 26, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN EJECTOR & BUCKET SMASHING FINGER TAKING 10 STICHES IN MIDDLE FINGER

1992 · 7 incidents

1990 · 3 incidents

November 22, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP RUN OVER RIGHT FOOT BRUISING IT.

1989 · 1 incident

March 3, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

IT WAS ALLEGED THAT I,NAME WHILE PULLING A POWDER WAGON PULLED A MUSCL OR LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK OR SIDE.

1987 · 1 incident

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