Mining Incidents

No 6 Coal

Amber Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Carl Kirk
Pilgrim, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514661

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

September 9, 1985 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING LOADING MACHINE IN REVERSE. THE TRAM MOTOR AND GEAR CASE OF LOADING MACHINE BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HAND. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON CANOPY POST OF LOADING MACHINE.

September 5, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR - HE HAD GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR AND ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LOADER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON HAND

April 2, 1985 KY · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amber Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PLAYING WITH CAN OF SPRAY PAINT & SPRAYED IN EYES.

1984 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1984 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE SETTING DRINKING WATER OFF ROOFBOLTER-BOLT OPERATOR BACKED ROOFBOLTER I.NAME FOOT-MASH OF LEFT FOOT

September 7, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Amber Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING ON FOOT-BRUSE