Mining Incidents

Yager Coal Dock Coal

Yager Coal Dock · Facility
Owensboro, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514940

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

January 24, 1995 KY · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SERVICING HIS EQUIPMENT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & TWISTED HIS KNEE HE WAS NOT ON HIS EQUIPMENT HE WAS ON THE GROUND

January 6, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A GEAR BOX WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM ENOGH TO GO SEE A DCR AT THE TIME. HE LATER WENT TO THE DR ON JAN 11 DR RELEASED HIM HE IS OK.

1994 · 3 incidents

September 6, 1994 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall down stairs

INJURED WAS DECENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS RUNNING FROM THE PIER DOWN TO THE WORKING BARGE. WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURIN GHIS BACK AND LEFT ARM. WHEN HE GOT UP HE WENT OT THE SUPERVISOR & STATED THA THE WAS OK.

May 13, 1994 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CABLE HE DID NOT ACTUALLY PICK UP THE CABLE. HE RAISED UP FROM THIS POSITION WHEN A SHARP PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS BACK.

March 5, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yager Coal Dock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CABLE HE DID NOT ACTUALLY PICK UP CABLE BUT AS RAISED UP FROM THIS POSITION A SHARP PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

May 16, 1985 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Yager Coal Dock · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EE WAS WORKING ON DOCK WHERE COAL IS LOADED INTO BARGE. THE WIND BLEW DUST FORM COAL WAS INHALED BY EE.