Mining Incidents

No 3a Coal

Big Hill Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Curtis Francis
Turkey Creek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514953

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1986–1997
Latest incident
Apr 1997
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1997 · 1 incident

April 10, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Big Hill Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE ROOF BOLTING HE PUT HIS LEFT KNEE DOWN ON A PIECE OF COAL & FELT PAIN. EMPLOYER WAS NOTN NOTIFIED UNTIL 4/16/97

1996 · 1 incident

March 18, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Big Hill Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE TWISTED HIS LEG CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1995 · 1 incident

September 12, 1995 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Hill Mining Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WITH ROPE WHEN ROPE SLIPPED THRU HIS HANDS CUTTING HIS FINGERS.

1994 · 2 incidents

May 12, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Hill Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING METAL WHEN HE MASHED HIS FINGER.

January 25, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Big Hill Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS DRILL HOLES IN TOP TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS HE OT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

1993 · 5 incidents

November 23, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hill Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SUPPLIES IN BY RAIL, WHEN DRIVE CHAIN BROKE CAUSING RAIL MOTOR TO LOSE BRAKES. EMPOLOYEE TRIED TO JUMP OFF MOTOR CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.

July 26, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hill Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CABLE WAS HUNG ON SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO HOLD WITH CABLE DRIVE MOVED SHUTTLE CAR PULLING CABLE WHILE IN EMPLOYEES HAND CAUSING INJURY TO HIM

July 26, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Hill Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MAN-TRIP. HE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT UNDER CONTROL BOX TWISTING HIS RIGHT LEG.

June 1, 1993 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Big Hill Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER, LOADING COAL, A PIECE A COAL FLEW OUT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN, STRUCK HIM AT THIS LEFT EYE, KNOCKED OFF SAFETY GLASSES AND CUT AROUND HIS EYE.

January 19, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Big Hill Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING IN SCOOP, THE SCOOP HIT A DIP AND EMPLOYEE HIT HIS SHOULDER AGAISNT SCOOP.

1992 · 1 incident

September 24, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Hill Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING BELTS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN BELT.

1991 · 1 incident

1987 · 6 incidents

May 21, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Double E Mining Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DUST- BLACK LUN1.

April 24, 1987 KY · Coal MACHINERY
Double E Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS WORKING PIN3ING MACHINE, MOVED THE MACHINE AND IT SET ON RIGHT HAND

April 10, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double E Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLE HIT 3 WHE9LER FOOT PADDLE CAUSING IT TO MOVE FORWARD AND HIT HIM ON LOWER PART OF LEG.

January 21, 1987 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Double E Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

CHECKING BREAKE9 ON FEEDER.SCALE ROCK FROM HOLE FELL AND HIT ANKLE.

January 9, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Double E Mining Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PNEUMOCONIOSIS 3

1986 · 1 incident

July 1, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double E Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PINNING TOP-BOO4 ON MACHINE FELL ON LEFT HAND & LEFT WRIST.