Mining Incidents

Cedar Creek No 2 Surface Coal

Shelbiana, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515364

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1987–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1995 · 1 incident

May 3, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVIGN ROCK TRUCK WHEN ALLEGELY HIT A HUMP I THE ROAD AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A WINDOW. THIS ALLEGED INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4 DAYS AFTER THE EMPLOYEE WS TERMINATED.

1992 · 2 incidents

October 27, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

UELECTRIC CABLEMOVE WAS IN PROGRESS THE CABLEWAS HANGING FROM STAND ON 31/2DRUM INTO #2 PIT ACROSS THE ROAD TO ANOTHER STAND CRANE WAS LIFTING CABLE BETWEEN THE 2 STAND TO GET IT OUT OF ROAD C ABLE WAS XXBEHIND A ROCK EE WAS GOING TO UNFOLD CABLE IT WAS DARK & HE DIDNT REALIZE HOW MUCH TENSION WAS ON CABLE UNTIL HE SAW ROCK START TO MOVE HE BEGAN TO RETRIEVE FROM ABLE BUT IT CAME L

1991 · 6 incidents

September 12, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING A DOZER TRACK PAD ON D8N DOZER, HE DROPPED THE PAD ON HIS FOOT. PAD WEIGHS APPROX. 40 LBS AND PAD FELL AN APPROX. DISTANCE OF 3 FT.

April 17, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING PIN IN D9 DOZER WITH HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF METAL ENTERED INTO LEG. EMPL DID NOT MISS & WORK & DID NOT SEE DR TILL TALER PART OF MAY & WE RECEIVED DRS REPORT OF REMOVING SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM LEG. NO LOST TIME.

April 8, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FIRE
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

120 TON CAT ROCK TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE AND OPERATOR PROCEEDED TO DISMOUNT TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND. THE TRUCK WAS MOVING AND THE FRONT WHEELS RAN OVER HIS RIGHT FOOT.

January 24, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall from ladders

UPON LADDER REPLACING PIN IN 120 WABCO ROCK TRUCK WHEN LADDER SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM LETTING INDIVIDUAL FALL ON GROUND THEN THE PIN HE WAS PUTTING IN FELL ON ARM

1989 · 1 incident

January 9, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall from machine

CHECKING OIL LEVEL IN HYD OIL TANK AN SLIPPED AN FELL OFF DOZER. AT TIME OF ACCIDENT IT WAS RAINING. THE DECK OF DOZER WAS WET CAUSING I,NAME TO FALL FROM TO THE GROUND. THE DECK IS APP. 8 FT HIGH.

1988 · 1 incident

August 2, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING A OIL COOLER FROM THE BED OF A PICK-UP TRUCK. ONE OF THE MEN HELPING TO UNLOAD THE COOLER LET GO OF IT TOO QUICKLY, CAUSING IT TO FALL ON HIS FINGERS.

1987 · 1 incident

July 15, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LIFTING A330" DRAIN PIPE WITH A CHAIN HOOK IN BOTH ENDS, ONE HOOK BROKE AND STRUCK I,NAME IN THE LOWER STOMACH AREA, CAUSING A SLIGHT BRUISE, AND LATER A HERNIA.