Mining Incidents

No 1 SurfaceCoal

Evans Coal Corp · Surface
Colmar, Bell County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515928
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

HE WAS PASSING A CAR ON A NARROW ROAD, THE BLACK TOP GAVE WAY DUE TO A LOT OF RAIN, CAUSING HIS TRUCK TO TURN OVER, HE SUSTAINED BRUISES OVER MULTIPLE PARTS OF HIS BODY.

2000 · 4 incidents

Struck against a moving object

WAS DUMPING LOAD COAL TRAILER TURNED OVER, LACERATION ON FOREHEAD REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHECKING THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND THE HOSE CAME OFF CAUSING OIL TO GO INTO HIS EYES.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS PUTTING A BATTERY IN A GRADER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FIRE EXTINGUISHER WENT OFF IN CAB OF DOZER CAUSING HIM TO INHALE THE CHEMICALS. HE BECAME DIZZY AND NAUSEATED.