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Pilgrim Mine Number Two Coal

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Massey Energy Company

Pilgrim, Martin County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1516047

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 9
Years on record: 1994–1995
Latest incident: Sep 1995

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1995 · 4 incidents

September 22, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF SITTING ON THE MINE FLOOR ALONG SIDE A COAL RIB WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 10-9-94. AFTER VIEWING THE TREATING PHYSCIA IN S REPORT THE FINDINGS WERE DISCUSSED WITH MSHA OFFICIALS. IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS SHOULD BE TREATED AS A REPEATED TRAUMA CASE IN LIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

June 21, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A PORTION OF ROOF FELL IN THE NUMBER TWO ENTRY OUTBY ACTIVE WORKING SECTION THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 5FT THICK 20FT WIDE & 35 FT LONG THE AREA WAS SUPPORTED WITH 42IN RESIN GROUTED RODS

June 6, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN COAL RIB AND FRAME OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WHLE ROUNDING A CORNER.

March 29, 1995 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BNET OVER, LIFTED A TRAILING CABLE AND BEGAN TO STEP FORWARD.

1994 · 5 incidents

November 16, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS CROUCHED NEAR A COAL RIB WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR TRAMMED ONTO HIS RIGHT LEG. THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS NOT FULLY AWARE OF THE POSITION OF THE EMPLOYEE.

October 26, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE NUMBER 5 ROOM EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE MINE ROOF. THE SUSPECTED FAILURE WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE FOREMAN IN CHARGE AND APPROPRIATE ACTION WAS TAKEN TO PREVENT EXPOSURE TO MINERS. THE ROOF FALL MEASURED APPROX. 8'X27' X 30'. NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS ROOF FALL.

September 12, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT REACHED OVER THE TOP OF A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO SECURE SOME ROOF BOLTS. AS HE REACHED HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE MACHINE WAS NOT IN MOTION AT THE TIMM EOF THE ACCID ENT.

August 12, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING A BATTERY POWERED SCOOP ON CHARGE WHEN HIS ARM STRUCK A METAL STRAP ATTACHED TO THE ROOF.

July 14, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES

Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS HANDLING A TRAILING CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS CHEST. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL WITH A LOW HEART RATE. THE LATEST INFORMATION IS THAT HE IS BEING TREATE D FOR INFLAMED CARTILAGE OF THE CHEST.