Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Four-B Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bailey Toby & Teddy
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516123

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1991 · 4 incidents

October 8, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Four-B Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIR ON 16RBJOY CUTTING MACHINE MACHINE WAS BEING REASEMBLED & BAR NEEDED TO BE MOVED A FEW INCHES TWO HYDRAULIC HOSES HAD BEEN ACCIDENTLY REVERED & BAR MOVED IN REVERS E DIRECTION THAN INTENDED EMPLOYEE HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME OF MACHINE & HYDRAULIC JACK

September 14, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Four-B Inc · Fall from machine

I WAS USING 950 CAT END LOADER ON HAUL ROAD. BRAKES FAILED ON STEEP GRADE. LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE. JUMPED OUT OF LOADER, INJURED ANKLE.

August 23, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Four-B Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED REPORTED TO ME ON 08-29-91 THAT WHEN HE LIFTED A PICE OF METAL OFF GROUND HE HRT HIS BACK.THIS OCCURRED ON 08-23-91.

May 31, 1991 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
Four-B Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WENT TO EXPLOSIVES MAGZINE TO GET DETIONATORS. WHEN HE REACHED INTO MAGZINE WITH HAND A COPPERHEAD (SNAKE) BIT HIM ON LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

1990 · 1 incident

December 21, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED MINER WAS A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR. HE HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO HELP LOADER OPERATOR BAR-DOWN SOME CAP COAL THAT WAS HANGING FROM RIB. WHEN THE CAP COAL WAS BARRED DOWN A P IECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK MINER ON THE HIP.

1988 · 1 incident

January 5, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME USING LI0TING JACK JACKING UP FEEDER.LIFTING JACK HANDLE SLIPPED AND I.NAME HAND WENT DOWN AGAINST BOTTOM BREAKING LEFT RING FINGER.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ICING A MINE BELT USING A ROPE COME-A-LONG AS HE WAS PULLING HANDLE ON THE COME-A-LONG TO PULL THE BELT TOGETHER T HE HANDLE SLIPPED & CAME BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RT.HAN D CAUSING THE I3JURY

September 3, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee W Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS STAN8ING APPROX 15 FT FROM ANOTHER EMOP WHO WAS HAMMERING A BIT OUT OF A CUTTING MACHINE CUTTER BAR. THE HAMMER SHATTERED AND A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE CHIPPED HAMMER WENT INTO I NAMES LEFT LEG 4UST BELOW THE KNEE