Mining Incidents

#1Coal

A & M Coal Company Inc · Underground
Mary Alice, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516208
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Dec 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2001 · 6 incidents

Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE'S BACK WHILE HE WAS BOLTING THE ROOF.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN COAL RIB AND HIS MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OUT OF HIS BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND STRAINED HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

Struck against a moving object

MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER WAS BUMPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE A WHIP-LASH TO THE NECK.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CABLE AND CAUSED A PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

PAIN TO LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING MINER REMOTE CONTROL BOX.

2000 · 2 incidents

Struck by powered moving object

THE EE REACH INSIDE OPERATORS DECK OF SCOOP TO TRAM IT FOREWARD. THE SCOOP WAS IN REVERSE AND CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN SCOOP AND A TIMBER.

Struck against a moving object

EE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT AGAINST THE SCOOP HE WAS OPERATING.