Mining Incidents

Roxana #2 Coal

Controlled by Talmage D Meade
Roxana, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516361

MSHA record for Roxana #2 (mine ID 1516361). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1989 · 7 incidents

July 28, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A BULK TRUCK FROM A POWDER BIN AND HE BENT OVER TO GO UNDER THE CATWALK ON THE TRUCK AND BUMPED HIS LOWER BACK ON THE CATWALK.

June 7, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD AN AIR CABLE ONTO THE PARTS TRUCK TO BRING BACK TO THE SHOP AND HE GOT HIS LEFT FOREFINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COOLER AND THE TRUCK.HE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AND THEY TOOK OFF HIS FINGER NAIL ON HIS FOREFINGER LEFT AHND AND PUT SOME STITCHES IN IT.

April 11, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE GOT IN THE ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS SETTING STILL AND THE DOOR SLAMMED ON HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING THE END OF HIS THUMB ALMOST OFF.

January 5, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

DRIVING ENLOADER LOADING ROCK TRUCK AND HEARD EXPLOSION AND LOADER BURST INTO FLAMES AND JUMPED OUT CAUSING BURNS ON ARMS,, FACE A(D CO MP . FRACT. IN R. LEG STEERING SAND BRAKE PUMP STARTED LEAKING.

January 4, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM HIS ENLOADER AT GUIT TIME AND THE WAY HE STEPPED DOWN HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 8, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS HELPING CLEAR HOLLOW FILL. THEY WERE CUTTING TREES & TREE LIMB FLEW BACK & HIT HI ABOVE LEFT EYE.

May 27, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL FROM AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. HE WAS ROLLING IT OUT ONTO THE GROUND AND DROPPED IT CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER BARRELL THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND

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The full compliance file on Roxana #2

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