Mining Incidents

Combs Branch JobCoal

Leburn, Knott County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516606
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Windy Conditions, Employee was welding on a frame of a rock truck a piece of metal flew in his eye. He was wearing goggles.

2004 · 4 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee got out of loader, tripped, grabbed the rail but couldn't hold on and fell to the ground. He hurt his right shoulder and back.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was in rock truck the loader loaded the truck with a big rock the big rock jared the truck.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was changing cutting edges on a grader when he lifted cutting edge; right side of stomach started hurting.

Unclassified, insufficient data

NO DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONS TO THE ACCIDENT/INJURY/ILLNESS.

2003 · 2 incidents

No Value Found

EE SAID HE HIT A BUMP WHILE HE WAS TRAMMING HIS DRILL AND SAID HIT BACK, STARTED HURTING.

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MIRRORS ON COAL TRUCK AND FELL BACKWARD AND CAUGHT FALL WITH LEFT WRIST.

2002 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS PRYING ON LARGE ROCK BUCKET SLIPPED OFF ROCK CAUSING EE TO BRUISE LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE KNEELING ON THE GROUND TO LOOSEN TRACK ADJUSTER. GOT UP & TURNED AROUND TO GET A TOOL & LEFT KNEE POPPED VERY LOUD.

2000 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS WORKING THE FILL ON A D-6 DOZER HE WAS MOVING FROM 1 WORK AREA TO ANOTHER WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK STICKING UP & JARRED HIMSELF HE HAS CHRONIC BACK PROBLEMS BUT HIS CAUSED PAIN & N UMBNESS IN LEGS

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TARPING HIS TRUCK(AUTOMATIC TARPER) AND THE TARP BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TARP FRAME. HE REACHED UP TO UNTANGLE THE TARP AND FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK (14TH). THE PAIN B ECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL HE BEGAN LOSING TIME (24TH).