Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Kiah Creek Mining Company · Underground
Etty, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516616

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1991 · 5 incidents

October 8, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS KNOCKING A PIN OUT OF RIPPER CHAIN MAN HIT A BIT LUG WHILE HAVING HANDLE OF HAMMER IN HIS HAND IT PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BIT LUG & THE HAMMER HANDLE

October 4, 1991 KY · Coal timberman MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS HELPING ELECT REPAIR TRAM CHAIN ON OFFSIDE OF MINER. CHAIN WAS REPAIRED WHEN OPERATOR WAS TOLD TO TRAM MINER. CHAIN BROKE AGAIN STRIKING MAN ON LEFT HAND AND RIGHT LEG. THE MAN'S LEFT HAND WAS CUT. THE RIGHT LEG OF EMPLOYEE WAS CUT.

July 26, 1991 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS HITTING THE MINER TRAM CHAIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METER CHIPPED OFF TRAM CHAIN HITTING MAN ABOVE THE EYE.METAL HIT ABOVE THE MAN"S SAFETY GLASSES.

April 4, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS HELPING MOVE ROCK OFF MINER ROCK BROKE IN THE MIDDLE PINNING THE MANS HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND MINER.

1990 · 11 incidents

November 16, 1990 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by flying object

ONE END OF STRAP FELL IN BOOM OF MINR OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING MINE TURNED HIS HEAD AND WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH COAL CUASED BY STRAP FOULED IN MINER BOOM STRAP CAME IN FOULDED THROWING COAL IN MI NER'S EYE.

September 29, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

PERSON ATTEMPTING TO TAKE CAR ANCHOR DOWN BY REMOVING CHAIN FROM AROUND ANCHOR BOLT WHEN LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF HITTING HIM ON ARM & LEG.

September 17, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

HE HAD BENT OVER TO PICK UP TIMBER NEXT TO RIB. ROCK FELL FROM ROOF HITTING PERSON ON HIP.

September 8, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRUCK IN SIDE OF HEAD, RF DRILL CABLE, REEL ENGAGED ACCCID. PULLING CABLE DOWN FORM FOOR

September 6, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

INJURING PERSON ATTEMPT TO CROSS OVER TAIL PIECE SLIP OFF AND FELL AND HIT AN RIGHT LEG IN KNEE CAP.

July 14, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM CALLED OUTSIDE ON MINE PHONE THAT HE HAD HURT HIMSELF WHILE LIFTING ON BELT STRUCTURE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTING IT UP. VICTIM HAD SMALL KNOT TO COME UP ON UPPER PART OF STOMACH.

1989 · 3 incidents

October 8, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER WAS STUCK I,NAME WAS HELPING GET BOLTER OUT AND HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED UNDER TIRE, CONDITION WERE MUDDY & WET THAT REASON HIS FOOT SLIPPED.

August 12, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT ROLL OF BELT AND SHARP PAIN COME IN HIS BACK. HE TOLD ME MONDAY ON THE 8-14-89 THAT HE WAS GOING TO WAIT A COUPLE DAYS TO SEE IF HE GOT BETTER. TODAY HE SAID HE W ASN'T GETTING- GOING TO DOCTOR.

June 8, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM ALLEGED BY TELEPHONE ON 6-9-89 THAT ON PREVIOUS NIGHT THAT HE HIT A HOLE WITH SHUTTLE CAR AND JARRED HIS BACK ADN KEPT WORKING UNTIL END OF SHIFT AND THE NEXT MORNING HIS RIBS ON BACK W AS HURTING, SO HE WENT TO DOCTOR.