Mining Incidents

No 3 MineCoal

Controlled by Hufford V Williams
Meta, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516666
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MINER OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING THE MINER TO A FRESH CUT. HE LOOKED OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO SEE WHERE THE MINER HELPER WAS. THE MINER RAN OVER A SMALL ROLL IN THE BOTTOM, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO TEETER-TOTTER. THE OPERATOR'S HEAD WAS BETWEEN THE MACHINE DECK AND THE MINE ROOF. THIS RESULTED IN BURSTING THE OPERATOR'S HARD HAT.

2002 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR HAD HIS ARM OUTSIDE SCOOP DECK. WHILE SCOOPING RIB, THE SCOOP SLID TO THE RIGHT, CATCHING OPERATING ARM BETWEEN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT & RIB.

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED BACK HANGING ROOF BOLTER CABLE.