Buck Creek No. 1Coal
Sapphire Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Deane, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516812
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2007
- Latest incident
- Oct 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2007 · 1 incident
2004 · 3 incidents
Struck against a moving object
Went into shot, hit hard rock in bottom of shot, throwing him up out of his seat injuring his back.
Contact with hot objects or substances
CUTTING GEARS OUT OF FINAL DRIVE WITH TORCH WHEN ACEYCLENE BUILD UP IN CUTTING AREA IGNITED WHEN TORCH WAS LIT, BURNING HIS FACE, EYES, AND NECK.
Struck against a moving object
EE was driving a rock truck when he hit a hole in the roadway, hurting his neck and back.
2000 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
LOADER WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT OVER ABOUT A 4 FEET EMBANKMENT BROKE 3 RIBS.