Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Banner Inc · Underground
Controlled by Anthony McPeek
Cornettsville, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516977

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1991–1998
Latest incident
Dec 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

1998 · 6 incidents

December 12, 1998 KY · Coal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A DIRT SHOVEL WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 10, 1998 KY · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Banner Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON OFFICE TRAILER WHEN LADDER SLIPPED FROM UNDERNEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL HITTING HEAD AND NECK AGAINST GROUND.

July 21, 1998 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Banner Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRAMINING CONT. MINER ACROSS SECITON THE CABLE HOOK ON SIDE OF CONT MINER BROKE OFF HITTING EE ON RIGHT KNEE.

May 30, 1998 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 7' MINING TIMBERS FROM OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN.

May 14, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEERING ARM CAME OUT OF EMPLOYEES HAND THEN CAME AROUND STRIKING THE BACK OF HAND.

March 16, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Inc · Struck against a moving object

TWO SCOOP OPERATOR WERE ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFER A SPOOL OF CABLE FROM ONE SCOOP TO ANOTHER WHEN ONE SCOOP LIFTED THE OTHER SCOOP UP BY THE BUCKET. THE VISION OF THE OPERATOR WAS BLOCKED BY THE SPOOL OF CABLE, SO HE WAS UNAWARE THAT HE WAS LIFTING THE OTHER SCOOP, WHEN THE TRANSFER WAS COMPLETE OPERATOR DROP HIS SCOOP BUCKET CAUSING LIFTED SCOOP OPERATO TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY

1997 · 3 incidents

September 18, 1997 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Banner Inc · Accident type, without injuries

TOP ACCUMULATED WATER AND FELL ABOUT 6' HIGH. CRIBBED OFF FAL AND DANGERED OFF.

March 3, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Banner Inc · Struck by falling object

INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING ROOF DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE WHEN ROCK WAS POULLED DOWN CATCHING HAND BETWEEN ROCK & DRILL HEAD.

February 21, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Banner Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WA ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL ROOFBOLT WHEN SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL . EE JUMPED BACK. HIS ELBOW HIT RIB HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL INTO CONTROL LEVERS.

1994 · 1 incident

May 19, 1994 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iva Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BIT LUGS IN MINER HEAD AND DRIVING PINS IN WITH A HAMMER. PIECE OF BIT LUG CAME OFF AND WENT IN HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

1992 · 2 incidents

March 28, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double N Corp · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY SAID HE HURT HIS BACK HE TOLD NO ONE ON THE SECTION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT HE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HOME TO COME OUTSIDE HE CAME OUT AND TA LKED TO HIS WIFE FOR ABOUT 40 MIN.HE THEN TOLD OUTSIDE MAN TO CALL INSIDE AND TELL FOREMAN HE WAS GOING HOME HE WAS HURT.

January 24, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Double N Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING TOWARD FACE AFTER GETTING OFF MANTRIP AND SLIPPED AND FELL IN A SMALL WATER HOLE.

1991 · 5 incidents

December 12, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double N Corp · Struck by falling object

DRAW ROCK FELL ON VICTIM IT MEASURED 3 FT WIDE 3 1/2 FEET LONG AND 4 1/2" THICK.IT FELL CATCHING RIGHT LEG LOWER RIBS AND SHOULDER.BOLTER HAD INSTALLED FIRST RIB BOLT WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR SEC OND BOLT WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

May 27, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE OF THE #4 ENTRY OF BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION, MMU #001-0. AFTER DRILLING A HOLE THE FINISHING STEEL BECAME LODGED IN THE MINE ROOF. AS HE TRIED TO REMOVE TH E STEEL, IT DISLODGED AND DROPPED OUT, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. POSSIBLE FRACTURE, DOCTORS COULD NOT TELL AT TIME OF EXAMINATION.

March 25, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE OF THE #3 ENTRY OF THE BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION. MMU#001-0. HE WAS USING 6' RESIN RODS, BENDING THEM TO GET THEM IN THE HOLES. AS HE WAS PUSHING A ROD I NTO A HOLE, HE WAS HOLDING THE ROD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, (USING DRILL HEAD TO RAISE ROD). THE ROD WENT UP AGAINST THE CANOPY ADN CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROD AND THE CANOPY OF THE DRI

March 24, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE BREAK THRU BETWEEN THE 2 AND 3 ENTRY FACE AREA OF THE BEAR BRANCH MAIN SECTION MMU 00-1. WHEN FINISHING HIS SIDE HE STARTED HELPING THE OTHER OPERATOR. AFTER DRILLING A HOLE WHILE THE OPERATOR LET THE HEAD DOWN, EE STARTED PUTTING THE BOLT IN THE HOLE. THE OPERATOR CONTINUED TO LET THE HEAD DOWN AND IT CAME DOWN ON EE LEFT FOOT FRACTURING HIS BIG TOE.