Mining Incidents

Le-Ib MineCoal

Blair Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ricky Blair
Dorton, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516986
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Roof fall as roof bolter operator was bolting top.

Struck against a moving object

Miner operator bounced up and hit top #4 heading; hit his head and said his back was hurt.

2004 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE RETURN AIR COURSE. ONE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #8 OF #2 MAINS. FALL APPROX. 60"" THICK BY 25' BY 25' WIDE.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL STEEL WAS HUNG IN MINE TOP, EE WAS TRYING TO GET THE STEEL OUT AND CAUGHT 2 FINGERS BETWEEN STEEL AND DRILL HEAD. INJURED 2 FINGERS (RING AND POINT) ON RIGHT HAND.

2003 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE ROOF BOLTER AND THE BOLTER SLID AND HIT LEFT FOOT.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE INTAKE AIR COURSE. ONE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #5 ENTRY OF #1 MAINS. FALL APPROX. 65'-70'LONG, 25'WIDE, 42'-46'THICK. THE TIME OF FALL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE RETURN AIR COURSE. TWO ROOF FALLS OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE 3 RIGHT PANEL OF 2 RIGHT MAIN HEADINGS, MEASURING 20 F EET WIDE, 20 FEET LONG AND 42"" HIGH IN THE NUMBERS 2 AND 3 INTERSECTIONS. TIME THAT THE ROOF FALLS OCCURRED COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

2002 · 5 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MAKING BELT SPLICE WITH BELT MONKEY WHEN SLATE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING AND BRUISING LEFT SHOULDER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE INFORMED OPERATOR THAT HIS WRISTS WERE BOTHERING HIM.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING WATER LINE & SLIPPED POSSIBLY DISLOCATING LEFT HIP.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BUILDING STOPPING WHEN HE MASHED FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SUPPLIES ONTO ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND STRAINED BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING AT POWER CENTER AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT.