Torie Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SUBSTATION BURN OUTSIDE MSHA SAID A TRANSFORMER ON 4160 SIDE WENT TO GROUND WAS WHAT CAUSE FIRE
Mine No 1 Coal
Torie Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Stanley W Osborne
Virgie,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517163
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1992–1997
- Latest incident
- Mar 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file1997 · 2 incidents
Torie Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
UNPLANNED SHOT THROUGHT INTO OLD WOR. WATER WAS RELEASED INTO 0025 SECTION WITH A LARGE AMOUNT. THERE WERE R MEN UNDERGROUND. THEY ALL ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. OLD MINE WORK WERE DRIVE 289' FUR THER THAN SHOWED ON MINES MAPS.
1996 · 1 incident
Torie Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
SCOOP WENT INTO #7 HEADING WHERE BOTTOM & TOP WERE ROLLING. OPERATOR HAD HIS BUCKET DOWN & IT RAISED HIM INTO THE TOP. HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP & HE HURT HIS NECK.
1995 · 3 incidents
June 16, 1995
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakwood Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS MOVING A PUMP & HURT HIS BACK
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS SHARPENING BITS FOR THE CUTTING MACHINE AND GOT A SMALL OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. NOT REPORTED RIGHT AWAY. EE HAS RETURNED TO WORK, BUT LOST ONE DAY. SAFETY GLASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR WHOE VER SHARPENS BITS.
May 8, 1995
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakwood Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND HEAD DRIVE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE & HURT HIS BACK.
1994 · 4 incidents
December 26, 1994
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BELT ROLLER ON BELT LINE WAS CAUGHT BY A SPLICE ON BELT & CUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
November 17, 1994
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS COMING BACK TO WORK FROM RUNNING AND GETTING PARTS FOR MINE. A TRACTOR TRAILER PASSED HIM AND A ROCK HIT HIS RIGHT EYE AND CUT IT. HE WENT TO DR. AND HAD IT CHECKED.
May 17, 1994
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
CRAWLED ACROSS THE SECTION AND HIS RIGHT KNEE STARTED TO HURT HIM AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AT PIKEVILLE. THEY X-RAYED TI AND HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON THE 18TH.
March 3, 1994
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CONVEYOR BELT BROKE & EE WAS HELPING REPAIR IT. THE BELT CLAMP SLIPPED & CAUGHT RIGHT HAND. IT TORE THE FINGER NAIL OFF AND CHIPPED THE BONE ON THE END OF HIS FINGER. EE DID NOT GO TO THE D R AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
1993 · 4 incidents
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE SCOOP AND HE [HIT] A LUMP OF COAL THE SCOOP THREW [HIM] AGAINST THE TOP STRIKING HIS LIGHT THEN THE SCOOP SLID AGAINST THE RIB CAUSING HIM TO HIS HIS HEAD AGAINST THE RIB. HE CUT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD & CUT HIS EAR. HE STAYED OVER NIGHT IN THE PIKEVILLE HOSPITAL.
October 26, 1993
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS GOING UP TO THE FACE HE WAS ABOUT 10FT. FROM THE FACE AND A ROCK FELL ON THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK. HE WENT TO THE DR. HE SAID HE BRUISED AROUND HIS MAIN KIDNEY.
June 7, 1993
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oakwood Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS HELPING LIFT ON A OXYGEN TANK TO PUT BACK IN THE STORAGE RACK AND WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP, HE FELT A SMALL PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE HAS GONE TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD PU LLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
April 13, 1993
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP LAST BOLT HAD HOLE DRILLED ABOUT 2-4 INCHES DEEP WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS ON LEFT HAND PINNING IT ON THE LEFT LEVER OF THE MACHINE. THE ROCK WEIGHED ABO UT 40-50 LBS. & WITNESS HELPED GET IT OFF. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL THE DR. GAVE HIM A SHOT & SAID THE HAND WAS JUST BRUISED.
1992 · 2 incidents
October 1, 1992
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS BOLTING TOP AND LIKED A LITTLE HAVING THE HOLE DRILLED HE WENT TO MOVE THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE AND HIT THE WRONG LEVER WHICH WAS THE UP PRESSURE AND MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB.
July 13, 1992
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
55061LKED OVER TO WHERE THE BATTERIES ARE LOCATED TO GET A SHOVEL & STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD THE WOOD HAD A NAIL IN IT & IT WENT THROUGH THE SOLE OF SHOE INTO THE LEFT FOOT