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No 4 Coal

F Taylor Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Taylor Fields
Eastern, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517181

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1993–1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

April 11, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F Taylor Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS SERVICING AN ENDLOADER, GREASING THE "BOOM" OF THE MACHINE. HE LOST HIS FOOTING & SLIPPED FELL BACKWARDS OFF OF THE MACHINE, APPROXIMATELY 5' TO THE GROUND. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WI TH HIS HANDS. SPRAINED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, BRUISED, SWOLLEN & ABBRASSIONS TO LEFT FOREARM. X-RAYED: NO FRACTURES.

January 10, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F Taylor Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE HAD FINISHED SERVICIGNA SCOOP. HE KNEELED DOWN ON TOP OF THE SCOOPT O LIFT AND PULL THE MACHINES' MOTOR AND DRIVELINE COVER BACK IN PLACE, WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE WENT TO DR THE NEXT MRONING AND WAS TOLD HE PULLED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1994 · 5 incidents

November 21, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
F Taylor Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER INSTALLING BOLTS IN AN AREA WHERE AFALL HAD OCCURRED, DUE TO HIGH TOP HE WAS USING LONGER STEEL, WHILE DRILLING THE HOLE TH EUP PRESSURE APPLIED BY THE MACHINES ' BOOM CAUSED THE STEEL TO BEND STRIKING EE ON THE WRIST WRIST AND HAND SWOLLEN NO FRACTURE.

June 2, 1994 KY · Coal tailgate operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F Taylor Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD JUST ANSWERED THE PAGE PHONE AND WAS RETURNING TO HIS WORK POST HE TWISTED AROUND HE SAID HE FELT A POP AND TINGLING HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HIGHLAND REGIONAL MED CENTER E.R. AND DIAGNOSED AS A PULLED MUSCLE.

May 5, 1994 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
F Taylor Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE MANTRIP SCOOP INSIDE IN A SQUATTING POSITION NEAR THE REAR OF THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE SCOOP RAN OVER A ROCK, RAISING UP THE BUCKET. EMP. LEANED OVER TO AVOID HITTING T HE TOP BUT HIS ELBOW BUMPED THE TOP. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND HIS KNEE GOT AGAINST THE TOP AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

April 20, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
F Taylor Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS IS A RE-OCCURENCE OF A PREVIOUS INJURY DATING 12-1-93. EMPLOYEE, A TAILPIECE OR "DUMP" WORKER, RETURNED TO WORK ON 12-13-93 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ISSUED A BACK SUPPORT "SAFETY BELT" THAT H E AGREED TO WEAR, BUT IT WAS SOON DISCARDED. NOW SOME 4 MONTHS STATES HIS BACK HAS BEEN TROUBLING HIM FOR A WHILE AND THE PAIN HAS BECOME TO BAD TO CONTINUE WORKING.

February 24, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
F Taylor Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

SOMETIME DURING THE COURSE OF THE SHIFT, 2/24/94, INJURED BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST AN UNKNOWN OBJECT. HE SAID IT BEGAN SWELLING THAT AFTERNOON [LATE]. HE SHOWED THE INJURY TO CO OWNER THE NEXT MORNING, 2/25/94, BUT WORKED THAT SHIFT & WENT TO HOSPITAL ER AFTERWARDS. DR.'S EXAMINATION SHOWED A RUPTURED BLOOD VESSEL.

1993 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F Taylor Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SLATE FROM COAL AT #2 TAILLPIECE(POINT AT WHICH COAL WAS BEING DUMPED BY SCOOPS). HE GRABBED A LARGER PIECE OF ROCK IN AN ATTEMPT TO PULL IT FROM THE COAL, THE ROCK BROKE

September 20, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
F Taylor Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP PULLING ANOTHER SCOOP. EMPLOYEE PULLED UP TO GET SLACK & REMOVE CHAIN. HE HAD ALREADY SWITCHED DIRECTION ON THE SCOOP WHILE REMOVING THE CHAIN HE ACCIDENTALLY B UMPED THE ACCELERATOR PUTITNG TENSION ON THE CHAIN THUS PINCHING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.