Mining Incidents

Mine No 3 Coal

Controlled by B W McDonald
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517241

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
Oct 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1993 · 11 incidents

October 25, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck by flying object

ROCK TRUCK DRIVER WAS COMING OUT OF PIT. WHEN A FORK CAME OFF HIGHWALL HITTING IN DITCH. THAT WAS FULL OF MUD. CASING MUD TO SPLATTER DRIVER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.

October 12, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GOT TANGLED IN C.B. ANTENNA WIRE AND FELL TO THEGROUND AND LANDED ON HIS HIP AND BACK.

October 11, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS COMING DOWN A HILL AND SAID FETERDER WENT OUT HE HIT BERM THEN CROSSED ROAD AND WENT OVER THE OTHER BERM CAUSING TRUCK TO TURN OVER.

July 22, 1993 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PREPARING TO REPAIR BRAKE ON REAR OF C-70 SERVICE TRUCK HAD LEFT REAR WHEELS OFF GROUND & UNBOLTED WHILE LIFTING OFF FELT PAIN IN BACK LOWER BACK

July 13, 1993 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER AFTER DARK HE JUMPED OFF OF BOTTOM STEP LANDING ON A ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RT FOOT

May 28, 1993 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE LOADING A ROCK TRUCK, PICKED UP A LARGE ROCK IN THE BUCKET OF LOADER CAUSING THE BACK END OF LOADER TO COME OFF THE GROUND. AS HE STARTED TO LET BUCKET DOWN THE LARGE ROCK ROLLED OUT OF BUCKET, CAUSING THE BACK END OF THE LOADER TO HIT THE GROUND HARD. OPERATOR SSAID THIS INJURED HIS BACK.

May 16, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TIE ROD END. WHILE HAMMERING ON THE TIE ROD END PART OF IT CAME OFF & HIT RIGHT THUMB RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF THUMB.

March 24, 1993 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON EXCAVATOR BUCKET, HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL TO PUT IN WELDING TRUCK. THE METAL FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A CUT ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

March 6, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE, WAS CLIMBING UP LECTRA HAUL LADDER TO START TRUCK. IT HAD RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND TRUCK WAS SETTING IN MUD HOLE FROM RAIN. EMPLOYEE HAD STEPPED IN MUD BEFORE CLIMBING UP LADD ER AND HIS FEET SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM ON THE LADDER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HAND RAIL TO KEEP FROM HITTING GROUND WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.

January 22, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS LIFTING A TRUCK BED OFF OF A CHEVY PICKUP. DURING THIS PROCESS HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND THE FRAME OF THE PICKUP THEREFORE CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

January 7, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A EUCLID R-50 ROCK TRUCK HAULING OVERBURDEN TO THE DUMP AREA THE TRUCK WENT OVER A LOW SPOT IN THE ROAD CAUSING AN UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT OF THE TRUCK RESULTING IN A PULLED MUSC LE IN HIS LOWER BACK./

1992 · 2 incidents

November 25, 1992 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck by flying object

THE OPERATOR WAS CHANGING STEEL ON A ROBBINS DRILL WHEN BREAKER PIN ALLEGEDLY FLEW FROM THE STEEL STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW.

November 13, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WAS LOADING SPOIL WHEN HE FELL IN HITTING THE BUCKET AND BOUNCING THE OPERATOR INTO THE ROOF OF THE LOADER.