Mining Incidents

Pilgrim Mine Number One Coal

Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Pilgrim, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517289

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

June 7, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS ENGAGED IN MATERIAL CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES. AS HE PULLED A METAL BINDING STRAP FROM A WOODEN PALLET, THE BINDING STRAP STRUCK THE EE ON THE NOSE.

February 16, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS ENGAGED IN POSIONING A CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PIECE. A TAIL ROLLER GUARD DUSSENLY MOVED APPROX. 1/2" BEFORE COMING TO REST ON INJUREDS FINGER. THE BELT TAILPIECE WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CONVEYOR BELT AT THE TIME, CONVEY0R SYSTEM WAS NOT IN SERVICE.

1993 · 5 incidents

November 22, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BLOCKING AN UNDERGROUND PIECE OF MINING EQUIPMENT. A 4" BY 4" BY APPROX. 3 FEET LONG PIECE OF WOODEN BLOCKING MATERIAL SPLINTERED, STRIKING SUBJECT ALONG THE LEFT CHEEK. WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS TO BE A MATERIAL HANDLING ACCIDENT.

October 5, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE IS FILING FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE - PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

June 9, 1993 KY · Coal welder DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SUBJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED A RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS CLAIM DATE OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE OF THE AWARD NO KNOWN WORK DAYS HAVE BEEN LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS CLAIM

April 7, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE COMING OUT OF MINES IN SCOOP WHEN EMPL HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY.

March 23, 1993 KY · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pilgrim Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STRING FOR HIS PLUMB BOB. THE POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREFINGER- REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.