Mining Incidents

No 5 Coal

Cougar Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Van Lear, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517296

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1993–1996
Latest incident
Jan 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1996 · 1 incident

January 2, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS HELPING MOVE A BELT STRUCTURE & HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE DOING THIS.

1995 · 2 incidents

November 14, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINING CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE DOING THIS.

1994 · 3 incidents

August 30, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND TWISTED KNEE CAUSIGN PATELLA TO BECOME DISLOCATED.

April 16, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS BUILDING A BRADDISH HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FALL AND WHEN HE TURNED TO RUN HE FELL AND CONTUSED HIS ELBOW.

April 12, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING HYD HOSE ON LOADER AND BUCKET WAS ON GROUND WITH TEETH IN DIRT THERE WERE TOOLS ON THE INSIDE ON LOADER ARMS AND AS HE WAS REACHING IN TO GET A WRENCH THE BUCKET ROLLED DOWN AND P INNED HIM AGAINST LOADER.

1993 · 4 incidents

November 29, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON KNEES, PERFORMIGN MAINTENANCE ON SCOOP. HE LOOSENED A NUT AND HIS BACK WENT OUT.

November 9, 1993 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LIGHT BATTERY DRIPPED ACID IN THE MINING CAP, WHEN HE PUT THE MINING CAPON THE ACID THAT HAD DRIPPED IN CAP CAME OUT, DRIPPED DOWN FOREHEAD AND GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

May 8, 1993 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WORKING ON #2 BELT MAKING BELT SPLICE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF BELT CREELED RIGHT ANKLE.

January 7, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REPLACE FLIGHTS IN FEEDER CONVAYOR CHAIN WHEN RAILRAOD JACK SLIPPED OUT FROM UDNER CHAIN ALLOWING CHAIN TO STRIKE FINGER.