Mining Incidents

Mine #9 Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517299

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
41
Years on record
1993–1998
Latest incident
Jul 1998
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 11, 1998 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by falling object

VICTIM (MINER OPERATOR) POSITIONED HIMSELF IN A LOCATION THAT HAD A PIECE OF ROCK BREAK LOOSE FROM THE ROOF, WHICH APPARENTLY CAUGHT THE VICTIM AS IT FELL, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

Reportable incidents

40 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1998 · 4 incidents

April 9, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOPMAN WAS PICKING UP ROCK OFF RIB. A TIMBER HIBBEN UNDER THE ROCK SLID INTO DECK WITH HIM.

January 15, 1998 KY · Coal electrician, lineman OTHER
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR THAT HIS STOMACH WAS HURTING UPSET STOMACH ON 1-10-98 CARRED MINE STATED HE HAD HURT BACK-EMERGENCY ROOM REPORT DOES NOT LIST ANY INJURY.

1997 · 5 incidents

July 25, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE PULLED CABLE TO POWER CENTER. WHEN HE GOT TO POWER CENTER HE FELL TO HIS KNEES AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

July 3, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Branham & Baker Underground Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKING FLIGHTS OF OF FEEDER WITH SLATE BAR. SLATE BAR SLIPPED & HIT EE IN MOUTH, CUT LIP AND BROKE 2 TEETH.

1996 · 4 incidents

October 2, 1996 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLLOYEE WAS ROCK DUSTING AROUND #2 HEAD DRIVE HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL AND FELL HURTING HIS LEFT KNEE AND LOWER BACK.

April 29, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER PULLED BOX OF RESIN OFF SIDE OF BOLTER AND TWISTED BACK.

1995 · 3 incidents

October 25, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE EE WAS PULLING MOBILE ROOF SUPPORTS FROM PILLAR LINE THE LEFT RIB OUTBY PILLAR LINE BROKE LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON LEFT ANKLE, A BAD SPRANG.

May 22, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HURT RIGHT SHOULDER DOING ROUTINE BOLTING. THIS IS AN REOCCURING OLD INJURY.

May 7, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BOLTING PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF ROOF STRAP STRIKING EE IN THE LEFT EYE.

1994 · 14 incidents

September 30, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE RAISED UP AND HIT THE ATRS ON THE FLETCHEER ROOF BOLTER THEN HE BENT BACK DOWN TO PICK UP A CRIB BLOCK AND TURNED AROUND QUICKLY CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

September 12, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EWE GOT TO WORKING IN SCRAP METAL PILE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

September 8, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING ROPES UP FOR BELT MOVE THE RED-DEVIL SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON HIS HIP, CAUSING A BRUISE.

August 17, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENT OVER TO PICK OVER ROOF BOLT & HURT BACK VICTIM SAYS THIS WAS FROM A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT 05-25-94

April 26, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF RESIN AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

April 26, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPENING AN OIL CAN CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED & CUT HIS HAND ON OIL CAN CUT LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND

April 21, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

T HIS IS AN ALLEDGED ACCIDENT FILED BY THE EMPLOYEE OF T ENDINITIS IN BOTH FEET TERMINATED EMPLOYMENT 04-22-94 WENT TO WORK AT JOHNSON BROS THIS MAN DID NOT REPORT THE ALLEDGED INJURY TO ANYO NE AT MINE THEREFORE WE COULD NOT FILE THIS REPORT

February 10, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A TIMBER OFF SCOOP AND HURT UPPER PART OF BACK.

February 7, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED, TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

1993 · 10 incidents

December 18, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PULLING PINNER STEEL OUT OF HOLE GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN STEEL & CANOPY

December 10, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAWING A BAND OFF A WATERLINE, CUT LEFT HAND JUST ABOVE THUMB.

November 13, 1993 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE PUTTING CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER BACK TOGETHER, PIECE OF METAL FLEW OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT EYE, IN THE EYE LID.

October 5, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE HIT HIS SELF IN TESTICALS WITH BAR GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE.

June 11, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE SAID THAT HE WAS HELPING TO HANG MINER CABLE AND PULL BACK WHEN HE LIFTED CABLE UP.

March 8, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE SAID HE WAS PICKING UP A BOLOX OF RESIN TO PUT IT ON BOLTER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN IS BACK.

January 25, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiah Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE WAS GETTING ROOF BOLTS OFF BOLTER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.