Mining Incidents

Ku #1 Coal

Controlled by Greg Olinger
Knottsville, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517311

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1993–1998
Latest incident
Nov 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

November 30, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON A 980 CAT ROADER HIS FOOT MISSED THE LAST STEP ON THE LADDER, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

November 4, 1998 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

HOLE LOADER WAS STEMING HOLES, BUMPED BY HOLE LOADER LOADING HOLES, TRIPPED FELL SAYS HIP HAD BRUISE.

1997 · 8 incidents

September 9, 1997 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS MOUNTING HIS LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE LADDER HITTING HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING THE INJURY.

August 21, 1997 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH REMOVING A PIN OUT OF LOADER, WHEN A PIECE OF HOT METAL FLEW UP AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR.

August 18, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS PUTTING UP HIS CABLE AND HOOK ON HIS SERVICE TRUCK BOOM. HE HOOKED THE CABLE TO THE BASE OF THE BERM AND LET IT DOWN TO TAKE THE SLACK OUT OF CABLE AND THE HOOK BROKE, THE CABLE FLEW O UT AND HIT EE IN THE HEAD CAUSING THIS INJURY.

June 11, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS REPAIRING A RADIATOR, HE WAS TAKING OFF A VALVE ON THE RADIATOR WHEN HOT WATER SPRAYED ON HIS FACE, CHEST, STOMACH AND ARMS. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THIS TIME. LATER WENT TO DR FOR SOME BURN CREAM ON 6-13-97.

March 10, 1997 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE UP SOME BLOCKED COAL IN THE CRUSHER, WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING HIS INJURY. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL AATTENTION UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT AT 18 00.

February 25, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON HIS WELDER IN THE BED OF HIS MECHANICS TRUCK TRYING TO ADJUST THE THROTTLE. THE WELDER WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME. HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP TO ANOTHER POSITION WHEN HE STUMBLED. TRY ING TO KEEP HIMSELF FROM FALLING HIS RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE FAN BLADE ON THE RUNNING WELDER.

February 11, 1997 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS STANDING ON GRADER TIRE HOLDING ON TO THE CAB DOOR WHEN THE CAB DOOR SWUNG TOWARDS THE CLOSED POSITION PULLING EMP OFF THE GRADER TIRE. EMP LANDED ON GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT KNEE

January 8, 1997 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman OTHER
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE WORKING. HEDID NOT FALL OR SLIP HE JUST FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK, POSSIBLY AS A RESULT OF AN INJURY THAT OCCURRED ON 3-5-94 ON WHICH HE HAD SURGERY TO CORRECT . THE ORIGINAL INJURY HAPPENED AT LANHAM COAL DOCK INC. ID # 1514940. SAFETY DIRECTOR NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT ON THIS DATE 1-17-97.

1996 · 3 incidents

September 25, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON THE HITACHI SHOVEL WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS. EE WAS USING THE CHANNEL LOCKS WHEN THEY SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN THE MOUTH, CAUSING THE INJURY. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTI ON UNTIL 9-28-96.

August 1, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A HOSE, FROM A HOSE REELWHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT BACK SHOULDER.

February 23, 1996 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE AND COWORKER WERE MOVING SOME 55 GAL. DRUMS AROUND. EE DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN WHILE MOVING BARRELS BUT LATER IN HIS SHIFT HE FELT NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT ARM. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE FELT STIFFNE SS IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIS LEGS WERE TINGLING.HE WENT TO THE DR. ON THE SAME DAY.

1995 · 1 incident

May 8, 1995 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE HAD JUST COMPLETED WORKING ON THE END OF BELT LINE EE WAS BEING LOWER TO THE GROUND IN A BASKET BY A GROVER CHERRY PICKER THE GROVE CHERRY PICKER STARTED TO SWING APPROX 15FT TO THE LEFT WH EN THE GROVE CHERRY PICKER TIPPED OVER & THE BASKET FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO EE

1994 · 1 incident

January 10, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE STILLS BACK IN DERECK WHEN MASK ROLLERS SHIFTED AND ROLLED DOWNWARD MASHING HIS FINGERS.

1993 · 1 incident

September 16, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS STEAMING D9L DOZER ENGINE MOUNT WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK