Mining Incidents

Arnold Fork Prep PlantCoal

Controlled by Progress Energy Inc
Kite, Knott County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517338
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A BOLT HEAD. THE GRINDER SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM WHILE THE GRINDER WAS RUNNING, CUTTING HIS ARM ABOVE HIS GLOVE.

No Value Found

EE WAS UNLOADING MINER UNIT CABLE FROM MINER & PULLING UPHILL FROM SUBSTATION LEVEL TO WHERE EQUIPMENT IS PARKED. EE PULLED CABLE TO HOOK UP FROM BOX TO PROVIDE POWER.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING V-BELT AND SLIPPED AND FELL 7FT. OFF BELT.

2000 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT RIBCAGE.\

Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WORKED 12 HRS ON 2/25/00 AND 8 HRS ON 2/26/00 HE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN ON 2/28/00 THAT HE HURT HIS BACK ON 2/25/00 WHILE USING A SHOVELTO CLEAN UP THE PLANT