Mining Incidents

Mine #1 Coal

Dry Fork Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Kenneth L Farley
Mccarr, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517385

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 1517385). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1995–1997
Latest incident
Mar 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1997 · 1 incident

March 3, 1997 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

IT APPEARED TO BE A FAULT IN THE ROOF KNOWA AS A HORSEBACK IT APPEARED SLICK AND SHINED ON TOP AND SIDES.

1996 · 3 incidents

March 25, 1996 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

LAMINATED ROOF HAD A COAL SEAM ABOVE ANCHOR POINT OF RESIN BOLTS, LOCATED ABOUT 25 CROSS CUTS OUTBY FACE AREA.

March 23, 1996 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED ON TRACK WHILE UNLOADING 6" BRATTICE BLOCKS AND FELL. HE STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK LEFT HIP ON THE TRACK.

March 21, 1996 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

BUMPED LEFT KNEE CAP ON ENTRANCE TO MANTRIP CAR NO DEFECT IN CAR.

1995 · 1 incident

October 6, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TO REPLACE A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON HIS ROOF BOLTER MACHINE. A PIECE OF SLATE TYPE ROCK FELL FROM OVER HEAD CAUSING HIM TO DODGE HIS HEAD SIDEWAYS AND HE STRUCK THE CORN ER OF A SIDE LIGHT ONT HE MACHINE WITH HIS RIGHT CHEECK OF HIS FACE. RESUTLING IN A CUT APPROX 1/2 INCH LONG.

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