Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 8Coal

LCC Kentucky LLC · Surface
Avawam, Perry County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517534
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON LEFT SIDE UNDERNEATH D9L DOZER. MOLTEN METAL DRIPPED INTO RIGHT EAR CAUSING SEVERE INNER EAR BURN. FOREMAN POURED STERILEWATER INTO EAR AND RECOMMENDED HIM TO GO TO DR. AN EAR SPECIALIST TREATED HIM FOR SEVERE BURN AND TESTED HIM FOR HEARING LOSS FOLLOW UP IN 2 WEEKS.

2000 · 5 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM ROCK TRK & CUT HIS HIP ON TOOL TRUCK TOOL DOOR THAT WAS STANDING OPEN TOOK HIM TO ER FOR STITCHES & HE WENT TO WORK NO LOSS TIME

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

777 ROCK TRK TIRE EE WAS MOUNTING TIRE USING DRIVE AIR WRENCH & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN WRENCH & TIRE RIM NO LOSS TIME

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING 350LB CORNER BIT FROM PALLET ON BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK AND CARRYING A DOZER BLADE, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND DROPPED DOWN CRUSHINGHAND AGAINST BLADE.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING MACK COAL TRUCK LOADED DOWN A STEEP GRADE WHEN ANOTHER COAL TRUCK FOLLOWING HIM LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO REAR OF HIS TRUCK CAUSING THIS ACCIDENT. EE GOT MILD CONCUSSION OF HEAD DUE TO IMPACT OF TRUCK HITTING HIM CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE TO TRUCK.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING MACK COAL TRUCK LOADED DOWN A STEEP GRADE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF IT AND IT PICKED UP SPEED & RAN INTO ANOTHER COAL TRUCK CAUSIN G AN ACCIDENT DAMAGING TRUCK AND CAUSING INJURY OF BRUISES AND LACERATIONS. EE WAS CHECKED OUT AND RELEASED BY DR.