Accident type, without injuries
HAD A ROCK FALL 1ST BREAK BETWEEN #3 & #4 INTERSECTION ABOUT 5' HIGH. REBOLTED & SET CRIBS & TIMBERS.
No 4Coal
North Star Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Carl Kirk
Printer, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517734
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2003
- Latest incident
- Dec 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2003 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING COIL BREAKER IN MINER HEAD - PUT HEAD OF MINER IN TOP OF ROOF TO PUT PRESSURES ON COIL BREAKER - WHEN THEY LEFT THE HEAD BACK DOWN - EMPLOYEE WENT TO GRAB THE COIL BREAKER - IT FLEW OUT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED CUTS TO THE MOUTH AND LIP (9 STITCHES) , 1 BROKEN AND 1 LOOSE TOOTH, AND A CONCUSSION.