Mining Incidents

Hazard South No 4 MineCoal

Locust Grove Inc · Surface
Perry, Perry County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517875
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING TO GET IN HIS ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK, ARM AND LEG.

Struck against a moving object

ROAD GAVE WAY UNDER DOZER CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER.

2001 · 4 incidents

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAYS HE DEVELOPED HEARING LOSS FROM OEPRATING EQUIPMENT.

Struck by falling object

EE WAS LIFTING A PALLET OF PARTS FROM OUR PARTS TRUCK WHEN HE FELL AND DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT ANKLE.

Struck against a moving object

AFTER THE EMPLOYEE'S ROCK TRUCK WAS LOADED HE STARTED DRIVING AWAY, BUT INSTEAD OF TAKING THE ROAD HE DROVE DIRECTLY INTO THE HIGHWALL.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF A LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT LEG IN THE LADDER. THE FALL CAUSED HIM TO PULL LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK, LEFT KNEE AND CHIPPED BONES IN HIS ANKLE AND FOOT.

2000 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BENDING, TO PICK-UP A PRIMR AND DOWN LINE AND STRIANED HIS LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO GET ON HIS DOZER WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. AS HIS CONDITION WORS ENED HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND HAD SURGERY10-10 TO CORRECT HIS CONDITION.