Mining Incidents

Mine #1Coal

Fedscreek, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517898
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2007 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing bit on coal drill and caught left hand on auger & bearing.

2006 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

man was hanging waterline when he slipped dropped the line and it struck his right knee

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

TOP WAS LOW AND ROLLING, EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MANTRIP GOT HIS HEAD CAUGHT IN THE TOP AGAINST THE MANTRIP, TWISTED NECK

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

Helping repairman splice cutter chain, struck pin with metal hammer, piece flew off hammer striking employee in the leg, right leg, puncture wound.

No Value Found

EE BACKING BOLTER IN LOW COAL, HE LOOKED BACK TO CHECK CABLE WIHTOUT STOPPING. HE GOT HIS HEAD AGINST ROOF CAUSING STRIN TO ROCK.

2003 · 3 incidents

No Value Found

EE BUMPED KNEE ON DECK OF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN EE BUMPED KNEE ON DECK OF BOLTING MACHINE. WHEN EE REPORTED TO WORK, KNEE WAS SWELLED AND PAINFUL. EE SAW E.R. DR.

Struck by flying object

#1 BELT LINE BROKE. THEY WERE USING SHIEVE WHEEL AND STEEL ROPE PUTTING BELT BACK TOGETHER WHEN PIN IN THE SHIEVE WHEEL BROKE LETTING THE ROPE FLY BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.

No Value Found

WIND HAD BLOWN THE OUTSIDE COVER (CANOPY) OVER. HE WAS HELPING PUT THE CANOPY BACK UP. REACHING OVER HIS HEAD, HE HURT HIS BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

Flash burns (electric)

EE ENERGIZED THE SCOOP BATTERY CHARGER, AND AN ELECTRICAL FLASH OCCURRED, CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND, NECK & FOREHEAD TO BE BURNED.

2000 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BOOSTING END LOADER WITH BATTERY CABLES. BATTERY BLOWN UP, STRIKING EE IN FACE & EYES.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINER WAS OPERATING TH ROOF BOLTER AND WHILE SHOVING A ROOF BOLT TO THE MINE ROOF. HIS INDEX FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED. ZVZTION TO THE INDEX FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.