Mining Incidents

No 6 Coal

Taurus Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517952

MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 1517952). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1997–1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

April 6, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taurus Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EE WAS UNLOADING RESIN FROM BACK OF TRUCK WHEN HE DROPPED BOX OF RESIN ON RIGHT HAND PINNING HIS HAND AGAINST TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO BREAK IT IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.

January 14, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Taurus Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET 10 BREAKS OFF SECTION ON WAY OUTSIDE. WHEN SCOOP ROUNDED CURVE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, GRABBED BUCKET TO KEEP FROM FALLING. THE DRIVER SWERVED AND HIT RIB SMA SHING HIS FINGERS AND LACERATING THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.

1997 · 4 incidents

December 3, 1997 KY · Coal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taurus Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING MAN-TRIP TO FUEL UP AND FAILED TO TAKE PROPER PARKING PROCEUDRES. MAN-TRIP BEGAN TO ROLL AND EMPLOYEE UMPED ON MAN-TRIP COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL AND PA NICED THEN JUMPED OFF INJURING ARM AND LEG.

October 20, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taurus Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF MANTRIP AND TWISTED HIS KNEE AS HE DID THIS.

September 16, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taurus Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE HAD WALKED OVER TO CHECK THE COAL PIT ANDWHEN HE TURNED TO GO BACK TO OFFICE. HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

August 11, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Taurus Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON SHOULDER AND PINKY FINGER.

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