Mining Incidents

Prep Plant #2Coal

Controlled by James H Booth
Louisa, Lawrence County, KY · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1517954
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2015
Latest incident
Mar 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was setting in the yard truck on the passenger side when he turned right to get out of the truck. A sharp pain went down his left side of his lower back.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was packing a new crusher bearing with grease. When he turn the bearing over he felt a burning sensation in his left hand. It pulled muscle in-between his pointer finger and middle finger on his left hand.

2014 · 2 incidents

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

Employee was getting off of a bobcat when his foot slipped and got caught between the arm and forks of the bobcat and twisted his foot. Employee worked until 8/5/14, went off work on 8/6/14.

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing off of a dozer when he had a dizzy spell and fell off dozer tracks. Striking his left wrist against the dozer arm. Spraining his wrist.

2013 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the basement of the plant on a ladder. Installing conduit when he lost footing and started to fall and caught himself with his left arm hurting his left shoulder. Employee worked until 10-9-13 then went off work.

2012 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was cutting a case of drinking water into the plant control room when he tripped on a step going into control room and fell onto the floor twisted his back.

2006 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

He was pulling on a 10"" pipe to load for a gate post. Strained lower back.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Victim was looking up through grating to the floor above him. Worker above, knocked a small piece of metal into victims left eye. Went to ER to have it removed. No lost time.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS PULLING ON CHAIN HOIST WHEN ANCHOR CHAIN BROKE. CHAIN HOIST FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM IN HEAD. VICTIM WAS WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

2002 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

WHILE MOVING WELDING CABLE THE STINGER END CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EAR.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING AFTER HE GOT DOWN FROM THE LOADER. THE ACCIDNET OCCURRED ON 5-28-02 BUT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 6-5-02.

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING OFF LADDER OF 980 C LOADER. SLIPPED, GRABBED HOLD OF LADDER RAIL AND STRAINED LEFT ARM. FIRST LOST WORKDAY WAS 1-8-01. INJURY WAS NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE.