Mining Incidents

No 4Coal

Sassy Coal Co., Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Charles T Norman
Fedscreek, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517964
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2003–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008

Fatalities at this mine

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

A truck driver loaded the 1984 Ford LT9000 truck, then proceeded down the access road and then for some unknown reason, he got out or left the cab of the truck which therefore led to bodily injury and death (fatality) to himself approximately 100 feet from bottom of hill.

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting on a belt roller and pulled a muscle in his back.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

While EE was laying in scoop bucket using rock duster hose, scoop bucket hit hyman beam jack, beam fell but steel rope caught it. EE said it hit his back a little

2005 · 3 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Scoop stuck, took tractor to pull scoop out, stoped tractor close to scoop got off between them, tractor rolled down in small hole and caught leg between it and scoop.

Struck by falling object

As the employee put up pressure on the bolted drill steel, a piece of draw rock fell from the mine roof hitting his left shoulder resulting in bruises and scratches. The rock was 1.5 feet long & 3 inches thick.

Accident type, without injuries

Mine Fire at mine offce no injuyr office destroyed.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS A PASSENGER ON A 3-WHEELER WHEN IT HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND CAUSED THE EE TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF, HURTING HIS NECK, ACCORDING THE THE EE. BUT THIS CLAIM IS BEING PROTESTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY BACKTRACKED (BOTH EMPLOYEES) AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THEY HIT, AND EE HAS HAD THE SAME INJURY BEFORE.

2003 · 2 incidents

No Value Found

PULLING A BOX OF RESIN ACROSS THE TOP OF A FLETCHER DOUBLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER IN LOW HEIGHT.

No Value Found

HE WAS HELPING TO HANG A CABLE TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND DISLODGED A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE ROOFBOLT AND COAL RIB.