Mining Incidents

Mine #3Coal

Controlled by Eddie Hurley
Phelps, Pike County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517989
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2008 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was seeding when he lost footing fell landing on right shoulder and arm. It was raining and muddy.

2006 · 3 incidents

Fall from piled material

Employee was walking up mountain to go get a hose. The mountain was very muddy due to the weather. He slipped and fell in mud on knee and rolled about 10 foot down hill.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee had pulled on winch cable earlier in day, he reached overhead with wrench while working on drill and pain hit in neck, down back and in shoulder.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME 55-GALLON DRUMS AND HURT HIS BACK.

2005 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got out of his excavator to check his hyd. oil & when he got back into the cab he twisted his knee.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating drill and drilling holes in ground. The employee stepped out of drill onto the ground and twisted his knee when he began to walk.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES AND HE REFUSED TO CLEAR THE TWO PATHS AROUND THE TREE HE WAS CUTTING. WHEN HE CUT THE TREE IT LANDED ON THE OTHER TREE THAT HE WAS TOLD TO MOVE AND THAT CAUSED ANOTHER TR EE THAT HE DIDN'T MOVE TO HIT HIM. THIS KNOCKEDHIM ABOUT 5 FT. HE WAS ALERT WHEN WITNESS GOT TO HIM AND HE WAS COMPLAINING WITH HIS LEGS AND KNEES.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRILLING WITH HIGH WALL DRILL WHEN AIR HOSE BLOWED INTO ONE PART OF HOSE CAME THROUGH WINDOW STRIKING HIM.

2000 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS PUTTING WATER IN D 11 DOZER OR ANTI FREEZE. WHEN HE FILLED 5 GAL CAN UP WITH ANTI FREEZE AND ATTEMPTED TO CARRY IT UPON THE DOZER. HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN PRIVATES.

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

TREE WAS LODGED IN A BIND UNDER BACK HOE WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE PART OF THE TREE IT RELEASED AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE BACK HOE CAUSING INJURY TO FINGER.

Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS CUTTING TRACK PIN FROM TRACKOF A DOZER. HAD TO LAY DOWN TO CUT PIN. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG METAL BLEW FROM PIN AND WENT INTO LEFT EAR. EMPLOYEEDIDN'T THINK HE WAS HURT AND DIDN'T REPORT THIS TO FOREMAN UNTIL 3-7-00 WHEN EAR BECAME INFECTEDHE GOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR INFECTION.

Struck against a moving object

BACKED UP ON ROAD TO TAIL DUMP A LOAD OF SHOT ROCK WITH 50 TON EUCLID ROCKER BED TWISTED SIDE WAYS CAUSING TRUCK TO SHIFT IT WEIGHT TO ONE SIDE AND TURN OVER DRIVER SUFFERED SOME BRUISES. BUT APPERED OK.