Mining Incidents

#5 Auger Coal

Trosper Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Trosper Julian
Gray, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518027

MSHA record for #5 Auger (mine ID 1518027). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

April 1, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trosper Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NOSE GUARD HYD. CYL. RETAINING PEN CAME OUT. INJURED WAS LINING PEN UP WITH HOLE. HE TOLD OPERATOR TO PULL CYL. BACK A LITTLE. WHEN OPERATOR PULLED CYL. BACK IT CAUGHT INJURED'S RIGHT HAND CUT TING HIM BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

March 6, 1998 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trosper Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING BROKEN LATCH PIN IN AUGER SECTION. WHENB HE ROLLED AUGER SECTION OVER TO REPLACE LATCH PIN HE HIT A STACK OF AUGER SECTIONS CAUSING ONE TO ROLL OFF STACK & MASH LEFT THUMB. SM ALL FRACTURE AND 4 STITCHES.

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The full compliance file on #5 Auger

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.