Mining Incidents

Buffalo No 7Coal

Locust Grove Inc · Surface
Hazard, Perry County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518160
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

EE SLIPPED ON TRACKS OF D11R AND BRUISED RIGHT HAND.

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

EE SLAMMED HIS RIGHT HAND IN D114 DOOR

2002 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DUMPING OVERBURDEN WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING HIS ROCK TRUCK TO TURN OVER. THE TRUCK TURNING OVER CAUSED MULTIPLE CUTS TO VARIOUS AREAS OF HIS BODY, HE BROKE 4 RIBS AS WELL. EE WA S X-RAYED, GOT STITCHES, MEDICATION & WAS ADMITTED.

Struck by falling object

EE WAS DISCONNECTING A TOW CABLE FROM DIIN WHEN PIN FELL SMASHING HIS LEFT HAND INJURING HIS THUMB AND FIRST TWO FINGERS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH A TILT CYLINDER WHEN A CABLE ON THE BOOM TRUCK STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH. HIS LIP WAS LACERATED AND TEETH WERE INJURED.

2001 · 5 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE THINKS HE HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE ROAD, CAUSING HIS ROCK TRUCK TO BOUNCE HIM AROUND. ACCORDING TO HIS DR. THIS LIGAMENT IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS TORN FORM A PREVIOUS INJURY BUT THIS A CCIDENT TORE IT AGAIN.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS WAITING TO BE LOADED WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED THE BUCKET INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE JAR CAUSED HIS AIR SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT INJURING HIS BACK.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS WAITING TO GET HIS ROCK TRUCK LOADED WHEN THE LOADER MAN DUMPED HIS BUCKET INTO THE ROCK TRUCK A LARGE ROCK FELL INTO THE BED CAUSING IT TO JAR HIM FROM HIS SEAT TO THE FLOOR OF THE ROC K TRUCK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING COAL FROM THE PIT WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL. IT BROKE THE WINDOW & SHATTERED GLASS CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HEAVY PARTS AND USING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO REMOVE A D11 BLADE WHEN HE STARTED FEELING A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LEG, HE ALSO STARTED PASSING BLOOD.