Mining Incidents

D & C Mining CorporationCoal

Controlled by Horace Garrison Hill
Cranks, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518182
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2002–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011

Fatalities at this mine

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

Supply car was bringing concrete block into break to build permanent stoppings when chain broke letting supply car roll through curtain crushing foreman between supply car and 94L bridge causing fatal injury.

Reportable incidents

13 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

A fall was in between set of pillars in old panels. Return is not blocked.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting a piece of mining belt, let knife slip and cut right leg on thigh.

2010 · 2 incidents

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

Running 506 Jeffery Bridge Carrier caught left foot between rib & carried. Mashed foot but no broken bones.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee walked across belt laying on mine floor it was wet and slipped and hurt left knee.

2009 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Water running to seals. Pump went down.

Accident type, without injuries

Water discharging from seal in return. Air course - with no pumps in place to pump water. Pumps were put in place.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mashed finger with sledge hammer.

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

482 Scoop. He was scooping rocks got head over scoop and caught head between scoop and top of roof.

2004 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING UP ROOF SUPPORT MASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER.

2003 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TAKING DOOR OFF OF #2-506. CARRIER OPERATOR OF #1-506 CARRIER PUSHED #1 CARRIER BACKWARD INTO STRUCTURE.

2002 · 2 incidents

Struck against stationary object

JUMPED FROM MOVING LOADER.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRIDGE CHAIN CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND ROCK. ROCK 6 IN BY 14 IN ONE END SHARP AS RAZOR.