Mining Incidents

#5Coal

J & R Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Roger N Bentley
Hueysville, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518278
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2003 · 6 incidents

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

EE WAS BUSTING ROCK AT TAILPIECE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND CHOKER.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING METAL WHEN BIT BY A SNAKE.

Struck by falling object

EE WAS TRAVELING UP THE ENTRY TOWARD THE FACE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE EE ON THE HEAD AND NECK.

No Value Found

EE AND SCOOP DRIVER WERE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE AND GOT WATER ON DECK. EE WAS TRYING TO DUMP WATER WHEN HE GOT PINNED TO TOP.

No Value Found

THERE WAS A PIECE OF ROCK HANGING ON ROOF BOLT AND HE STARTED TO PULL IT AND IT FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

Struck against stationary object

GOING TO BATTERY BARN AND CAUGHT HIS LT. KNEE ON TOP OF ROOF OF MINE AND INJURED HIS KNEE.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON ROOF FLOOR AND DROPPED ROOF BOLTER POT ONLEFT FINGER NEXT TO THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUSTING ROCK AT TAIL PIECE AND MISSED ROCK AND HIT TOP WITH HAMMER AND BROKE A PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE FROM TOP AND HIT HIM ON HEAD.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WORKER WAS HAULING CURTAIN BOARDS IN WITH BUGGY AND ONE CAUGHT THE ROOF OF MINE AND PULLED PIECE OF ROCK DOWN ON HIM HURTING LEFT SHOULDER AND RIBS.