Mining Incidents

White Cabin No 6 MineCoal

Inez, Martin County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518366
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2003 · 1 incident

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Claim for pneumoconiosis - X-ray date was 3/4/14

2001 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING AROUND A BELT DRIVE, ANOTHER EE WAS STRIKING A BOLT WITH A HAMMER, WHEN INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. EE WENT TO ER WHERE A PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING ROOF BOLT HOLE USING TWO-PIECE 6' STEEL. STEEL BROKE STRIKING HIS LEFT FOREARM,SMALL LACERATION AND SWELLING TO FOREARM.

Struck by falling object

WHILE PUSHING A ROOF BOLT INTO THE DRILLED HOLE, THE BELT WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT, ALLOWING THE BOLT TO FALL. WHEN THE BOLT FELL, THE CORNER OF THE ROOF BOLT PLATE STRUCK THE RIGHT ARM OF THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR CAUSING A CUT ON THE FOREARM BETWEEN THE WRIST AND ELBOW.