Mining Incidents

Evans Fork JobCoal

Milo, Lawrence County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518371
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2002–2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2007 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

While dumping a load of rock & dirt, the load got hung in bed of truck, causing the trucks front wheel to come off the ground. When the load broke free, the front of the turck fell back to the ground and bounced the driver out of the seat. He did not have a seat belt on.

2006 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was welding on coal broom. A piece of metal got into his right eye.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was building a road through shot to highwall. Road wasn't wide enough for dozer. Lower side gave way and dozer turned over.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was loading rock truck in pit. When he was filling his bucket, he hit a large rock in the spool and injured his back.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Employee was watering the haul road when the water truck came out of gear and it rolled back into a ditch. He worked next two days then came back and said his knee and ankle was hurt.

Fall from machine

EE STEPPED OUT OF 992 G LOADER TO CLEAN WINDSHIELD WHEN HE SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, HITTING FRONT FENDER OF LOADER BEFORE LANDING ON GROUND. HE BROKE HIS LEFT HIP AND LEFT ARM

2004 · 3 incidents

Struck by powered moving object

Hooking a chain to a corner bucket tooth on a PC-300 Komatsu excavator when the operator slipped and hit the swing lever causing the bucket to swing and strike the victim.

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

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB OF ROCK TRUCK TO CLEAN MIRRORS. HIS HAND WAS ON DOOR LATCH WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED SHUT ON HIS LITTLE FINGER. FINGER WAS CUT OFF BELOW THE NAIL ON THE RIGHT HAND.

Struck against a moving object

EE SAID HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WHILE TRACKING A SLOPE.

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE PICK UP ALMOST EMPTY BARRELL TO BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK, WHEN EE PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER RIGHT ARM CAUSING MUSCLE TO SEPERATE FROM BONE.

2002 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

EE STARTED TO CLIMB STEPS ON FUEL TANK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED, HITTING HAND & WRIST AGAINST STEP OF FUEL TANK.