Mining Incidents

#5Coal

Controlled by James H Booth
Debord, Martin County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518384
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
2002–2020
Latest incident
Jan 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was working on some reclamation. EE was helping put a drain in a pond when EE got foot stuck in some mud. EE slipped and fell hitting head on a rock.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating Dozer running the fill and said his back was hurting him.

2011 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE was getting on a excavator, he had one foot on excavator step and raised his other foot up to get on excavator and fell backwards on his back.

2010 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on lever to let prell in the prell truck and his back started to hurt.

2009 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was priming holes when he stepped in a crack on the drill bench and twisted his right ankle.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was hitting a sprocket with a hammer and a piece of hammer chipped off and hit him on his right lower arm. He received 6 stitches. No lost time

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was droping pins on the miner and using a sledgehammer when his back started to hurt.

Struck against stationary object

After maintenance was done, EE was gathering tools and when he bent over a slate bar was hanging out from the cat walk, EE ran into it. He got 3 stitches over his right eye. No lost time.

Fall from machine

Employee was getting off d-11 dozer when his foot stepped off of the step, When he landing on the ground. It hurt his right knee

2008 · 4 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping change a packing kit on a power head sump cylinder he was talking the bolts out of the cylinder head. When the head blew off and hit him in the upper left leg. He received bruising on his upper leg.

Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was removing radiator hose on Cat 992 loader, when hot anitfreeze splashes on his left arm. Burned top of hand and arm.

Fall from machine

He was coming down ladder off of the highwall miner when his feet slipped causing him to fall and strike his right side on the base of the frame ladder. He fell 4' & fractured 1 rib on his right side.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

He was tightening a bolt on the highwall miner. When the wrench slipped off bolt, he fell on his left wrist and fractured it.

2007 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Hi Wall fall, on SHM Miner #17. Approximate size of fall was 60' high, 20' wide and 125' long. No employees were involved. Employee was doing maintenance on miner at the time. Miner was backed away fron the Hi Wall at the time of the fall.

Struck against stationary object

He was working on hi wall miner when he stepped off miner, raised up and hit his head on beam table. Cut on top of his head, got 7 staples. No lost time.

2006 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Getting down from highwall miner. When he stepped off ladder onto ground he twisted left ankle. It fractured top of left foot.

Fall from machine

Climbing out of grader he slipped and fell from steps to ground about 3 to 3 1/2 feet. Landed on right side bruising ribs and shoulder.

2005 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Install pedistal in beam for hi wall miner and strained his back was not reported until l 5-05.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was watering road at Mayo #5. Going up hill when engine bulged down. Truck started rolling backwards, hit berm and turned over. Bruised his neck/hip/& left leg. No Lost Time.

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Working on hi-wall miner repairing piller box. Bent over using a hammer. Strained his back.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD REMOVED A BROKEN BOLT FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE. HE WAS SLIDING OUT FROM UNDER THE UNDER CARRIAGE WHEN THE WELD BROKE AND ONE OF THE BOGGIES SWUNG DOWN HITTING HIM. IT BROKE HIS RIGHT AW AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

2003 · 1 incident

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CHECKING ANTIFREEZE IN D11 DOZER WHEN HE LOOSENED RADIATOR CAP, ANTIFREEZE CAME OUT AND BURNED LEFT HAND.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS BACKING LOADER UP TO GET BUCKET OF COAL & BACKED INTO HIGHWALL.