Mining Incidents

No. 2Coal

A & M Coal Co., Inc. · Underground
Pathfork, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518427
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2002–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

While employee was bolting the roof a piece of rock fell on his back.

2005 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While rolling unused conveyor belt in small rolls strained his back.

2004 · 1 incident

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

A BLOCK OF COAL HAD FALLEN BETWEEN BELTS WHILE PRODUCING. THE EE REACHED IN TO REMOVE THE BLOCK OF COAL WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL RUNNING, CATCHING HIS ARM IN THE BELT STRUCTURE.

2003 · 1 incident

No Value Found

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON LEFT THUMB CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THUMB.

2002 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS SPRADING GRAVEL ON ROAD AT CONTRACTOR'S MINE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF LOADER, RUNNING IN DITCH. HE WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM LOADER, INJURING HIS MOUTH, BACK & HIP & LEG.

Struck against stationary object

EE BRUISED RIGHT KNEE WHILE CRAWLING OUT OF BUGY.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS RIDING IN A PERSONNEL CARRIER & RAISED TO WHEN HE STRUCK A PIECE OF ROCK THAT WAS LOOSE FROM THE ROOF. HE RECEIVED CUTS & BRUISES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.