Accident type, without injuries
AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN THE 32ND CROSSCUT OF RIDGE TOP SUBMAINS. THE FALL WAS APP 20' BY 90' BY 10' AND EXTENDED FROM SPAD #155 IN #4 ENTRY THROUGH THE CROSSCUT TO SPAD #157 IN THE #6 ENTRY.
#7 SeamCoal
Bledsoe Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Big Laurel, Leslie County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518455
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Aug 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2002 · 4 incidents
Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT HIP AND LEG BY RIB ROLL.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE TURNED AROUND WHILE WORKING ON A SHUTTLE CAR. (NOTE: EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 7-30-02 THEN STARTED MISSING WORK).
Accident type, without injuries
AN UNINTENTIONAL FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED AT THE MOUTH OF THE FIRST LEFT PANEL OFF FIRST RIGHT SUBMAINS.