Mining Incidents

FG 11Coal

McDowell, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518458
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2004–2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

EE was setting miner up to turn cross-cut, started cutter head, when the cutter head started to cut a piece of rock and coal struck EE's left foot.

Struck against a moving object

Subject was operating 10 SC Joy shuttle car. Switched direction of travel (change seats) felt pain in left hip.

2007 · 4 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall has occurred in main return air-way at survey No. 1180.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

Rib coal & rock rolled out struck subject's lower back.

Struck against stationary object

Subject was installing shear pin in feeder pick breaker. He injured left foot kicking reducer shaft (fracture & contusion).

Struck against stationary object

Picked up bucket of miner bits (20) in one hand & miner remote box in other. Hit head on low place in mine roof, twisted head, felt sharp pain in back. Pulled & strained back.

2006 · 1 incident

Flash burns (electric)

Was installing a breaker and got a flash burn to right hand. Has blistered hand with second degree burns.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was fitting conveyer chain on miner. He was putting steel cable in chain when cable flew back and hit him in the eye.

2004 · 2 incidents

Unclassified, insufficient data

EE CAME HOME FROM WORK ON FRIDAY, OCT. 15 AND SAT DOWN ON HIS COUCH FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP, HE COULD NOT AND HAD TO ROLL ONTO THE FLOOR ON HIS KNEES. HIS BACK CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM ALL WEEKEND AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY AND TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE WORKED TWO DAYS. WE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS COMPENSIBLE UNTIL 10/27/04.

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

Employee was rockdusting #3 belt when the rockduster locked up. While trying to free up the rockduster, the scoopman hit the wrong lever and the auger turned, catching the employees left hand.