Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WELDING AND A PIECE OF SLAG GOT UNDER THE HELMET AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
No 2 MineCoal
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Surface
Controlled by Essar Minerals Canada Limited
Craynor, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518568
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2002–2004
- Latest incident
- Apr 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2004 · 3 incidents
Struck against a moving object
POWDER TRUCK WAS TRAVELING UP RAMP ONTO DRILL BENCH. JUST PRIOR TO TOPPING UP TO BENCH A ROCK FELL FROM SIDE OF ROAD HIGHWALL HITTING THE TOP & BACK OF POWDER TRUCK CAB CRUSHING DOWNWARD ON THE OCCUPANTS INSIDE.
Struck against a moving object
POWDER TRUCK WAS TRAVELING UP RAMP ONTO DRILL BENCH. JUST PRIOR TO TOPPING UP TO BENCH A ROCK FELL FROM SIDE OF ROAD HIGHWALL HITTING THE TOP & BACK OF POWDER TRUCK CAB CRUSHING DOWNWARD ON THE OCCUPANTS INSIDE.
2003 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CHANGING AIR FILTER ON A DRILL. THE FILTER HAD A SHARP JAGGED EDGE AND HE GOT LEFT THUMB CAUGHT ON THE EDGE AND CUT HIS THUMB.
2002 · 1 incident
Contact with hot objects or substances
THIS EE WAS LANSING A PIN OUT & HAD THE ROD LAYING ACROSS HIS LAP. THE ROD BLEW OFF AND THE FIRE BURNED HIS THIGHS AND CHEST.