Mining Incidents

No 12Coal

Controlled by Carl Kirk
Hueysville, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518581
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
2004–2008
Latest incident
Apr 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

25 on file

2008 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

Between #1 entry into 2 left. Hill seam dropped out.

2007 · 4 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall - 14 breaks inside at #6 entry #2 intake seal.

Accident type, without injuries

Fire started in cab of loader. No one around it.

Accident type, without injuries

Underground intersection at break 13 above #4 head drive about 3 1/2 ft. high, about 19 ft. wide, approx. 50 ft. long.

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

Turning into #3 entry from #2 cut too close, caught arm between rib & buggie.

2006 · 2 incidents

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

Glove caught on steel and twisted mashing hand in top.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting belt for skirt on tail piece, box knife slipped cutting left thumb.

2005 · 11 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Shoveling and got a pain in left shoulder.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on miner-hit right thumb with hammer mashing it.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON THE ROOF BOLTER, EMPLOYEE SWUNG POT OUT ON BOLTER HITTING HIS RT. KNEE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING FLIGHTS BACK IN FEEDER CHAIN WHEN HE WAS RE-INJURED (HERNIA). ORIG. INJURY AND DIAGNOSIS OF HERNIA 11/17/04. HERNIA WAS SURGICALLY REPAIRED APRIL, 2005.

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

THE MINER WOULD NOT TRAM. IT ACTED AS IF SOMETHNG WAS BLOCKING IT FROM TRAMMING. HE GOT DOWN AND LOOKED UNDER IT. WHEN HE DID, HE BUMPED IT, DISLODGING WHATEVER WAS HOLDING THE CATS. IT MOVED FORWARD AND MASHED HIM INTO THE RIB.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING THE ANCHOR WHEN THE WHEEL TOOK IT UP AND HIT EE IN THE ARM. EE DID NOT TURN SHUTTLE CAR OFF. EE DID NOT THINK WAS HURT THAT BAD. CAME TO WORK ON MONDAY, ARM STARTED SWELLING

Struck by falling object

Was welding on miner. A piece of draw rock fell and hit him on his hard hat, right arm and rolled down right leg.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT WITHOUT USING THE SLAB JACK. THE CANOPY WAS PUSHED DOWN ON EE HEAD WHEN EE PUT PRESSURE ON THE DRILL BOOM.

Struck by falling object

Rock slid off of canopy and struck injured in left arm, hip and lower back.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING CONVEYOR MOTOR THAT COMES OFF MINER. HE WAS MOVING IT SO THAT HE COULD PICK IT UP WITH SCOOP & CLEAN BEHIND THE FOOT PADDLE.

Fall from machine

INJURED KNEE. EE WAS PUTTING CONVEYOR CHAIN TOGETHER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON THE RUB RAIL AND FELL OFF MINER.

2004 · 7 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON A CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT THE CHAIN. THE OTHER EE MISSED THE CHAIN AND STRUCK THE INDIVIUALS RIGHT HAND.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting on belt to put back in place when he felt lower back pain.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ON EQUIPMENT PARTS AND PULLED SOMETHING

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING CABLE; PAIN STARTED IN BACK AND NECK.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING FOOT SHAFT AND FELT PRESSURE IN NAVAL AREA. A KNOT AROUND NAVAL MUSCLES IN STOMACH PULLED.

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

Bolting top, drill steel fouled up in top and steel broke, smashing employee's little finger on right hand against top breaking his finger in two different places.

Struck by falling object

While bolting top, draw rock fell out of roof striking ee on right side of body and leg.