Mining Incidents

S-12 CalhounCoal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Rousseau, Breathitt County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518600
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2003–2014
Latest incident
Aug 2014

Fatalities at this mine

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

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND OVERTURNED. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE BREATHITT COUNTY CORONER & THEN TO FRANKFORT FOR AUTOPSY.

Reportable incidents

18 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2014 · 4 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

while employee was welding, welding helmet was changing dark due to night fall, he changed to safety glasses to finish. A piece of hot slag hit glasses, dripped onto right eyelid, burning lid and eye

Struck by flying object

He was using air gun to tighten a bolt on miner, when air hose blew off and struck him above left eye

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

Pulling nose cone off D9T tractor, lift jack came out of ball on blade, struck right knee and pinned right leg against the back of the blade - resulting in a knee contusion.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Got off of loader to walk around front of loader bucket, tripped over bucket tooth falling flat and landing on wrist

2013 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was assembling highwall miner-using sledgehammer & slate bar. Was prying with slate bar to align bolt holes on structure of 2nd deck, bar slipped & he fell on deck onto his behind.

Fall down stairs

after coming out of office holding pre-shift books, slipped and fell on back landing on steps of office porch

Struck against a moving object

Returning to office, heavy fog resulted in bad visibility, truck left the roadway & struck a rock.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a 777D rock truck and went through a dip in road and said he hurt his back.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was grading road and corner of grader blade caught a rock and caused the grader to shift causing employee to hurt his back.

2006 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Took break from loading holes to go and relieve himself. Started to go over the hill from bench where work was being done, slipped on rock & went down over hill landing on a rock then rolling on down to catch bench.

Struck against a moving object

Employee backed dozer into rock truck. Employee was pushing fill for rock trucks. Employee said neck and shoulder was hurting.

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF BACK WINDOW OF ROCK TRUCK. EE FELL 8-10' OFF OF ROCK TRUCK & HURT HIS BACK. EE COULD NOT FEEL, HIS LEGS WERE NUMB.

2005 · 3 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was packing lift cylinder on d-11 dozer. EE's finger was pinched between cylinder and blade.

Struck by falling object

Cut bearing from pin bore and was moving out of the way. The bearing had excessive amounts of grease causing it to slip out of mechanic's hand striking him in the left lower leg.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was being loaded by 992G loader boom and it struck the side of the truck bed. EE was complaining of a sore neck.

2003 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WELDING ON CATWALK OF ROCK TRUCK EQUIP.# 29 WHEN HE FELL AND SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING ROCK CORE IN HOLLOW FIELD #6. HE BACKED TRACK LOADER INTO A STUMP. HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK & HE SLIPPED OFF HURTING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & ARM.