Mining Incidents

N.A.A.M. No 10Coal

Controlled by D Kent Glover
Zion, Henderson County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518698
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

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

WHILE THE AUGER OPERATOR WAS DRAGGING AN AUGER FLIGHT ON THE GROUND TO THE POINT HE COULD PICK IT UP, THE INJURED GOT HIS FOOT PINNED BETWEEN THE FLIGHT & A 3 FOOT ROCK. THE INJURED SUFFERED A STRAINED FOOT AND ANKLE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A 4LB HAMMER TO FREE UP A FLIGHT LOCKING PIN IN AN AUGER FLIGHT, A SMALL CHIP OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE PIN & PENTRATED THE INJURED'S CHEST. A DR REMOVED THE PIECE OF STEEL SURGICALLY REQUIRING A FEW STITCHES TO CLOSE THE INCISION.