Mining Incidents

Hatfield Gap Surface MineCoal

Controlled by Timothy W Evans Sr
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518716
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2008–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2017 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Excavator was loading truck. Hose busted, causing excavator bucket to fall in bed of truck. The weight of bucket in bed raised the truck, then the front of the truck came back down causing a jar in cab of truck. It was a PC 2000 Komatsu excavator.

2014 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured worker, was sharpening a chisel when a sliver of metal from the chisel became dislodged, sailed over the top of his safety glasses and embedded in his right eye

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The mechanic was hammering a hard bar pin into a D10 Dozer and a piece of the pin broke off and became embedded in his left thigh

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee leaned over to start the fuel pump and when he pulled the engine start rope, he felt a stinging, burning sensation in his left upper chest.

2013 · 1 incident

Flash burns (welding)

Two welders were welding on the auger, the injured employee was helping the two welders hold the metal that they were welding. The flash from the welding burned the injured employee's eyes, resulting in his eye sight being limited.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was prying on bar it slipped hitting the employee in the left eye lid resulting in him getting four (4) sticthes in his left eye lid.

2008 · 6 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was climbing down ladder of 988F loader and as he approached the ground he twisted his foot and slipped on a block of coal causing him to fall to the ground landing on a block of coal resulting in a laceration of 1-1/2 "" to his left thumb.

Struck by flying object

Fly rock from blast holes.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking from auger and while doing so he twisted his right ankle on unlevel pit floor.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting 45lbs wet hole bag from truck and was placing it into the drill hole (blast hole) Doing so Employees back began to hurt.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Slipped while mounting truck. Employee grabbed railing and pulled.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was pulling a 6"" pump hose.