Fall from machine
EE was climbing down steps of 777 end dump and missed last step.
Mine No 2Coal
Phoenix Coal Processing Company LLC · Surface
Controlled by Phoenix Coal Corporation
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518728
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2004–2006
- Latest incident
- May 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2006 · 1 incident
2005 · 3 incidents
Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Fall, took out a section of grating to access shoot that was cloged. EE forgot about it and stepped off into the hole. He caught himself with his arm and cut it on a piece of grating.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER WITH HIS LUNCH BUCKET IN HIS LEFT HAND AND PULLING HIMSELF UP WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.
Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING A TRACK ON 151-D-11. THEY HAD 3 BOLTS LOOSE & THE 4TH BOLT WOULD NOT BREAK LOOSE. EE WAS USING A TORCH TO HEAT THE TRACK LINK & A TRACK PIN FILLER PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE PIN, BLOWING HOT OIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
2004 · 1 incident
Flash burns (electric)
As ee attempted to install a cable trip system to a breaker that was energized on the top side, he inadvertantly stuck part of the bracket into the energized wire causing flash burns to his hands and neck.