Struck against stationary object
Using pry bar to pry pilot bearing from fly wheel. Pry bar slipped, hand may have hit hook on belly pan. Required six stitches on ring finger, right hand. Light duty until 8/24/07.
Sturgeon BuckhornCoal
Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Robert L Rosencrans
Buckhorn, Perry County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518759
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2005–2007
- Latest incident
- Aug 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2007 · 1 incident
2006 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
Employee was climbing down from loader. Ladder was bent, lost footing and fell to ground.
2005 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OFF DRILL AND GOT BACK UP TO TURN OFF BATTERY. HE JUMPED DOWN & TURNED, TWISTING HIS KNEE.