Mining Incidents

No. 7Coal

Controlled by James H Booth
Debord, Martin County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518788
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was recovering belt structure from old works. While he was stacking structure, he caught his finger between 2 pieces of structure, cutting finger. He received 4 stitches. No lost time.

Struck by falling object

Employee was roof bolting when a piece of slate rock fell and hit him on the left hand. Rock was 1' x 2' x 2"" thick.

2007 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

He bent over to pick up a roof bolt with 1/2 header and plate on it and pulled a muscle in his neck and right side.

Accident type, without injuries

Draw rock fall out in between bolts 5' long, 3' wide, 4"" to 1/2"" thick at spad 1594 at entry #5 400' out from the face. Fall will not be cleaned up.

Struck against stationary object

Helping move power center when he cut his right arm on a latch. He got 6 stitches. ""No Lost Time""

Fall to the walkway or working surface

He was loading supplies in scoop when he slipped and fell hitting his tail and lower back. He did not go to Dr. until he was on vacation on 7-2-07. He didnot report that the Dr. took him off work until 7-10-07.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

He was hanging pinner cable and miner cable. Hurt lower back.

2006 · 9 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Was laying a bolter cable over against the rib when the employee hit his head on the brow.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

He was running shuttle car when he noticed that the cable quit taking up. He stepped out and shut the machine off and checked the cable. Reel was fouled up and he pulled on cable, when it freed up he fell down onto the ground and hurt his lower back.

Struck by falling object

Bolting roof when a small piece of draw rock fell & cut his right wrist-8 stitches in right wrist.

Fall onto or against objects

Moving crib blocks and fell and smashed middle finger on his left hand took 6 stitches ""No lost Time""

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Moving feeder cable. Pulling feeder cable around feeder, strained lower back.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Supplying pinner with resin, lifting resin up to put on pinner. Pulled muscle in lower back left side. Came back to work on 4-27-06.

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

LOOKING AT BOLTER AND BOLTER MOVED UP, EE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND IT RAN OVER HIS FOOT.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was climbing out of scoop, when he let the scoop roll forward. He got his foot hung up and it twisted him around.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on belt line putting roller in. Strained lower back.

2005 · 5 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall was discovered on the preshift examination in the belt entry 900' inby the surface. The fall measure 30' in length 17' wide and 8' thick. the fall occurred over holiday weekend. and no one was in the mine.

Struck against stationary object

Cleaning on belt tailpiece, he slipped and hit metal on tailpiece with right hand. Cut hand. Twenty three stitches. No lost time.

Struck against stationary object

Walking toward miner when he bumped his head on mine roof. He did not go to doctor until 12/6/05 and doctor took him off work. Was not reported to me until 12/20/05 1:30 PM.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Moving miner cable out of road. Road was mudey he sliped and fell he worked til 12-14-05 went to doc. and he took him off work. Was not reported to me til 12-20-05.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON BELT LINE. HE WAS HOLDING A BELT ROLLER WHEN BELT LINE DRO0PED AND IT PULLED HIM OVER, STRAINING HIS BACK.