Mining Incidents

Lewis Creek SurfaceCoal

Big Laurel, Leslie County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518828
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2006 · 3 incidents

Fall from machine

Getting off truck at end of shift foot slipped off of bottom step fell onto ground and hit left arm on ground

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Swung hammer to loosen prell in prell bin.

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

While placing tools on service truck bed employee stepped on out-rigger and lever that controls out-rigger was stuck causing out-rigger to move mashing foot.

2005 · 3 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

CHECKING GAS PUMP ON FUEL TRUCK SLID AND HIT HEAD

Struck by flying object

Using sledgehammer to put tips on loader bucket, metal flew off into knee.

Fall onto or against objects

Working on 750 Hitachi, repairing line. Backed truck up to equipment to reach line, climbed on tool box on back of truck, fell off tool box into truck bed.