Struck by falling object
Miner was repairing broke conveyor chain on 94L bridge position himself under the bridge when it fell striking him in the chest area.
Mine No 1Coal
Owlco Energy LLC · Underground
Controlled by Curtis Laws
Partridge, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518870
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2005–2011
- Latest incident
- Dec 2011
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
4 on file (excluding fatalities above)2011 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was turning drive shaft on mobile bridge carrier when hand slipped off pipe wrench he was using to turn shaft causing the pipe wrench to strike him in the jaw.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Miner was lining up two pieces of metal one piece of metal slipped mashing miners left index finger between the two pieces of metal.
2006 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
Employee was installing roof bolts, he started to swing the head over to install the next roof bolts when he accidently dropped the canopy on his head, which is over the roof bolter.
2005 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.