Mining Incidents

Slate BranchCoal

CAM MINING LLC · Surface
Freeburn, Pike County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518915
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008

Fatalities at this mine

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

A road grader descended down a haul road backwards and landed against the hillside in a ditch. The operator was found under the ripper at the rear of the machine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a fuel injuector line while lying on his back and stretching & twisting to reach the clamps on the line. He felt a popping in his back. Employee did not seek treatment until 11/12/2008.

2006 · 3 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was turning around on the bumper of his service truck and he fell off the bumper onto a driveline.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was guiding fan shroud that was being lifted with a boom truck when lifting eye broke allowing fan to strike employee cutting his left forearm.

Accident type, without injuries

Contract brushing crew cracked a fitting on a 2"" Equitable Gas line. No injury. Equitable contractors repaired line.

2005 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Attempting to put the roll over onto a endloader when he got his finger between the frame of the endloader and the rollover and it moved pinching his finger.