Mining Incidents

FG 10Coal

Eastern, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518927
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2008 · 4 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall located at #2 return entry 90ft inby spad #966 1500ft inby mine portal. 5ft thick x 20' wide x 20ft long.

Accident type, without injuries

Two rock falls in one right off #2 main in work out panel one in #7 entry 5' off inby spad #481. Size of fall 8' high, 18' wide, 70' long. One in #4 entry. Fall start 50' outby spad #479 and goes 150' inby spad #479. Fall size 8' high, 200' long, 18' wide.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was plastering a stopping and got plaster in his eyes.

Accident type, without injuries

Rock fall in return in #1 entry 2nd break on first left off #1 mains at spad #737. Not going to clean up fall.

2007 · 4 incidents

Struck against a moving object

When driving mantrip out hit small rock with wheel making steering wheel hit his right hand. He went to hospital. After he went home he called back and said it was just bruised.

Accident type, without injuries

A rock fall in old works fell at spad #498 and spad #501. Was cribbed, timbered and dangered off.

Accident type, without injuries

Top in break #35 inby spad #243 had been cribbed off for 3 weeks and dangered off. On 4-15 top fell in at break #35 about 40' long, 19' wide, 4' on left side and 6' to 7' on right side.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator had hand lying on leveling arm when he raised the head of the bolting machine & caught his finger between leveling arms.