Mining Incidents

Hampton Branch MineCoal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Grethel, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518980
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2007–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2015 · 3 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning holes in beams using a drill and the drill got caught up and twisted his right middle finger.

Struck against a moving object

While pushing a tractor trailer up a hill the grader kicked out of gear. EE rolled backwards down the hill and hit the ditch and hillside.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on cable from miner to generator. As he was trimming the cable lead, he cut his left hand with a utility knife.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was driving a water truck and stepped out and twisted his right knee on un-level ground.

2012 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was turning water valves inside of dozer and caught his right thumb on a pulley causing a laceraion which required stitches.

2011 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was dragging a fuel hose and the hose got caught on a rock pulling him around and hurting his left shoulder.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting seals in a main pump on a drill. He was using a pry bar to pry the pump out of the gear box. The pry bar slipped.

2009 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Employee was cleaning coal with a small loader and the coal in the pit broke causing the small loader to land on its side.

Struck against a moving object

Two 777D rock trucks hit each other causing one employee to recieve a laceration to the head requiring 7 staples.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on dozer and roller frame block fell causing employee to twist left bicep muscle. Started missing work on 3/10/2009.

2008 · 2 incidents

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

Employee was working on undercarriage of D-11 dozer, hooked chain and chain slipped and pinched left index finger resulting in 5 stitches.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Repairing a dozer and a hydraulic hose flipped out of socket striking right eye causing laceration to eyelid.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Hit bolt with hammer & bolt broke hitting him in left eye. He was wearing safety glasses.