Mining Incidents

Spurlock #2 Surface MineCoal

Controlled by Blackhawk Mining LLC
Printer, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518998
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2008–2018
Latest incident
Mar 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2018 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SL 150 ladder too high. First step had to stretch to make contact with ground. Truck could have been re-positioned to prevent from being too high.

2013 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Driver was assisting in towing of delivery driver when he was moving out of the way he slipped and fell into a ditch line causing a strain in his left leg.

2012 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic was removing the wheel cover from a loader when the cover slipped contacting the middle and ring fingers on his right hand and causing a laceration requiring 6 stitches on his middle finger.

2011 · 2 incidents

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Greaser walking to his truck felt a sharp pain in his left calf. Office secretary drove him to the hospital with a pulled muscle in left calf.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic hammering a bolt with his right hand while holding a wrench with his left hand. Left hand slipped and was struck by the hammer on his left ring finger.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

6x6 truck model 740D overturned in haulage road due to load shifting and excessive speed. No injuries.