Mining Incidents

Owls Nest Job #8Coal

Controlled by Lipari Energy
Hyden, Leslie County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519008
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Questionable incident - Employee was operating a D10R dozer and ran over what appears to be a primer or large bolter causing the dozer to bounce straining back, neck, & shoulder. Employee continued to work. Lost time began 09-06-11 possibly related to this incident.

2010 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

While EE was prying at a rock with his loader bucket, the bucket slipped, causing a quick jerk to EE's back. Diagnosis is pending.

Struck against a moving object

At end of shift, while tramming Cat. 992K to parking lot, EE drove through a dip in the road, causing a quick jerk to his back. Diagnosis is pending an MRI.

2009 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

EE was pushing in a shot when he backed into a rock causing a quick jerk to his lower back. EE is off work pending the results of an MRI.

2008 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee was pushing rock with a Cat. D11 dozer when the blade of the dozer slipped on a rock, causing a quick jerk to the operator. Employee complained of lower back pain. He drove himself to the Mary Breckingridge Hospital in Hyden, Ky where an MRI is pending.