Mining Incidents

Spurlock #5 Surface MineCoal

Controlled by Blackhawk Mining LLC
Iryton, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519075
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

He was cutting tree when another tree above him came down on top of him.

2008 · 4 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was pulling water hose off water truck and the hose came loose and he fell off the truck injuring his left knee.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking around foreman's pick-up when he walked into the trailer hitch causing him to fall on his left arm, dislocating his left elbow.

Struck against a moving object

Rock Truck #78 was loading in the pit, while loading truck #75 came into the pit and backed into unit #78.

Fall from machine

Employee was getting off his loader, as he was coming down ladder his slipped on a step a fell to the ground landing on his behind.