Mining Incidents

Mine #1ACoal

Honaker, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519087
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2019
Latest incident
Nov 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was unhooking 12volt battery charger from diesel scoop when battery blew up cutting right pinky finger. Required two stitches.

2008 · 3 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Repairing a light on shuttle car. Reached for a part and caught a burr on the side board slicing little finger on right hand.

Struck by falling object

Roof bolting and a rock (4' x 28"" x 4"") fell striking employee on right shoulder, right side, and lower back.

Struck by flying object

Hitting a pick hammer with a ballpen hammer and piece of metal from hammer imbedded into left arm.

2007 · 4 incidents

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

Employee was repairing a power box and the scoop's brakes failed, pinning his leg between the power box and scoop.

Struck by falling object

Employee was removing panel board of junction box on a miner and a piece of draw rock approx. 15"" X 20"" X 1"" fell on the back of his left hand, causing a laceration that required stitches.

Struck by falling object

Employee was cleaning off a Miner when a piece of dry rock fell on him causing lacerations on his forehead and back of head.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bolting roof and caught left index finger between pot and plate, crushing end of finger.