Mining Incidents

Grapevine MineCoal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Phyllis, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519188
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2012 · 5 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was loading cap wedges in the stockpile area onto a forklift when he tripped over a metal band that held the cap wedges together for shipment to the mine. He fell catching his fall with his right hand and knee. On 6-29-12 he was put on restricted duty due to his wrist hurting and returned to full work duty on 7-9-2012--a total of six days.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was tramming a scoop in a slanted area and it slid into the rib. He complained of his back and neck hurting. He was put on restricted duty for two days and returned to his regular job.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was rocking dusting by hand in the number 4 left break and as he was spreading dust his back started hurting.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bolting top in the face of the number 6 entry. When he deactivated the stab jack the canopy hit him on top of the head. He is complaining of neck and chest pain. He returned to work on his next regular scheduled shift but to complications he started missing worn on 4-18-2012.

Fall from machine

The employee was attempting to cross a belt that was not running and when he stepped on the belt, the belt accidentally started and he lost balance hitting his head on a piece of metal across the belt and then had to jump off the belt. The employee returned to work the next shift but later diagnosed with a break in a vertebrae and broken ribs. Employee continues to work.