Mining Incidents

No 24Coal

Eagle Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Debord, Martin County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519296
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2009–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2012 · 1 incident

Struck by powered moving object

Employee was roof bolting when the bolter pulled up to the next roll of butts the bolter tire hit employee left ankle.

2011 · 7 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a lift jack working on a gravel car and strained his back. Employee worked until 1/20/12 then went off work.

Struck by falling object

EE was roof bolting when a piece of rock fell and hit him on top of his left shoulder draw rock was 12"" wide X 16"" long and 1"" thick.

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

Employee was roof bolting when the drill steel stuck in the roof when he reached to get it the drill steel fell and struck his middle finger on his right hand between the drill steel and the roof bolter cutting it he received 12 stitches.

Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall at spad 480. 3,000 feet from the face. Fall was 40 feet in length, 20 feet in width and 6 feet in height. Fall will be cleaned up. A clean up plan has been developed.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was trimming a belt splice with a utility knife when the utility knife slipped and it cut his middle finger on his left hand. Received 40 stitches.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking at #3 head drive shoveling belts when he tripped and fell on the concrete and fractured his left forearm and is right forearm.

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE was shoveling belt line when he pulled a muscle in his back.

2010 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

EE was cleaning up when a piece of draw rock fell out between bolts and hit him on his left foot and fractured it.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was opening a can of oil when the utility knife cut his left hand. EE rec. 6 stitches.

2009 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was moving the roof bolter when he stepped and his arm hit the slide lever, and the slide came out and mashed his middle finger on his left hand. Received 15 Stitches on his finger. No lost time.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was installing roof bolts and pulled a muscle in his chest.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was roof bolting. When he was hanging curtain board he dropped curtain board. It hit his right thumb pulling muscles in it.