Mining Incidents

Mine # 1Coal

Yellow Rose Coal, LLC · Underground
Cumberland, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519430
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall #4 intersection 160' inby spad#990 Ribs were sloughing bad were prutting up 8' rope bolts pizza pans.

Struck by falling object

EE was roof bolting on 3/19/2012. A piece of rib fell and hit his left ankle. He did not want an ambulance and just went home. The next day on 3/20/2012 at 3:30PM he went to a clinic and was diagnosed with a broken ankle. Tough guy.

2011 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Employee was attempting to remove stuck bolt with a hammer. A piece of steel from the hammer chipped off and entered the employee's left thumb joint.