Mining Incidents

#31Coal

Pikeville, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519492
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Nov 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2013 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was holding a piece of belt structure another piece fell striking his hand. He has since had to have a skin graft on his finger.

2012 · 5 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

sat down in chair and the chair went backwards and employee hit her head on a shelf and said her head, neck, back, and right side of her body hurt

Struck by falling object

EE was raising the drill boom of the roof bolter to check the size of a busted hydraulic hose. The hose got fouled on the frame of the roof bolter, and when he raised the drill boom and looked under it, the hose came loose and struck him above the left eye, resulting in a cut.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was folding conveyor belt into laps. He was pulling the belt with channel locks. The channel locks slipped off the belt resulting in EE straining a muscle in his right side.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS GETTING OFF A MECHANICS RIDE AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF BELT AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was operating a scoop hauling cable bolts. A cable bolt became fouled on the rib, sprang back and struck him on the left eye brow.