Mining Incidents

NO 7Coal

Controlled by James H Booth
Ulysses, Lawrence County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519509
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2015 · 7 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was outside of mine office. He bent over to pick up a piece of metal and felt pain in his back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was walking around a scoop to get a bag of rock dust when he tripped on a slick rock. He caught himself with his right arm and pulled a muscle in his arm and shoulder.

Struck by falling object

Employee was walking he went in No 3 Heading and a piece of draw rock 3"" thick 15"" wide and 2' long fell and hit him on his neck.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving a bag of rock dust when he turned around he strained his back.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was eating lunch at section power box. He went to stand up and felt pain in his lower back.

Struck by falling object

Employee was knocking down a half header. Down from roof top when it fell it hit him on his right hand and cut his little finger he received 4 stitches.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was helping making a belt move using a red devil hand operated ratchet when he releasing the ratchet the handle slipped and caught his right thumb between handle and the latch. It fracture his thumb.

2014 · 8 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was loading glue onto the roof bolter. When he twisted around he felt pain in his back.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was roof bolting in place when he slipped and tripped and fell on his right shoulder.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking across section doing pre shift exam when he stepped in a hole and tripped and twisted his right knee. Employee worked until 8/12/14. then went off work.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling belt line and pulled a muscle in his left shoulder.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was using a slate bar to lift belt line up and pulled muscle in his back.

Struck by flying object

Employee was operating a continuous miner loading a shuttle car when a piece sand stone came out of the conveyor on the miner and struck him on the right side of his hard hat.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was moving miner cable and felt pain in his stomach.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Removing a rock off of his tool box and felt pain in his back.

2013 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a band off a pallet on blocks and cut his left hand with a utility knife. He received 7 stitches.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was watching belt run to trim a splice and a piece of the belt line came around and hit him in the face and cut his chin. He received 10 stitches on his chin. Came back to work the next day.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was pullling a wheel off of a Shuttle car using a slat bar and strained his lower back.