Mining Incidents

D-1 MineCoal

Montana Bakken, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Douglas Warriner
Wallins, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519514
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2010–2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2013 · 1 incident

Contact with electrical current

Employee was getting ready to start building mine portal barricades when somehow or another the ground clamps and electrode holder got together while he was holding them.

2012 · 5 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

A rock fall occurred in the #3 Entry (Belt Entry) at crosscut #21. The fall is approx. 34 FT. long, 49 FT. wide, and 10 FT. thick.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was pulling roof bolt straps and tripped over a rock and fell against the mine rib.

Struck by falling object

Employee was operating Roof Bolter, spot bolting on the oo1 MMU and a piece of rock fell from the mine roof approx. 2ft. x 1ft. x 2 inches and struck employee on the left side of body on the Ribs and lower back.

Struck by falling object

Employee was operating roof bolter and as he started drill steel into the roof a piece of draw rock fell striking his left hand index finger requiring 9 stitches in finger.

Accident type, without injuries

A Roof Fall occurred 21 crosscuts underground from the portal in the # 5 Entry. The fall measured 20'Long x 50' Wide falling from the gob hole thru #5 entry into #4 Right. The fall was approximately 4' to 8' thick.

2011 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting a band that was around a bundle of timbers, when the band broke the timbers rolled and pinned his leg against the scoop bucket.

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

Employee was backing out of a shed on a three wheel buggy and pinched his hand between the shed door jam and the buggy steering handle cutting his hand and requiring stitches in his left hand.

Accident type, without injuries

#3 Entry (belt-line)- Around 2:20 P.M. on 3-31-11, A large piece of rock measuring approx. 16' wide, 10' high, and 2' thick, fell off the highwall knocking down part of the canopy and the Main Belt line.

2010 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was bolting top when the wrench slipped and hit him in the face or mouth.

Struck by flying object

He was hanging a curtain at the miner in #3 heading. The conveyor chain hung up on side board. When it freed up it threw a piece of metal and struck him on the elbow on his left arm. A med treated him and took him to Dr. where he received 5 stitches to his left arm.

Struck against stationary object

When getting down off of the belt structure EE's right elbow struck the fork on the fork lift.