Mining Incidents

Redhawk #6Coal

Redhawk Mining LLC · Underground
McDowell, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519718
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2014–2018
Latest incident
Mar 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting top and a piece of drill was stuck and then fell from the hole and struck their left hand. Had to have 2 sutures.

Struck against stationary object

Employee moving a cable and turned around and struck right face/cheek against a loose roof strap and cut right cheek. Sutures were required.

2017 · 5 incidents

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was reaching up for the stop/start switch for the airlock doors on the track and felt a pain in EE's arm. Started missing work on 2/14/2018.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting conveyor belt with a utility knife and slipped and cut their right thigh. 9 sutures were required.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent over to hang a pull rope on the continuous miner and felt a pain in employee's back when employee stood back up. Started missing work 5/19/2017.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was bending a bolt to put in top and accidentally hit rotation while pushing it into the hole. Started missing work on 5/1/2017.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was taking out belt structure and turned around and got a rope hanger caught in left nostril

2016 · 2 incidents

Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was stacking block for brattice when coal rolled off rib striking employee on right hand and thunb.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was walking by the section coal feeder when EE stepped on a rock and twisted EE's right knee. Employee finished the shift and went to the Hospital the next morning had x-rays which were negative for any injuries.

2014 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dragging timbers up the # 3 beltline when he slipped and twisted his right ankle. He went to Pikeville Medical Center and received x-rays no broken bones and was diagnosed with pulled tendon in his right ankle, is now waiting to receive MRI.

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

Employee had just cleaned the coal feeder with a 488 scoop and he backed into the intersection at the feeder and got off the scoop and stood by the scoop bucket when the shuttle approached the feeder to unload the shuttle car caught the edge of the scoop bucket pushing it onto the scoop operators foot causing a fracture to his left foot.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was walking across the section when he stepped on some gob in the # 6 entry one crosscut inby survey station # 157 and twisted his right knee.

Struck by flying object

Employee was changing a shut-off valve on a 4"" inch water line, the straws that hold the coupling in place were broke so he used a hammer to bust the coupling which was still under pressure and it came apart striking him in the left side of the face causing cuts which required sutures and bruising and a broken orbital bone above the left eye.