Struck by powered moving object
Miner was crawling near inby corner of tailpiece, when scoop approached to dump, striking the miner on the right lower leg, resulting in compression fractures to right tibia and fibula.
NO. 1Coal
COALTON MINING INC. · Surface
Controlled by Tommy Jayne
Grethel, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519726
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2017–2020
- Latest incident
- May 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2020 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Pushing bolt up with the bolter, ee was holding the bolt and it slipped out and the plate caught ee hand and cut the palm of ee left hand.
2017 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Batteries ran down (no power) on the mantrip vehicle used to transport 2 people (spad crew) to the surface. One of the occupants head/cap got wedged between the mine roof (30' coal hgt.) & the vehicle frame & when machine movement occurred slightly, the occupant received injuries. Diagnosed as concussion and neck muscle strain.