LOADING ONTO BOSS BUGGY, TWISTED AROUND, TWISTED KNEE.
#3: 16 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for #3 (mine ID 1517511). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1994–1998
- Latest incident
- Sep 1998
- Motts Branch Coal Inc 1994 to 1994
- Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc 1994 to 1998
- C & A Coal Inc 1998 to 1998
- Floyd Ridge Mines Inc 1998 to present
#3 sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
16 on file1998 · 3 incidents
SMASHED FINGERS ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN TOP AND FRAME OF SCOOP HAT TO HAVE STITCHES IN ONE FINGER.
ATTEMPTING TO BEND A ROOF BOLT TO INSTALL AND SADI HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
1997 · 5 incidents
BUILDING BRATTICE THROWING PLASTER GETTING IN LEFT EYE.
WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN OPERATOR SAID PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM IN BACK. DR SAID EITHER HAD PULLED MUSCLE OR BACK SPASMS.
TRAMING SCOOP PIECE OF ROCK 2' WIDE 2' LONG 3" THICK FELL ON LEG.
RUNNING ROOF BOLTER PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 1' LONG, 6-1/2" WIDE, 1" THICK. SHARP ON EDGE CUTTING A 1" LONG CUT ON LEFT ARM.
TRAMMING PERSONNEL BUGGY OVER LUMP OF COAL, BUMPED HEAD ON TOP. HURTING LOWER PART OF NECK.
1996 · 3 incidents
OPERATING SCOOP RAN OVER PIECE OF COAL OR ROCK SITTING IN UPRIGHT POSITION BOUNCED OPERATOR UP CAME DOWN ON TAIL SAID HURT OLD BACK INJURY.
CRAWLING ACROSS SECTION. SAID FINGER STARTED HURTING. DID NOT WORK THE WEEK FORM 6-17 TO 6-24-96CALLED ME AT HOME 6-18-96 AND SAID HE HAD HURT FINGER ON 6-10-96.
PUTTING BOLTER STEEL BACK IN HEAD. HAD HAND OVER BASE ON STEEL PINCHING HAND BETWEEN STEEL AND TOP, TEARING SKIN ON LEFT INDEX FINGER AND ON THUMB.
1995 · 4 incidents
PUTTING BOLTER STEEL TOGETHER PINCH LEFT INDEX FINGER.
MAKING BELT SPLICE OUTSIDE PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF HAMMER HITTING WORKER IN NECK
A PIECE OF ROCK FELT IN SCOOP DECK IT OPERATOR ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
PULL MUSCLE WHEN STRAIGHTEN A ROOF BOLT OUT. BOLT TWISTED AND BOLTER MAN PULLED MUSCLE.
1994 · 1 incident
ROOF BOLTER [INJURED] WAS LOWERING DRILL STEEL WHEN HEAD SLIPPED OFF STEEL & STARTED TO PUSH HEAD BACK UP & PINCHEAD FINGERS.