EE WAS TRAMMING DRILL UP HILL, HEARD A NOISE AND OPEN THE DOOR TO TRY TO SEE WHAT THE NOISE WAS, GOT BACK IN DRILL, DID NOT SHUT DOOR, STARTED TRAMMING UP HILL AGAIN AND THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT, EE WAS RESTING HIS HAND ON DOOR FRAME. ACCIDENT BROKE 3 FINGERS.
#3 Surface: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for #3 Surface (mine ID 1517635). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1995–1999
- Latest incident
- Jan 1999
- Hannco Energy Inc 1995 to present
#3 Surface 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
11 on file1999 · 1 incident
1998 · 1 incident
WE AT HANNCO ENERGY INC WAS INFORMED BY CERTIFIED MAIL THAT HE HAD CONTRACTED A HEARING LOSS DISEASE WHILE IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THIS COMPANY WHILE HE WORKED AS A FOREMAN FOR ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS.
1997 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 777 ROCK TRUCK AND HAD BACKED UP TO DUMP HIS LOAD OF SPOIL WHEN HIS TRUCK SET DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ROLLED SLOWLY OVER ON ITS SIDE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVE R HAD TRIED TO DUMP HIS LOAD OF SPOIL IN THE WRONG PLACE. THE EMPLOYEE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY.
THE EE WAS SERVICING THE EQUIPMENT WHEN THE GREASE GUN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND HITTING EE IN THEHEAD ALONG THE TEMPLE AND SHOOTING GREASE UNDER]THE SKIN AT THE TEMPLE AND ALSO SHOOTING GREASE THROUGH THE EAR OF THE EE
THE EE WAS CLEANING COAL IN THE PIT WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE WALL AND HIT THE RIPPER OFF THE 16G GRADER. WHEN THE ROCK HIT THE RIPPER IT MADEA BIG NOISE AND EE JUMPED AND TURNED HIS HEAD AT THE SAME TIME
1996 · 5 incidents
CHANGING WHEEL UNIT ON LOADER. USING RATCHET AND BAR AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN EYE AND BROKE GLASS LENS. DR. WANTS EE TO COME BACK TO RECHECK HIS EYE IN 6 WEEKS.
EMP WAS TRYING TO KNOCK A TOOTH ON THE BUCKET OF A LOADER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN HIS EYE.
AS THE DRIVER WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE HE DID NOT ALLOW FOR THE TRAILER AND THE BACK WHEELS OF THE TRAILER WENT OUT OF THE ROAD AND BEGAN TO SABNK UP AND THE WEIGHT OF THE LOADED TRUCK SHIFTED AND TURNED THE TRACK OVER ON ITS SIDE.
EE STEPPED OFF THE DOZER ONTO A ROCK. THE ROCK TURNED OVER AND THE EE ROLLED HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN HIS FOOT. EE WAS OFF WORK 3 DAYS BUT DID NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
EE WAS LOADING SPOIL WHEN THE SPOIL FELL INTO THE BUCKET OF 992C & HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. IT THREW HIM OUT OF HIS SEAT.
1995 · 1 incident
EE WAS DUMPING ROCK IN THE HOLLOW FILL WHEN THE FILL BROKE ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO FLIP BACKWARDS AND LAND ON ITS TOP.