DISMANTLING A PORTABLE WASH PLANT.EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN LADDER TO SMALL CATWALK.THE LANDING BEHIND THE CATWALK HAD BEEN REMOVED BY THE EMPLOYEE EARLIER.HE STEPPED OFF THE LADDER TO WHERE THE LAND
Alfordsville Mine: 12 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Alfordsville Mine (mine ID 1202017). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1989–1992
- Latest incident
- Sep 1992
- B F C Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1992
- B F C Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1992
- Solar Sources Inc 1992 to present
Alfordsville Mine sits in Daviess County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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
12 on file1992 · 1 incident
1991 · 5 incidents
HAD FUEL ON CLOTHES GOT TOO CLOSE TO FIRE BARREL BURNED RIGHT HAND & RIGHT LEG
CLEANING SIDE OF BELT ON WASH PLANT. A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF BELT, HIT HIM ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS, KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
STANDING BEHIND THE HOPPER SHOVELING TAIL WHEEL,PIT TRUCK DUMPING IN HOPPER,SOME COAL CAME OVER THE SIDE HITTING ON TOP OF HEAD.
JACKING UP TAIL WHEEL TO PUT ON A BEARING,COME-A-LONG SLIPPED COMING DOWN ON FINGER.
STANDING BY CONVEYOR DISLODGING A PICE OF COAL SLIPPED HITTING RIGHT KNEE ON THE ANGLE IRON THAT HOLDS THE CONVEYOR IN PLACE AT WASH PLANT.
1990 · 4 incidents
WORKING IN WASH PLANT SHOVELING AT HOPPER PIECE OF COAL FELL ON CONCRETE SHATTERING PIECE FLEW INTO LEFT EYE
FALL LEFT ELBOW .
LUMP OF COAL FELL OFF HOPPER & HIT HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.
STEPPED OFF TRACK ON D-8 TRACTOR ONTO ROCK ON GROUND TWISSTING ANKLE.
1989 · 2 incidents
EE WAS INSTALLING BEARINGS ON GEAR SHAFT WITH A HAMMER, HIT GEAR WITH HAMMER, HAND SLIPPED INTO KEYWAY CAUSING LACERATIONS TO LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO SCRAPER TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY STEPS WERE SLIPPERY AND WET,HIT CHEST ON STEERING WHEEL CAUSING HIM TO FRACTURE #3 AND 4 RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.