EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A GARDNER DENVER 16 HIGHWALL DRILL EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING NEAR A THIRTY FOOT HIGHWALL WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING DIRT AND MUD FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL COMPLETELY COVERING THE EMPLOYEE INSID9 DRILL CAB AND ALSO COVERING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE DRILL THE FORCE OF THE DIRT AND MUD CRUSHED THE CAB OF THE DRILL RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE
Coal Mac #16 Surface: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Coal Mac #16 Surface (mine ID 1513231). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1987–1992
- Latest incident
- Oct 1992
- L T & R Land & Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1983
- Jaco Mining Company Inc 1983 to 1989
- Coal Mac Inc 1989 to present
Coal Mac #16 Surface sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
8 on file (excluding fatalities above)1992 · 4 incidents
AFTER GREASING DOZER EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING MACHINE WHEN HE TURNED HIS ANKLE ON THE DOZER TRACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE ALLEGED PAIN AND SWELLING TO ANKLE.
54736YEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER OF A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE ALLEGED THAT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO DOZER UNHOOKING CABLE WHEN ENTERING DOZER AND REACHING TO CLOSE DOOR EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE PULLED IN LOWER BACK AREA.
02005-92 RECURRENCE ALLEGED-SAME BACK PROBLEM
1991 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST UNLOADED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM HIS TRACTOR RIG.HE WAS THEN IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE RIG.EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN THE LOW-BOY AND SLIPPED TO THE GROUND A LLEGING PAIN IN HIP AREA.
EE WAS BACK DRAGGING HAUL ROAD WHEN HE STATED HE BACKED OVER A SMALL ROCK LYING IN ROADWAY EE ALLEDGES INUURY TO LOWER BACK AREA.
1989 · 1 incident
PICKUP FAILED TO START EMP TIGHTENDED BATTERY TERMINALS AND BATTERY EXPLODED BATTERY ACID WENT INTO EMP EYES
1988 · 1 incident
EMPL COMPLETED WORK WHILFT WHILE LAYING ON COUCH AT HOM EMPL STATED HE FELT SORENESS IN LOWER BACK AND LEG EMPL ALLEGED POSSIBLE INJURY OCCURRED WHILE LOADING ROCK WITH 992 C CATERPILLAR FRONT END LOADER 5-19-88 I NAME CALLED OFFICE TO SAY HE HAD BEEN TO DR SAYING POSSIBLE BACK PROBLEM