Mining Incidents

Cypress Creek: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Costain Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Providence, Webster County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517036

MSHA record for Cypress Creek (mine ID 1517036). 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
1991–1993
Latest incident
Mar 1993
Ownership history
  1. Costain Coal Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cypress Creek sits in Webster County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Webster County, Kentucky · Population 12,873
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,786
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

March 5, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE WORKING ON HIS TRUCK, ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WAS TURNING AROUND, BACKED INTO HIS TRUCK, CAUSING HIS TRUCK TO STRIKE HIM.

February 21, 1993 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CUTTING EDGES ON A SCRAPER AND STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ONE OF THE CUTTING EDGE.

1992 · 7 incidents

September 4, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS REMOVING A FUEL TANK ON A DOZER AND STRAINED HIS BACK IT WAS NOT REPORTED TO COMPANY UNTIL 10-30-92.

April 16, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER AND A HYDRAULIC HOSE BLOWED ON THE BACK OF THE DOZER, FLYING UP AND KNOCKING OUT THE BACK GLASS.

April 1, 1992 KY · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING COAL SAMPLES OUT OF HIS BLZER.THE SAMPLES WEIGHED APPROX 35 LNS.WHILE UNLOADING THE COAL SAMPLES HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 17, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A D-9L DOZER TRACK WORKING ON THE MOTOR. WHILE BENT OVER HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

March 16, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE OPERATES A 988 CAT LOADER.HE WAS DRIVING TO THE PIT WHEN HIS LOADER HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD JARRING HIS BACK.

March 11, 1992 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL AND ANOTHER TRYING TO TURN OVER A BRAKE HUB ,WHICH THEY HAD LOADED ON A TRUCK WITH A CHERRY PICKER,WHILE TRYING TO TURN THE BRAKE HUB OVER STRAINED SIDE.RECD MEDICAL TREATMENT TIL 3-19-92

February 24, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISORIENTED & CONFUSED, HE CALLED FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO COME AND TALK TO HIM. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE STANDING ON THE FRONT OF A R-50 REAR DUMP TALKING, THE EMPLOYEE STILL DISORIENT ED FAINTED AND FELL OFF OF REAR DUMP 8 FT FALL.

1991 · 2 incidents

October 18, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A CARD BOARD BOX. THE KNIFE SLIPPED HITTING HIS LEG AND CUTTING IT.

April 18, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS INSTALLING A REAR END IN A TS 24 SCRAPER. HE WAS USING A COME A LONG TO LIFT THE REAR END. BUT WHEN INSTALLING THE REAR END IN THE HOUSING HE HAD TO LIFT AND PUSH ON THE REAR END. WHEN HE DID THIS HE STRAINED HIMSELF.