Mining Incidents

Gatliff # 1 Coal

Alden Resources LLC · Surface
Controlled by Ferroglobe PLC
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1504322

MSHA record for Gatliff # 1 (mine ID 1504322). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1983–1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 1, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE VICTIM'S TRUCK ROLLED APPROX. 75 FEET DOWN AN ELEVATED HAUL ROAD FROM IT'S DUMPING POINT WHERE IT THEN CROSSED THE ROAD BERM AND OVERTURNED DOWN THE APPROX. 55 FOOT HIG H SPOIL SLOPE AND CAME TO REST ON THE HAUL ROAD BELOW. THE VICTIM WHO WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK WHEN IT REACHED BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE.

Reportable incidents

15 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1996 · 1 incident

March 31, 1996 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE RESIGNED - AWARD OF BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.

1995 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING EQUIPMENT AND SLIPPED ON THE LADDER. HE WAS LEFT HANGING FROM THE LADDER BY HIS HANDS.

April 19, 1995 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A TRACK LOADER CARRYING ROCK FOR ROCK DRAINS. HE TURNED THE LOADER TO THE RIGHT TO DUMP THE ROCK AND THE LOADER SLIPPED ON THE ROCKS AND WHEN THE TRACK LOADER STOPPED, IT HAD LANDED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. EE S RIGHT HAND WAS CUT IN THE PROCESS.

1994 · 1 incident

July 26, 1994 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE O THE DRILL SITE HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON DRILL HEAD JUST AS DRILL WAS COMING DOWN HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAD & WAS CRUSHED WHEN HYDRAULIC DOWN PR ESSURE WAS AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED

1993 · 1 incident

March 8, 1993 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS OPERQTIN THE INGERSOLL-RAND HIGHWALL DRILL ALONG A BENCH WHEN THE BENCH BROKE LOOSE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEELS. THIS CAUSED THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. VICTIM RECEIVED LACERATI ONS TO THE RIGHT EAR, CONTUSIONS ON LUNG, AND A FRACTURED RIB.

1988 · 1 incident

April 27, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WA> ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTE BELTS ON 475-C MICHIGAN LOADER BY USING A BAR TO JPRY THE ALTERNATOR BACK WITH. THE BAR SLIPPED AND CUT THE EMP. RIGHT HAND IN THE PALM.

1987 · 1 incident

March 10, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING BOLT WITH RIGHT HAND WHILE USING A AIR IMPACT WRENCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO REMOVE THE NUT.THE BOLT SLIPPED LETTING THE INIMPACT WRENCH SPINN THE BOLT HEAD WHICH CUT HIS CUT HIS THUMB A7 THE BASE ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

1986 · 1 incident

April 1, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL ATTEMPTING3TO REMOVE HYDRAULIC JACK FROM ROCK TRUCK.WHEN HE REMOVED SUPPORT PINS THE SHAFT WENT INTO JACK BODY SQUIRTING HOT HYDRAULIC OIL INTO EMPL FACE AND LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION T

1985 · 2 incidents

September 28, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A ROLLER FOR A 355 KOMATSU BULLDOZER EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.

February 22, 1985 KY · Coal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

A SECTION OF HIGHWALL FELL STRIKING THE REFUSE TRUCK THAT I.NAME WAS OPERATING I.NAME WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK I.NAME SUSTAINED INJURY TO CUT ON FOREHEAD CUT EAR AND FRACTURED BONE IN SHOULDE R

1984 · 2 incidents

May 22, 1984 KY · Coal supply man, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PROCEEDING ALONG A HAUL ROAD TO CHECK THE COAL STOCK PILE THE HAUL ROAD HAD BEEN CUT INTO DUE TO REMOVING A BENCH EMPLOYEE\S PICK UP TRUCK WENT OVER THE 15\ BANK LEFT AFTER BENCH

February 15, 1984 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE GRADING THE HAUL ROAD, EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF GRADER, WHICH WHEN STOPPED, THREW EMPLOYEE OUT OF CAB.

1983 · 3 incidents

October 26, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A HYDRACLIC PUMP ON AN END LOADER AND STRAINED HIMSELF.HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH REGION.

September 27, 1983 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS REMOVING FINAL DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE DRILL STEEL WRENCH STUCK TO END OF STEEL AND WAS RAISED APPROX 15\ WHEN IT FELL TO THE TABLE HITTING FOOT WHICH WAS ON THE TABLE BROKE BIG TOE AND NEX T TWO TOES AND BROKE BONE BEHIND BIG TOE

April 25, 1983 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMP WAS HELPING THE POWDER MAN LOAD HOLES THE POWDER TRUCK WAS AT A SLANT THE BOOM WAS HARD TO SWING CAUSING A STRAIN TO EMPLOYEE

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