GPF-ALLEGED HEARING LOSS CASE STILL PENDING.
Golden Oak #5: 22 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Golden Oak #5 (mine ID 1516980). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 22
- Years on record
- 1990–1997
- Latest incident
- Aug 1997
- Golden Oak Mining Company L P 1990 to present
Golden Oak #5 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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
22 on file1997 · 2 incidents
GPF-ALLEGED PNEUMOCONIOSIS CASE STILL PENDING.
1996 · 8 incidents
WHILE SCOOPING AND LOADING MINE SUPPLIES, A PIECE OF PIPE STRUCK EE ON ARM
EE SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM STRIKING MBC BRIDGE BREAKING TOOTH.
TURNING OVER BOX OF GLUE. FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EE MOVING TIRE- PAIN IN ARM.
EE SLIPPED AND TURNED ANKLE GETTING OUT OF SCOOP.
EE WAS STRUCK BY SHIELD OFF MOTOR WHEN DISLODGED GOING THRU DOORS.
EMP PINNED LEFT LITTLE FINGER TO TOP.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SLICK BOTTOM STRAINED ANKLE.
1992 · 1 incident
WHILE LIFTING BAG OF ROCKDUST STRAINED BACK.
1991 · 8 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS IN MANTRIP THAT STARTED IN COULD NOT PULL BANK AND STARTED BACKWARD HITTING SUPPLY MOTOR.
WHILE HANGING CABLE PLACED KNEE DOWN & STRUCK A PIECE OF COAL & KNEE TWISTED
WHILE PUTTING UP BOLT. BOLT SLIPPED MASHING FINGER.
CLAIMING ILLNESS DUE TO COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. THIS CLAIM IS PENDING, OUR ATTORNEYS ARE HANDLING THE CLAIM.
WHILE STACKING ROCK DUST AT HD DRIVE RIB ROLLED HITTING EMPLOYEE ON FT.
WHILE PUSHING BOLT INTO HOLE WRENCH CREELED MASHING HAND.
WHILE RIDING MANTRIP AIRLOCK CURTAIN CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO TWIST KNEE WHEN GOING THRU
WHILE SHOVELING BELT FELT BACK PAIN
1990 · 3 incidents
EMPL & COWORKER HANGING HIGH VOLT CABLE WHEN FELT PAIN IN BACK.
HIT RIGHT KNEE WITH BOOM OF BOLTER.
HE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTRR WHEN STARTER STEEL BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF & STRAP & IN PROCESS OF GETTING STEEL FREE HE CUT FOREARM ON METAL STRAP.