SLIPPED & FELL 5GAINST BUMPER OF MECHANIC TRUCK PULLING A LIGAMENT IN LEG.
Greenwood No 5: 16 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Greenwood No 5 (mine ID 1510076). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Dec 1986
- Greenwood Land & Mining Company Inc 1976 to 1979
- Shamrock Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
Greenwood No 5 sits in McCreary County, Kentucky, 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
16 on file1986 · 11 incidents
PULL ROPE SLIPP9D FROMHANGER ON MINE STRIKING EMPLOYEES HAND SURGERY WAS REQUIRED TO PUT PIN IN T HUMB
SCOOP WAS DRAGG3NG BUCKET FRONT OF BUCKET CAUGHT ROOF BOLT AND HIT EMPLOYEE CAUSING A 2 1/2" LACERATION ON HIS NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS HA3GING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
THE AREA WHERE 7HE ROOF FALL OCCURRED WAS ADVANCED IN 1980 AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE BOLTING THE ROOF WITH 36 INCH CONVENTIAL ROOF BOLTS- THE FALL WAS 5 FEET THICK 110 FEET LONG AND 18 FEET WI DE WE BOLT ALL 5REA OF THE MINE WITH 5 FEET RESIN BOLTS AND SOME 3 FEET RESIN BOLTS SINCE THAT TIME.
EMPL PUSHING BO5T UP WHEN FAST FEED LEVER STUCK AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN PLATE AND TOP RESULTING IN COMPOUND FX TO FINGER REQ SURGERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING MUD FROM DEADMAN SWITCH ON CONVEYOR BELT HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SHOVEL HANDLE AND MINE ROOF
EMPLOYEE WAS RE5EAVING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR AND JUMPED AROUND IN CAR TWISTED KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING UNDER TIL PIECE AND STRAINED BACK.
ROCK FALL OCCUR9RED #1 ENTRY TRAVELWAY RETURN AIRCOURSE APPROX 130' INBY PORTAL. ROCK FALL WAS 0-6' THICK 28' LONG 20' WIDE
ROCK FALL CATCH3NG LEG AND BREAKING SMALL BONE IN LOWER PART OF LEG.
1985 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK WHERE THE BOTTOM HAD CRACKED FELL, WHEN HE PUT WEIGHT ON HIS ANKLE.
1984 · 2 incidents
WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND FEEDER WHILE RESETTING FEEDER ON SIDE OF BELT
WE WERE MINING UNDER A DRAIN WITH LOW COVER WITH WATER COMING FROM THE ROOF WHEN THE FALL OCCURED ABOUT 70FT OUTBY THE FACE IN #2 ENTRY 50#2RIGHT CROSSCUT-FALL WAS 9FT-10FT THICK 20FT LONG 28F T WIDE
1983 · 2 incidents
WAS HELPING TO HOLD CURTAINS UP FOR BOLTER TO GO UNDERNEATH LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER WHEEL OF BOLTER
STARTED TO SHOVEL TAIL PIECE AT 3RD HEAD DRIVE.POODLE SHOVEL KICKED BACK HITTING EMPL IN MOUTH.