EMPL ADDING WATER TO RADIATOR OF LOADER HE WAS STANDING ON AND STEPS BUILT IN FRAME OF MACHINE WHEN HE FINISHED ADDING WATER HE TURNED TO DISMOUNT SLIPPED LOSING BALANCE AND FELL 6\ TO GROUND.
Jaco #1 Surface: 5 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Jaco #1 Surface (mine ID 1513787). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Apr 1985
- Jaco Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Jaco #1 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.Reportable incidents
5 on file1985 · 1 incident
1984 · 1 incident
EE WAS DRIVING SHANK ON LOADER BUCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A SPLINTER OF METAL FLEW FROM HAMMER & STRUCK EE IN LEFT THIGH.
1983 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SPOIL FROM COAL PIT TO 1 HOLLOWFIRE WHEN EMPLOYEE BACKED UP TO DUMP WHILE SPOTTER WAS GONE TEMPORARILY HE BACKED TRUCK OVER DUMP AT AN ANGLE RIGHT SIDEFIRT TRUCK OVERTURNE D APPROX 35FT BELOW DUMP POINT EMPLOYEE REMAINED IN TRUCK UNTIL IT CAME TO REST DRIVER WAS FOUND TO HAVE DRUGS VALIUM IN HIS POSSESSION HOSPITAL EXAM FOUND BROKEN LOWER BACK AND HE HAD HEART
CHECKING SOURCE OF HYDRAULIC LEAK ON MACHINE WHEN HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST SPRAYING EMPL AND ENGINE WITH HOT OIL-AS OIL BURST INTO FLAMES FROM CONTACT WITH ENGINE,ATTEMPTED TO DISMOUNT-SLIPPED IN HYDRAULIC OIL FROM BURST HOSE AND FELL TO GROUND STRIKING ELBOW.
WORN WORK SHOES,FROZEN GROUND,TEMP IN LOW TEENS.EMPL STEPPED ON ARM OF DOZER SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON LEFT ARM AND WRIST. ...FALL CAUSED HAIRLINE CRACK IN BONE IN WRIST.