EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG RECLAIMING WORK. HE PULLED HIS D-3 CATERPILLAR DOZER TO A STOP AND WAS GETTING DOWN FROM DOZER TO EAT LUNCH. THE WEATHER WAS A MISTY RAIN. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON TRACKS OF DOZER, HIS F9ET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST TRACK CAUSING A BRUISE TO ELBOW.
Jaco #4 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Jaco #4 Surface (mine ID 1514044). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1984–1987
- Latest incident
- Oct 1987
- Jaco Mining Company Inc 1983 to present
Jaco #4 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
4 on file1987 · 3 incidents
ON 5 18 87 I NA4E HAD JUST CLIMBED OFF A DOZER WALKING TOWARD MECHANIC. WHILE WALKING HE SLIPPED ON MUDDY GROUND AND LOSE ROCK LOOSING BALANCE TWISTED RT KNEE, HIP AND L OWER BACK, LOSING CO CONSCIOUSNESS M2MENTARILY. HE DID NOT LEAVE WORK BUT REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN. MR STONE STATES OVER THE MONTHS HE HAD SOME CONSTANT MINOR PAIN. BUT ON 7 30 87 HE REPORTED TO CO OFFICE IN SEVE
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG MECHANICAL WORK ON A D-9 CATERPILLAR DOZER, WHILE WORKING HE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO LEVERAGE A TOOL. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT RIGHT HAND AGAINST FRAME OR DO ZER. 3
1984 · 1 incident
EE WAS DRIVING TRACK PIN IN T RACK OF CAT 06 DOZER WHEN HE STRUCK PIN WITH HAMMER SLIVERS OF METAL FLEW FROM TRACK & STRUCK EE IN RT HAND & ON NOSE INCISION WOUND IN NOSE 1 STITCH INCISION WO UND IN HAND 7 STITCHES.