EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN 1ST RIGHT ENTRY AND TRIPPED OVER COAL AND A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE
King No 5 Mine: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for King No 5 Mine (mine ID 4201389). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Mar 1983
- United States Fuel Company 1976 to 1980
- United States Fuel Company 1980 to 1991
- United States Fuel Company 1991 to 1995
- American Fuel Corp 1995 to present
King No 5 Mine sits in Carbon County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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
13 on file1983 · 13 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY JARRING HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NECK HURTING AFTER RIDING IN MANTRIP
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN THE RIB SLOUGHED HITTING HIM IN THE BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN IN HIS NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN ON ENTRY WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PORTABLE ROCK DUSTER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DIESEL MANTRIP WHEN HE WAS BACKING VEHICLE UP-HE ROOFED OUT, GETTING DRAGGED ACROSS THE STEERING WHEEL & DASH BOARD CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIBS & BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING A MINER CABLE AGAINST THE RIB WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE WORKING BETWEEN BRATTIC AND RIB THE RIB OVERHANG ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK INJURED IN THE BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING MATERIALS ON ROOF BOLTERS. (ROOF BOLTS & RESIN.) WHILE LOADING MATERIALS HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPL WAS MINER OPERATOR CLEANIGN BOTTOM WHEN MINER BITS THREW PIECES OF ROCK BACK INTO CAB.
WHILE CLEANING BOTTOM TOWARD FACE ON BRATTICE SIDE C/MINER REACHED FACE & IGNITION OCCURRED HEAD WAS TRIMMING BOTTOM ROCK. NINE SPRAMS INOPERATIVE. BRATTICE TWO FEET FURTHER THAN PLAN STATES. NO DAMAGE. FALME WAS 10 W X 2\H.X 15\C.