Mining Incidents

Mine #5 Coal

Controlled by Benjamin R. Bennett
Highsplint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516195

MSHA record for Mine #5 (mine ID 1516195). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 3 incidents

October 6, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS MOVING A PUMP AND WATER LINE AND WHEN HE TIRNED HE RAN INTO A METAL STRAP HANGING FROM THE ROOF.

June 26, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOF BOLTER IN #5 HDG. LAST OPEN BREAK & A PIECE OF ROCK 1" TO 4" THICK 31/2' FELL STRIKING HIM AT AN ANGLE IN THE BACK. THE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF STRAPS.

1988 · 3 incidents

March 30, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS STARTING TO BOLT AN UNSUPPORTED AREA WHEN HE SWUNG THE BOOM OVER TO THE RIB SIDE HE CAUGHT & PINNED HIS ARM BETWEEN THE RIB AND BOLT MACHINE HEAD

January 11, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BEN8ING A STEEL STRAP WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FLIPPED BACK, HITTING HIM IN THE CHIN CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION.

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