Mining Incidents

Mine No 5 Coal

Becky Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Croley A J
Siler, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516247

MSHA record for Mine No 5 (mine ID 1516247). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Years on record
1989–1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

1995 · 7 incidents

December 21, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING HAMMER AND PUNCH. MISSED PUNCH AND HITINDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND. CRACKED BONE IN INDEXFINGER.

September 20, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becky Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING IN LOW SPOT LIFT UP SHOVEL BEGED TO MAN HAND ON BELT PULL BACK.

April 18, 1995 KY · Coal driller operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WAS HOOKING DRILL PAN TO JEEP WHEN PAN WAS JACKED UP HE DROPPED IT ON HIS HAND WHEN HE BUMPED INTO THE PAN KNOCKING IFF OFF THE PROPS.

March 17, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becky Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM AT SHOULDER, APPARENTLY WHILE CHANGING BATTERIES. DID NOT MISS ANY WORK. PUT ARM IN SLING FOR ONE WEEK.

February 16, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

DUST PARTICLES BLEW OFF OF METAL BY USIGN AIR HOSE TO CLEAN SURFACE. DUST OF METAL BLEW INTO HIS EYE CAUSING IRRITATION, WAS REMOVED BY EYE DR.

January 4, 1995 KY · Coal inspector POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Fall from machine

INDIVIDUAL [SAFETY ANALYST FOR STATE] WAS RIDING OUT OF MINE ON MAN TRIP WHEN HE UNEXPECTEDLY RAISED UP IN 28" COAL SEAM & WAS KNOCKED OFF SCOOP PAN. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK & RIGHT ARM.

1994 · 10 incidents

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT HIT ON RT EYE WITH COAL PARTICLE INJURY SEEMS TO BE MINER PARTICLE EMBEDDED IN EYE CAUSING IRRITATION HE RAN ACROSS A BLOCK OF COAL THAT BUSTED EMPLOYEE WASWEARING GOGGLES THE PAR TICLE CAME IN AT THE SIDE

September 24, 1994 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Becky Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURY OCCURED AT CANFIELD ENERGY EARLIER WHEN EE WORKED THERE. HE HAS BEEN TROUBLE BY MISJURY SINCE. THIS WAS REOCCURRANCED.

September 10, 1994 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE PLACED HAND ON BACK OF SCOOP WHILE BACKING UP. THE PIN THAT HOLDS PAN ON RAISED UP CAME BACK DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

August 15, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Becky Coal Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS.

August 15, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Becky Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG.

August 8, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Becky Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN INTERSECTION INBY THE HIGHWALL 2 BREAKS FELL DUE TO HORSEBACK. THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY BOLTED BUT FELL ABOVE THE 30' BOLTS. LONGER BOLTS WERE INSTALLED. THIS FALL WAS OVER BELT LINE #1 IN 26" COAL. FALL OCCURRED WHILE MEN WERE OFF FOR WEEKEND. BELT WOULDN'T START AND FALL WAS DISCOVERED. NIGHT WATCHMAN WAS ONLY PERSON AT MINE. HE WAS IN HIS VEHICLE DURING THIS TIME.

July 1, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Becky Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG AWARD.

March 3, 1994 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Becky Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG AWARD.

February 25, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Becky Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG AWARD.

February 14, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Becky Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG AWARD.

1993 · 2 incidents

August 6, 1993 KY · Coal driller operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

DRILL MAN AND TAMP MAN WAS DRILLING THE FACE OF 3 LEFT BRAKE THEY DRILLED INTO AMISFINED SHOT THAT HAD NOT BEEN FOUND BY ANYONE. AT START OF SHIFT THE PLACE AND BEEN RPRESHIFTED COULDN'T HAVE BEEN SEEN. BECAUSE FO COAL THAT HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN. SCOOP DRIVER WAS IN THE PLACE UP DID NOT SEE ANY MISFIRED SHOT'S BOLTER OPERATOR BOLTED THE PLACE DIDN'T FIND ANY MISFIRED SHOT'S DRILL O

August 6, 1993 KY · Coal driller operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

DRILL MAN AND TAMP MAN WAS DRILLING THE FACE OF 3 LEFT BRAKE THEY DRILLED INTO AMISFINED SHOT THAT HAD NOT BEEN FOUND BY ANYONE. AT START OF SHIFT THE PLACE AND BEEN RPRESHIFTED COULDN'T HAVE BEEN SEEN. BECAUSE FO COAL THAT HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN. SCOOP DRIVER WAS IN THE PLACE UP DID NOT SEE ANY MISFIRED SHOT'S BOLTER OPERATOR BOLTED THE PLACE DIDN'T FIND ANY MISFIRED SHOT'S DRILL O

1991 · 1 incident

March 20, 1991 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Becky Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

COMING FROM FACE TO LADING POINT IN ELKHORN SCOOP SCRAPED HEAD ON RIB.

1990 · 3 incidents

December 7, 1990 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becky Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING BOX OF EXPLOSIVES FROM MINE MAGAZINE TO PUT INTO BOX THAT TRANSPORTS EXPLOSIVES INTO MINES AND PULLED MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS IN LOWER BACK.

April 10, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

STOOD ROLL OF BELT ON ITS END, BELT FELL OVER.

January 3, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Becky Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS TIGHTENING A ROOFBOLT AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED, CAUSIGN HIS HAND BETWEEN BOLT MACHINE HEAD AND ROOF.

1989 · 1 incident

March 16, 1989 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Becky Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

TRACTOR OPERATOR HAD SCOOP PAN CHAINED TO LOADER & WAS ATTEMPTING TO REHOOK TO TRACTOR CHAIN SLIPPED & PAN FELL ON TRACTOR OEPRATORS RIGHT FOOT.

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