Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Peter Cave Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Shell Oil Company
Lovely, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1502060

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1502060). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
79
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

79 on file

1988 · 4 incidents

March 30, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

MINER OPERATOR WAS CUTTING COAL FROM THE BOTTOM UPWARDS AND WHEN THE RIPPER HEAD SUMPED INTO THE ROCK MIDDLEMAN IT CAUSED THE MINER TO BUCK AND THROW HIM UP INTO THE CANOPY INJURING HIS NECK A ND BACK.

March 21, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peter Cave Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING ALONG 7TH RT #1 BELTLINE AND STEPPED DOWN INTO A BOOM HOLE ONTO A HALF HEADER AND LEFT KNEE BUCKLED BACKWARDS CAUSING INJURY

February 3, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PUTTING CURTAIN BLOCK UP AND WHEN RELEASED A.T.R.S. FROM TOP A PIECE OF SLATE FEEL FROM TOP APPROX. 7'8"LONG BY 19" WIDE 3' TO 10" THICK WITH A PIECE STRIKING HISLEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION N EXT TO THUMB.

January 15, 1988 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LA2ING TRACK WHILE PULLING ON RAIL TO BE LINED UP.HE GOT HIS LEFT AHAND FOULED BETWEEN THE RAIL AND A ROCK AND GOT A SMALL LACERATION TO FINGER.BEING DIABETIC FINGER DIDN'T HEAL Q UICKLY AND RESU5TED IN LOST TIME.

1987 · 4 incidents

July 16, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING EQUIPMEN7 BACK ON MOVE BACK. TRAVELING UP #5 ENTRY ON 4TH LEFT OF OFF SIDE OF BATTERY JEEP DECK END. OPERATOR I.NAME EASED THRU CHECK CURTAIN & OFF SIDE OF BATTERY JEEP WENT UNDE MINE R BOOM & MASHED3I.NAME UNDER BOOM.

March 31, 1987 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUILDING STOPPI3GS. WEDGING STOPPING NEXT TO TOP.HOLDING CAP WEDGE IN LEFT HAND AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

March 30, 1987 KY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Fall down stairs

STARTING UPSTAI9S CARRYING AN OFFICE CHAIR. BOX STARTED TO SLIP HE RAISED UP WITH IT AND CAUGHT OVERHANGING LEDGE OF STAIRWELL. FELL BACKWARDS FROM ABOUT 2ND STEP WITH CHAIR LANDING ON LEGS

February 18, 1987 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE GOING THR2UGH #2 AIR LOCK DOOR ON TRACK MOTOR, NOTE: INJURED WAS RIDING ON THE STIRRUP UT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. THE MOTOR CAUGHT THE DOOR, CAUSING THE D OOR TO TURN ON IT SIDE, HE WAS PI NNED IN BETWEEN3THE MOTOR AND DOOR, AND SUBSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS HIP AREA

1986 · 13 incidents

December 11, 1986 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS PUTT3NG DOWN BLOCKS OF WOOD TO LET PIN MACHINE CROSS OVER MINER CABLE. HIS OTHER FRIEND ON HE OPERATOR SIDE WAS DOING THE SAME THING. APPARENTLY, I,NAME THE OPERATOR GOT THROUGH AND THROUGH I,NAME3WAS TO, BUT I,NAME WAS LEANING OVER THE PIN MACHINE GETTING ANOTHER BLOCK FO WOOD. HIS FOOT WAS NEXT TO THE WHEEL THAN THE OPERATOR THOUGHT THEY WERE READY TO GO. WHEN GOING S

October 8, 1986 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ABOUT33 TO 5 FT ABOVE COAL SEAM AND ABOUT 300 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE. THE LOCATION OF THE FALL IS ON 001 OF FALL ABOUT 3 TO 5 FT ABOV1 SECTION AT 12 MINES THE FALL TOOK PLACE IN THE 4 ENTRY STARTI3G AT THE FEEDER AND PROCEEDED ON UP FOR ABOUT 300 FT SECTION CONSISTED OF SLATE TOP.

July 25, 1986 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WASON HIS W5Y TO #2-3RD LEFT BELT DRIVE WHEN HE RAN INTO A CABLE BLOCK ANDINJURED NECK

July 25, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CLEANING B9LT HEAD WHEN BELT SPLICE CAUGHT AGAINST BOTTOM BELT STAND AND SLID IT UP AGAINST TOP BELT STRUCTURE AND CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN STRUCTURES.

May 27, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL LOADING SU1PLIES WHEN HE PICKED UP 3'' PIPE AND HURT HIS BACK.

April 24, 1986 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A SCOOP TO LOAD ROCKDUST WHEN BATTERIES BEGAN SMOKING. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON TOP AND TRIED TO REMOVE BELL WHEN EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL AND LANDED ON A ROCK.

March 21, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPL TURNING A 8LIP SWITCH WHILE BELTS WERE RUNNING AND GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER AND TAKEUP.

February 17, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE DRIVIN1 MAN BUS A POLE CAME OFF & HE STOP &STARTED TO PUT IT ON & HIT CONTROLLER,IT PULLED HIM OVER THE SELF RESCURES ON THE MAN BUS.

February 12, 1986 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HA3GING CURTAIN REACHED DOWN TO PULL MINER CABLE AWAY FROM BUGGY

January 20, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING DOWN AC LINE FROM HANGERS. HE KNOCKED BOLT OUT OF SPOOL. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT RODE HIM DOWN AND HE LANDED ON HIS W-25 SELF RESCUER.

January 6, 1986 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND WAS THROWN AGAINST THE CANOPY

1985 · 20 incidents

December 16, 1985 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING UP ROCK WHEN THE MINER BUCKED AND THREW HIME AGAINST CANOPY.

December 1, 1985 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL BETWE9N 5 TO 9 FT HIGH ABOUT 300 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE LOCATION OF FALL IS ON 5TH RT SECTION #1 ENTRY 40 INBY SPAD 6647 EXTENDING ABOUT 360 FEET OUTBY TOP IN THIS AREA IS LAMINATED SHALE 3

November 13, 1985 KY · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS APPROACHING SWITCH, STEPPED OUT AHEAD OF MOVING TRACK MOTOR. MOTOR CAUGHT LEFT FOOT AND RAN UPON IT.

October 16, 1985 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING & HE TURNED HIS NECK TO PICK UP A WELDING ROD & HURT HIS NECK.

October 16, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A ROOF BOLT & WHEN HE TURNED AROUND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

September 19, 1985 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING MANTRIP & HIT HEAD ON ROOF BOLT HANGING DOWN KNOCKING OFF HAT & GLASSES.

September 17, 1985 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REMOVING THE COUPLING FROM A TRACK MOTOR IN ORDER TO USE IT FOR ANOTHER JOB HE WAS LAYING THE COUPLING UP IN THE STIRRUP OF THE MOTOR WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN MOTOR & COUPLING

August 16, 1985 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF CINDER BLOCK IN ROADWAY, CAUSING HIS LIGHT TO HIT KIDNEY.

August 5, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP, WHEN IT HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN ROADWAY, CAUSING INJURY TO BACK.

July 9, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SPIKING TRACK WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT ARM.

June 5, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THROWING HIM INTO THE CANOPY.

May 16, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN HE HIT A HOLE AND IT THREW HIM INTO THE CANOPY.

April 25, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A CHARGER CABLE & SPLICE BLEW UP IN HIS FACE.

March 11, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BUGGY WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND BOUNCED HIMSELF HARD.

January 3, 1985 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BUGGY WHEN HE HIT A HOLE & WAS THROWN AGAINST THE CANOPY, HURTING HIS BACK.

1984 · 15 incidents

November 21, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A PINNER THE OPERATOR LET TEH PINNER BOOM DOWN ON EMPLOYEES FOOT

November 9, 1984 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE.

October 11, 1984 KY · Coal scoop car operator OTHER
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND BELT DRIVE AND KNEE CAME OUT OF PLACE

August 29, 1984 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL OPERATING PORTAL BUS WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP INJURING EMPL.

July 27, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON BELT ROPES WITH A RED DEVIL. PIN CAME OUT OF RED DEVIL, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND INJURY KNEE.

July 26, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING BOOM ON PIN CAR AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO WRIST

May 23, 1984 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER WRENCH & WRENCH CLAMP.

1983 · 23 incidents

November 4, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN SIDEBOARDS ON BUGGY KNOCKED CURTAIN BOARD LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN FACE

September 30, 1983 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING S/C WHEN HE HIT HOLE IN THE RAODWAY THROWING OPERATOR\S HEAD TO THE TOP OF CANOPY.

September 26, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER AND FINGER WAS CAUGHT ON STEEL.

September 6, 1983 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING AIR LOCK DOORS ON TRACT AT BOTTOM OF SLOPE, CAUSING STRAIN TO BACK.

September 2, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PINNER AND ROCK FELL ON FOOT

August 26, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A GEAR CASE AND WAS LIFTING ON TRAN ROLLED TRAN OVER AND STOOD UP INJURING BACK

August 23, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman OTHER
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A FALL HE WAS BURSTING ROCK ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT

May 16, 1983 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS INJURY TO BACK WHILE OPERATING A BUGGY

May 12, 1983 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATOR OF BATTERY EQUIPMENT AND BACKED UNDER LINE CURTAIN INTO MINER BOOM.

March 15, 1983 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS RIDING MANTRIP OUTSIDE, WHEN HE RAISED HIS HEAD & HIT AN OVERCAST.

February 17, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING TOP AND ROCK FELL ON ARM.

February 2, 1983 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING LOOP OUT OF WATER LINE ON C.M. WHILE TWISTING WATER LINE,PRESSURE CAUSED EMPL TO TWIST KNEE.

January 31, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Peter Cave Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTING TOP WHEN RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATE AND BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER.

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