PUTTING THE POWER BACK ON THE FAN AND THE SWITCH BOX BLEW UP.
No 1: 17 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1509533). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1983–1995
- Latest incident
- Jul 1995
- Hall & Hall Coal Company 1976 to 1977
- Amber Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1981
- Melana Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
- Stanton Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
- Misty K Mining Company Inc 1983 to 1994
- Stone Coal Mining Inc 1994 to 1995
- T T & M Inc 1995 to present
No 1 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
17 on file1995 · 1 incident
1993 · 2 incidents
ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON @OFF SHIFT APP 120FTOUTBY FACE #1 HEADING THE FALL WAS FOUND BY PROSHIFT FORK THIS AREA WAS CRIBBED & DANGERED OFF THIS SORT HAS BEEN STOPPED & TURNED RT OFF #7 HEADING ( FAULT IN TOP)
OPERATOR WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHILE OUT OF SEAT NOT IN OPERATIONING POSITION SO AS TO CONTROL THE SCOOP PROPERLY THE OPERATOR WAS OFF SCOOP & ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THE SCOOP FROM OUTSIDE
1992 · 1 incident
FALL OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION APPROX. 65 FEET OUTBY SPAD NO.908. FALL WAS FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION BY CARSON ASBORNE. FALL WAS APPROX. 20' IN LENGTH, 16 FEET IN WIDTH AND FROM 40"-50" I N THICKNESS. AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF PRIOR TO FALL. DEVELOPED IN 1990. CAUSED BY FAULT IN MINE ROOF.
1991 · 2 incidents
ROOF FALL WAS IN 3 HEADING APP 90 FT FROM FACE THIS ENTRY WAS ALREADY CRIBED OFF AND DANGER SIGNED WATER WAS PRESENT IN TOP FALL WAS APP 12 FT BY 30 FT RANGING FROM 30 INCH TO 6 FT IN THICKENS .
ROOF FALL WAS IN #3 HEADING APP-90' FROM FACE THIS INTRY WAS ALLREADY STOPPED AND CRIBBED OFF. THE HEADING WAS PICKED UP 60' INBY WHERE TOP WAS BAD. WATER WAS PRESENT BEFORE FALL OCCURRED.
1990 · 2 incidents
HE WAS TAKING A CUTTING MACHINE CABLE DOWN AND DID NOT HAVE HIS BACK POSITIONED RIGHT AND HURT HIS BACK.
LOOSE PIECE ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN LAST BOLT AND THE BOLT BEING INSTALLED.
1989 · 1 incident
KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS.
1988 · 1 incident
OPERATOR HIT HEAD ON TOP WHILE TRAMMING SCOOP. COAL HEIGHT- 31". SCOOP APP RAN OVER A BLOCK OF COAL OR A PIECE OF ROCK.
1987 · 1 incident
A 60 AMP BOX 440 USED FOR OPERATING FAN WHEN SWITCH WAS TURNED ON THE POWER WAS SHORTED INSIDE BOX CAUSING A LARGE ARC
1986 · 1 incident
HE WAS GREASING3THE BEARING ON THE FAN WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BLADES INJURING HIS HAND.
1984 · 1 incident
ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON A OFF SHIFT APPROX. 80\ OUTBY THE NO WORKING FACE .ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES TO ANY EMPLOYEE STEPS HAS BEEN TAKEN TO PREVENT A REOCCURRANCE.
1983 · 4 incidents
BACKING DRILL UP-WHEN IT JUMPED-AIMED PINNED EMPLOYEE AGAINST TIMBER BRUISE AND STRAIN TO RIGHT SHOULDER ABRASSION CHEST AND LEFT FOREARM
RIDING SCOOP BUCKET INTO MINE BEGINNING OF SHIFT SCOOP TRAVELING OVER ROLL IN ROAD EMP LAYING ON HIS SIDE PINNED AGAINST ROOF STRAIN AND BRUISES TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND HIPS
ROOF BOLTING AT LEFT BREAK OF NO. 2 ENTRANCE. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING BOLTER AND EMPLOYEE. BRUISES TO THE LEFT UPPER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING LOADED SCOOP TOWARD CHAINLINE SCOOP HIT ROCK CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE EMPLOYEE WAS BOUNCED AND A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED ON IT INJURING HIS LOWER BACK POSS IBLE BRUISE AND OR SPRAIN