PIECE OF DRILL GOT HUNG UP IN HOLE.WHILE ATTEMPINT TO REMOVE,DRILL STEEL CAME OUT,LANDING ON HAND.
No 1: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1511602). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- May 1984
- Hopkins Creek Coal Company Inc 1978 to present
No 1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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
10 on file1984 · 2 incidents
WAITING TO SET TIMBER WHEN PIECE OF ROCKFELL STRIKING LEG & FOOT
1983 · 8 incidents
MANTRIP STUCK ON POINT HITTING HOLE-BOUNCING PERSON.
WHEN TRAVELING FROM SECTION TO OUTSIDE T END OF SHIFT INJURED COMPLAINED THAT HIS RT ARM AND RT SHOULDER WERE HURT RESULTING FROM ROUGH RIDE ON MANTRIP BUGGY
SUBJECT WAS INSTALLING NEW REEL IN SHUTTLE CAR, HURT HIMSELF LIFTING REEL INPLACE.
#4 HEADING FACE AREA FALL ABOUT 41/2 FEET THICK FALL ABOUT 40FT LONG AND 20FT WIDE CRIB OF HEADING AND INTERSECTION GOING TO THE HEADING
ROCK FALL FROM TOP STRICKING @FINGER BREAKING IT WHILE @TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER
TAKING MEN IN ON MANTRIP MANTRIP WAS GOING THROUGH A CURTAIN ENTRY THAT WAS MADE OUT OF BELT MAN MAN PUT ARM UP TO PUSH CURTAIN AWAY AND ARM GOT CAUGHT AND PULL HIM OFF MANTRIP
MAN WAS BUILDING BRATTICE INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING BLOCKS.
BOLT MACH. OPER.AFTER DRILLING HOLE IN TOP TAKING STEEL OUT OF HOLE WRENCH FLEW OUT & HIT OPER.