TRAVELING THROUGH VENTILATION CURTAIN AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AR4 SCOOP WAS THE CURTAIN CAUGHT ON THE SCOOP BUCKET AND CAUSED THE VICTIM TO FALL UNDER THE WHEELS
No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1513275). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1984–1986
- Latest incident
- Mar 1986
- Coalfield Development Inc 1981 to 1985
- Coalfield Development Inc 1985 to 1986
- Har-Don Mining Company Inc 1986 to 1987
- Har-Don Mining Company Inc 1987 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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
14 on file (excluding fatalities above)1986 · 3 incidents
ROOF FALL ON IN7ERSECTION ON BELTLINE OUTBY SPAD 342 SURVEY STATION APPROX RANGING FROM 2' TO 6' THICK.
SAID HE HURT LE0T LITTLE FINGER ON SPLICING MACHINE WHEN MAKING BELT REPAIR.
SMALL SCALE OF 9OCK FELL FROM THE TOP HIT ELECTRICIAN ON SHOULDER HE SAID IT NEVER HURT HIM HE CCONTINUED TO WORK AND POUT IN OVERTIME THAT NIGHT NEXZT MORNING HE CALLED SAID HIS RIDE NEVER P
1985 · 7 incidents
MOVING A PIECE 2F ROCK OFF LIDS ON MINER SAID HE SPRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING ROCK.
TAKING POWER BOX TO SECTION FOUND ROCK FALL IN #4 HEADING (COCC) 9:00 O\CLOCK. IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT NO.4 HEADING IS A FALL APPROX. 41/2" HIGH AND 35\ LONG.
TIGHTING UP BOLT, PIECE OF ROCK BROKE AROUND THE BOLT STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE BACK AND SHOULDER, FACE STRUCK BOLTING MACHINE CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE.
A FAULT IN THE COAL BED CAUSE THE ROOF TO FALL.
ROCK FELL ON LEFT HAND WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT.
BRUSTING ROCK AT TRAIL-PIECE HAMMER SLIPPED AND CUT LITTLE FINGER
IMPROPER HANDLING OF CABLE. PICKED THE MINER CABLE UP TO HANG IT AND HURT BACK.
1984 · 4 incidents
HE WAS LOADING LARGE TOO BOX ONTO A SCOOP BUCKET
DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF ONTO THE TOP OF SCOOP CATCHING THE OPERATOR I NAME ON THE SIDE OF LEFT ARM
INSTALLING CANOPY ON 265 LEE NORSE MINER CAUGHT THUMB UNDER THE LEG OF IT
CAP COAL FELL FROM ROOF AND CUAGHT EDDIE COMPTON ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND HEAD NECK WAS INJURED, ALSO.