EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON HIS LEFT ARM JUST ABOVE WRIST NO BROKEN BONES HAD SOME SWELLING WENT FOR EX RAY.
No 1: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1516069). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Nov 1988
- Superior Mining & Mineral Inc 1987 to 1989
- Superior Mining & Mineral Inc 1989 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
11 on file1988 · 8 incidents
INSTALLING ROOFBOLT.AS HE WAS PUSHING BOLT IN HOLE,REACHED UP TO THROW HEADER BOARD WITH LEFT HAND AND CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN HEADER BOARD AND PINNER CANOPY-BROKE LEFT THUMB.
I NAME WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WHEN HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL WHICH THREW HIM UP JAMMING HIS NECK EWHEN HIS HEAD HIT THE CANAPY
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING BY HIMSELF SHOVELING BELT LINE WHEN HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK AND LEFT HIP.
I.NAME ROOF BOLTER HELPER WAS WATCHING CABLE WHEILE I.NAME ROOF BOLTER WAS TAKING UP SLACK IN CABLE I.NAME LET CABLE JERK HIS FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM FALLING ON HIS LEFT SHOUDLER INJURING HIS SHOULDER
ROOFBOLTER OPERATOR WAS CHECKING THE TORK ON SOME ROOF BOLTS. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS HITTING HIM ON THE LOWER LEFT ARM.
I.NAME SAID HE PICKED UP A LIFTING JACK & RFEACHED IT ACROSS TAIL PIECE & HURT HIS BACK
1987 · 3 incidents
SCOOP WENT THRO6GH FLY CURTIAN & THE CURTAIN DRUG ONE OF THE BATTERY COVERS PARTLY OFF THE SCOOP OPERATOR STOOPED JUST THROUGH THE CURTIAN & CAME BACK THROUGH THE CURTIAN & ASKED FOR HELP TO R EPLACE THE COVE9 THE FOREMAN WENT TO HELP HIM, THE NEXT SCOOP OPERATOR HEARED THEM TALKING BUT FOR SOME CAME ON THROUGH THE CURTIAN.
A SCOOP WENT TH9OUGH A FLY CURTAIN AND THE CURTAIN DRUGS ON OF THE BATTERY COVERS PARTLY OFF. THE SCOOP OPERATOR STOPPED JUST THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND CAME BACK THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND ASKED FO R HELP TO REPLA7E THE COVER THE FOREMAN WENT TO HELP HIM THE NEXT SCOOP OPERATOR HEARED. THEM TALKING BUT FOR SAME REASON CAME ON THROUGH THE CURTAIN.
ROOF BOLTER OPE9ATOR WAS LIFTING A 4"X8"X 16" COLLAR AND DROPPED ONE END OF IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.IT ONLY MADE A RED PLACE ON TOP OF HIS FOOT.