Mining Incidents

No 1: 20 reportable incidents Coal

Raven Mining Company Inc · Underground
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516744

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1516744). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1989–1992
Latest incident
Nov 1992
Ownership history
  1. Raven Mining Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

1992 · 7 incidents

November 6, 1992 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raven Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME GRABBED HOLD OF SHOULDER AND CAUSED MUSCLE TO PULL.

October 19, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PEICE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND HIT NECK AND SHOULDER.

February 6, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raven Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LOADING MY 8 FT TIMBER ON BELT LONE TO BE RUN DOWN THE BELT LONE TO WHERE THEY WERE NEEDED.

January 30, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Raven Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON BATTERIES, JUMP OFF OF BATTERIES AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

January 8, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Raven Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

RESET FEEDER BRAKER AND FIRE CAME OUT OF BRAKER AND BURN RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

1991 · 4 incidents

September 11, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Raven Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROOF BOLTER WAS BACKING OUT OF #3 HEADING WENT CABLE GOT IN UNDER BOLTR EMPL RACHED DOWN TO GET CABLE OUT UNDER BOLTER & IT RUN UPON LEFT ARM. HE TRIED TO GET CABLE OUT WHILE IT WAS STILL MOVI NG.

April 30, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SADDLE BOLTS BROKE CAUSING BUGGY TO HIT THE RIB.STEERING BOLTS BROKE CAUSING SHUTTLE CAR TO HIT RIB.

March 22, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider ELECTRICAL
Raven Mining Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE WALKING ON BELT LINE OUTSIDE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING FLASHED & SUBJECT WAS SHOCKED

January 9, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE USING A PRY BAR SUBJECT WAS TRYING TO PRY BELT BACK UNDER SKIRT IN COAL HOPPER.BAR SLIPPED OUT RESULTING IN SMASHING HAND INTO THE SIDE OF METAL HOPPER.

1990 · 8 incidents

December 23, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTER MAN WAS ON THE OFFSIDE OF BOLTER.JUST AS OPERATOR WAS PULLING BOLTER UP TO INSTALL FIRST ROW OF BOLTS A LAYER OF DRAW ROCK FELL PULLING ROCK BACK BETWEEN THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS WHICH HIT OFFSIDE BOLTER.

November 12, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BUILDING A BRATTICE,PIECE OF DRIED BRATTICE SEALER CHIPPED OFF AND ENTERED RIGHT EYE.

October 12, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Raven Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS THE ROOF BOLT BROKE AND PINNING HIS FINGER UNDER A HEADER BOARD THAT WAS INSTALLED WITH ROOF BOLTS.

July 29, 1990 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME LIFTING PIECE OF STEEL,SLIPPED AND STEEL CAME DOWN ON RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 15, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING BELT LINE,PIECE OF SLATE HIT RIGHT SHOULDER.CONT. TO WORK 5 DAYS,LEFT ON SHIFT ON 19TH. COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 9, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CLEANING BELT LINE,BROKE SLAB OF ROCK AND PIE E CHIPPED OFF AND HIT RIGHT EYE.

April 25, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Raven Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINNING SLAB OF DRAW ROCK FELL CAUGHT R HAND AND MASHED IT

April 14, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raven Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVLEING BELT HEAD GOT SOMEHTING IN L EAR

1989 · 1 incident

December 14, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raven Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUPPLYING PINNER WITH SUPPLIES, LOADING ROOF BOLTS AND PLATES.