A MINE HAS PILLARED OUT UNDERNEATH THIS SEAM OF COAL CAUSING TOP TO SHIFT AND BOTTOM TO HAVE AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON ALL WEAK POINTS.
No 1: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1517489). 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
- 1995–1996
- Latest incident
- Mar 1996
- K Rutherford Construction Inc 1994 to 1994
- Woodman Three Mine Company Inc 1994 to 1994
- M W Mining Inc 1994 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 file1996 · 3 incidents
EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO LINE A TRACTION MOTOR UP ON MINE. AS THEY WERE PUSHIGN MOTOR IN EE'S RIGHT HAND, GOT BETWEEN MINR FROM AND THE SHARP EDGE OF SLTE BAR AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND IN TH E PALM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT ALONG 2R BELT LINE. HE WAS ON HIS KNEES WHILE SHOVELING AND HAD TO SHOVEL UP THE COAL & TWIST AROUND AND PUT COAL ON BELT LINE.
1995 · 8 incidents
EMPLOYEE HAD ON A PAIR OF KNEE PADS. A PIECE OF COAL GOT INSIDE BETWEEN KNEE AND PAD. WHEN HE PUT KNEE DOWN ON FLOOR OF MINE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AND DISCOVERED THE LUMP OF COAL.
WHILE DRILLING A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. HE LET HIS POT DOWN TO CHANGE DRILL STEEL THE STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE HE HAD DRILLED AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.
EE HAD TAKEN RUBRAIL LOOSE FROM MINER AND WAS SLIDING IT ACROSS FLOOR AWAY FROM MINER BY HIMSELF.
THE 002 CREW HAD LEFT FROM SURFACE TOWARD SECTION. WHILE IN ROUTE EMPLOYEE STOPPED MANTRIP AND ASKED TO GET OFF TO RIDE WITH SECTION ELECTRICIAN. HE SAID HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON ROOF. ONE TOO MA NY IN REAR COMPARTMENT.
REPLACING CRUSHER IN FEEDER, WHILE LOWEERING CRUSHER INTO FEEDER. CRSHER FOULED AGAINST XXX & GOT SLACK IN HOIST CHAIN, PRING CRUSHER LOOSE AND AS IT FELL 3" IT TOOK SLACK OUT OF CHAIN & JERK ED HANDLE & STRCK EE IN JAW.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS ON PILLAR SECTION. WHEN HE WENT TOTHE WEDGE A TIMBER UP HE KNOCKED A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK LOOSE. THE ROCK HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HIP AND RIGHT ARM PUSHIG N HIM ON THE MINE FLOOR.
LET OFFSIDE DRILL POT DOWN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD MOVED MINER TO THE #2 HEADING & WENT BACK TO MOVE CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY. WHEN FOREMAN CAME OVER AFTER HE HAD STARTED LOADING COAL HE TOLD FOREMAN HE HAD HURT HIS BACK PULLING ON CA BLE.