WORKER PICKED U1 LARGE ROCK WITH FRONT END LOADER. THE ROCK WAS TOO LARGE FOR LOADER TO PICK UP. THE LOADER CAME OFF THE GROUND & FELL BACK DOWN THROWING THE OPERATOR INTO THE R OOF OF MAC HINE. HE THEN W2RKED FOR ABOUT 1 MORE HOUR BEFORE REPORTING INJURY.
No 1 Surface: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1504368). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Oct 1986
- Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to 1973
- Elm Coal Corp 1973 to present
No 1 Surface sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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
9 on file1986 · 3 incidents
FOREARM WAS GUI8ING ROCK TRUCK BACK TO DUMP. WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A TREE & THE TREE FELL ON THE FOREMANS PICKUP.
THE OPERATOR WA8 RUNNING A GRADER WHEN HE BIT A BUMP AND PULLED OR TORE A MUSCLE IN HIS SIDE.
1984 · 2 incidents
CHRIS SET BIT AND SUB DOWN BESIDE HIM AND IT FELL OVER AND HIT HIM.
AN AIR HOSE WAS FROZEN AND IT WAS TAKEN LOOSE TO THAW IT OUT JAMES WAS STANDING NEAR THE HOSE WHEN IT THAWED OUT THE ICE AND DIRT BLEW HIS GLASSES OFF, THUS FILLING HIS EYES AND FACE FULL OF A IR
1983 · 4 incidents
STARTED DOWN LADDER ON MARION 201 SHOVEL SLIPPED AND FELL EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN CALF AREA OF LEFT LEG
CHECKING OIL IN DOZER.PICKED UP SEAT AND TURNED TO PUT IT DOWN AND HURT HIS BACK.
MAN WAS WIRING LIGHTS AND TOOK FAN GUARD OFF TO HOOK UP WIRES WIRES SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HE GRABBED FOR THEM, THUS PUTTING LEFT HAND IN FAN, BROKEN KNUCKLE AND CUT BET WEEN LITTLE FING AND RING FINGER
EMPLOYEE STRIKING IDLER ON D-9G DOZER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF IDLER HITTING HIM BETWEEN INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS