Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS SHOVELING BELTLINE HE SUPPOSEDLY HAD MORE ON SHOVEL THAN HE TOUGHT AND WHEN HE RAISED IT HE ALLEGEDLY FELT PAIN IN LEFT SIDE.
No 10: 8 reportable incidents Coal
North Star Contractors Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Carl Kirk
Davella,
Martin County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517236
MSHA record for No 10 (mine ID 1517236). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1993
- Latest incident
- Jul 1993
Ownership history
- Mountaintop Restoration Inc 1992 to 1993
- North Star Contractors Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 10 sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.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
8 on file1993 · 8 incidents
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck by falling object
THE ALLEGED ACCIDENT SUPPOSEDLY TOOK PLACE WHILE EE WAS ENGAGED IN LOADING SCOOP BUCKET WITH SUPPLIED FOR ROOF BOLTER AS HE WAS IN BENT OVER POSITION LOADING BUCKET A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT LA NDING ON EE S LOWER BACK AND TOP OF LEFT HIP.
May 10, 1993
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck against a moving object
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING BACK FROM FEEDER TO THE MINER TO GET LOADED WHEN HE SUDDENLY HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE HIT A BUMP
April 9, 1993
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLECAR, HE SUPPOSEDLY HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY CAUSINGHIM TO BOUNCE AND STRIKE KNEE AGAINST A SWITCH IN OPERATOR'S STATION.
April 9, 1993
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HAULING A LOAD OF COAL FROM MINER TO FEEDER, WHEN HE SUPPOSEDLY RAN CAR INTO RIB, CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN CAR AND RIB.
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AS HE WAS OPERATING CONT- INOUS MINER IN TRAM MODE WHILE PRODUCING COAL, IT SUPPOSEDLY RAN OVER A HUMP IN ROADWAY AND THE FLOATING CANOPY ALLEGEDLY JARRED HIM.
March 4, 1993
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A HEADER ON TOP OF BOTTOM BELT FOR SCRAPER, A SPLICE CAME THROUGH AND CAUGHT HEADER, STRIKING EMPLOYEE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO RIB.
January 29, 1993
KY · Coal
tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
DEMPLOYEE WAS IN OFFICE, HE SUPPOSEDLY TURNED AROUND & IN PROCESS, LOST FOOTING & BALANCE. WHEN HE STARTED FALLING, HE GRABBED A FELLOW EMPLOYEE & PULLED HIM DOWN ALONG WITH HIM. THE FELLOW EM PLOYEE LANDED ON OTHER'S RIGHT ANKLE.