EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO GET IN LOADER WHEN HE FELT A SHAPR PAIN IN HIS BACK.
No 3 Surface: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 3 Surface (mine ID 1512132). 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
- 1983–1990
- Latest incident
- Aug 1990
- Rifle Coal Company 1979 to present
No 3 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
11 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE PARKED TURCK AT END OF SHIFT AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY.
EMPLOYEE HAD WELDED ON ROCK TRUCK AND WAS TRYING TO KNOCK SOME METAL OFF TRUCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HE MISSED AND HIT HIS LEFT SHIN WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN ROCK TRUCK BACKED UNDER LOADER LOADER MAN SIGNALED THAT HE WAS GOING TO LOAD AN EXTRA LARGE ROCK WHEN THE ROCK WAS LOADED IT SHOOK THE TRUCK & EMPLOYEES BACK WAS TWISTED PULLIN G A MUSCLE
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING FERTILIZE BAGS AND EMTYING INTO FERTILIER SPREADER FOR RECLAMATION PURPOSE. EMPLOYEES BACK STARTED HURTING AND HE HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
1986 · 1 incident
EE WAS DISMOUNT3NG CRANE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED DUE TO SURFACE FROM RAIN. EE FELL APPROX 3' TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK.
1984 · 3 incidents
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO DUMP A ROCK, THE ROCK LODGED IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE BED WOULD NOT GO BACK DOWN. THE FOREMAN PULLED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO CHECK ON THE PROBLEM. I.NAME GOT IN T HE FOREMANS TRUCK & RADIOED FOR A LOADER TO GET THE ROCK OUT. THE ROCK DISLODGED & THE TRUCK JUMPED FORWARD HITTING THE FOREMANS PICKUP TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE PICKUP AND AS HE
EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE LADDER OF A HYDRAULIC SHOVEL DOING SOME REPAIR WORK WHEN THE LADDER CAME LOOSE FROM THE SHOBEL LADDER & EMPLOYEE BOTH FELL TO T HE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS BACED ON TOP OF THE LADDER, BRUISING AND SPRAININS HIS BACK.
EMPL SERVICING EQUIPMENT FOR 2ND SHIFT.REMOVED RADIATOR CAP FROM DOZER AND HOT WATER CAME GUSHING OUT BURNING RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.
1983 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TREES, CHAINSAW STRUCK SOMETHING IN TREE (KNOT, BARBED WIRE, ETC.) AND JUMPED BACK THE BLADE COMING IN CONTACT WITH EMPLOYEES NECK AND CUTTING NECK. EMPLOYEES WOUND WAS C LEANED AND REPAIRED.
EMP WAS TAKING FUEL TANK OFF DOZER AND STANDING ON THE TRACKS THE TANK CAME OFF AT O NCE EMP STEPPED DOWN TO STAND ON PUSH ARM AND LEG WENT BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND ROLLER FRAME AND EMP FELL TO GR GROUND TWISTING AND BREAKING HIS LEG AS HE FELL