EE WAS HANGING PULL ROPE ON MINER BOOM WHEN BOLTER OPERATOR TURN ON HIS CABLE REEL. BOLT CABLE CAUGHT EE ACROSS BACK AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN HIT HEAD ON MINER BOOM REQUIRED 6 STICHES TO CLOSE WOU
No 4: 25 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 1516678). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at No 4.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 25
- Years on record
- 1989–1992
- Latest incident
- Oct 1992
- South Fork Energies Inc 1989 to 1991
- Kiah Creek Mining Company 1991 to present
No 4 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
ⓘ
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
25 on file1992 · 6 incidents
PULLING TOO HARD ON STEEL ROPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ON A CANOPY TO ALIGN POST TO BE WELDED.
I NAME WAS WALKING ALONG THE #3 BELT CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN OFFSET IN THE BOTTOM & TWISTED HIS RT KNEE
INJURED WAS ON HIS KNEES AND REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED SHUTTLE CAR.WHILE HE WAS TOUCHING SHUTTLE CAR THE CABLE BLEW OUT AND SHOCKED HIM.
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING TIMBERS 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #778.WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS,APPROXIMATELY 4'X4'X2" THICK WHILE PERFORMING DRILLER WORK STRIKIN G INJURED ACROSS BACK.
1991 · 10 incidents
THE FLETCHER PINNER WAS BOLTING IN A #3 HEADING AT RIGHT BREAK AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ATRS AND CANOPY.IT HIT INJURED IN THE BACK BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES.
HE WAS HANDING PINNER CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
WORKING 4 BREAKS FROM 1 TAILPC DOWN THE BELT PICKED UP ROCK AND PUT ON BELT STRAINED BACK
HE WAS SHOVELING THE #4 TAILPIECE AND STUCK SHOVEL TO FAR UNDER THE TAIL PIECE AND THE BELT CAUGHT THE SHOVEL AND TRIED TO PULL IT UNDER THE TAIL PIECE. SO HE TRIED TO HLD ONTO THE SHOVEL AND JERK IT. HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE JERKED THE SHOVEL.
HEAD DRIVE GREASING IT AND STEPPED ON SOME 2" WATER LINE AND FELL BACKWARD AND HIT HIS BACK AGAINST A CRIB BLOCK.
TRAVELING IN INTAKE TO MARK SEAL UP DAILY CAME UP ON THE FALL
INJURED WAS BUILDING A STOPPING AND A PIECE OF EWOOD GOT IN HIS EYE.
HE WAS PULLING WIRE CABLE UP TO TAIL PIECE FOR A BELT MOVE AND HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE WAY ON HIM WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON ROPE.
HE WAS SHOVELING #2 BELT LINE AND PICKED UP A PIECE OF 36" STRUCTURE AND PUT OUT OF THE WAY. THEN HE PICKED UP A 6 INCH HOLLOW BLOCK ABOUT A FOOT OFF THE GROUND AND HAD TO DROP IT, HIS BACK ST ARTED HURTING HIM.
HE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES AND PICKED UP A BOX OF GLUE GOING TO THROW IT AGAINST THE RIB AND HURT HIS BACK.
1990 · 8 incidents
I FOUND IT 11/3 WHEN WE WENT INTO FIRE BOSS 11/2 ABOUT 1:30 IF FOUND CRACK IN TOP CLOSE TO RIB COULDN'T GET BOLT IN TO STRAP IT WITH SO I CHECK TEST HOLE & SEEN WHERE TOP HAD SHIFTED SO I HAD THAT ENTERING CRIB OFF & DANGER OFF. SO IT FELL SOMETIME DRIVING NIGHT BECAUSE FOUND IT 11/3 AFTER FIRE BOSSING IN.
WHILE HE WAS DRILLING HOLE TO PUT BOLTING PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON LEFT ARM.
BOLTING TOP AND GOT GLOVE BETWEEN DRILL STEEL AND HEAD ON BOLTER.WHEN HE TURNED ROTATION ON IT TWISTED THUMB AROUND.
BOLTING TOP &LET DRILL HEAD ON BOLTER COME DOWN AGAINST KNEE.
LOADING BELT STRUCTURE IN SCOOP DIPPER FOR BELT MOVE.
WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE MANTRIP HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
HE WAS HANGING MUDDY CABLE.
HE GOT OFF THE BOLTER TO CHECK CABLE AND SLIPPED. HE FELL BACKWARD AND HIT ON A PIECE OF ROCK. BOTTOM WAS DAMP AND SLICK.
1989 · 1 incident
LUMP OF COAL CAME OUT OF CONEYOR CHAIN AND HIT HIM IN HIS LEFT EYE.