WAS DRIVING MAN TRIP CAR AND TIRE THREW ROCK IN EYE.
No 4 Mine: 15 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 1516166). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1988–1996
- Latest incident
- May 1996
- Bic Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1996
- Vanco Coal Company Inc 1996 to 1997
- J & J Mining Inc 1997 to 1997
- J & J Mining Inc 1997 to 1998
- Mac Coal Company 1998 to 1999
- Beggar Coal Company 1999 to present
No 4 Mine sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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
15 on file1996 · 1 incident
1995 · 1 incident
FELL ON ROOF BOLT PLATES
1994 · 1 incident
LIFTING HYD PUMP
1993 · 1 incident
HE WAS DRIVING BUGGIE IN ROADWAY AND HIT AT ROOF BOLT COAL HIGHT WAS 26 INCHES.
1992 · 3 incidents
WORKER WAS REMOVING CAP BOARD FROM UNDER MINER OPERATOR OF MACHINE LOWERED MINER ON HIS FINGERS
95149ED WAS WORKING A FACE AND COAL POPPED OUT OF RIB.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET WHEN SCOOP OPERATOR RAISED BUCKET INTO TOP AND PULLED A ROCK BETWEEN BOLTS AND IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
1991 · 3 incidents
INJURED LEFT THE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH ON AND DID NOT SET THE PARK BRAKE.
EMPL WAS RIDING ON PERONNEL CARRIER TO SURFACE. HE RAISED UP IN LOW CLEARANCE AREA HITTING HEAD & CHEST BETWEEN PERSONNEL CARRIER & OVERCAST.
LIFTING SOMETHING AND HURT BACK
1990 · 1 incident
STIFF JACK KICKED OUT CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE JACK AND BRIDGE CARRIER.
1989 · 3 incidents
EMPL WAS CUTTING MINER ROPES 5/8 DOUBLE YELLOW WHEN HE WAS HIT IN LEFT EYE WITH SMALL PIECE OF METAL HE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION.
HE WAS CLEANING LOSE COAL FROM AROUND THE TAIL PIECE SECTION ODF STRUTURE WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND INSIDE THE TAIL PIECE. WHEN HIS RIGHT ARM WAS PULLED AROUND THE TAIL ROLLER.
HE TOOK CHAIN GUARD OFF THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR TO REPAIR LINK CHAIN. AFTER CHAIN HAD BEEN REPAIRED HE STARTED THE BRIDGE BEFORE HE REPLACED THE GUARD THE CHAIN BROKE AGIAN HITTING HIS LEFT HAND.
1988 · 1 incident
WAS MAKING BELT SET UP AND ANOTHER MAN THREW A PIECE OF STRUCTURE ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.