EMPL UNLOADING 6ELT STRUCTURE AND STRAINED BACK.
No 48 Mine: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 48 Mine (mine ID 1513777). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Mar 1987
No 48 Mine sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% 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
13 on file1987 · 1 incident
1986 · 5 incidents
EMP WAS UNLOADI3G TIMBERS STRAINED BACK THE OPERATOR HAS NOT DETERMINED THAT INJURY OCCURRED ON THE JOB
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO RE-SET BREAKER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CR5WLING WITH DINNER BUCKET IN HAND WHEN THE BUCKET SLIPPED AND STRAINED LEFT ARM.
EE CUTTING MINE9 ROPE WHEN PIECE OF ROPE CUTTER FLEW OFF STRIKING EE IN T HROAT.
HE SAID HE WAS 8HOVELING BELT LINE & HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
1985 · 2 incidents
EMP WAS SHOVELING COAL ALONG SIDE MINER WHEN ROCK FELL BRUISING EMPLOYEES BACK
EMPL SHOVELING DUST TO FACE WHEN A SLICKENSIDE SLIP FELL FROM ROOF ON EMPL.THE SLIP MEASURED 7\ X 4\6\\ X 14\\ IN THE THICKEST PART.THE SLIP HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MINED FROM UNDER AND WAS UNDETE ECTED.
1983 · 5 incidents
HE WAS HELPING TO PULL OFF A MINER ROPE, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON A TIMBER. THIS ACTION BRUISED HIS ELBOW.
HE WAS MOVING A BRIDGE & MOVED IT TOO FAR ON HIS LEGS. THIS ACTION BRUISED HIS LEGS.
HE LIFTED A PIVOT JACK TOP AND HIS BACK STARTED HURTING LATER
PULLING 3 BAGS OF ROCK DUST ON SHOVEL WHILE CRAWLING.SHOVEL BECAME STUCK ON PILE OF CAP BOARDS.PULLED VERY HARD TO MOVE SHOVEL AND RIGHT KNEE TWISTED.
KETTLEBOTTOM 3\X4\X18\ STRUCK EMPLOYEE AFTER BEING DISLODGED FROM THE MINE ROOF BY A PIVOT JACK OF A WILCOX CONTINUOUS MINER.