HE WAS CUTTING 5 PIECE OF SCRAPER RUBBER WITH A RAZOR KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM.
No 5: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 1513083). 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
- 1984–1986
- Latest incident
- Jul 1986
- Bailey Hill Mining Company 1981 to present
No 5 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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
11 on file1986 · 3 incidents
HE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO GET OUT OF THE SUPPLY TRACTOR. HE WAS LIFTING HIMSELF UP WITH HIS HAND AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS SIDE ON THE SIDE OF THE SUPPLY TRACTOR.
I,NAME WAS HELP3NG TO REPAIR A DYDRAULIC HOSE ON THE MINER WHEN HE REACHED ACROSS THE MINER TO PULL ON THE HYDRAULIC HOSE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
1985 · 5 incidents
DURING THE BOLTING OPERATION I.NAME WAS ADVANCING ONE OF THE TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT JACKS AND WHEN HE LIFTED IT TO BE MOVED TO THE NEXT POSITION HE TWISTED HIS BACK
I. NAME REACHED ON TOP OF THE MINER TO GET A PIECE OF MARKING CHALK AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND RESULTED IN A LACER ATION ON FINGER.
I NAME WAS JUST FINISHED EATING LUNCH AND WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS SHUTTLE CAR, SLIPPED AND TELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE.
I.NAME HAULING COAL FROM MINER TO TRANSFER POINT.CAR HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY AND JERKED HIM SLIGHTLY FORWARD RESULTING IN STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
I.NAME ASSISTING I.NAME OPERATOR IN PUTTING UP ROOF SUPPORT STRAP.EDGE OF STRAP CAUGHT ON CANOPTY OF MACHINE AND STRUCK HIM ON NECK RESULTING IN MUSCLE SPASMS TO SHOULDERS AND LOWER BACK AREA. DR. SAID SLIGHT CONTUSION ON NECK RESULTANT BACK STRAIN OCCURRED.
1984 · 3 incidents
I NAME WAS CLEANING SOME ROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE EQUIPMENT A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF AND ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIM ON THE FORE HEAD RESULTING IN SASMALL LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD
I NAME WAS PULLING DOWN DRAW ROCK USING SLATE BAR TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR THE BOLTING OPERATION THE COAL HEIGHT WAS APPROX 84 IN SO HE HAD TO REACH OVER HIS HEAD IN DOING SO HE ALLEGES THAT THIS RESULTED IN HIM STRAINING HIS BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP A MINE TRACTOR WITH SUPPLY CAR HOOKED TO IT. THE CAR JACK KNIFE AND CAUGHT HIS ARM BETWEEN CAR AND TRACTOR POSSIBLE CRACKED BONE IN RIGHT ELBOW.