KNOCKING ROCKS OUT OF ROAD WHEN HIT BIG ROCK JERKED HIS BACK.
No 5 Surface Mine: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 5 Surface Mine (mine ID 1512154). 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
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Sep 1988
- Golden Oak Mining Company Inc 1979 to 1980
- Golden Oak Mining Company Inc 1981 to 1988
- Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
No 5 Surface Mine sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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 file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING ONTO END LOADER AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE TRANSMISSION LEVER LOCK
1986 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING SWEEPER TTACHMENT OFF TRACTOR & FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT RIBS
1984 · 8 incidents
A SHOT HAD BEEN LOADED ON 8-10-84 FOR DENOTATION WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE CAUSING US TO BARRICADE THE AREA UNTIL NEXT DAY DURING THE NIGHT BETWEEN 300 PM ON 8-10-84 AND 600 AM ON 8011084 A PREMATURE DENOTATION OCCURRED.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO GREASE STEERING LINKAGE ON ROCK TRUCK WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH COOLING FAN WHICH CUT END OF RT INDEX FINGER
EMPL CUTTING PIEC OF SHOOTING WIRE TO HAND HAND COUNTER,KNIFE CUT WIRE IT HIT HIM IN EYE WHILE PULLING KNIFE.
DOZER OPERATOR BACK DRAGGING HOLLOW FILL AND ENGINE DIED.DOZER WENT DOWN OVER SLOPE AND OPERATOR JUMPED OUT CAUSED INJURIES.
OPERATOR WAS HELPING I.NAME INSTALL DECKING PLATE ON #211 LOADER WHEN HE TWISTED WRONG & COULDN\T STRAIGHTEN UP.
WELDER WAS CHIPPING OFF SLAG FROM BOTTOM OF DOZER AND GOT AS PIECE OF IT IN HIS EAR
COLLINS STOPPED HIS DOZER TO TALK WITH THE FOREMAN AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM DOZER HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE DIDNT REALIZE THAT HE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER
HE WAS FUELTING D-9L DOZER AND OPERATOR MOVED DOZER BEFORE HE FINISHED AND JERKED OIL HOSE OUT OF HIS HAND.
1983 · 2 incidents
THE DOZER OPERATOR TANSEL HAYNES STOPPED HIS EQUIPMENT AND WAS WALKING ON TRACTION PADS OF DOZER WHEN INJURY OCCURRED HE WAS TRYING TO POSITION HIMSELF TO CHECK OIL LEVEL ON DOZER WHEN HIS FOO T SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BURN HIS HAND ON THE HOT ENGINE MANIFOLD
WELDER WAS IN PROCESS OF CHANGING A BOTTLE OF OXYGEN OFF WELDING TRUCK WHEN HE PICKED UP TANK AND STRAINED HIS BACK HE DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS HURT UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER WHEN HIS BACK START TO STIFFEN UP ON HIM HE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 8 31 83