ALLEDGED PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING VICTIM ON NECK & BACK.
No 6: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 1515250). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1991
- Latest incident
- Jul 1991
- M & D Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1989
- M & Mb Coal Company 1989 to 1990
- Pa-Pa Coal Mining Company Inc 1990 to present
No 6 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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
10 on file1991 · 10 incidents
CAP COAL HAD LUNG TO TOP HE TRIED TO PULL IT DOWN & COULD NOT GET IT DOWN. HE PROCEEDED TO BOLT UP TO IT WHEN HE MANUVERED MACHINE OVER TO PUT UP ANOTHER BOLT COAL FELL STRIKING BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING CUTTER TO FACE AREA WHEN BOOM STRUCK TOP. LOOSENING DRAW ROCK STRICKING OPERATOR ON BACK. BRUISING RIGHT SIDE OF BACK, KIDNEY & FRACTURING 2 RIBS.
CLEANING RIB ROCK FELL HIT ON R SIDE OF HEAD AND FACE
GLOVE ON LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN ROOF BOLTER DRILL STEEL.
PULL MUSCLE IN BACK LIFTING BELT
EE PASSED OUT IN PACE ARA SAID HE DONE SOME STRAINE WORK NIGHT BEFORE DR THAT HAD A PULLED MUSCLE.
COAL SHOT OFF RIB OF BRAKE GOING INTO 4 ENTRY JUMP OF COAL STRIKING PENSON IN MOUTH KNOCKING OUT 3 LOWER TEETH..
ROOF BOLTER SET HIS AFRS AND REACHED FOR HIS DRILL STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF CATCHING HIS HAND.
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS ENTERING #5 ENTRY WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIS RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST AND SHOULDERS.