A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON HIS FOOT.
No 6: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 1516127). 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
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Jan 1990
- Lake Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1989
- Enterprise Coal Company 1989 to 1989
- Arc Energies Inc 1989 to present
No 6 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
10 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 6 incidents
HE WAS HELPING INSTALLATION OF DRAIN TILE IN A CUT OUT ON THE SURFACE. HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN TWO DRAIN TILES AND THE BACKHOE PUSHED THE TILE A LITTLE AND HE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CRUS HED RESULTING IN AN OPEN COMPOUND FRACTURE.
ON 003 SECTION A ROOF FALL IN TE #3 ENTRY, 6 FOOT HIHG, 20 FEET LONG.
ROCK SCALE 1 INCH BY 6" BY 12" FELL ON ARM
THIS FALL IS ON THE INTAKE AIRCOURSE APPROX 700FT OUTBY THE FACE AREAS OF 003 SECTION
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON OUR 003 SECTION OF OUT #6 MINE THIS FALL IS LOCATED ON THE INTAKE AIR COURSE APPROXIMATELY 20 FT INBY SURVEWY STATION 147 AND TO APPROXIMATELY 20 FT OUT BY SURVEY STATI ON 3154 IN THE #2 ENTRY.THE FALL IS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LONG 5 TO 6 FEET THICK AND 15-20 FT WIDE.
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING PRESHIFT EXAMINATION & HAD OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY 90' INBY SPAD 97 MEASURING 50' LONG X 20' WIDE X 5' THICK, DATE & TIME OF ROOF FALL IS UNKNOWN ROO F FALL WAS OUTBY FACE AREA & DOES NOT BLOCK VENTTILATION.
1988 · 3 incidents
AN UNINTENTIONAL FAL OF ROOF OCCURED OUTBY SECTION LOADING POINT IN THE NO 7 ENTRY AT SPAD NO. 84. THE FALL WA S APPROX. 18 FT. LONG BY 18 FT. WIDE AND FELL APPROX. 4 FT HIGH.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED OUT BY SECTION LOADING POINT IN THE NO. 2 ENTRY APPROX. 40 FEET INBY SPAD NO. 78.THE FALL WAS APPROX. 22 FEET LONG BY 18' WIDE AND FELL APPROX. 4 FEET HIGH.
MOVING ROOF BOL7ER UP, GOT ON PIECE OF SLAB- IT SLIPPED AND GOT ON RIGHT BOOT GOING ACROSS STEEL TOE TO FOOT DIRECTLY BEHIND TOES. NO BROKEN BONES OR CUTS- BRUISED ONLY.