THE EE HAD BEEN SERVICING SHUTTLE CAR AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE DOING THIS.
No 6: 15 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 1517662). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1995–1997
- Latest incident
- Sep 1997
- Eagle Coal Company Inc 1995 to present
No 6 sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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
15 on file1997 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING S/C ENROUTE FROM MINER TO FEEDER IN NO. 3 HEADING 1ST CROSSCUT OUT-BY FACE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LINE UP BUGGY, ANOTHER BUUGY COLLIDED WITH HIM AND WAS STRUCK CAUSING INJ URY TO HIP.
THE EE WAS MAKING BUGGY SPLICE & KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT THIGH.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP A BOLT AND THE BOLT BENT CAUSING HIM TO SPIN AROUND AND THIS DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.
1996 · 5 incidents
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. HE HIT A POT HOLE AND THIS JOLTED HIM CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN TO HIS BACK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE SUPPLIES AND WAS STANDING UNDER SUPPORTED TOP AND A ROCK FELL STRIKING EE ON HEAD, NECK & BACK AREA--ROCK WAS 2' X 3' X 1" THICK.
EE WAS HOOKING CHAIN TO SHUTTLE CAR. THE PARK BRAKE WAS ENGAGED BUT WAS PARKED ON MUDDY EMBANKMENT AND SHUTTLE CAR SLID OVER EE'S FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING BRADDISH AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING BLOCKS.
THE ROOF FALL WAS IN #1 ENTRY APPROX. 4" THICK, 20' IN LENGTH AND 18' WIDE. THIS AREA HAS BEEN CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF AND IS NOT INTERFERING WITH AIR COURSE.
1995 · 6 incidents
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUPPLYING BOLTER AND HE PICKED UP RESIN AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS OPEATING SCOOP AND HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL. THIS CAUSED JOLTING WHICH INJURED BACK/SPINE AREA OF EE.
INJURED WAS MOVING BUGGY (SHUTTLE CAR) CABLE OUTOF THE MINERS' WAY WHEN HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PICKING UP A ROOF BOLT & STRAINED HIS SHOULDER.
THE INJURED WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR & HIT A HOLEWHICH CAUSED JOLTING WHICH IN TURN INJURED INJURED'S NECK & BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SUCTION LINE OF PINNER & A METAL FLAKE GOT INTO HIS EYE