Mining Incidents

Panbowl #1: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Jackson, Breathitt County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516557

MSHA record for Panbowl #1 (mine ID 1516557). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Panbowl Energy Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Panbowl #1 sits in Breathitt County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Breathitt County, Kentucky · Population 13,438
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$41,101
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1991 · 6 incidents

August 16, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REFILING WATER TANK ON WATER TRUCK WHEN HE GOT OFF TRUCK AFTER FINISHING THE CHAINS HOLDING TANK BROKE CAUSING TANK TO FALL OFF THEN ROLL OVER HIM

May 27, 1991 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME SITTING IN VEHICLE EATING SUPPER PARKED 200' FROM DUMP AREA.HAD BENT OVER TO PICK UP SOMETHING FROM LUNCH BOX WHEN LOADER BACKED INTO FRONT LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK.

May 17, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS INSIDE ROCK TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED HAD OPENED DOOR & WAS SWEEPING DIRT OUT LOADER MAN LOADED TRUCK & IMPACT OF DIRT HITTING BED OF TRUCK CAUSED DOOR TO SLAM SHUT ON I NAME FINGE R

April 29, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck against a moving object

HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK.

February 9, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK. AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 4 LOADS, HE PULLED IN TO GET THE HEAD MECHANIC TO CHECK HIS TRUCK. THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM TO DUMP THE LOAD HE HAD ON THE TRUCK SO HE COULD CHECK THE TRUCK THOROUGHLY. EMPLOYEE BACKED OVER TO THE HOLLOWFIELD- HIT HIS BRAKES. THE TRUCK TEN PITCHED BACK AND THEN FORWARD AND THEN BACK AGAINS. THE DIRT UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE REAR TIRE B

January 31, 1991 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Panbowl Energy Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME.WORKING ON LOADER CONDITIONS WERE MUDDY,WAS WEARING RUBBER BOOTS.GOING TO CHECK HYDRAULICS,ON 1ST STEP OF LOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL -ANKLE HIT THE GROUND.

1990 · 3 incidents

October 12, 1990 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Panbowl Energy Company · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS ON FOOT IN THE COAL PIT-HE STARTED WALKING BACKWARDS AND HE AND THE LOADER COLLIDED. HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN-INJURING HIS LEFT LEG WHEN IT WAS HIT BY THE RIGHT REAR TIRE OF THE LOADER. LOAD ER OPERATOR WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS PRESENCE IN THEPIT.

May 29, 1990 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Panbowl Energy Company · Fall onto or against objects

SAID EMPLOYEE WAS PILING A FRONT END LOADER.HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON THE EQUIPMENT STRKING HIS KNEE.

January 2, 1990 KY · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Panbowl Energy Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WATER AND MUD WERE PARTIALLY FROZEN AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE PERSONS FALL. PERSON INJURED WAS, GOING TO GET A PIN, AND FELL WHILE WALKING. FORM WAS FILED LATE DUE TO A CHANGE IN PERSONNEL AND CO MPANY HAD NO 7000-1 FORMS.