EE HAD REMOVED GUARDS FROM BELT DRIVE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN GOB AWAY FROM ROLLEN WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING EE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER EE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
Reebok: 15 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Reebok (mine ID 1502539). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Reebok.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1989–1991
- Latest incident
- Apr 1991
- Jericol Mining Inc 1950 to 1988
- Reebok Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Reebok sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
ⓘ
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 file1991 · 2 incidents
WHILE LIFTING A DRILL HEAD THE INJURED SAID HE FELT A STRAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.
1990 · 9 incidents
A ROCK FALL AT SPAD 490 OUTBY IN RETURN ALSO ROCK FALL ON 002 SECTION #3 ENTRY 3 BREAKS OUTBY FACE-BOTH FALLS OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN 5 PM 11-24-90 AND 6 AM 11-26-90. MINE WAS IDLE.
EMPL WAS DRIVING SHUTTLE CAR TO FEEDER WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED ROCK IN ROADWAY. HE STOPPED SHUTTLE CAR & MOVED ROCK. HE SAID HE INJURED BACK EMPL WORKED FOR APPROX 1 1/2 HOURS THEN WENT HOME.
EMPL WAS GROUND FAULTING BREAKER. RECEPTICLE ARCED CASUING BURN TO RIGHT HAND & FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON A PIECE OF METAL CUTTING CHAIN. A PIECE BROKE OFF AND CUT HIS RIGHT UPPER THIGH.
EE WAS GRINDING METAL WITH HAD GRINDER WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT TOP OF LEFT HAND.
WHILE BOLTING TOP THE CANOPY BROKE THRU SOME CAP COAL CAUSING THE BACK OF THE CANOPY TO COME DOWN STRIKING EE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING HOLES WITH POWDER WHEN LOOSE CAP COAL FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK SHOVELING BELT
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER AWAY FROM FACE AREA CUTTING MAHCINE CABLE WAS LYING ON OPPOSITE RIB. CUTTING OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP AND REELED CABLE UP. CABLE HIT EMPLOYEE IN BACK LEGS AT KNEES. PINNING HIM AGAINST ROOF BOLTER AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED BAD STRAINED LEGS AND LOWER BACK.
1989 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND ROLLING TIMBERS IN THE PROCESS HE SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SIDE AND BACK.
ROCK FALL IN RETURN SPAD #527 APPROXIMATELY 50 FT LONG CONTINUATION OF OLD FALL. DID NOT AFFECT AIR.ROCK WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FT THICK CRIBBED AND TIMBERED FALL OFF AND DANGERED OFF DO NOT INTE ND TO CLEAN UP.
EMPL WAS PINNING WET TOP WITH AUGER STEEL STEEL WAS CONECTED WITH NAILS HE WAS REMOVING AUGER FROM HOLE HE REACHED FOR AUGER AND NAIL CAUGHT GLOVE OF L HAND SMALL FINGER WAS SEVERED RING FINGE R AND MIDDLE FINGER WERE SEVERED AT FIRST JOINT SMALL FINGER AT 2ND JOINT
ROCK FALL IN R ETURN AIRCOURSE ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF BOLTS APPROX 5' THICK 30' LLONG