EMPL WAS GETTING OUT OF DOZER & IT WAS ICY & SLIC & HE SLIPPED & FELL BRUSING BACK.
Roxana #2: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Roxana #2 (mine ID 1516361). 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
- 1988–1989
- Latest incident
- Dec 1989
- Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Roxana #2 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 file1989 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A BULK TRUCK FROM A POWDER BIN AND HE BENT OVER TO GO UNDER THE CATWALK ON THE TRUCK AND BUMPED HIS LOWER BACK ON THE CATWALK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD AN AIR CABLE ONTO THE PARTS TRUCK TO BRING BACK TO THE SHOP AND HE GOT HIS LEFT FOREFINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COOLER AND THE TRUCK.HE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AND THEY TOOK OFF HIS FINGER NAIL ON HIS FOREFINGER LEFT AHND AND PUT SOME STITCHES IN IT.
EMPLOYEE GOT IN THE ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS SETTING STILL AND THE DOOR SLAMMED ON HIS LEFT HAND CUTTING THE END OF HIS THUMB ALMOST OFF.
MECHANICS WERE WORKING ON DRILL AND EMPLOYEE WAS ON IT. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE DRILL IT WAS MUDDY AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HIS RIGHT FOOT.
DRIVING ENLOADER LOADING ROCK TRUCK AND HEARD EXPLOSION AND LOADER BURST INTO FLAMES AND JUMPED OUT CAUSING BURNS ON ARMS,, FACE A(D CO MP . FRACT. IN R. LEG STEERING SAND BRAKE PUMP STARTED LEAKING.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM HIS ENLOADER AT GUIT TIME AND THE WAY HE STEPPED DOWN HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE.
1988 · 3 incidents
EMPL WAS HELPING CLEAR HOLLOW FILL. THEY WERE CUTTING TREES & TREE LIMB FLEW BACK & HIT HI ABOVE LEFT EYE.
UNLOADING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL FROM AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. HE WAS ROLLING IT OUT ONTO THE GROUND AND DROPPED IT CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER BARRELL THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE NG SURGERY 08-23-88 TO HAVEW THIS REPAIRED.