EMPLOYEE WAS BE3DING ROOF BOLT WHEN HAND SLIPPED AND HAND HIT PLATE. CUTTING KNUCKLES ON RIGHT HAND WENT TO DR AND HAD 5 STICHES.
Terco No 3: 12 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Terco No 3 (mine ID 1512478). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1985–1987
- Latest incident
- Jul 1987
- Minerals Development Company 1980 to 1982
- Little Poplar Creek Heavy Equipment Coal Company 1982 to 1983
- No 7 Coal Company 1983 to 1984
- Terco Inc 1984 to 1985
- Terco Inc 1985 to present
Terco No 3 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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
12 on file1987 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING COAL WHEN PIECE OF COAL HIT RT EYE
1986 · 5 incidents
ROCK FALL AT 1S7 X-CUT IN ROADWAY E ENTRY #3 INTO #2 BELTLINE E ENTRY FROM 36" THICK 6' WIDE TO 34' LONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE LIFTED A POT FOR A CUTTING MACHINE BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
BET CLAMP SLIPP9D AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOREARM WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES-NO LOST TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING LOAD COAL DRILL IN JEEP BUCKET WHEN HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BUCKET & DRILL
EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING MUCK ON BELT, WHEN SHOVEL GOT HUNG ON BELT CATCHING ARM BETWEEN TOP AND BELT.
1985 · 5 incidents
EE WAS DRILLING3VOAL WITH WHEEL TYPE COAL DRILL WHEN LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF LEFT FOREARM WAS CAUGHT BY DRILL BARRELL & WAS CUT.
A JEEP USED TO 3HAUL COAL TO LOADING POINT RAN OVER A PIECE OF COAL CAUSING IT TO BUST & HIT VICTIM IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A SCOOP OF COAL TO THE UNDERGROUND DUMPING POINT WHEN SCOOP BUCKET STRUCK SIDE OF RAMP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN FORWARD BRUISING HIS RT SHOULDER ON THE SCOOP DECK
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MESCHER SCOOP WHEN FRONT TIRES RAN OVER LOOSE ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING STEERING WHEEL AT THE TIME, AND THE SPINNING MOTIO N CAUSED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO BE SPRAINED.
ROOF FALL ON RETURN SIDE TRAVELWAY 250 FT INBY THE FAN UNINTENTIONAL FALL 18 FT WIDE X 20 FT LONG X 20 IN THICK