EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING COAL OUT FROM UNDER BELT.
Washer Plant: 8 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Washer Plant (mine ID 1510491). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Sep 1987
- Brownies Creek Collieries Inc 1977 to 1981
- Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp 1981 to 1998
- Straight Creek Coal Resources Company 1998 to present
Washer Plant sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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
8 on file1987 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING ON RAIL CARS WITH A 6TH BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED-HITTING HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD.
1983 · 6 incidents
JOHN TIGUE AND BILL BRITTAIN WERE LOADING CROSS TIES ON TO WASHER UTILITY TRUCK . ONE WAS ON EITHER SIDE OF CROSS TIES SWINGING THEM ONTO TRUCK. JOHN APPARENTLY LET HIS FINGER GET CAUGHT BETWE EN THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE CROSS TIE THAT THEY WERE HANDLING.
STOCKPILE AT LOADOUT FACILITY IGNITED IN TUNNEL SHUTES HOT COALS DROPPED DOWN ON BELTLINE BURNING BELT AND DAMAGING SEVERAL ROLLERS
REQUESTED 7-22-83. STARTED UP LADDER AND HIS FOOT STRUCK PUSH-BUTTON STARTING CONVEYOR.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PALLET OF SCREENS WEIGHING APPROX 175 POUNDS FROM PARTS TRUCK TO STORE UNDER PARTS SHED WILLIAM TRIPPED APPARENTLY OVER PUMP BEARING HOUSING AND FELL STRIKING HIS CH ON THE SHARP UPPER RIM OF SCREENS
BRUCE WAS INSPECTING PIPE LINE (SLURRY LINE) WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO TUARN HIS ANKLE.
CLEANING UP PILE OF PIPE ALONG SIDE PLANT FEED CONVEYOR STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK.