EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING COVER PLATE FROM SCRUBBER ON HIGHWALL MINER. HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE PLATE, ALLOWING PLATE TO FALL ONTO HIS FINGER, AVULSING TIP OF FINGER (MIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND).
Whitaker #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Whitaker #1 (mine ID 1517176). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Mar 1992
- Addwest Mining Inc 1991 to present
Whitaker #1 sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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
3 on file1992 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING ELECTRRICAL SUPPLY CONNECTIONS AND REMOVING STEEL CONNECTING PINS FROM FROM ADD CARS AS UNTI WAS BEING REMOVED FROM DRIFT. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT BETWEE N EAR OF PUSH/PULL JACK AND SIDE PIN OF ADD CAR,CAUSING CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT FOOT AND AMPUTATION OF THE LARGE AND FIRST TOES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON ADD CAR UNTI WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BELT CAR STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.