VICTIM WALKED C9OSSCUTS UNDERGROUND TO LUNCH TOOL BOX STATION. HE A TTEMPTED TO MOVE SHET METAL TOOL BOX AND EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER RT SIDE OF HIS BACK. HE REPORTED THAT HE EXPERI THE PAIN WHEN H9 LIFTED AND A TTEMPTED TO SWING THE BOX TO HIS LEFT TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE LOCK ON THE FRONT OF THE BOX
Wildcat Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Wildcat Mine (mine ID 1515698). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1987
- Latest incident
- Aug 1987
- Martin County Coal Corp 1986 to present
Wildcat Mine sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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
4 on file1987 · 4 incidents
VICTIM AND A CO1WORKER WERE LOADING 72" WOODEN TIMBERS FROM THE MINE FLOOR INTO THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP.THE VICTIM HAD LOADED APPROX. 15 TIMBERS WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BA CK.THE HEIGHT A7 THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS APPROX. 6'.HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND FINISHED THE SHIFT.HE MISSED WORK DUE TO THIS OCCURRNENCE BEGINNING 8-28-87.
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED 50' OUTBY SPAD 4893. FALL WAS 40'' THICK X 20'WIDE X 20'LONG.SUPPORTED BY CONV BOLTS.FALL OCCURRED DURING 3-WK SHUTDOWN PERIOD FOR ANNUAL VACATION.HORSEBACK FORMATION WAS EV IDENT AT THE SI7E OF THE FALL.
ROOF FALL IN #13ENTRY 100'INBY SPAD 4778. FALL WAS 4'THICK X 30'WIDE EXTENDING INTO INTERSECTION AND 40'LONG.A RESULT OF HORSEBACK FORMATION IN ROOF.AREA HAD BEEN SUPPORTED BY CONV ROOFBOLTS.E XACT TIME AND D5TE UNK. NO ONE IN MINE AT THE TIME.