Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS SERVICING HIS EQUIPMENT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & TWISTED HIS KNEE HE WAS NOT ON HIS EQUIPMENT HE WAS ON THE GROUND
Yager Coal Dock: 6 reportable incidents Coal
Yager Coal Dock
· Facility
Controlled by
Owensboro River Sand & Gravel Company Inc
Owensboro,
Daviess County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514940
MSHA record for Yager Coal Dock (mine ID 1514940). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1985–1995
- Latest incident
- Jan 1995
Ownership history
- Yager Coal Dock 1984 to present
- Lanham Mining Company Inc 1994 to 1995
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Yager Coal Dock sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1995 · 2 incidents
January 6, 1995
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LIFTING A GEAR BOX WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM ENOGH TO GO SEE A DCR AT THE TIME. HE LATER WENT TO THE DR ON JAN 11 DR RELEASED HIM HE IS OK.
1994 · 3 incidents
September 6, 1994
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Fall down stairs
INJURED WAS DECENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS RUNNING FROM THE PIER DOWN TO THE WORKING BARGE. WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURIN GHIS BACK AND LEFT ARM. WHEN HE GOT UP HE WENT OT THE SUPERVISOR & STATED THA THE WAS OK.
Lanham Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CABLE HE DID NOT ACTUALLY PICK UP THE CABLE. HE RAISED UP FROM THIS POSITION WHEN A SHARP PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS BACK.
March 5, 1994
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yager Coal Dock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CABLE HE DID NOT ACTUALLY PICK UP CABLE BUT AS RAISED UP FROM THIS POSITION A SHARP PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS BACK.
1985 · 1 incident
Yager Coal Dock · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
THE EE WAS WORKING ON DOCK WHERE COAL IS LOADED INTO BARGE. THE WIND BLEW DUST FORM COAL WAS INHALED BY EE.