Mining Incidents

AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.Mining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C. operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
10
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY6 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 incident
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Struck by falling object

WHILE WORKING ON BEARING AT A TAILPIECE THE GUARD FELL DOWN AND HIT HIS RT. THUMB.

Struck by falling object

HOLDING DRILL STEEL WHILE DRILLING TOP, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RT. HAND.

Struck by falling object

WHILE ROOF BOLTING TOP A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM. FIRST DAY OF MISSING WORK WAS 12-7-01.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HIS HAND WAS ON THE DRILL STARTER STEEL, HE SWUNG THE ROOF BOLTER CANOPY AGAINST HIS HAND.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLT,HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON ROOF BOLT. TWISTED HAND AROUND BOLT.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ON A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. STARTED MIUSSING WORK 11-28-01, MISSED 28 & 29 BECAUSE OF INJURY.

Struck by falling object

REACHING OUT TO SWING HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER, ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.

Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL WHILE INDIVIDUAL WAS GETTING OFF OF ROOF BOLTER.

Struck by falling object

HE WAS STARTING TO DRILL HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL, HITTING HIS HAND.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING A PIECE OF BELTLINE AND WAS CUTTING BACK TOWARD HIM. CUT HIS FOREARM.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.