Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCURRED 1 BREAK INBY & 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #1384 IN #7 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS 18' WIDE, 6' THICK & 40' LONG.
AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.Mining Incidents in 2004
All MSHA-reportable accidents at AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C. operations in 2004. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2004
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Year
- 2004
Top incident classifications
- 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK3 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
- 03NO VALUE FOUND2 incidents
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
All incidents in 2004
Accident type, without injuries
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTAKE AIR COURSE IN #1 ENTRY TWO BREAKS OUTBY SPAD 869. THE FALL MEASURED 20' WIDE, 20' LONG AND 4' THICK.
Accident type, without injuries
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED OUTBY SPAD 6482, IT WAS 6 TO 8 FEET THICK, 180 FEET LONG AND 18 FEET WIDE.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS HANGING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE STARTED MISSING WORK 4/13/04.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS PULLING ON THE SHUTTLE CAR CABLE, WHEN HIS BACK WENT OUT.
No Value Found
PRYING ROCK OUT OF FLUME WITH BAR, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 2/7.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was guiding a cutting edge that was being moved with a magnet when the magnet unexpectedly released the cutting edge and caught his left thumb. This caused a laceration that required stitches.
Struck by flying object
DRIVING A TRACK PIN INTO THE MINER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, A CHIP FLEW OFF STRIKING HIS RIGHT LEG. HE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK BUT HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.