Mining Incidents

Kingston Mining, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2009

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Kingston Mining, Inc. operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2009
0
Total incidents
4
Year
2009

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
  2. 02ELECTRICAL1 incident
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2009

Struck by powered moving object

EE was hanging miner cable while on his knees, when the Fairchild 35-C scoop backed around the corner and ran upon his left metatarsal boot.

Flash burns (electric)

EE went to the section power center to re-set the #3 continuous miner breaker. The breaker went phase to phase and flash burned the back of his fingers on his left hand. This is a lost time accident.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was blocking off some unneeded shower heads and cut his thumb on his right hand. Three stitches were needed.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was taking a 3 wheel battery golf cart to the section when a chain fell from the oper. comp. Without thinking or stopping the ride, He reached out with his L. hand to retrieve the chain, ride went thru a low place in the roadway causing his L. middle finger on his L. hand to be caught between the ride & the mine floor. He broke his finger and 6 stitches were needed to close.

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 Kingston Mining, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.