Mining Incidents

Knight Hawk Coal, LLCMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Knight Hawk Coal, LLC operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01NO VALUE FOUND2 incidents
  2. 02STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  4. 04HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Struck against stationary object

DRIVER WAS WALKING AROUND TRAILER TO ROLL TARP. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

No Value Found

EE WAS MOUNTING EQUIPMENT. AT THE 2ND OR 3RD RUNG OF LADDER FROM THE TOP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON RUNG & HE FELL, LANDING ON FEET. BUT MORE SO ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURING LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAULING DIRT OUT OF PIT. WHILE PROCEDING UP INCLINE, TRUCK HIT RUT, CAUSING EE TO JAM FOOT AGAINST BRAKE, CAUSING FRACTURE OF FOOT.

No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM BUMPER ON A WELDING TRUCK TO THE BUMPER OF A HEAVY ANFO POWDER TRUCK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED / MISSED THE BUMPER AND FELL BETWEEN THE TRUCKS, HITTING UPPER LEFT PART OF BA CK.

Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD, GRABBED ONTO PUMP SKID TO BREAK HIS FALL. WHERE EMPLOYEE GRABBED HAD A PIECE OF METAL PROTRUDING. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CUT BY METAL, RESULTING IN 11 STITCHES.

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 Knight Hawk Coal, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.