Mining Incidents

Halfway Branch Surface MineCoal

Sidney, Pike County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518380
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had moved a Cat. 992 loader out of the way of the pit. He walked over to his dozer (147 ft) and began his pre shift of the dozer. He had walked around the front of the left corner of blade when he collapsed. He was found by the loader operator. CPR was initiated immediately and was continued to the hospital and until he was pronounced deceased.

Struck by falling object

Employee was raising a hinged cover on the highwall miner launch when the cover slipped out of his right hand and fell on his left hand and fingers resulting in a fracture and laceration. The highwall miner was idle preparing to change location.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WORKING ON TRUCK. 21/4"" SOCKET CAME OFF 3/4"" DRIVE IMPACT WRENCH, STRUCK HIS MOUTH CHIPPING TOOTH AND CUTTING BOTH LIPS. NO STITCHES, BUT TOOTH REQUIRED DENTAL WORK.

2005 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Employee was connecting blast holes. He was two rows away from highwall. Second employee was watching wall. A rock fell from top, hit a safety bench and bounced out. Hit ee on shoulder resulting in hairline fracture.

Struck against stationary object

Employee picked up a drive-line assembly without gloves, and cut his finger on a burr. He was taken to the E.R. where stitches were used to close the wound.

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING LEAD LINE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. TREATED (STITCHES) AT LOCAL E.R. AND RELEASED.

Struck against a moving object

MEMBER WAS BUSTING COAL IN PIT #7. THE COAL IS HARD, MEMBER ROLLED THE LOADER BUCKET AND PRESSED HARD. WHEN THE COAL BROKE, THE LOADER BOUNCED. THIS JERKING INJURED THE MEMBER'S LOWER BACK.

2003 · 3 incidents

Flash burns (electric)

MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGHWALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.

Flash burns (electric)

MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGH WALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.

Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE. THE HOT COAL WAS REMOVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A BACKHOE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A CHIP TO HIS LEFT ELBOW.