Mining Incidents

Wilkem #1 Coal

Hartford, Sebastian County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301726

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

October 23, 1992 AR · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

A WABCO 25 TON END DUMP TRUCK WAS BACKING UP A RAMP TO DUMP A LOAD OF ROCK. THE DRIVER BACKED INTO THE BANK ON THE LEFT (DRIVER'S) SIDE, SPUN THE WHEELS AND KILLED THE MOTOR. HE PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH, WITHOUT SETTING THE BRAKES, AND TRIED TO START THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK STARTED ROLLING, THE DRIVER JUMPED OUT, THE TRUCK GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP, HIT AN EDGE AND LAYED OVER ON THE R