Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Controlled by Wesley D. Burke
Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510573

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1510573). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

October 27, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fairbanks Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM HITTING 6OLT WITH HAMMER WHILE HOLDING BOLT WITH LEFT HAND.MISSED BOLT STRUCK FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

October 23, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Fairbanks Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPL MOVING CAB5E TO CUTTER WHEN HE PICKED UP CABLE CUT IN CABLE ALLOWED SHOCK TO VICTIM.

1985 · 1 incident

February 5, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REC\D BLOW TO LEFT CHEEK RESULTING IN BROKEN JAW AND CHEEK BONES.REC\D INJURY FROM FELLOW WORKER.

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The full compliance file on #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.