Gordon Coal Company · Struck by flying object
WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE MISFIRED SHIT IT EXPLODED-CAUSED FATAL INJURIES.
#1: 1 recorded fatality Coal
Tram Mining
· Underground
Controlled by
Teague Hobert
Barbourville,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515988
MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1515988). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
Ownership history
- Gordon Coal Company 1987 to 1988
- Tram Mining 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#1 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
4 on file (excluding fatalities above)1990 · 1 incident
Tram Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILL OPERATOR HAD FINISHED DRILLING FACE & WAS LOADING DRILL ONTO SCOOP TO TRANSPORT IT TO NEXT PLACE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO BAPTIST REIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE DR SAID CORD THAT LEADS FROM NAVEL TO SCROTUM WAS INJURED CASUING SEVERE PAIN.
1989 · 1 incident
Tram Mining · Struck by flying object
IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME AND WE WERE GOING TO HANG CURTAIN. WENT TO LOADING AREA TO GET SOME CURTAINS AND WENT BACK TO #7 HEADING. GOT OFF JEEP TO PUT UP CURTAIN AND SHOT FIVER PUT OFF SHOT TH INKING HE WAS AT LOADING AREA. LACK OF COMMUNICATION WAS PROBLEM, INJURIES, SMALL CUT ON HEAD AND SOME BRUISES, TREATED AND RELEASED FOR WORK SOME DAY.
1988 · 2 incidents
Gordon Coal Company · Struck by flying object
MISFIRED SHOT FROM PRESIOUS SHIFT-EXPLOSION INJURED HIS HEAD-RESULTED IN STITCHES
March 8, 1988
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Gordon Coal Company · Struck by concussion
MISFIRED SHOT FROM PREVIOUS SHIFT-EXPLOSION CAUSED HEARING LOSS.WAS IN NEXT WORKING PLACE WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION OVERNIGHT.