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Wright Coal

Amax Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Cyprus Amax Minerals Company

Boonville, Warrick County, IN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1200335

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1983
Latest incident: Oct 1983

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

October 25, 1983 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Amax Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING BOLTS ON THE TRUNION CAP OF WABCO SCRAPER 097.24 AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE PUT HIS RT FOOT ON A METAL RUNG THE RUNG WAS COVERED WITH DRIED MUD AND AS HE BEGAN TO STEP DO WN WITH HIS LT LEG HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE RUNG AND HE TWISTED HIS RT KNEE

March 28, 1983 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Amax Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOWERING AUGER TUBE ON BULK POWDER TRUCK WITH A WINCH. EE JAMMED A WELDING ROD INTO RATCHET MECHANISM HOLDING TRIGGER OPEN. THIS ALLOWED WEIGHT OF AUGER TUBE TO UNWIND WINCH & ALLOWED T UBE TO BE LOWERED. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO HANDLE OF WINCH TO CONTROL FALL OF TUBE. EE\S HAND SLIPPED OFF WINCH AHNDLE & AUGER TUBE BEGAN TO FREE FALL. EE WAS HIT ON UPPER ARMS & FROEARMS BY THE