Mining Incidents

Mine No 1 Coal

Superior Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Huyser James E
Lovilia, Monroe County, IA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1302008

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 1302008). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 16, 1984 IA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Superior Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON ONE SIDE OF A CROSSCUT. ON OPPOSITE SIDE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES HAD TEEBEEN SET. THEY WERE THEN UNINTENTIONALLY DETONATED

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1985 · 4 incidents

October 16, 1985 IA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Superior Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CAUSE OF INJURY3IS UNKNOWN APPARENT LY EMPLOYEE STRAINED LIGAMENT NEAR LEFT KNEE AFTER STEPPING ON A PIECE OF COAL ROCK OR SOME OTHER OBJECT ON THE 16TH OF OUT

July 14, 1985 IA · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN LIFTING EXPLOSIVES & TAMPING EXPLOSIVES WHEN HE NOTICED HIS BACK BECOMING PAID FULL. NO DIRECT CAUSE IS KNOW.

April 23, 1985 IA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator ELECTRICAL
Superior Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN A DAMAGED AREA SHORTED CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FLASH NEAR LEFT HAND

March 15, 1985 IA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS PREPARING ONE END OF SECRED CABLE FOR SPLICING HE WAS SITTING SEVERAL FT FROM THE RIB AND I N THE PATH AT A SHUTTLE CAR THAT WAS USING THE CROSSCUT FOR PASSING WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR DRIVEN BY I NAME PULLED INTO CROSSCUT HE HAD HIS FOOT RAN OVER AND AS HE REACHED TO PUSH HIMSELF AWAY, ALSO HAD HIS HAND RAN OVER.

1984 · 3 incidents

January 23, 1984 IA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SHOOTER WAS PREPARING (WIRING EXPLOSIVER) A PLACE TO BE SHOT DOWN WHEEL HE WENT UNDER A PIECE OF LOOSE ROOF PIECE AT SLATE WAS APPROXIMATELY.

January 12, 1984 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS LEAVING SHOP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE NEAR THE DOORWAY

January 9, 1984 IA · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WORKING ON A LOADING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE APPROX 1 1/2" X 12" X 24" FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON FOOT

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