Mining Incidents

Mine No 2 Coal

Superior Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Huyser James E
Lovilia, Monroe County, IA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1302135

MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 1302135). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1987 · 12 incidents

June 27, 1987 IA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AS A RESULT OF 3 SLIP OR FAULTY APPROX. AND THE RESULTING LACK OF CONTINUITY IN THE ROOF STRATE A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED IN #2 ENTRY. THE ROOF WAS WORKING PRIOR TO THE FALL AND ALL MEN & EQUIPM ENT WERE AWAY F9OM THE AREA. TIMBER WERE DELIVERED TO THE AREA BUTNOT WITH SUFFICIANT TIME TO BE SAFETY INSTALLED. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 16'X100'& 0-6' THICK.

June 16, 1987 IA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING SHOOTER WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE APPROX. 100 POUNDS FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK AND SHOULDER.

May 26, 1987 IA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING COAL 0ROM UNDER BELTDRIVE AND STRUCK LARGE PIECE OF SLATE OR COAL AND JAMMED HIS ARM.

April 6, 1987 IA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING PULL TWO ENDS OF A 36IN BELT LINE TOGETHER PRIOR TO MAKING A SPLICE HE SOMEHOW STRAINED HIMSELF WHILE DOING THIS

March 23, 1987 IA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A STEEL DOOR ON A COAL HANDLING CHUTE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 27, 1987 IA · Coal ENTRAPMENT
Superior Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCC6RRED AT AN INT ERSECTION OF #6 ENTRY IT WAS APPROX30FTX60FT(4INTHICK)& COVERED A SHUTTLE CAR & TAIL OF LOADING MACHINE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS TRAPPED IN CANOPY & LOADING MACH INE OPERATOR & 9OOF BOLT ER OPERATOR HAD TO REMAIN WITH THEIR MACHINERY UNTIL A ROUTE FOR ESCAPE COULD BE PROVIDED THERE WERE NO INJURIES & ONLY MINER EQUIPMENT DAMAGE

February 17, 1987 IA · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator ELECTRICAL
Superior Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPL RESTING AR4 ON CANOPY NEAR TRAILING CABLE.DAMAGED OR DEFECTIVE SPLICE FIRED AND BURN EMPL ON LEFT ARM.

February 12, 1987 IA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

APPARENTLY WHIL9 ASSISTING ANOTHER MINER LIFTING A CROSSBAR, THE CROSSBAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN BACK. EXACT CONDITION ARE UNCERTAIN SINCE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FULLY AWARE OF SITUATION UNTIL THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRAU9Y.

January 21, 1987 IA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

CUTTING MACHINE3OPERATOR LEFT FACE AREA OF #1 ENTRY AFTER NOTIFICATION BY SHOTFIRER THAT HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT IN X-CUT TO THE RIGHT OF #1 ENTRY.AFTER SHOT, CUTTER OPERATOR AND MECHANIC WERE WALKING BACK TO3CUTTER AND OBSERVED SLATE FALLING ON CUTTING MACHINE.FALL CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH SMALL PIECES CONTINUING TO FALL FROM ROOF.

January 12, 1987 IA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A GEOLOGIC DIST6RBANCE(FAULT OR SLIP) LEFT VERTICAL CRACKS IN THE RROF AND CREATED AN AREA OF ROOF LACKING IN INTEGRITY. SMALL PIECES OF SLATE BEGAN FALLING FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS AND WOR KED ITS WAY WAY3HIGHER UNTIL THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE ZONE FELL. FALL WAS FROM FACE OF #3 ENTRY AND OUTBY APPROXIMATELY 60'9

1986 · 3 incidents

December 24, 1986 IA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS NOT WAT7HING WHER HE WAS GOING AND RAISED HIS HEAD INTO A CROSSBAR WHILE RIDING OUT OF THE MINE ON THE BELT

June 9, 1986 IA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WALKING 7OWARD FACE AREA WHEN PIECE OF SLATE 3'7'' X 6'9'' X 3-9''THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN PINS.

May 6, 1986 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Superior Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

MOVING CABLE OU7 OF SHUTTLE CAR ROADWAY WHEN IT SHORTED.

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