Mining Incidents

Fort Scott Coal

Garland, Bourbon County, KS  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1401116

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

September 4, 1984 KS · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A MOTOR MOUNTING. A BRACE OF ANGLE IRON WAS UNDER THE MOTOR AND GAVE WAY. FLEW UP AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS ARM.

June 11, 1984 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS HITTING PIN ON STEERING GEARS OF COAL WAGON WHEN PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM IN EYE.

1983 · 4 incidents

November 28, 1983 KS · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN AIR POT CYLINDER FROM THE FLOOR TO THE SWING TRANSMISSION.

September 15, 1983 KS · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING ON FAIRLEAD MAST AND SLAG OR STEEL FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

September 13, 1983 KS · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ANGLE IRON ON MAIN MACHINERY FRAME AND IT SLID OFF SPRING BOLT AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

August 31, 1983 KS · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON GROUND REMOVING OVERHEAD RAIL SEGMENTS WITH AIR IMPACT WRENCH WHEN ALL BOLTS WERE REMOVED THE RAIL WAS STILL WEDGED EMPLOYEE PULLED THE RAIL LOOSE AND IT FELL AND HIT H IM IN THE LEG