Mining Incidents

Old Circle M-50 Coal

Hamilton Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hamilton J Byron
East Mcdowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1504311

MSHA record for Old Circle M-50 (mine ID 1504311). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

June 4, 1985 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Hamilton Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE ELKHORN ENGINEERS INTERED THE SECTION AND PROCEEDED TO SET SPADS IN THE NO. 1 HEADING WITHOUT TELLING THE FOREMAN, DRILLMAN, OR THE SHOT FIRE THAT THEY WERE ON THE SECTION. NO. 1 HEADING WAS TAMPED AND READY TO SHOOT. SHOT FIRE CAME OVER IN NO. 2 HEADING AND HOLLARD FIRE 4 TIMES THEN SHOT, ENGINEERS WERE 130 FEET BACK IN NO. 1 AND ONE MAN GOT HIT. WE DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE I

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