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Surface Mine No 1 Coal

Richland Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Lee Congleton

Woodbine, Knox County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1505526

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1988–1989
Latest incident: Mar 1989

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1989 · 1 incident

March 7, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Richland Coal Company · Struck by flying object

TREE LIMB HIT LEFT CAB GLASS ON DOZER SENDING FRAGMENTS IN OPERATORS LEFT EYE

1988 · 2 incidents

May 26, 1988 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator FIRE

Richland Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 988 LOADER, WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE BURSTED CAUSING OIL TO SPRAY ON ENGINE CAUSING A FIRE. EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM LOADER TO AVOID BEING BURNED. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND R OLLED TO ONE SIDE CAUSING A FRACTURE IN HIS LEFT LOWER LEG.

February 11, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Richland Coal Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE USING AN ELECTRIC GRINDER ON 992 LOADER MANIFOLD, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.