Mining Incidents

#1 Tipple Coal

Controlled by Johnson Ralph
Deane, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1506353

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

1989 · 1 incident

December 14, 1989 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF FLEXIBLE PIPE WHEN PERSON SAWING PIPE THE SAW WAS IN A BIND AND HE PULLED IT OUT OF PIPE AND SAW HIT ME IN THE MOUTH.

1988 · 1 incident

June 6, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

REFUSE TRUCK WAS CROSSING RAILROAD TRACK AND WAS HIT BY TRAIN TRAIN MAKING TOO MUCK SPEED AND FO POOR VISIBILITY FOR TRUCKS CROSSING THE TRACKS DRIVER SAID HE NEVER SAW RO HEARD TRAIN COMING

1987 · 3 incidents

September 5, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING SLACK O6T OF CABLE ON CRANE HE WAS OPERATING.

1986 · 3 incidents

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 4 incidents

July 24, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

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July 24, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS CARRYING ROOFING UP LADDER AND THE W EIGHT OF MATERIAL CAUSED HIS LEFT KNEE CAP TO BREAK

July 24, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Johnson Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances