Mining Incidents

#4 Strip & Auger Coal

Millstone, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1507230

MSHA record for #4 Strip & Auger (mine ID 1507230). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
May 1991

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 7, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
H & D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRUCK WAS PARKED VICTIM WAS ON CAT WALK. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK VICTIM GOT BACK IN TRUCK AND TRUCK ROLLED OVER EMBANKMENT VICTIM WAS THROWN OUT AND TRUCK ROLLED OVER HIM.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 1 incident

January 28, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING PIECE OF PIPE.SLICED HIS THUMB.

1988 · 1 incident

January 27, 1988 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGER WHILE HOLDING A PLATE.

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The full compliance file on #4 Strip & Auger

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.