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No 1 Surface Coal

Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Surface

Controlled by Thomas King Evans

Pathfork, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1509695

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 1984–1990
Latest incident: May 1990

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1990 · 1 incident

May 23, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A WHEEL LOADER'S SEAT FOR REPAIR WHEN THE SEAT SUDDENLY CAME FREE, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE AND SHOULDER AREA. THIS CAUSED BRUISING OF THE FACE, AND NEC K AND SHOLDER STRAIN, POSSIBLY A PINCHED NERVE.

1989 · 1 incident

November 24, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET A 6" WATER PUMP WHEN HE LFTED A LARGE BUCKET OF WATER ABOVE HIS HEAD CAUSING A HERNIA IN HIS NAVEL.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 26, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HIS BULLDOZER WHEN HE HIT A ROCK AND JERKED HIM, INJURING HIS BACK.

June 25, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Debra Lynn Coals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BULLDOZER WHEN HE SUDDENLY HAD A HEART ATTACK.

1986 · 1 incident

April 29, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL INSTALLING3METAL FILTERS IN PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIP WHEN ONE FILTER SLIPPED AND CUT INTO EMPL LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER AT 2ND JOINT.

1984 · 1 incident

June 7, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS GREASING CUTTER HEAD WENT TO DISCHARGE GREASE LINE AND GREASE SHOT INTO RT EYE