Mining Incidents

Silver Bullet Coal

Controlled by Embry Royce
Dunbar, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510474

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

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

November 7, 1985 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Dunbar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL MAN WAS OPERATING DRILL DRILLING THROUGH HARD ROCK ENCOUNTER HEAVY DRILL BVIBRATION WHICH LOOSENED MAIN AIR LINE GOING INTO DRILL BIT THE HOSE LEAD (METAL) HIT OPERATOR ON THE HEAD RESU 20 STITCHES ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD