Mining Incidents

#1 Mine Coal

Controlled by Charles Turner
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511404

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 28, 1984 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pounding Mill Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR DROVE INTO RIB WITH SCOOP-PINNED HIS HEAD AGAINST RIB

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 1 incident

July 7, 1987 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Little J & C Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE CUTTING T2E 2RT.CROSS-CUT THE MINER CUT THROUGH INTO OLD WORKS THE MEN WERE WITHDRAWN NO ONE WAS INJURED

1984 · 3 incidents