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Huscoal No 6 Coal

Huscoal Inc · Surface

Controlled by Hughes Group Inc

Jackson, Breathitt County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1512208

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1984–1987
Latest incident: Oct 1987

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

August 9, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A BM600 MAC TRUCK LOADED WITH APPROX 25 TONS OF COAL WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK TRUCK TRAVELED OVER AN EMBANKMENT CRUSHING THE VICTIM THER WERE NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL 08 10 84 AT 700 AM AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE OF ACCIDNET CANNOT BE DETERMINED

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 1 incident

October 6, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Huscoal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF A D355A DOZER (#1018) WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TRACK AND HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT, TURNING HIS ANKLE.

1985 · 1 incident

March 19, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Huscoal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS DUMPING LOAD & HAD COMPLETED DUMPING WHEN HOLLOW FILL BROKE OFF OVERTURNING TRUCK.