Mining Incidents

No 7 Mine Coal

Controlled by Jimmy Blanton
Coldiron, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512352

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

July 27, 1983 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLT MACHING GETTING READY TO PUT 1ST BOLT IN THE LAST ROW BOLTS MACHINE SLIDE AROUND CAUGHT HIM AGAINST RIB BRUISING HIS UPPER RIGHT THIGH

July 26, 1983 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

DAVE VAUGHN STATED HE WAS REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FROM AROUND METAL STRAP AND HE ALLEGES ANOTHER PIECE ROCK FELL & HE FELL BACKWARDS TO AVOID THE ROCK ALLEGES THAT HE WRENCHED HIS NECK W HEN HE FELL BACKWARDS.