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#2 Strip Coal

Straight Creek Coal Resources Company · Surface

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

Stoney Fork, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1513552

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1984–1985
Latest incident: Apr 1985

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

April 8, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS REMOVING A SEAT FROM A D-9 DOZER. AS HE PICKED THE SEAT UP & TWISTED TO HAND IT OUT THE DOOR HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

1984 · 1 incident

February 28, 1984 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cyprus Cumberland Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND THE TIRE TRUCK OPERATOR WERE CLAMPING A PIECE OF METAL TO THE FRAME OF THE TIRE TRUCK. THE OPERATORS HANDS SLIPPED AND ALLOWED THE METAL TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE JACKY HUFF IN THE HEAD. THE LACERATION REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.