Mining Incidents

#28 Creech Seam Coal

J & D Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hubbs Joe
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513875

MSHA record for #28 Creech Seam (mine ID 1513875). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

February 24, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
J & D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

I.NAME WAS WATC2ING NO 4 BELTHEAD A CAPBOARD CAME DOWN HIS BELT IT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT DISCHARGE ROLLER & A CHUTE ON THE BELTHEAD HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE CAPBOARD & CAUGHT HIS LEFT AR M IN CHUTE & DI8CHARGE ROLLER

1986 · 2 incidents

January 8, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & D Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME REMOVING3STACK FROM CUTTER CHAIN ON CUTTING MACHINE WHILE TIGHTENING TAKEUP SCREW WITH ARENCH HE PULLED MUSCLE WITH LOWER BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

April 3, 1985 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HANGING CABLE WITH A PIECE OF WIRE WHEN HE TWISTED THE WIRE A PIECE OF METAL OR RUST FLEW OFF AND BECAME IMBEDED IN HIS LEFT EYE.

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

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