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Old House Branch No 9 Coal

Lake Coal Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Howell Corporation

Roxana, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1514608

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

March 27, 1985 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Lake Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OF ROOF ROCK OCCURRED DURING A TIME WHEN THE MINE WAS IDLE THEFALL WAS CONTINIONS OF A FALL WHICH HAD OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1984, THE ADDITIONAL ROCK PARTIALLY BLOCKED THE RETURN DIR COURSE.

1984 · 1 incident

September 4, 1984 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Joseph Brothers Inc · Accident type, without injuries

HIGHWALL WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF FAILURE OF SOME OF PRESPLIT HOLES WHICH WERE VISIBLE IN CAVITY AFTER ROOF FALL HAD BEEN PARTIALLY REMOVED AND CONDITION WAS COMPLICATED BY TWO EXISTING HILL SEAMS WHICH WERE NOT DETECTED DURING DEVELOPMENT