Mining Incidents

Madco Coal #1 Coal

Madco Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Huffman James
Siler, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515811

MSHA record for Madco Coal #1 (mine ID 1515811). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 26, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

ROCK FELL FROM 2IGHWALL ONTO THE STEEL BEAM OF TEMPORARY CANOPY AND ROCK AND BEAM FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 7 incidents

August 19, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE BLOCKING 6P A BOLT DRIFT MOUTH, A SMALL PIECE OF COAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

June 11, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PUT A CHISEL TO3A BEARING TO REMOVE IT AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND IMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE

June 6, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING M3NE JEEP DIRT AND PARTICLES FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN FACE SOME WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE AND A SMALL PARTICLE IMBEDDED IN EYE

May 12, 1987 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING A LARGE 9OCK OFF A MINE SCOOP WITH A BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK ON RIGHT SIDE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED EARLIER BECAUSE THIS EMPLOYEE WORKED ALL THAT DAY AND THEN DID NOT SHOW UP FOR WO9K FOR A WEEK NO ONE KNOW HE HAD HURT HIS BACK HE HAD TOLD NO ONE.

April 30, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mingo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUTTING P5N ONTO MINE JEEP, HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PAN AND JEEP AND SMASHED- RIGHT THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

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