Mining Incidents

Mine No 1 Coal

Varney, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515865

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Dec 1991

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 19, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS HELPING SHOTFIRE MAN & AFTER THEY WERE FNISHED LOADING HOLE HE STEPPED AROUND CORNER. HE ADVISED SHOTFIRE MAN TO SHOOT IT. SHOT BLOWED OUT BACK STRIKING EMPL.

Reportable incidents

15 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 6 incidents

December 6, 1991 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WITNESSED THE FATALITY ON 11-19-91. HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS NERVES. HE HAD TO BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

July 23, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by powered moving object

RUNNING CUTTER TRAMMING CUTTER OUT OF HEADING 741 TO 8 CRAWLING BESIDE CUT CUTTER ROLLED OVER HIS R FOOT

April 20, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS RUNNING 482 SCOOP ON PILLAR WORK RAN OVER A SLUG OF ROCK AT PAS #1573 HIM IN THE TOP AND SAID TO HURT HIS BACK AND NECK.

April 16, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAMING THE PINNER ACROSS THE SDECTION IN #7 CROSSCUT LONG-AIRDOX PINNER RUN OVER A LUMP OF COAL PUTTING THE DECK OF IT INTO THE TOP PUSHING I NAME HAT DOWN OVER HIS RT EAR & CUTTING IN TO THE TOP IN ON THE TOP OF HIS EAR

April 5, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MAN TRIP TO THE OUTSIDE. HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND BEHIND SCOOP BUCKET TO PULL HIMSELF UP OFF HIS KNEES. I.NAME RAISED THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE STOP ON THE SCOOP MASHED HI S FINGER.

January 11, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND TAIL PIECE WHEN A SLUG OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP BETWEEN TWO ROOF BOLTS.THE ROCK WAS IN 3 1/2" THICK BY 2 1/2' LONG AND 20" WIDE.

1990 · 4 incidents

October 2, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by falling object

SETTING LAST ROW OF PINS. PIECE OF ROCK FELL BEHIND LAST ROW OF PINS.

May 4, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK.

1989 · 4 incidents

August 24, 1989 KY · Coal chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster MACHINERY
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ON OFFSIDE OF BOLT OPERATOR PULL PINNEN UP NOT KNOWING WHEELER WAS IN THE WAY TIRE OR WHEEL ROLL OVER RIGHT FOOT.

1987 · 1 incident

May 18, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by flying object

SHOTFIRER FAILE8 TO PROPERLY WARM VICTIM THAT A SHOT WAS ABOUTTO BE DETONATED. UPON DETONATION IN 7 PLACE, SUCH PLACE SHOT THROUGH INTO 6 RIGHT CAUSING INJURIES TO THE FACE, NOSE, AND LEFT EYE AREA AND COAL 8EBRIS ALSO PERFORATED HIS SIDE AND LEG.