Gordon Coal Company · Struck by flying object
WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE MISFIRED SHIT IT EXPLODED-CAUSED FATAL INJURIES.
#1 Coal
Tram Mining
· Underground
Controlled by
Teague Hobert
Barbourville,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515988
MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1515988). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
4 on file (excluding fatalities above)1990 · 1 incident
Tram Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILL OPERATOR HAD FINISHED DRILLING FACE & WAS LOADING DRILL ONTO SCOOP TO TRANSPORT IT TO NEXT PLACE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO BAPTIST REIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE DR SAID CORD THAT LEADS FROM NAVEL TO SCROTUM WAS INJURED CASUING SEVERE PAIN.
1989 · 1 incident
Tram Mining · Struck by flying object
IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME AND WE WERE GOING TO HANG CURTAIN. WENT TO LOADING AREA TO GET SOME CURTAINS AND WENT BACK TO #7 HEADING. GOT OFF JEEP TO PUT UP CURTAIN AND SHOT FIVER PUT OFF SHOT TH INKING HE WAS AT LOADING AREA. LACK OF COMMUNICATION WAS PROBLEM, INJURIES, SMALL CUT ON HEAD AND SOME BRUISES, TREATED AND RELEASED FOR WORK SOME DAY.
1988 · 2 incidents
Gordon Coal Company · Struck by flying object
MISFIRED SHOT FROM PRESIOUS SHIFT-EXPLOSION INJURED HIS HEAD-RESULTED IN STITCHES
March 8, 1988
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Gordon Coal Company · Struck by concussion
MISFIRED SHOT FROM PREVIOUS SHIFT-EXPLOSION CAUSED HEARING LOSS.WAS IN NEXT WORKING PLACE WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION OVERNIGHT.
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