Mining Incidents

Turkey Creek Mine #501 Coal

Controlled by Talmage D Meade
Skyline, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516297

MSHA record for Turkey Creek Mine #501 (mine ID 1516297). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

June 3, 1988 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING UPON THE GRADER AND WAS USING THE BLADE AS A STEP AND HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED.HE WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY BUT HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AFTER WORK.

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