Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Coal

Marine Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by B W McDonald
Stopover, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516319

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 15, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP BIG ROCK WITH 992B HE STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN REAR END OF MACHINE STARTED TO RAISE OFF OF GROUND & ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET GIVING HIM A JAR

1988 · 2 incidents

December 14, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck by flying object

AT APPROX 10:45 AM ON 12/14/88 SHOT WAS FIRED AFTER MEN H AD BEEN REMOVED TO DISTANCE OF APPROX 600'. MEN W ERE UNDER ROCK TRUCK FOR PROTECTION WHEN SHOT WAS DTONATED. EMPL WAS STRUCK BY FLY R OCK BREAKING HAND.

December 14, 1988 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck by flying object

AT APPROX. 10:45 AM ON 12-14-88, A SHOT WAS FIRED AFTER THE MEN HAD BEEN REMOVED TO A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 600 FEET. THE MEN WERE UNDER A ROCK TRUCK FOR PROTECTION WHEN THE SHOT WAS DETONATED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY FLY ROCK BREAKING HIS LEG.