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No 1 Mine Coal

W G S Coal Inc · Underground

Controlled by Capps David

Coalgood, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1516773

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1991–1993
Latest incident: Nov 1993

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

November 19, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS

W G S Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PUMP OUT OF WATER.

1991 · 2 incidents

November 13, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY

New Horizons Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS HELPNG DRILL AUGER STEEL THROUGH A THICK CROSS COLLAR AND WAS PULLING DRILL STEEL DOWN WHEN IT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND TWISTED HIS LEFT HAND.

August 29, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

New Horizons Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED "THAT I HAD A CHEATER PIEP ON A BINDER AND WAS LOOSENING BINDER ON POWER CENTER THAT WAS ON TOP OF MINER ON A LOW BOY TRAILOR. I LET PRESSURE OFF OF PIPE TO TAKE IT OFF BINDER WHEN IT FLIPPED STRIKING ME ON LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD."