Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Wesley Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Sheridan Booth Jr
Sidney, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516867

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 5, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wesley Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEE OPERATING THE TWINHEAD ROOF BOLTER/ WERE PLACING A METAL STRAP ACROSS AMUD-SEAM IN #3 BREAK OPER. #1 WAS DRILLING TO PLACE THE 2ND BOLT IN THE STRAP WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK D ROPPED FROM MUD SEAM, MISSING THE ATRS WHICH WAS WAS OPERATING THE ROCK HIT ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, THEN STRUCK EMP. #1 AND GLANCING BLOW TO RIGHT SIDE ABOVE BELT AREA, CREATING BAD BRUISE. EMP