Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Riggs Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Smith Christopher S
Siler, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517126

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1517126). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1996
Latest incident
Jan 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

January 16, 1996 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Natural Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING TRAINING CABLE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP OBJECT.

1993 · 1 incident

August 3, 1993 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Future Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR OF TRACTOR WAS TRAMMING THRU MINE. RAISED BODY IN CONTACT WITH MINE ROOF CAUSING HIM TO BE PULLED FROM DECK OF TRACTOR IN TO THE DRAG PAN THAT HAULS COAL, SUPPLY OR MEN.

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