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#55 Coal

Leemike Coal Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Cooper William L

Linefork, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1517251

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1992
Latest incident: Dec 1992

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

December 15, 1992 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE

Leemike Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A EE STRIP EE WAS DRILLING AN OVERHANG ON THE HIGHWALL. HIS SAFETY ROPE WAS TAKEN LOOSE FROM A STATIONARY TRACK LOADER AND TIED TO A PICK UP TRUCK BY ANOTHER EE. THEN ANOTHER EE MOVED THE PICK UP TRUCK DRAGGING INJURED EE UP THE HIGHWALL INJURING HIS BACK.

December 9, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Leemike Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCK DUST MACHINE TO LOAD INTO SCOOP BUCKET- FELT PAIN IN GROIN- CAUSED A HERNIA.