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No 1 Coal

Black Star Mining Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Milford Compton; Herstel Ratliff

Jenkins, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1517396

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1994–1995
Latest incident: Aug 1995

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

August 14, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Black Star Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF DRILL HELPER WAS SETTING FOOT JACK AND CANOPY THE CANOPY OF ROOF DRILL HIT THE OPERATOR IN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

1994 · 2 incidents

June 10, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Black Star Mining Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EE HAS ALLEDGED HE HURT HIS LEG ON 06-10-94 BY STEPPING OFF LADDER DURING THE DATE ABOVE THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN EE DID INOT WORK ON SAT 06-11-94 & WAS DISCHARGED FOR NOT REPORTIN G TO WORK ON MON 06-13-94 IN THE DAY EE CALL & SAID ACCIDENT REPORTED I SAZID I WOULD HAVE TO INVESTIGA TE IT I TALKED WITH HIS FOREMAN EE ON 06-13-94 & HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A

January 20, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Blackstar Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE MINE FOREMAN WAS WATCHING WORKMAN BUILD A SEAL WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING THE MINE FLOOR, IT THEN FELL OVER STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT KNEE.