Mining Incidents

OAM#19Coal

Controlled by Matthew T Orr
Buckhorn, Laurel County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519762
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2015
Latest incident
Feb 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Auger operator and mine foreman and his auger helper were repairing front pin puller on Salem 1500B Auger. Foreman let part of pin puller slip out of his hand and mashed his right thumb.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Rocks broke loose and fell off the highwall