Mining Incidents

Toms Fork MineCoal

TENNCO INC. · Underground
Calvin, Bell County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519844
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Struck by powered moving object

While the surveyor was setting up the instrument in #4 belt entry, the other surveyor was getting height measurements down #3 entry. A shuttle car loaded with coal coming from #2 entry tramming to the feeder struck and killed the surveyor near spad 24.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2019 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Glove caught in the spinning motion of the drill pot and twisted hand