Mining Incidents

#2 Coal

Controlled by Charles E Mc Cullah
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514701

MSHA record for #2 (mine ID 1514701). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 28, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bowling Mountain Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

INDIVIDUAL WAS 1ULLING ROCK FROM THE ROOF WITH A ROOF BAR IN THE HAUL ROAD. THE ROCK FELL ON THE INDIVIDUAL CAUSING A FATAL INJURY.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 3 incidents

July 16, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bowling Mountain Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOLT WRENCH SLI1 & HIT HIM ON JAW.

April 23, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bowling Mountain Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RUNNING ROOF BE5TING MACHINE THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN STEEL & TOP.

1986 · 1 incident

April 1, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Smooth Sailing Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WENT TO GET 2UT OF THE SCOOP AND STEPPED ON THE CONTROL PEDAL AND IT THREW HIM INTO THE TOP

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