Mining Incidents

#2 Surface Coal

Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Gauge, Breathitt County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514279

MSHA record for #2 Surface (mine ID 1514279). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1985 · 4 incidents

November 22, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolverine Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE GOT OU7 OF DOZER TO CLEAN HEAD LIGHTS WHILE CLIMBING OUT-HE FELL OFF DOZER.

November 13, 1985 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolverine Mining Corp · Fall from machine

EMP WAS REPAIRING LIGHTS ON LOADER CAB AND AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST A CAB BRACE

October 7, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wolverine Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING TRACKS ON D9 DOZER- HE HIT TRACK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF TRACK AND WENT THROUGH EMPLOYEE\S SHOE AND INTO FOOT.

September 23, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wolverine Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL OPERATING ROCK TRUCK.TRUCK LOADED AND WHILE BEING DUMPED ,BED FLEW BACK CAUSING JAR TO TRUCK.

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