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#2 Surface: 4 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. Wolverine Mining Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 Surface sits in Breathitt County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Breathitt County, Kentucky · Population 13,438
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$41,101
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.