Mining Incidents

#4 Coal

Hunter Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roger Hunter
Honaker, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517706

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–1997
Latest incident
Apr 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 1 incident

April 16, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Hunter Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTER HAD STARTED TO MOVE ACROSS SECTION STOPPING AFTER HIS BAR HAD TURNED CORNER. BAR WAS ABOUT 18" PARRALEL TO RIB. ONE SCOOP PASSED BY THE BAR AND THE NEXT SCOOP MAN MUST HAVE NOT NOTICED IT. STRUCK THE BAR WITH HIS HEAD, MAKING A CUT ON EACH SIDE OF HEAD.

1996 · 1 incident

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