Mining Incidents

#4 Mine Coal

W & C Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Anderson Ronald
Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1509856

MSHA record for #4 Mine (mine ID 1509856). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED MAN STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A CASE OF POWDER OUT OF THE SECTION POWDER BOX AND HURT HIS BACK HIS FELLOW WORKERS SAID THAT THE MAN DIDNT TIP THE CASE OF POWDER BU T THAT HE DID GET A BOX OF BLASTING CAPS OUT OF THE POWDER BOX

October 18, 1988 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING A HEAD DRIVE MOTOR ON #2 BELTLINE HE SAID THAT HE INJURING HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ON THE MOTOR BUT HE DIDNT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS HURT

1987 · 6 incidents

December 16, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W & C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING A SCO2P THAT HAD BEEN BENT WAS USING HYDRAULIC JACK.JACK SLIPPED THREW PART OF JACK.STRUCK NOSE.CUT AND BROKE NOSE.

October 23, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
W & C Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALLEDGED PNEUMO7ONIOSIS

October 14, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
W & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON DRIL5 THAT HAD STUCK IN THE HOLE RUPTURED RIGHT LOWER STOMACH.

September 10, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
W & C Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURRED I3 CONNECTING CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO.S 4 & 5 ENTRY ON THE 001 SECTION. FALL WAS APPROX. 18 FT WIDE 32 FT IN LENGTH AND FROM 32-48" THICK. FALL RESULTED FROM UNDERTECTED FAULT IN MIN E ROOF DUE TO L5MANATED SANDSTONE INTERMINED WITH SLATE.

July 15, 1987 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL PICKING ROCK OFF BELT.PULLED MUSCLES IN SHOULDER AND BACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 13, 1986 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
W & C Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL APPRO3 7/X20X30 ROOF FALL OCCURRED DUE TO UNDETECTED FAULT I MINE ROOF AREA HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROX 7 1/2 YEARS PRIOR TO DATE OF FALL

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