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Auger Drill #2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Mc Cullough John E
Henderson, Henderson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517600

MSHA record for Auger Drill #2 (mine ID 1517600). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
Ownership history
  1. John E Mc Cullough Augering 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Auger Drill #2 sits in Henderson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Henderson County, Kentucky · Population 44,493
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,239
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

April 11, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
John E Mc Cullough Augering · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING TANDEM DUMP TRUCK LOADED WITH COAL ON HAUL ROAD OF STRIP JOB. WHILE DRIVING, TRUCK STARTED SLIDING AS IT HAD RECENTLY RAINED. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AS IT SLID IN & OUT OF DITCH ON SIDE OF ROAD & TRUCK TURNED OVER ONTO ITS SIDE.