Mining Incidents

B-5 Surface: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Bizwil Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bizzack John
Royalton, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508782

MSHA record for B-5 Surface (mine ID 1508782). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
Ownership history
  1. Salyers Coal Company 1975 to 1981
  2. Bizwil Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

B-5 Surface sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Magoffin County, Kentucky · Population 11,495
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$33,632
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 · 3 incidents

September 30, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bizwil Inc · Struck against a moving object

HAULING ROCK TO A FILL AREA BACKED TRUCK UP TO FILL AREA TO DUMP LOAD BANK GAVE WAY CAUSING TRUCK TO FLIP OVER ON ITS TOP.

September 9, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bizwil Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD STRAW ON A TRUCK A BALE FELL OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT KNEE.

August 22, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bizwil Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE STRAW BLOWER WHILE IT WAS BEING BACKED OVER A SLOPE. BLOWER RAN OVER BIG ROCK, EMPLOYEE GRABBED RAIL AND CUT HAND.

1983 · 1 incident

May 24, 1983 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bizwil Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STARTING A LOADER AND JUMPED OFF LOADER.