Bates County Mine Coal

Continental Coal Inc · Surface

Controlled by William P Moore III; Philip E Tearney

Rich Hill, Bates County, MO · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2301920

MSHA record for Bates County Mine (mine ID 2301920). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1986–1987
Latest incident: May 1987

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

May 5, 1987 MO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Sunrise Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS ASSISTING OTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A BARREL OF WATER (1/2 FULL) TO A RACK. HE WAS SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF THE BARREL ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND IT SLIPPED AND SHASHED HIS TESTICAL. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY UNTIL 5-6-87. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT ON 5-5 AND WORKED 4 HOURS AN 5-6 AND WENT HOME SICK WITH STOMACH PAINS & NAUSEA. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 5-7-87.

1986 · 1 incident

January 19, 1986 MO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY

Sunrise Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM GOT OUT 2F LOADER IN PIT TO EXAMINE TIRE ON PIT TRUCK. AFTER EXAMINING TIRE HE STARTED BACK TO LOADER. PIT BACKHOE WAS IN OPERATION LOADING TRUCKS, HE SAW HOE WAS MAKING LOADING CYCLE A ND WAVED HOE OP9RATOR TO CONTINUE LOADING. DURING NEXT HOE LOADING CYCLE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO LOADER PASSING IN PATH OF HOE BUCKET AND BEING STRUCK IN HEAD BY ROCK FALLING FROM HOE B

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