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Boonesboro Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Acorn Systems Inc · Surface
Controlled by Baily Russell E
Franklin, Howard County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301717

MSHA record for Boonesboro Mine (mine ID 2301717). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Holiday Coal Company 1978 to 1980
  2. Holiday Coal Company 1980 to 1982
  3. Mid Missouri Energy Corp 1982 to 1986
  4. Acorn Systems Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Boonesboro Mine sits in Howard County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Howard County, Missouri · Population 10,141
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,628
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

April 29, 1986 MO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Acorn Systems Inc · Contact with heat

I.NAME WAS WAIT3NG IN THE PARKING LOT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD JUST FINISHED WORKING AROUND THE CRUSHER THE MECHANIC OBSERED I.NAME FALL TO THE GROUND & GO INTO A SEIZVER EMPLOYEE WAS A WAKEN & APPAREN7LY CO-HEARENT WHEN HOWARD COUNTY AMBULANCE ARRIVED THEY TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA MO

1985 · 1 incident

February 19, 1985 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Mid Missouri Energy Corp · Contact with electrical current

MECHANIC FROM FABICK 14C WAS DRIVING TRUCK WITH BOOM IN FULL UP POSITION WHILE CARRYING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER THE MECH BOOM CAME IN CONNECTD WITH A HIGH VOLTAGE WIRE & MECHANIC EAS ELECTRICUTAD

1983 · 1 incident

February 7, 1983 MO · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid Missouri Energy Corp · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE UNLOADING ANFO FROM BACK OF POWDER TRUCK EE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS KNEE ON BUMPER.