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Buford Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Winn Jerry E
Hartford, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516774

MSHA record for Buford Mine (mine ID 1516774). 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
1990–1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Winn Construction Company Inc 1989 to present
  2. Hoke Company Inc 1992 to 1993
  3. Mesa Coals Inc 1993 to 1993
  4. Mesa Coals Inc 1993 to 1994
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Buford Mine sits in Ohio County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Ohio County, Kentucky · Population 23,704
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,369
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

September 3, 1994 KY · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVING LOADER OF PIT WHEN ENGINE DIED. THE BRAKES FAILED AND EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF OF LOADER. HE FRACTURED VERTABRAE IN SPINE.

January 6, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mesa Coals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN A TARP TO ROLL HIS TARP OVER LOAD OF COAL. WHEN EMPLOYEE PULLED DOWN ON POLES, HE DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER.

1993 · 2 incidents

April 5, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mesa Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING 85 TON REAR DUMP INTO THE DUMP AREA WHEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS WENT INTO A DEPRESSION CAUSING THE TRUCK TO OVERTURN AND ROLL 1 REVOLUTION DOWN A SPOIL EMBANKMENT BEFORE CO MING TO REST UPRIGHT ON ITS WHEELS. OPERATOR INJURED HEAD, LEG AND PELVIS FROM BOUNCING AROUND IN CAB.

March 17, 1993 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mesa Coals Inc · Fall from machine

FREEZING RAIN HAD COVERED DOZER WITH ICE. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING AND FELL STRIKING SHOULER AND ARM ON THE TRACK AND THE GROUND CAUSING SHOULDER AND ARM STRAIN AND PULLED LIGAMENTS .

1991 · 2 incidents

March 26, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Winn Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS LETTING DOWN LIGHTS ON LIGHT PLANT WIND WAS BLWING HARD AND BLEW DOOR SHOT CAUGHT HAND IN IT.

1990 · 4 incidents

February 12, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from ladders

CHECKING FUEL AND COMING DOWN LADDER, BOTTOM OF LADDER BROKE AND I.NAME FELL TO GROUND, HITTING RIGHT FOOT ON GROUND FIRST, WHICH CAUSED A SPRAIN.