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Free Silver Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Winn Jerry E
Philpot, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517376

MSHA record for Free Silver Mine (mine ID 1517376). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Winn Construction Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Free Silver Mine sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 5 incidents

May 12, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANDS WERE GREASED, REACHED TO GRASB HANDRAIL, HANDS SLIPPED, LOST FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON LEFT SIDE OF HIP. TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND JARRED HIS BACK.

April 22, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from ladders

PERSON WAS CLIMBING A STEP ALDDER WITH TOOLS IN HAND. LADDER CLAPSED AND PERSON FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

February 25, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

TORCH BURNE DLEG.

1993 · 2 incidents

November 9, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKIGN ON DRILL, METAL DUST BLEW INTO EYE.

October 6, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING SEGMENT BOLT SON D10 DOZER WITH AIR-GUN AIR HOSE CAME OFF AIR GUN AIR PRESSURE TO GROIN AREA.