Mining Incidents

Gail Mine: 14 reportable incidents Coal

K & R Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Roger E Dahlgren
Stigler, Haskell County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401351

MSHA record for Gail Mine (mine ID 3401351). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1989–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. K & R Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gail Mine sits in Haskell County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 5.3% 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.
Haskell County, Oklahoma · Population 11,667
5.3%
Mining share of county employment
$49,930
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1992 · 4 incidents

October 26, 1992 OK · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & R Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A HEATER THAT HE WAS INSTALLING IN THE DRAGLINE WHEN HIS LEGS STARTING TINGLING AND HURTING.

August 29, 1992 OK · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
K & R Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED OFF DRAGLINE AND STEPPED ON LUMP OF DIRT AND TURNED ANKLE.

July 22, 1992 OK · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
K & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRAG CABLE BROKE AND A PIECE STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.

June 4, 1992 OK · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & R Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING INSTALL TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE DRAGLINE USING A COME-ALONG WHEN EMPL STRAINED HIMSELF.

1991 · 8 incidents

December 23, 1991 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING CABLES ON DRAGLINE. CABLE BROKE AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

December 20, 1991 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON A WATER PUMP TRYING TO GET IT STARTED,GOT RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN MOTOR.

November 26, 1991 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
K & R Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PUTTING GUARDS ON THE LIGHT PLANT. HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL 1-14-92. HE THEN SAW A CHIROPRACTOR. SINCE HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR WHEN IT HAPPENED, THIS FORM WAS NO T FILLED OUT UNTIL NOW.

November 2, 1991 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
K & R Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SLIPPED & TRIED TO GRAB AHOLD OF SOMETHING & WHEN HE DID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK

July 7, 1991 OK · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING A PIN BACK INTO THE TRAVEL CHAIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A PIECE OF STEEL WENT INTO HAND.

June 19, 1991 OK · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUR-REQUIRED 3 STITCHES IN RIGHT ARM.WAS INJURED BY METAL DOOR THAT WAS OPENED WHILE CHECKING PARTS-DOOR FELL AND HUT ARM,CUTTING IT.

June 19, 1991 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHUNK OF STEEL CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM MECHANIC WORK ON BRAKE PADS ON LIMA DRAGLINE

May 1, 1991 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
K & R Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NOTIFIED BY DOCTOR ON AUGUST 18,1991 THAT INJURED WAS SUFFERING FROM CONATCT DERMATITIS.

1990 · 1 incident

November 27, 1990 OK · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
K & R Coal Company · Struck by flying object

BLOWING OFF CATWALK AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE.

1989 · 1 incident

November 8, 1989 OK · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HAMMERING ON A PIN PIECE OF THE STEEL PIN CHIPPED ON AND CUT HIM