Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Superior Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Huyser James E
Lovilia, Monroe County, IA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1302008

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 1302008). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Superior Coal Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 sits in Monroe County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Monroe County, Iowa · Population 7,546
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$72,518
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 16, 1984 IA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Superior Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON ONE SIDE OF A CROSSCUT. ON OPPOSITE SIDE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES HAD TEEBEEN SET. THEY WERE THEN UNINTENTIONALLY DETONATED

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1985 · 4 incidents

October 16, 1985 IA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Superior Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CAUSE OF INJURY3IS UNKNOWN APPARENT LY EMPLOYEE STRAINED LIGAMENT NEAR LEFT KNEE AFTER STEPPING ON A PIECE OF COAL ROCK OR SOME OTHER OBJECT ON THE 16TH OF OUT

July 14, 1985 IA · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN LIFTING EXPLOSIVES & TAMPING EXPLOSIVES WHEN HE NOTICED HIS BACK BECOMING PAID FULL. NO DIRECT CAUSE IS KNOW.

April 23, 1985 IA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator ELECTRICAL
Superior Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN A DAMAGED AREA SHORTED CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FLASH NEAR LEFT HAND

March 15, 1985 IA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS PREPARING ONE END OF SECRED CABLE FOR SPLICING HE WAS SITTING SEVERAL FT FROM THE RIB AND I N THE PATH AT A SHUTTLE CAR THAT WAS USING THE CROSSCUT FOR PASSING WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR DRIVEN BY I NAME PULLED INTO CROSSCUT HE HAD HIS FOOT RAN OVER AND AS HE REACHED TO PUSH HIMSELF AWAY, ALSO HAD HIS HAND RAN OVER.

1984 · 3 incidents

January 23, 1984 IA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SHOOTER WAS PREPARING (WIRING EXPLOSIVER) A PLACE TO BE SHOT DOWN WHEEL HE WENT UNDER A PIECE OF LOOSE ROOF PIECE AT SLATE WAS APPROXIMATELY.

January 12, 1984 IA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS LEAVING SHOP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE NEAR THE DOORWAY

January 9, 1984 IA · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Superior Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WORKING ON A LOADING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE APPROX 1 1/2" X 12" X 24" FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON FOOT