EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON ONE SIDE OF A CROSSCUT. ON OPPOSITE SIDE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES HAD TEEBEEN SET. THEY WERE THEN UNINTENTIONALLY DETONATED
Mine No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal
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
- Superior Coal Company 1983 to present
Mine No 1 sits in Monroe County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.5% of county employment.
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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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
7 on file (excluding fatalities above)1985 · 4 incidents
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
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN LIFTING EXPLOSIVES & TAMPING EXPLOSIVES WHEN HE NOTICED HIS BACK BECOMING PAID FULL. NO DIRECT CAUSE IS KNOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY WHEN A DAMAGED AREA SHORTED CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FLASH NEAR LEFT HAND
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
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.
EMP WAS LEAVING SHOP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE NEAR THE DOORWAY
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