Mining Incidents

Mjr 1 Coal

M J R Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Merckle Manford
Smith, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516213

MSHA record for Mjr 1 (mine ID 1516213). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 1 incident

January 23, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
M J R Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS REFUELING SALEM COAL AUGER WHEN THE HIGHLIFT IN WHICH BARRELS OF FURE PLACED IN THE BUCKET EITHER ROLLED OR KICKED INTO GEAR CAUSING ENTRAPMENT OF VICTIM, BETWEEN THE HIGHLIFT BUCKE T AND THE FUEL/HYDRAULIC TANKS OF THE COAL AUGER

1988 · 4 incidents

August 16, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SETTING UP WATER PUMP WHEN HE SET IT DOWN ON GROUND HANDLE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN PUMP & HANDLE.

August 9, 1988 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING HIS DOZER WHEN IT GOT TO SLIDING THEN IT SLIPPED ON A ROCK THE WEIGHT OF THE MACHINE SHIFTED TURNING DOZER ON ITS SIDE

June 10, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wash Ridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I. NAME WAS HELPING MECHANIC WORK ON DOZER. THEY WERE PULLING AND LIFTING ON LULRY PAN OF THE DOZER. I. NAME DIDNT REALIZE HE WAS HURT UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER AND REPORTED IT TO US ON THE 27TH OF JUNE.

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