Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

B J & L Coal Company Inc · Underground
Craynor, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1507351

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1507351). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 9, 1985 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B J & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A BATTERY-POWERED SCOOP CLEANING ROADWAY COAL AT THE NO. 2 BLOCK ON FIRST RIGHT PANEL. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A PORTION OF THE MINE ROOF, MEASURING 30 INCHES THICK A MINUMUM OF 20 FT IN WIDTH, AND EXTENDING AN UNDETERMINED DISTANCE, FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM AND SCOOP. THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL WAS 39 INCHES.

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