Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip Mine Coal

Controlled by Dan Chambers
Woodbine, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514218

MSHA record for No 1 Strip Mine (mine ID 1514218). 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
1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 5, 1984 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Hard Rock Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS LOADING COAL IN PIT WITH HIS LOADER WHEN AN ELECTRICAL STORM CAME UP SUDDENLY LIGHTENING SET SHOT OFF ABOVE WHERE I.NAME WAS WORKING COVERING HIM & HIS LOADER WITH SEVERAL FEET OF D IRT

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