Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Coal

Controlled by Homer Short
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512525

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1512525). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 12, 1989 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Homer Short Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR WAS LAST SEEN GRADING ACCESS ROAD AT ABOUT 5:00 PM GOING DOWN THE HILL. THE GRADER WAS IDSCOVERED AT ABOUT 1:00 AM OVERTURNED IN CREEK AT THE BRIDGE. THE BODY OF THE DECEASED WAS REMOVED AT ABOUT 2:00 AM BY THE MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY COYOVER & THE RESCUE SQUAD.

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