Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface (Greenwood) Coal

Controlled by Sunoco, Inc.
Cooperville, Wayne County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1511030

MSHA record for No 1 Surface (Greenwood) (mine ID 1511030). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 1 incident

July 20, 1988 KY · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVING WATER TRUCK OVER HILL SHIFT LEVER BROKE WHILE DOWN-SHIFTING .HIT BRAKES HELD SOME THEN PULLED RETARDER DOWN.ENGINE SHUT OFF CAUSING INABILITY TO STEER TRUCK.THIS IS WHEN HE DECIDED TO JUMP FROM THE TRUCK.

1987 · 3 incidents

September 9, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING ON DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF LADDER, TWISTING HIS BACK. DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 9-11-87.

1986 · 1 incident

November 12, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A PIECE OF METAL OFF BLADE D9 IT CAME LOOSE HIT HIM IN FACE CAUSING A LACERATION OVER NOSE AND LEFT EYE

1983 · 1 incident

September 12, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CLEARING TIMBER ON HILL SIDE LEFT TRACK RAN UP ON STUMP CAUSING DOZER TO FLIP DOZER FLIPPED 4 TO 5 TIMES GOING A DISTANCE OF 170 FEET EMPLOYEE W HAS HEAD AND BACK INJURIES

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The full compliance file on No 1 Surface (Greenwood)

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.