Mining Incidents

No 4 Coal

Zephyer Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James A Comyns
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510001

MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 1510001). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 5, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Michelle Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

BREAK WAS CUT THROUGH INTO BELT ENTRY THE S CAR WAS HAULING BY INTERSECTION A CANER RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT OPERATOR IN BACK OF HEAD, PUSHING HIS HEAD INTO S/CAR

1983 · 5 incidents

July 26, 1983 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP TIRE FELL IN A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS BACK OVER THE SCOOP DECK WHERE OPERATOR SITS

July 21, 1983 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

VICTIM WAS PULLING ON CUTTING MACHINE CABLE & PULLED SOMETHING IN BOTTOM OF HIS STOMACH, RESULTING IN SWELLING OF HIS TESTICLES.

June 7, 1983 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EXTRACTING COAL SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT MINER CABLE CAUSING POWER FAILURE MINER POWR WAS OFF 20 MINUTES ROCK FELL ON MINER WHILE POWER WAS OFF

January 25, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC & WHEN HE LIFTED A BAG OF TOOLS HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

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