Mining Incidents

No 4 Coal

Cougar Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Van Lear, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517162

MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 1517162). 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
1991–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1992 · 4 incidents

September 12, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS HOLDING WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING FOR REPAIRS WHEN PIECE AT METAL CUT RT HAND.

May 28, 1992 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS PULLING UP ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE PULLED AND TURNED IN MUD CAUSING HIM TO TWIST LOWER BACK.

May 5, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING R BOLTER BUNDLE FELL OFF MACHINE STRUCKR HAND

March 11, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NEELING DOWN IN FROUND OF FEEDER WHEN CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS FOULED WAS REVERSED AND CAUSING A CUTTER BIT WHICH HAD CHAIN FOULDER TO FLY OUT AND STRIKE EE ABOVE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SWELLING.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING FEEDER OUTSIDE; SET FEEDER DOWN TO BLOCK UNDER CATPADS.

October 10, 1991 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EOMPLYEE WAS RUNNING A LOADING MACHINE LIFTED TAIL PIECE TO PUT OVER BAR THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT ARM ON MACHINE CAUSING EMP TO JERK THUS CAUSING"CATCH" OR STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.

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The full compliance file on No 4

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.