Cougar Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current
EE WAS REMOVING A CABLE DROP TO SUBSTAITION CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES.
No 8 Coal
Cougar Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
James H Booth
Van Lear,
Johnson County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518030
MSHA record for No 8 (mine ID 1518030). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1998–1999
- Latest incident
- Jun 1999
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1999 · 3 incidents
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT SPAD #318 IN #1 ENTRY. IT WAS IN THE OUTCROP. MEASURED 62 FEET LONG AND ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET HIGH.
January 6, 1999
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS WORKING ON SHUTTLE CAR TIGHTING UP A CONVEYOR CHAIN USING A BAR TO LIFT UP ON CHAIN WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK.
1998 · 2 incidents
September 21, 1998
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
THE EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A HOLE IN FLOOR JARRING HIS LOWER BACK ON LEFT SIDE.
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
THE EE WAS WALKING ACROSS SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED ON PIECE OF COAL CAUSING HIM TO BREAK FOOT
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The full compliance file on No 8
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.