Mining Incidents

Poplar Grove Coal

Controlled by Zielinski Brothers
Sacramento, Mclean County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517891

MSHA record for Poplar Grove (mine ID 1517891). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Mar 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

March 27, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Zielinski Construction Corp · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK STARTED TO TURN OVER, BACKHOE WENT TO LOW SIDE OF TRUCK--USED BUCKET TO HELP TRUCK MOVE FORWARD. WHEN TRUCK HAD MOVED FORWARD--OPERATOR IN TRUCK LIFTED BED PARTIALLY--BACKHOE WAS NOT CLE AR. BED STRUC CAB OF BACKGHOE--PUSHING BACKHOE CAB ONTO OPERATOR'S FEET.

March 27, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Zielinski Construction Corp · Struck by falling object

SEVERAL EES TRYING TO MOVE VOLVO TRUCK AWAY FROM BACKHOE--SEVERAL OTHERS STANDING AROUND. ROCKS FELL FROM BED OF TRUCK--ONE STRUCK EE'S LEG.

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