Mining Incidents

Red Fox No 3 Coal

Martin County Coal Corp · Underground
Pilgrim, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516574

MSHA record for Red Fox No 3 (mine ID 1516574). 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
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1989 · 6 incidents

December 3, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERESECTION OF #5 ENTRY, 40' INBY THE PORTAL. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 80' LONG, 20' FEET WIDE, 5'THICK. ANOTHER FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION OF #8 ENTRY, 4 0' INBY THE PORTAL. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 30' WIDE, 66" THICK. THE ROOF IN THE AREA OF THE FALLS WAS LAMINATED SHALE. THE AREA OF THE FALLS WAS SUPPORTED WITH 5' RESIN GROUTED RODS ON THE

October 13, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED #5 ENTRY-BELT ENTRY 180'INBY PORTAL.ROOF IN AREA OF FALL LAMINATED SHALE.FALL MEASURED 38'LONG X 20'WIDE X 6'THICK.AREA OF FALL SUPPORTED WITH 5' RESIN GROUTED RODS ON ADVAN CE.

September 14, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NUMBER 8 ENTRY APPROXIMATELY 22 FEET OUTBY THE FACE.THE ROOF IN THE AREA WAS LAMINATED SHALE.THE FALL WAS 42 FEET LONG,19 FT WIDE AND 7 FEET THICK.

August 24, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED INT EH INTAKE AIRCOURSE, NUMBER 6 ENTRY. THE LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 325 FEET INBY THE PORTAL AT SPAD NUMBER 4748. THE ROOF IN THE AREA WAS LAMINATED SHALE. THE FALL WAS 18 FEET WIDE, 20 FEET LONG 5 1/2 FEET THICK.

August 9, 1989 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BREAKING A ROCK INTO SMALL PIECES SO THAT IT COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WAS POUNDING THE ROCK WITH A 8 POUND, SHORT HANDLE HAMMER, WHEN SUDDENLY A PART OF THE ROCK FELL INTO THE BOOM OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND THE REMAINING ROCK TILTED UPWARD, PINNING I.NAME AGAINST THE ROOF OF THE MINE.

July 28, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN RTR SIDE RETURN AIRCOURSE #7 & #8 ENTRIES LOCATION WAS APPROX 8 XCUTS FROM FACE AREA ROOF IN AREA WAS LAMINATED SHALE FALL WAS APPROX 8FTX20FTWIDEX30FTLONG IN EACH OF T HE TWO ENTRIES #7 &8

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