PIT WAS FINISHED AUGERING AND AUGER MACHINE WAS MOVED BACK AWAY FROM HIGHWALL. 3 MEN WERE DOING MAINTENANCE ON DRILL. SHOOTING CREW PUT OFF A SHOT 2000' AWAY ON SAME COAL BENCH AND THE BACK BL AST CAME THROUGH THE COALBURG DEEP MINE AND EXITED OUT THE AUGER HOLES IN AUGER PIT WHERE THE AUGER CREW WAS DOING MAINTENANCE.
Tower Mountain No 1 Auger Coal
Mc Cullough Mining Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Mc Cullough Ronald W
Lyburn,
Logan County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608546
MSHA record for Tower Mountain No 1 Auger (mine ID 4608546). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1996
- Latest incident
- Mar 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1996 · 1 incident
March 18, 1996
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mc Cullough Mining Inc · Struck by flying object
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