Mining Incidents

Welch: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Welch, Craig County, OK  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3400259

MSHA record for Welch (mine ID 3400259). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
Ownership history
  1. Bills Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Welch sits in Craig County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Craig County, Oklahoma · Population 14,215
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$50,182
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1985 OK · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRONT OF LOADER CLEANING WINDSHIELD - FOOT ON LIFT ARM SLIPPED - CAUGHT HIMSELF FALLING AND GRABBED HOLD OF WIPER BLADE -

February 7, 1985 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF DRAGLINE. HIS LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL & TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1984 · 6 incidents

October 12, 1984 OK · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS OPERATING A 641 CAT SCRAPER WHEN HE RAN INTO A RUT AND THE JERKING MOTION INJURED HIS NECK

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DONNIE BLACKLEDGE STEPPED DOWN OFF A DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS RT FOOT

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF WATER ONTO LOADER AND HURT HIS BACK.

May 25, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SONNY IS A MECHANIC AND WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OING OFF SLAG WHEN A PIECE FLEW UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE

March 14, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

IS A MECHANIC WORKING ON PIECE OF DOWNED EQUIPMENT AND CUT TWO FINGERS

February 1, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING REPAIR PART-GEAR-TO PUT INTO DRAGLINE AND HURT HIS BACK.