ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL WHILE EMPL WAS INSTALLING WATER PUMP HITTING EMPL IN BACK BRUISING BACK AND RIBS.
Welch Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Turner Brothers Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Turner Charles Richard-William Tom Turner
MSHA Mine ID: 3401357
MSHA record for Welch Mine No 1 (mine ID 3401357). 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
- 1984
- Latest incident
- Mar 1984
Ownership history
- Turner Brothers Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Welch Mine No 1 sits in Craig County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
2 on file1984 · 2 incidents
March 25, 1984
OK · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Turner Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object
January 29, 1984
OK · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Turner Brothers Inc · Struck against a moving object
DRIVER STARTED UP PIT RAMP WITH A LOAD NEW HALF-WAY POINT TRUCK STALLED & STGARTED DOWN RAMP BACKWARD TRUCKS LEFT REAR TIRES CAUGHT BERM & CLIMBED UP IT CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL TO RT SIDE THIS A CTION THREW OPERATOR TO PASSENGER SIDE & CAUSEDBRUISED AND BUMPS TO BOTH ARMS AND HIS BACK IT ALSO CAUSED LACERATION NEAR RT EYE