Mining Incidents

Welch Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Turner Brothers Inc · Surface
Welch, Craig County, OK  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
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
  1. 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
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 file

1984 · 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

ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL WHILE EMPL WAS INSTALLING WATER PUMP HITTING EMPL IN BACK BRUISING BACK AND RIBS.

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