Mining Incidents

Wild Game Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Francis Samuel S
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516966

MSHA record for Wild Game Mine (mine ID 1516966). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Muhlenberg Coals Inc 1990 to 1991
  2. Muhlenberg Coals Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wild Game Mine sits in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · Population 30,712
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1992 · 4 incidents

June 22, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED, HE WAS WELDING ON DART, RAISED UP AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON MUD COVERED AIRLINE.

April 30, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL CLIMBING UP ON FUEL TRUCK AND SLIPPED ONTO THE GROUND RESULTING IN BACK PAIN.

April 17, 1992 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER,STRAINED LOWER BACK.

January 29, 1992 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Struck against stationary object

UNHOOKING PUMP CABLE FROM TRACTOR.

1991 · 5 incidents

October 4, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PLEASE REFER BACK TO ORIGINAL INJ WHICH OCCURED 8/8/91. HE HAS BEEN BACK & FORTH SINCE THEN BUT OFF AGAIN 10/4/91 TO PRESENT.

August 15, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED HE WAS DRIVING A 350 BACK DUMP HAULING COAL FROM PIT WHEN HE DUMPED THE TRUCK AND WAS RETURNING FOR ANOTHER LOAD HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD TRUCK WENT UP IN THE AIR WHEN COME BACK DOW N IMPACT HURT LOWER BACK.

August 8, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING DOPWN RAMP IN 350 BACK DUMP BRAKES FAILED TRUCK BACKED INTO BACKHOE BUCKET CAUSING BACK TO HAVE MUSCLE SPASMS

May 2, 1991 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING MEN ON AN OIL PUMP ON D-10 DOZER,GOT IN DOZER,WALKED UP STEPS IN DARK,FLOOR BOARD WAS OUT OF DOZER WHEN STEPPED IN,STEPPED IN HOLE IN FLOOR BOARD FOOT WENT THROUGH.

February 27, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Muhlenberg Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL OVER ENGINE IN 637E CAT SCRAPER,USING A BAR BAR SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND BUMPER.CUTTING RIGHT RING FINGER.