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Lake Coal Company Inc operator

Controlled by Howell Corporation

MSHA operator ID: P06413

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 21
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1983–1988

Top causes

OTHER 1 fatality
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 9 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1988

16 (1f)

1987

1985

1983

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

September 27, 1988 KY · Coal security guard, watchman Fatality · OTHER

Lake Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FIREARM OF SECURITY GUARD FELL FROM SHOULDER HOLSTER STRIKING CONCRETE FLOOR, THEREBY DISCHARGING THE FIREARM AND FATALLY WOUNDING HIMSELF.

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