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KC #1Coal

Mousie, Knott County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518747
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Worker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught the catwalk he was on and flipped him over the double hand rail on the catwalk and fell to the ground about 20 ft down.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 1 incident

Fools Gold Energy Corp
Accident type, without injuries

Freezing and thawing temperature changes contributed to material becoming unstable. The effected area did not show any signs of weakness or deterioration prior to rock/material sliding off highwall into pit.

2008 · 1 incident

Solar Coal Company
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was backing cutter out of #11 entry and thru wing curtain and hit rib.