Accidents and Deaths for the Year ending Jun 30, 1910

 

 

State Mine Inspectors
District No. 1, John E. Jeffreys, Albia
District No. 2, R. T. Rhys, Ottumwa

For the year ending Jun 30, 1910 Monroe County
Number of Mines 25
Tons of coal of all grades produced 3,844,921
Number of miners employed 4,945
Number of other inside employees 1,536
Number of outside employees 550
Total number employed 7,031

 

District No 1

 

New mines opened: National Union Coal Company, Hocking Coal Company No. 4, Wapello Coal Company No. 5, Wapello Coal Company No. 6, Smoky Hollow Coal Company No. 8, Consolidation Coal Company No. 15, Crescent Coal Company No. 6. Mines abandoned: Wapello Coal Company No. 3, Hocking Coal Company No. 2, Wapello Coal Company No. 4

Fatal Accidents in District No. 1, July 1, 1908-June 30, 1910.

Date	Deceased	Occupation	Cause of Death	Employed by
8 Jul 1908	John Mahalooic	timberman	fall of slate	Hocking Coal Co
14 Oct 1908	B. Ream	boss driver	explo. Powder and caps	Smoky Hollow Coal Co. No. 6
23 Oct 1908	John E Swanson	timberman	fall of slate	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 10
16 Dec 1908	George Gasper	day man	fell down escape shaft	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 15
16 Feb 1909	Edward Darnill	miner	electric shock	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 12
19 May 1909	S. Henderson	driver	caught between car and roof	Hocking Coal Co
24 Jul 1909	Louis Borra	miner	fall of slate	Hocking Coal Co No. 3
27 Aug 1909	George Graves	miner	fall of slate	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 12
31 Aug 1909	W. H. McCullen	top boss	run over by loaded railroad flat	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 12
26 Oct 1909	M. Evans	dirt man	fall of slate (died Dec. 17, 1909)	Wapello Coal Co. No. 4
27 Oct 1909	D. Majors	blacksmith	run over by tail rope trip	Phillips Fuel Co. No. 6
10 Jan 1910	Bert Mesner	motorman	fall of slate	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 12
22 Jan 1910	Frank Coleman	motor trailer	caught between motor and roof	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 15
3 Feb 1910	R. Latham	miner	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co. No. 3
18 Feb 1910	A. Kents	day man	fell down shaft	Hocking Coal Co No. 4
25 Feb 1910	W. H. Smith	shot firer	windy shot	Consolidation Coal Co, No. 15
3 Mar 1910	Wm. Powell	miner	fall of slate	Hocking Coal Co No. 4

Serious Accients in District No. 1, July 1, 1908-June 30, 1910

Date	Name	Occupation	Character of Injury	Cause of Injury	Employed by
22 Jul 1908	Geo. Raner	driver	foot bruised	caught bet bumper and coal	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
23 Jul 1908	C. Vernator	chunker	toes mashed	caught by coal	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
15 Aug 1908	G. Fisher	topman	back injured	struck by cars	Phillips Fuel Co.
20 Aug 1908	W. Simpson	driver	foot injured	caught between cars	Phillips Fuel Co.
31 Aug 1908	C. Barton	miner	fingers broken	fall of slate	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
3 Sep 1908	H. Bitterman	miner	hand bruised	fall of slate	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
9 Sep 1908	S. S. Carter	driver	foot injured	struck by coal	Phillips Fuel Co.
24 Sep 1908	Jos. Yates	miner	face, chest and arms burnt	spark from lamp to keg of powder	Central Coal Co. No 3
8 Oct 1908	W. E. Owen	miner	broken leg	fell off tail chain	Central Coal Co. No 2
14 Oct 1908	J. Pettit	driver	face & wrist burned	explosion of powder & caps	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
24 Oct 1908	Charles Ruggles	powderman	head, arms and chest burned	keg of powder exploded	Consolidation Coal Co, No 12
30 Oct 1908	J. Huberly	miner	back and hips hurt	fall of rock	Phillips Fuel Co.
9 Nov 1908	Wm Henry	cagehelper	broken arm	piece of coal fell down shaft	Consolidation Coal Co, No 12
13 Nov 1908	J. Anderson	miner	head and back hurt	fall of rock	Phillips Fuel Co.
19 Dec 1908	Wm. Reynolds	driver	crushed chest	caught between car and rib	Albia Coal Co
11 Dec 1908	L. Rogers	miner	thigh broken	fall of slate	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
16 Dec 1908	J. Constantine	driver	leg broken	caught by tail chain	Wapello Coal Co.
2 Jan 1909	J. Hamm, Jr	miner	arm broken	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co.
11 Jan 1909	Lewis Moon	trailer after motor	leg broken in two places	hit by empty car	Consolidation Coal Co, No 12
22 Jan 1909	D. White	trip rider	hand injured	trip jumped track	Wapello Coal Co.
18 Feb 1909	Jos. Williams	miner	ribs broken	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co.
23 Mar 1909	A. Neighbor	driver	arm broken	caught between timber and car	Wapello Coal Co.
26 Mar 1909	Ed Vance	coupler	fingers mashed	caught between cars	Consolidation Coal Co
15 Apr 1909	J. B. Lewis	motorman	hand injured	caught between motor	Consolidation Coal Co, No 10
16 Apr 1909	J. Milburn	driver	leg broken	caught between cars	Hocking Coal Co.
18 May 1909	R. Ellis	timberman	back and side bruised	fall of slate	National Union Coal Co.
21 May 1909	B. Haskins	miner	foot injured	fall of coal	Phillips Fuel Co.
28 May 1909	D. Evans	driver	back inj'd & ankle dis.	thrown under car	Wapello Coal Co.
14 Jun 1909	W. Nickelson	driver	leg broken	caught between cars	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
2 Jul 1909	Carl Dial	trapper	leg cut	caught between cars	Crescent Coal Co, No. 6
17 Jul 1909	Geo. Skelton	driver	leg broken	fall of slate	Consolidation Coal Co, No 10
21 Jul 1909	Tom Bainbridge	driver	foot lacerated	kicked by mule	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
31 Jul 1909	Jno. Martin	miner	collar bone and two ribs broken	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co.
19 Aug 1909	Jas. Drury	trailer	leg broke and bruised	failed to set brake on motor	Consolidation Coal Co, No 15
24 Aug 1909	Wm. Williams	topman	finger cut off	removing car from cage	Consolidation Coal Co, No 12
14 Sep 1909	Ben Peterson	miner	cut about head	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co.
28 Sep 1909	Jake Brown	motorman	brunt hands and face	gasoline oil ignited	Consolidation Coal Co, No 12
3 Oct 1909	W. McBride	driver	hip dislocated	caught by cars	Wapello Coal Co.
7 Oct 1909	Frank Cervac	miner	sprained hip	fall of slate	Crescent Coal Co, No. 6
9 Oct 1909	Geo. Molner	timberman	bruised back and hip	struck by tail rope trip	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
20 Oct 1909	J. J. Barrows	trapper	back injured	fall of slate	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
26 Oct 1909	R. Reeves	miner	wrist dislocated	jumped from car and fell	Smoky Hollow Coal Co.
26 Oct 1909	J. R. Williams	boss driver	finger cut off	caught in coupling	Wapello Coal Co.
5 Nov 1909	A. Clark	dirtman	leg broken	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co. No. 5
8 Nov 1909	J. Cuthbert	miner	ribs broken	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co. No. 3
8 Nov 1909	Alex Simpson	miner	broken leg	fall of slate	Consolidation Coal Co, No 10
17 Nov 1909	E. Harrison	chunker	finger cut off	caught by piece of coal	Wapello Coal Co. No. 3
29 Nov 1909	A. B. McBride	miner	nose and jaw broken	fall of slate	Wapello Coal Co. No. 3
2 Dec 1909	Robert Ingalls	coupler	finger cut off	caught between cars	Consolidation Coal Co, No 12
6 Dec 1909	Thos. Lambert	miner	toe broke & f't bruised	fall of coal	Smoky Hollow Coal Co. No. 7
13 Dec 1909	Will Davis	trapper	arm broken	caught between door and car	Smoky Hollow Coal Co. No. 6
4 Jan 1910	Bert Yohe	chunker	mashed hand	coal from shute	Crescent Coal Co, No. 6
6 Jan 1910	George Sinks	shot firer	burned hands, face and body	dust explosion	Central Coal Co. No 3
16 Jan 1910	Steve Bowen	driver	ribs fractured and jaw cut	kicked by mule	Crescent Coal Co, No. 6
Jan 1910	C. V. Heeter	miner	body bruised	fall of slate	Smoky Hollow Coal Co. No. 7
18 Jan 1910	G. Ruttan	driver	bones of foot broken	foot caught under car	Smoky Hollow Coal Co. No. 7
29 Jan 1910	John Madison	miner	leg broken	fall of slate	Phillips Fuel Co. No. 6
26 May 1910	Harry Sesok	miner	fractured ankle	fall of slate	Crescent Coal Co, No. 6
10 Jun 1910	Wm Jones	driver	bruised body and leg	run away car	Consolidation Coal Co, No 15
17 Jun 1910	Lewis R. Nolan	coupler	finger cut off	caught between cars	Consolidation Coal Co, No 15
25 Jun 1910	W. Featheringh'm	greaser	arm broken	fell off nut coal car	Wapello Coal Co. No. 3
26 Jun 1910	Leo Stermole	timberman	crushed fingers	fall of slate	Crescent Coal Co, No. 6
29 Jun 1910	John Taylor	driver	back strained and lip cut	run over by car	Crescent Coal Co, No. 6

 

 

 

 

15th Biennial report of the State Mine Inspectors to the Governor of the State

by Iowa Department of Mine Inspectors