Accidents and Deaths for the 2 years ending June 1912

 

Fatal Accidents in District No. 1 and 2, July 1, 1910-June 30, 1912

 

Date	Name	Mine	Age	Occupation	Marital Status	Wife	# Children	Nationality	Cause	Time
20 Jul 1910	Silverlo, Dominik	Wapello Coal Co	15	coupler	single			Italian	fall of slate	10:00 AM
15 Sep 1910	Steele, A. C.	Hocking Coal Co		shot firer	married	wife	3	Scotch	blast of coal	5:00 PM
21 Sep 1910	Walden, Harlan	Albia Coal Co	34	topman	married				on tracks leading from mine
8 Oct 1910	Gorance, John	Crescent Coal Co No 6		miner	single			Austrian	fall of slate at face	11:30 AM
24 Jan 1911	Grant, A. K.	White Ash Coal Co	31	miner	single			American	fall of slate	3:00 PM
2 Feb 1911	Rice, Charles	Consolidation Coal Co No 15		ass't pit boss	single			American	run over by pit cars	1:00 PM
14 Feb 1911	Cross, C H	Consolidation Coal Co No 12		miner	married	wife	6	Negro	fall of slate at face	8:30 AM
30 Mar 1911	Stevenson, Christopher	Hocking Coal Co	50	miner	widower		1	American	fall of slate	8:00 AM
30 Mar 1911	Prior, Fred	Hocking Coal Co		driver	married	wife	5	American	fall of slate	8:00 AM
6 May 1911	Woodford, Geo E	Consolidation Coal Co No 12		miner	single			Negro	fall of slate at face	8:00 AM
12 May 1911	Carnego, Frank	Crescent Coal Co No 6		miner	single			Italian	fall of slate on switch of room	10:30 AM
3 Jul 1911	Karmatz, John	National Union Coal Co	20	miner	single			American	run over by car	12:20 PM
13 Sep 1911	Page, Noble	Consolidation Coal Co No 15		motor man	married	wife	2	American	motor jumped the track
17 Oct 1911	Ray, Richard	Smoky Hollow Coal Co	21	co. man	single			American	fall of slate	8:30 AM
19 Oct 1911	Bister, Peter	Wapello Coal Co	64	miner	married	wife	3	Swede	fall of slate	9:30 AM
30 Oct 1911	Carter, Frank	Central Coal Co No 3		trip rider	married	wife	6	American	trip broke on slope and was caught between cars and timbers	4:15 PM
18 Nov 1911	Cotteral, Robt. R.	National Union Coal Co	22	driver	single			American	run over by car	9:30 AM
22 Dec 1911	Nelson, James	Smoky Hollow Coal Co	36	co. man	single			Swede	run over by trip	4:15 PM
3 Jan 1912	Ferguson, Lewis	Consolidation Coal Co No 12		miner	single			Negro	fall of slate at face	12:30 PM
15 Jan 1912	Bridges, Thomas	Regal Coal Co No 3		shot firer	married	wife		American	dust explosion	5:00 PM
15 Jan 1912	Mitchell, George	Regal Coal Co No 3		shot firer	married	wife	1	American	dust explosion	5:00 PM

 

Serious Accidents in District No. 1 and 2, July 1, 1910-June 30, 1912

Date	Name	Occupation	Cause of Accident	Character of Injury	Employed by
10 Aug 1910	Meyers, John	driver	caught by car	back sprained	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
16 Aug 1910	Dunning, James	entry man	fall of slate	leg broken, back hurt	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
24 Aug 1910	Combruzzi, Dominick	miner	fall of slate	compound fracture of left leg	Crescent Coal Co No 6
1 Sep 1910	Stewart, W A	miner	fall of slate	face and shoulder hurt	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
16 Sep 1910	Hales, Chas.	miner	fall of slate	leg broken	National Union Coal Co
23 Sep 1910	Campbell, Jas. Jr	trapper		compound fracture of arm	Crescent Coal Co No 6
29 Sep 1910	Turno, Pete	coupler	hit by tail rope	fracture of small bone above ankle	Crescent Coal Co No 6
24 Oct 1910	Gragg, Joe	miner	fall of slate	hand mashed	National Union Coal Co
7 Nov 1910	Lewis, Otto	topman	caught by car	fingers mashed	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
25 Nov 1910	Nicholson, Wm	driver	caught by car	leg bruised	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
16 Dec 1910	Speigel, Henry	miner	fall of slate	leg bruised	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
31 Dec 1910	Ryan, Lem	driver	struck by car	leg bruised	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
28 Jan 1911	Nicoletti, Lem	miner	fall of slate	back and hips crushed	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
2 Feb 1911	Wesley, William	trapper	run over by pit cars	left leg broken and right leg bruised	Consolidated Coal Co No 15
6 Feb 1911	Thomas, Edward	shot firer	windy shot	face and hands burned	National Union Coal Co
6 Mar 1911	Richardson, John	miner	fall of slate	leg and arm bruised	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
8 Mar 1911	Mallano, Santo	miner	fall of coal	head and shoulders injured	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
6 Apr 1911	Hamill, Archie	trapper	struck by pit car	leg broken	Crescent Coal Co No 6
9 May 1911	Laidlow, Geo.	driver	caught by car	bruised about hips	Hocking Coal co
15 May 1911	Davis, Harry	driver	crushed by car	three ribs broken	National Union Coal Co
15 May 1911	Southers, Robt	miner	fall of slate	leg broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 15
1 Jul 1911	Welsh, Arthur	boss driver	caught by cars	two fingers mashed	Wapello Coal Co
6 Jul 1911	Deskin, Jas.	miner	fall of slate	left ankle bruised	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
6 Jul 1911	Peart, Emerson	spragger	caught by car	two fingers mashed	Wapello Coal Co
24 Jul 1911	Leggett, Ben	driver	caught by car	leg bruised	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
2 Aug 1911	Colson, August	miner	fall of slate	arm and ribs broken	Wapello Coal Co
26 Aug 1911	McCuethings, Howard	driver	fell off tail chain	right leg broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 15
22 Sep 1911	Prothroe, Cyrus	car dropper	overalls caught car bumper	arm broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 15
25 Sep 1911	Jones, Dave	driver	caught by car	arm broken	National Union Coal Co
25 Sep 1911	Merrill, Hiram	driver	caught by car	leg broken	National Union Coal Co
26 Sep 1911	Cowan, Thos	car dropper	fell off loaded flat	arm broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 15
29 Sep 1911	Hunter, Henry	miner	fall of slate	broken leg	Hocking Coal co
2 Oct 1911	Tomlinson, Geo.	timberman	fall of slate	leg broken, ankle dislocated	Hocking Coal co
9 Oct 1911	Angove, Chas.	company man	fall of slate	fractured ankle	Wapello Coal Co
13 Oct 1911	Anderson, Axel	miner	fall of slate	back & hips bruised	Wapello Coal Co
19 Oct 1911	Hauxby, Wm	driver	caught by car	hip bones injured	Hocking Coal co
25 Oct 1911	Patrick, Geo	miner	fall of slate	ankle broken	Crescent Coal Co No 6
26 Oct 1911	Stutchel, Robert	trip rider	fell from car	arm broken	Consolidated Coal Co
30 Oct 1911	Milburn, Joe	driver	fall of slate	body bruised, hand mashed	Hocking Coal co
14 Nov 1911	Preston, Roy	coupler	caught between cars	leg broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 16
15 Nov 1911	Anderson, Martin	driver	run over by car	leg broken, body cut	Wapello Coal Co
15 Nov 1911	Brannen, Miles	miner	fall of slate	collar bone broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 16
17 Nov 1911	Fox, E J	miner	fall of slate	body bruised	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
15 Dec 1911	Cheaton, James	coupler	dropping cars to couple	leg broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 12
21 Dec 1911	Teasdale, Thompson	timberman	fall of slate	leg bruised	Hocking Coal co
23 Dec 1911	Woodward, W L	engineer	caught in machinery	bruised limbs	Coalfield Fuel Co
5 Jan 1912	Small, Wm	miner	fall of slate	bad cuts and left leg broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 16
5 Jan 1912	Scales, John	miner	fall of slate	foot mashed	Central Coal No 3
1 Feb 1912	Cooper, W A	shot firer	flying coal from shot	head, legs and arms cut	Consolidated Coal Co No 16
14 Feb 1912	Skinner, Charles	timberman	fall of slate	eye ball injured	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
16 Feb 1912	Johnson, Elmer	trapper	hit by pit car	right leg broken	Consolidated Coal Co No 12
3 Mar 1912	Carey, Talmage	driver	foot caught in switch	foot and ankle injured	Consolidated Coal Co No 17
7 Mar 1912	Brounx, W	timberman	fall of slate	broken hip	Albia Coal Co
9 Mar 1912	Ives, George	driver	run over by pit cars	finger cut off	Consolidated Coal Co No 12
12 Mar 1912	Brinker, Charles	driver	collision	right leg and body injured	Consolidated Coal Co No 17
15 Mar 1912	Stice, Jess	miner	fall of slate	hip and back hurt	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
15 Mar 1912	Angaron, Tony	driver	caught by car	sprained ankle	Hocking Coal co
20 May 1912	Sandeen, Simon	dayman	fall of slate	three toes mashed	Smoky Hollow Coal Co
1 Jun 1912	Garbin, Vic	miner	fall of slate	right leg broken	Smoky Hollow Coal Co

 

Sixteenth Biennial report of the State Mine Inspectors, to the Governor of the State of Iowa for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1912

 

by Iowa Department of Mine Inspectors