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Perry County Mine Fatalities

1940-1960

(Source)From: Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet

NAME DEATH CAUSE
Absher, Sam 16 July 1953 Haulage
Adams, Wade 11 January 1977Haulage
Allen, Henry 26 April 1947 Roof Fall
Alley, Ray22 June 1962 Haulage
Amett, Mack 29 July 1948 Haulage
Amis, Earl, Jr. 22 January 1977Surface-Auger
Ashley, Ernest11 June 1941 Roof Fall
Ashley, Jordan28 July 1941 Roof Fall
Baker, Chester C. 1 August 1967 Roof Fall
Baker, Michael Wayne 2 March 1998 Roof Fall
Banks, Ernest 14 May 1955Roof Fall
Barnes, Robert 21 November 1942Roof Fall
Begley, Bill 17 July 1943Roof Fall
Begley, Clay 11 July 1956Roof Fall
Beshear, Opal 25 January 1947 Surface-Underground
Bianchi, Robert 2 August 1944 Roof Fall
Bishop, B. E. 29 July 1948 Natural Causes
Blair, Robert 24 July 1957 Roof Fall
Blankenship, Don W. 8 December 1964 Electrocution
Blankenship, Johnny 20 March 1943 Haulage
Blair, Sammy 24 October 1968 Roof Fall
Blevins, Rodney K.22 October 2008 Machinery
Boggs, Glenn6 May 1968 Roof Fall
Brashear, Theodore 15 November 1945 Surface-Strip
Braxton, William 18 December 1947 Haulage
Bubnick, Paul 26 September 1952 Roof Fall
Burgett, Henderson 3 August 1950 Haulage
Burkhart, Bill12 June 1942 Roof Fall
Burkhart, Harrison 12 June 1942 Roof Fall
Burton, Ben F. 8/9/1948 Roof Fall
Campbell, Charles 8 June 1987Roof Fall
Campbell, Curt 9/3/1941 Roof Fall
Campbell, Sherman15 January 1951 Haulage
Carroll, James6 February 1943 Haulage
Carter, William H.9 March 1951 Haulage
Caudill, Gary R., Jr. 20 July 2001 Electrocution
Caudill, Larry B. 15 June 1988 Electrocution
Caudill, Timothy W.16 February 2006 Roof Fall
Clay, Shelby14 September 1943 Roof Fall
Clements, Euell 2 May 1972 Machinery
Clemmons, Kenney12 July 1945 Machinery
Cody, W. M. 10 April 1944 Roof Fall
Colewell, Henry22 August 1951 Roof Fall
Colewell, Sam22 October 1942 Roof Fall
Colewell, Taylor 22 August 1951 Roof Fall
Collins, Kella 29 May 1963 Roof Fall
Combs, Bona14 November 1945 Machinery
Combs, Burnis 9 October 1971Surface-strip
Combs, Chester3 December 1943 Roof Fall
Combs, Curtis24 April 1958 Surface-Underground
Combs, Fess18 July 1960 Roof Fall
Combs, Ivis 19 November 1951 Roof Fall
Combs, Jacie16 May 1946 Roof Fall
Combs, Lauza5 August 1947 Electrocution
Combs, Roy30 January 1940 Roof Fall
Conley, Paul11 August 1941 Haulage
Conway, Shelby 8 March 1977 Surface-Auger
Cornett , Buddy 13 December 1977Roof Fall
Cornett, Charles13 July 1955 Roof Fall
Cornett, Rudolph16 November 1953 Roof Fall
Couch, Richmond16 October 1956 Roof Fall
Couch, Robert1 February 1946 Roof Fall
Crabtree, Edward Thad23 November 1943 Roof Fall
Creech, Ervin 1 December 1944 Roof Fall
Cress, Worley12 July 1951 Roof Fall
Crutcher, Hershell27 January 1956 Haulage
Cuddy, Charley 14 February 1941 Roof Fall
Dalton, Nathan3 October 1950 Machinery
Daniel, Mitchell W.7 March 1943 Roof Fall
Davis, Berse 24 June 1949 Roof Fall
Deaton, Merlan31 May 1943 Haulage
Dixon, Robert10 November 1949 Roof Fall
Dobson, Edgar22 September 1941 Electrocution
Dyer, James Frank 23 June 1941 Roof Fall
Elam, Earl16 August 1947 Haulage
Elkins, John H. 10 August 1950 Roof Fall
Engle, Jason 14 December 1946 Roof Fall
Estridge, Clarence 18 August 1962 Machinery
Eversole, Roland5 December 1960 Roof Fall
Fannin, Ed Charles 16 October 1956 Roof Fall
Farler, William 14 November 1949 Roof Fall
Farmer, James27 December 1951 Roof Fall
Feltner, Hargis28 July 1942 Roof Fall
Fields, Benton 12 March 1957 Roof Fall
Fields, Esquire21 October 1944 Haulage
Fields, Madison27 March 1946 Roof Fall
Fisher, George27 July 1950 Roof Fall
Foster, Tylor27 September 1941 Roof Fall
Franks, Essie23 September 1944 Roof Fall
Fugate, Adam3 July 1955 Electrocution
Fugate, Bert19 February 1961 Roof Fall
Fugate, Clearance19 November 1946 Roof Fall
Fugate, Earl 5 February 1970Roof Fall
Fugate, Elbert5 February 1963 Roof Fall
Fugate, James C.7 December 1943 Roof Fall
Garrison, A. J. 2 December 1940 Roof Fall
Gayhart, James 4 February 1943 Blasting
Gibson ,Jake 27 August 1963 Roof Fall
Gibson, Lee25 June 1946 Electrocution
Graham, Harold Lee 19 September 2008 Machinery
Greer, Stanford A.4 December 1950 Machinery
Gribsy, Gregory 27 March 1975Surface-strip
Gross, Brack8 November 1957 Machinery
Gross, Clarence 5 March 1952 Haulage
Grubbs, Dave22 December 1944 Roof Fall
Guffy, John8 March 1941 Roof Fall
Gwin, Donnie G. 11 February 1977 Surface-Auger
Hall, Burness26 July 1944 Haulage
Hall, Delmer11 August 1948 Roof Fall
Hall, Sylvin24 August 1951 Roof Fall
Hammonds, Lonnie15 September 1948 Roof Fall
Harper, Clayton 4/21/1943 Roof Fall
Harris, Eddie 21 January 2000 Machinery
Hatton, Chester2 March 1956 Roof Fall
Hayes, Leonard5 July 1943 Blasting
Hensley, James 4 December 1972 Roof Fall
Hensley, Kelly28 February 1959 Roof Fall
Herald, James C. 29 November 1947 Haulage
Herald, Richard 25 July 1942 Roof Fall
Hibbard, Garland1 February 1955 Roof Fall
Hicks, James 12 February 1965Haulage
Hicks, Mack4 September 1943 Machinery
Hollins, William 17 March 2003 Haulage
Howard, James E. 10/22/1947 Roof Fall
Howard, Jim29 January 1944 Electrocution
Howard, John G. 4 January 1951 Electrocution
Huff, Bert11 March 1940 Roof Fall
Huff, Johnnie 11 March 1940 Roof Fall
Huff, Luther11 March 1940 Roof Fall
Huff, Paul 11 March 1940 Roof Fall
Hughes, Scott25 January 1942 Roof Fall
Hurt, Jackson23 January 1941 Roof Fall
Jent, Arlie 13 November 1967 Roof Fall
Johnson, Richard22 May 1945 Roof Fall
Johnson, Will 24 Nobvember 1941 Roof Fall
Johnson, William 16 March 1971 Surface-Auger
Jones, Clarence 27 December 1961Roof Fall
Keith, Melvin2 March 1951 Machinery
Kilburn, Floyd25 October 1947 Roof Fall
King, Lee28 January 1940 Roof Fall
Knaff, Brown 9 March 1940 Haulage
Lewis, Cowley A.27 September 1972Explosives
Lewis, Wayland 19 April 1943 Roof Fall
Liles, George W. 28 July 1943 Roof Fall
Maggard, Curt4 January 1943 Roof Fall
Marinch, John 25 May 1943 Roof Fall
McCarty, E. W.30 March 1952 Roof Fall
McCray, Herbert27 December 1951 Roof Fall
McDaniel, Chester9 August 1948 Roof Fall
McFadden, Okley 19 December 2947 Roof Fall
McGeorge, Theodore 18 May 1950 Haulage
McIntosh, Nathaniel 13 July 1944 Roof Fall
McIntosh, Raymond 4 April 1984 Machinery
McIntosh, Robert 23 July 1942 Haulage
Miller, Roger 23 August 1982 Roof Fall
Moore, Robert 12 December 1949 Roof Fall
Moore, Velmer27 December 1951 Roof Fall
Morris, Neo 15 February 1944 Roof Fall
Morris, Sim27 March 1942 Roof Fall
Mullins, Adam19 March 1950 Roof Fall
Mullins, Carl 17 March 1947 Roof Fall
Napier, James26 June 1942 Haulage
Napier, Wilbur 16 December 1966 Roof Fall
Neace, Lewis 1 July 1943 Haulage
Noble, James K. 1 December 1947 Roof Fall
Nucci, Armido 30 July 1952 Haulage
Olinger, Bill 1 May 1941 Roof Fall
Olinger, Palmer23 August 1943 Roof Fall
Owens, Edd11 April 1949 Natural Causes
Owens, Watson5 July 1945 Haulage
Parker, Maynard 7 January 1942 Haulage
Parker, Pearl Carl 24 October 1940 Natural Causes
Parris, Billy14 August 1941 Electrocution
Pastrick, Nick12 May 1945 Roof Fall
Peake, John Cway31 October 1947 Roof Fall
Pelfrey, Curtis29 April 1948 Roof Fall
Pelfrey, Everett20 January 1944 Surface-Underground
Pennington, Logan3 June 1959 Roof Fall
Perkins, Steve15 January 1943 Roof Fall
Pigmon, Estill1 October 1946 Roof Fall
Pratt, John M.16 June 1944 Electrocution
Raleigh, Bent2 August 1948 Natural Causes
Ramsey, Robert 20 November 1965 Machinery
Rice, Everett L. 11 August 1948 Roof Fall
Richie, Bailis12 April 1944 Roof Fall
Richie, Chester2 April 1957 Roof Fall
Richie, Everett7 January 1949 Haulage
Riley, Ance14 November 1947 Blasting
Riley, Shade, Jr. 26 January 1989 Explosives
Ritcherson, Mitchell12 June 1946 Roof Fall
Roberts, Alfred4 February 1948 Roof Fall
Robertson, Arthur 13 March 1961 Haulage
Russell, Pearl25 November 1940 Roof Fall
Sawyer, Harvey12 November 1945 Roof Fall
Sellers, Leslie25 October 1950 Haulage
Selvey, Ralph20 September 1950 Roof Fall
Sharp, Arnold 13 November 1945 Roof Fall
Shelton, Gorden3 July 1946 Roof Fall
Shepherd, Bentley 5 March 1965 Roof Fall
Shepherd, David Earl 18 October 1982 Roof Fall
Shively, Justice 8/30/1948 Roof Fall
Sizemore, Clyde17 September 1973Haulage
Sizemore, Dave 1/16/1945 Haulage
Slover, John M. 7 July 1944 Roof Fall
Smith, Dewey 12 January 1967Surface-strip
Smith, Earl T. 8 April 1968 Surface-strip
Smith, George 21 March 1951 Roof Fall
Smith, John Henry11 May 1949 Roof Fall
Smith, Talbert 12 June 1941 Roof Fall
Smith, Van 9 August 1949 Roof Fall
Spencer, Acy10 September 1953 Roof Fall
Spencer, George16 July 1952 Roof Fall
Stacey, Dewey 16 May 1952 Surface-Underground
Stallard, Jesse5 December 1960 Roof Fall
Stamper, Arch22 December 1940Machinery
Stout, Laurence10 January 1950 Roof Fall
Sturgill, Carl 12 September 1963 Roof Fall
Suffridge, Millar Lee9 January 1946 Electrocution
Sullivan, Verbon15 April 1947 Roof Fall
Sumner, Leonard 11 April 1949Roof Fall
Tackett, Emery 24 September 1943 Roof Fall
Taylor, Clarence M. 9 January 1945Roof Fall
Taylor, John12 August 1946Roof Fall
Thompson, Walter 19 July 1979Machinery
Thompson, Willis13 April 1949Roof Fall
Turner, Billy Ray 18 April 1986Electrocution
Turner, Bruce 12 April 1995 Haulage-Surface
Turner, Fred17 March 1951Machinery
Turner, James 1 November 1956 Electrocution
Turner, John B.8 October 1942Machinery
Turner, Nathan23 November 1955Roof Fall
Walker, Derris16 January 1956Haulage
Watkins, Harlan7 November 1945Haulage
Watts, Jack20 September 1953Haulage
Whitaker, Amon11 January 1941Roof Fall
Whitaker, Thomas10 August 1950Roof Fall
White, Green15 December 1950Roof Fall
Whitt, Cecil18 June 1951Roof Fall
Wicker, Mart 27 November 2001 Prep Plant Fall
Wilcox, Cecil25 June 1940Roof Fall
Williams, Adam12 November 1951Roof Fall
Williams, Arnold3 September 1940Haulage
Williams, Bill 15 April 1995Machinery-Surface
Williams, Eddie13 July 1955Roof Fall
Williams, Fred22 February 1944Roof Fall
Williams, James G. 4 April 2003 Haulage
Williams, Will 11 December 1965 Roof Fall
Williston, Albert25 April 1942Roof Fall
Wright, Alex25 April 1942Roof Fall
Wyatt, Ernest24 June 1949Roof Fall
Yancey, Edward18 July 1960Roof Fall
Yonts, Elijah17 July 1957Haulage
York, Clarence16 April 1948Machinery
Young, Joe8 April 1943Haulage