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 1977 | Haulage |
Allen, Henry | 26 April 1947 | Roof Fall |
Alley, Ray | 22 June 1962 | Haulage | Amett, Mack | 29 July 1948 | Haulage |
Amis, Earl, Jr. | 22 January 1977 | Surface-Auger |
Ashley, Ernest | 11 June 1941 | Roof Fall |
Ashley, Jordan | 28 July 1941 | Roof Fall |
Baker, Chester C. | 1 August 1967 | Roof Fall |
Baker, Michael Wayne | 2 March 1998 | Roof Fall |
Banks, Ernest | 14 May 1955 | Roof Fall |
Barnes, Robert | 21 November 1942 | Roof Fall |
Begley, Bill | 17 July 1943 | Roof Fall |
Begley, Clay | 11 July 1956 | Roof 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, Glenn | 6 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, Bill | 12 June 1942 | Roof Fall |
Burkhart, Harrison | 12 June 1942 | Roof Fall |
Burton, Ben F. | 8/9/1948 | Roof Fall |
Campbell, Charles | 8 June 1987 | Roof Fall |
Campbell, Curt | 9/3/1941 | Roof Fall |
Campbell, Sherman | 15 January 1951 | Haulage |
Carroll, James | 6 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, Shelby | 14 September 1943 | Roof Fall |
Clements, Euell | 2 May 1972 | Machinery |
Clemmons, Kenney | 12 July 1945 | Machinery |
Cody, W. M. | 10 April 1944 | Roof Fall |
Colewell, Henry | 22 August 1951 | Roof Fall |
Colewell, Sam | 22 October 1942 | Roof Fall |
Colewell, Taylor | 22 August 1951 | Roof Fall |
Collins, Kella | 29 May 1963 | Roof Fall |
Combs, Bona | 14 November 1945 | Machinery |
Combs, Burnis | 9 October 1971 | Surface-strip |
Combs, Chester | 3 December 1943 | Roof Fall |
Combs, Curtis | 24 April 1958 | Surface-Underground |
Combs, Fess | 18 July 1960 | Roof Fall |
Combs, Ivis | 19 November 1951 | Roof Fall |
Combs, Jacie | 16 May 1946 | Roof Fall |
Combs, Lauza | 5 August 1947 | Electrocution |
Combs, Roy | 30 January 1940 | Roof Fall |
Conley, Paul | 11 August 1941 | Haulage |
Conway, Shelby | 8 March 1977 | Surface-Auger |
Cornett , Buddy | 13 December 1977 | Roof Fall |
Cornett, Charles | 13 July 1955 | Roof Fall |
Cornett, Rudolph | 16 November 1953 | Roof Fall |
Couch, Richmond | 16 October 1956 | Roof Fall |
Couch, Robert | 1 February 1946 | Roof Fall |
Crabtree, Edward Thad | 23 November 1943 | Roof Fall |
Creech, Ervin | 1 December 1944 | Roof Fall |
Cress, Worley | 12 July 1951 | Roof Fall |
Crutcher, Hershell | 27 January 1956 | Haulage |
Cuddy, Charley | 14 February 1941 | Roof Fall |
Dalton, Nathan | 3 October 1950 | Machinery |
Daniel, Mitchell W. | 7 March 1943 | Roof Fall |
Davis, Berse | 24 June 1949 | Roof Fall |
Deaton, Merlan | 31 May 1943 | Haulage |
Dixon, Robert | 10 November 1949 | Roof Fall |
Dobson, Edgar | 22 September 1941 | Electrocution |
Dyer, James Frank | 23 June 1941 | Roof Fall |
Elam, Earl | 16 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, Roland | 5 December 1960 | Roof Fall |
Fannin, Ed Charles | 16 October 1956 | Roof Fall |
Farler, William | 14 November 1949 | Roof Fall |
Farmer, James | 27 December 1951 | Roof Fall |
Feltner, Hargis | 28 July 1942 | Roof Fall |
Fields, Benton | 12 March 1957 | Roof Fall |
Fields, Esquire | 21 October 1944 | Haulage |
Fields, Madison | 27 March 1946 | Roof Fall |
Fisher, George | 27 July 1950 | Roof Fall |
Foster, Tylor | 27 September 1941 | Roof Fall |
Franks, Essie | 23 September 1944 | Roof Fall |
Fugate, Adam | 3 July 1955 | Electrocution |
Fugate, Bert | 19 February 1961 | Roof Fall |
Fugate, Clearance | 19 November 1946 | Roof Fall |
Fugate, Earl | 5 February 1970 | Roof Fall |
Fugate, Elbert | 5 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, Lee | 25 June 1946 | Electrocution |
Graham, Harold Lee | 19 September 2008 | Machinery |
Greer, Stanford A. | 4 December 1950 | Machinery |
Gribsy, Gregory | 27 March 1975 | Surface-strip |
Gross, Brack | 8 November 1957 | Machinery |
Gross, Clarence | 5 March 1952 | Haulage |
Grubbs, Dave | 22 December 1944 | Roof Fall |
Guffy, John | 8 March 1941 | Roof Fall |
Gwin, Donnie G. | 11 February 1977 | Surface-Auger |
Hall, Burness | 26 July 1944 | Haulage |
Hall, Delmer | 11 August 1948 | Roof Fall |
Hall, Sylvin | 24 August 1951 | Roof Fall |
Hammonds, Lonnie | 15 September 1948 | Roof Fall |
Harper, Clayton | 4/21/1943 | Roof Fall |
Harris, Eddie | 21 January 2000 | Machinery |
Hatton, Chester | 2 March 1956 | Roof Fall |
Hayes, Leonard | 5 July 1943 | Blasting |
Hensley, James | 4 December 1972 | Roof Fall |
Hensley, Kelly | 28 February 1959 | Roof Fall |
Herald, James C. | 29 November 1947 | Haulage |
Herald, Richard | 25 July 1942 | Roof Fall |
Hibbard, Garland | 1 February 1955 | Roof Fall |
Hicks, James | 12 February 1965 | Haulage |
Hicks, Mack | 4 September 1943 | Machinery |
Hollins, William | 17 March 2003 | Haulage |
Howard, James E. | 10/22/1947 | Roof Fall |
Howard, Jim | 29 January 1944 | Electrocution |
Howard, John G. | 4 January 1951 | Electrocution |
Huff, Bert | 11 March 1940 | Roof Fall |
Huff, Johnnie | 11 March 1940 | Roof Fall |
Huff, Luther | 11 March 1940 | Roof Fall |
Huff, Paul | 11 March 1940 | Roof Fall |
Hughes, Scott | 25 January 1942 | Roof Fall |
Hurt, Jackson | 23 January 1941 | Roof Fall |
Jent, Arlie | 13 November 1967 | Roof Fall |
Johnson, Richard | 22 May 1945 | Roof Fall |
Johnson, Will | 24 Nobvember 1941 | Roof Fall |
Johnson, William | 16 March 1971 | Surface-Auger |
Jones, Clarence | 27 December 1961 | Roof Fall |
Keith, Melvin | 2 March 1951 | Machinery |
Kilburn, Floyd | 25 October 1947 | Roof Fall |
King, Lee | 28 January 1940 | Roof Fall |
Knaff, Brown | 9 March 1940 | Haulage |
Lewis, Cowley A. | 27 September 1972 | Explosives |
Lewis, Wayland | 19 April 1943 | Roof Fall |
Liles, George W. | 28 July 1943 | Roof Fall |
Maggard, Curt | 4 January 1943 | Roof Fall |
Marinch, John | 25 May 1943 | Roof Fall |
McCarty, E. W. | 30 March 1952 | Roof Fall |
McCray, Herbert | 27 December 1951 | Roof Fall |
McDaniel, Chester | 9 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, Velmer | 27 December 1951 | Roof Fall |
Morris, Neo | 15 February 1944 | Roof Fall |
Morris, Sim | 27 March 1942 | Roof Fall |
Mullins, Adam | 19 March 1950 | Roof Fall |
Mullins, Carl | 17 March 1947 | Roof Fall |
Napier, James | 26 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, Palmer | 23 August 1943 | Roof Fall |
Owens, Edd | 11 April 1949 | Natural Causes |
Owens, Watson | 5 July 1945 | Haulage |
Parker, Maynard | 7 January 1942 | Haulage |
Parker, Pearl Carl | 24 October 1940 | Natural Causes |
Parris, Billy | 14 August 1941 | Electrocution |
Pastrick, Nick | 12 May 1945 | Roof Fall |
Peake, John Cway | 31 October 1947 | Roof Fall |
Pelfrey, Curtis | 29 April 1948 | Roof Fall |
Pelfrey, Everett | 20 January 1944 | Surface-Underground |
Pennington, Logan | 3 June 1959 | Roof Fall |
Perkins, Steve | 15 January 1943 | Roof Fall |
Pigmon, Estill | 1 October 1946 | Roof Fall |
Pratt, John M. | 16 June 1944 | Electrocution |
Raleigh, Bent | 2 August 1948 | Natural Causes |
Ramsey, Robert | 20 November 1965 | Machinery |
Rice, Everett L. | 11 August 1948 | Roof Fall |
Richie, Bailis | 12 April 1944 | Roof Fall |
Richie, Chester | 2 April 1957 | Roof Fall |
Richie, Everett | 7 January 1949 | Haulage |
Riley, Ance | 14 November 1947 | Blasting |
Riley, Shade, Jr. | 26 January 1989 | Explosives |
Ritcherson, Mitchell | 12 June 1946 | Roof Fall |
Roberts, Alfred | 4 February 1948 | Roof Fall |
Robertson, Arthur | 13 March 1961 | Haulage |
Russell, Pearl | 25 November 1940 | Roof Fall |
Sawyer, Harvey | 12 November 1945 | Roof Fall |
Sellers, Leslie | 25 October 1950 | Haulage |
Selvey, Ralph | 20 September 1950 | Roof Fall |
Sharp, Arnold | 13 November 1945 | Roof Fall |
Shelton, Gorden | 3 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, Clyde | 17 September 1973 | Haulage |
Sizemore, Dave | 1/16/1945 | Haulage |
Slover, John M. | 7 July 1944 | Roof Fall |
Smith, Dewey | 12 January 1967 | Surface-strip |
Smith, Earl T. | 8 April 1968 | Surface-strip |
Smith, George | 21 March 1951 | Roof Fall |
Smith, John Henry | 11 May 1949 | Roof Fall |
Smith, Talbert | 12 June 1941 | Roof Fall |
Smith, Van | 9 August 1949 | Roof Fall |
Spencer, Acy | 10 September 1953 | Roof Fall |
Spencer, George | 16 July 1952 | Roof Fall |
Stacey, Dewey | 16 May 1952 | Surface-Underground |
Stallard, Jesse | 5 December 1960 | Roof Fall |
Stamper, Arch | 22 December 1940 | Machinery |
Stout, Laurence | 10 January 1950 | Roof Fall |
Sturgill, Carl | 12 September 1963 | Roof Fall |
Suffridge, Millar Lee | 9 January 1946 | Electrocution |
Sullivan, Verbon | 15 April 1947 | Roof Fall |
Sumner, Leonard | 11 April 1949 | Roof Fall |
Tackett, Emery | 24 September 1943 | Roof Fall |
Taylor, Clarence M. | 9 January 1945 | Roof Fall |
Taylor, John | 12 August 1946 | Roof Fall |
Thompson, Walter | 19 July 1979 | Machinery |
Thompson, Willis | 13 April 1949 | Roof Fall |
Turner, Billy Ray | 18 April 1986 | Electrocution |
Turner, Bruce | 12 April 1995 | Haulage-Surface |
Turner, Fred | 17 March 1951 | Machinery |
Turner, James | 1 November 1956 | Electrocution |
Turner, John B. | 8 October 1942 | Machinery |
Turner, Nathan | 23 November 1955 | Roof Fall |
Walker, Derris | 16 January 1956 | Haulage |
Watkins, Harlan | 7 November 1945 | Haulage |
Watts, Jack | 20 September 1953 | Haulage |
Whitaker, Amon | 11 January 1941 | Roof Fall |
Whitaker, Thomas | 10 August 1950 | Roof Fall |
White, Green | 15 December 1950 | Roof Fall |
Whitt, Cecil | 18 June 1951 | Roof Fall |
Wicker, Mart | 27 November 2001 | Prep Plant Fall |
Wilcox, Cecil | 25 June 1940 | Roof Fall |
Williams, Adam | 12 November 1951 | Roof Fall |
Williams, Arnold | 3 September 1940 | Haulage |
Williams, Bill | 15 April 1995 | Machinery-Surface |
Williams, Eddie | 13 July 1955 | Roof Fall |
Williams, Fred | 22 February 1944 | Roof Fall |
Williams, James G. | 4 April 2003 | Haulage |
Williams, Will | 11 December 1965 | Roof Fall |
Williston, Albert | 25 April 1942 | Roof Fall |
Wright, Alex | 25 April 1942 | Roof Fall |
Wyatt, Ernest | 24 June 1949 | Roof Fall |
Yancey, Edward | 18 July 1960 | Roof Fall |
Yonts, Elijah | 17 July 1957 | Haulage |
York, Clarence | 16 April 1948 | Machinery |
Young, Joe | 8 April 1943 | Haulage |