Clay County Mine Fatalities
1940-2004
(Source)From: Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
NAME | DEATH | CAUSE |
Abner, Curt | 6 November 1950 | Roof Fall |
Adams, Clint | 26 March 1946 | Roof Fall |
Bargo, John D. | 22 April 1959 | Roof Fall |
Bryant, Roscoe | 24 January 1952 | Roof Fall |
Burns, Johnny | 5 January 1959 | Haulage |
Carr, Robert | 17 January 1966 | Roof Fall |
Caudill, Marion | 19 June 1940 | Roof Fall |
Crawford, William J. | 22 January 1965 | Roof Fall |
Creighton, John | 20 October 1954 | Roof Fall |
Curry, John M. | 6August 1947 | Electrocution |
Dell, Delmus | 15 December 1960 | Roof Fall |
Edwards, James Henry | 23 December 1964 | Haulage |
Epperson, Woodrow | 22 May 1951 | Explosives |
Estep, Carl | 20 January 1965 | Electrocution |
Garrett, Dewey | 23 August 1962 | Haulage |
Gibson, Frankie | 16 July 1971 | Roof Fall |
Gibson, Gilbert | 27 October 1944 | Roof Fall |
Goins, Alex | 20 August 1940 | Roof Fall |
Gregory, Billie H. | 4 October 1961 | Electrocution |
Gregory, Ed | 17 July 1973 | Haulage |
Griffin, Robert | 12 March 1957 | Roof Fall |
Harris, Ernest | 16 July 1971 | Roof Fall |
Harris, Ledford | 26 December 1977 | Surface-Auger |
Hatfield, W. M. | 5 December 1944 | Roof Fall |
Hollin, John | 15 December 1948 | Roof Fall |
Hurley, Paul | 9 October 1946 | Roof Fall |
Jones, William | 13 November 1954 | Roof Fall |
Myers, George | 6 November 1961 | Roof Fall |
Powers, Bert E. | 15 December 1955 | Explosives |
Reed, Earl Jr. | 9 November 2004 | Machinery |
Reeves, Jesse | 11 June 1954 | Roof Fall |
Saylor, Oscar | 16 July 1971 | Roof Fall |
Shoupe, Raymond | 24 March 1960 | Electrocution |
Smith, Chriss James | 8 October 1952 | Haulage |
Smith, Earl | 23 January 1969 | Roof Fall |
Smith, Golden | 29 December 1961 | Haulage |
Smith, James | 12 October 1948 | Roof Fall |
Smith, Otis | 9 October 1946 | Roof Fall |
Smith, Tommy J. | 2 September 1993 | Haulage-Surface |
Steels, Joe | 8 January 1943 | Roof Fall |
Wagers, Beve | 25 November 1963 | Roof Fall |
Wagers, Charles | 30 September 1959 | Roof Fall |
Wilburn, Oscar | 10 January 1949 | Haulage |
Wooten, Lonzo | 22 December 1944 | Haulage |
Wooton, Corbon | 16 December 1948 | Roof Fall |