Company:  West Kentucky Coal Company   (Date Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window Displays all records in descending fatality order   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 08/04/1917 West Kentucky No. 7  Clay, KY Bituminous Explosion 62 06/08/1925 West Kentucky No. 9  Sturgis, KY Bituminous Explosion 17 08/03/1927 West Kentucky No. 7  Clay, KY Bituminous Explosion 16 11/30/1942 West Kentucky No. 10  Providence, KY Bituminous Explosion 6 03/12/1934 West Kentucky No. 10  Wheatcroft, KY Bituminous Fire 5

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