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#1: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Ashcamp Construction Inc · Underground
Controlled by Merritt F M
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515532

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1515532). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Sharp Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
  2. Ashcamp Construction Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 5, 1988 KY · Coal scoop car operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ashcamp Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

THE SCOOP OPERATOR WENT FROM NO. 4 HEADING TOWARD NO. 3 HEADING TRAVELING THROUGH THE NO. 4 LEFT BREAK WHEN HE TRAVLED OUT FROM UNDER SUPPORTED ROOF IN THE NO. 4 LEFT BREAK AND WAS KILLED BY F ALLING ROCK.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 1 incident

December 9, 1987 KY · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ashcamp Construction Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GR9ASING BELT HEAD WHICH IS MOUNTED 4' HIGH,FELL HIT SHOULDER ON METAL BRACE.

1986 · 1 incident

October 22, 1986 KY · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sharp Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I NAME WAS HELP3NG ON A LOADER CABLE WHEN HURT RIGHT LEG.