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#1: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Daugherty Roger A
Majestic, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517279

MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 1517279). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. Blue Ridge Coal Corp 1992 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1993 · 6 incidents

January 26, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHAINED SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS PUTTING TRACK ON D9L DOZER. MASHING HIS RIGHT THUMB.

January 6, 1993 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS OBSERVING COAL LOADER, STEPPED TO GO INTO PIT, LOST FOOTING, STRUCK ROCK WITH LEFT KNEE, CUTTING TO BONE AT JOINT.

January 4, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE GREASING BOOM ARMS OF 475C MICHIGAN LOADER, HE LOST FOOTING (WET AND MUDDY CONDITIONS) FALLING AGAINST MACHINE SEVERAL PLACES, PRIOR TO HITTING GROUND, CAUSING BRUISES AND SORENESS.

1992 · 1 incident

December 21, 1992 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Ridge Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS THE OPERATOR OF THE 992 C CAT ENDLOADER WHICH WAS BRING WORKED ON BY A MECHAINC EE REPORTED HE WAS STANDING ON THE TIRE AND FELL AND HIT THE LOADER BUCKET INJURED HIS BACK HE DID NOT RE PORT ANY INJURY TO HIS FOREMAN. HE WORKED THIS REST OF SHIFT THIS DAY AND 10 HRS SHIFT FOR EACH FOLLOWING 2 DAYS.