Mining Incidents

No 17 Coal

Laurel Ridge Coal Company · Underground
Ashcamp, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510707

MSHA record for No 17 (mine ID 1510707). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

February 19, 1987 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Laurel Ridge Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM 7OP INTO THE DECK OF A BATTERY POWERED TRACTOR AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG AND BROKE THE LEG BELOW THE KNEE

January 3, 1987 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Laurel Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

THE FALL IS DUE3TO A FAULT IN THE TOP WHICH RUNS ON A NEAR STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE MINE. THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL MORE FALLS ALONG THE SAME FAULT LINE

1986 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1986 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Laurel Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A FAULT LINE HA8 RUN THROUGHOUT ENTIRE MINE. ADD. SUPPORT WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE FALL. THE FALL BLOCKED THE RETURN ESCAPEWAY.

1985 · 2 incidents

1984 · 3 incidents

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The full compliance file on No 17

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.