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No 5 Coal

Controlled by Blankenship Virgus
Regina, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515552

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

March 12, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUBJECT WAS 2 BREAKS INSIDE FROM DRIFT, LIFTED HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE OVER HIS SHOULDER AND COMPLAINED WITH BACK PAIN.

1989 · 1 incident

September 21, 1989 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONTINOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP A BUCKET OF BITS WHEN HE SAID A SHARP PAIN HIT HIM IN THE BACK AREA.

1988 · 4 incidents

October 17, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 180' FT INBY SPAD #644 ON BLEEDER SYSTEM, MEASURES ABOUT 20' FT WIDE 20 FT LONG AND 5 FT THICK. THERE WERE 3 CRIBS BUILD TO HALT FURTHER ROOF FALL.

August 18, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PERSONNEL CARRIER STUCK ON POINT AND TRAPPED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN TAILPIECE AND PERSONNEL CARRIER.