Mining Incidents

Cowpen Mine Coal

Resurrection Coal, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Jerry Tackett
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519196

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
May 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
633
citations
139
significant & substantial
$113,108
proposed penalties
$26,172
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,547 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 14,201 43 8 3028.0
2023 Q2 13,921 22 5 1580.3
2023 Q1 12,253 55 14 4488.7
2022 Q4 11,191 46 7 4110.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

May 4, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calvary Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

Was putting a curtain board up & hit elbow on t-bar causing laceration. Currently off work for bone infection unsure if related.

2009 · 1 incident

February 16, 2009 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calvary Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Picking rock and felt pain in left shoulder. * Previous accident on 4 wheeler.

2008 · 1 incident

October 16, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Calvary Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Drilling hole in roof and left hand, middle finger, got caught between roof and steel. Negative x-ray, but now referred to hand surgeon. Released to light duty.