Mining Incidents

Cowpen MineCoal

Controlled by Jerry Tackett
Pikeville, Pike County, KY · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519196
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
May 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

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

Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

2008 · 1 incident

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.