Lost Mountain Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING DEEP MINE RAIL FROM AN OPEN COAL PIT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED MILD PAIN IN THE LUMBAR SECTION OF HIS BACK THE PAIN PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE
#2 Surface Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Lost Mountain Mining Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
Dice,
Perry County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505325
MSHA record for #2 Surface Mine (mine ID 1505325). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- May 1984
Ownership history
- Newcon Coals Inc 1971 to 1979
- Lost Mountain Mining Inc 1979 to 1981
- Lost Mountain Mining Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#2 Surface Mine sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1984 · 1 incident
1983 · 1 incident
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Fall from ladders
USING A LADDER TO CLIMB OFF TOP OF TRANSFORMER.BEFORE CLIMBING DOWN,EMPL EXTENDED LADDER-FAILED TO LATCH AND AS EMPL MADE FIRST STEP,LADDER COLLAPSED.