Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
OUTCROP MINING. WATER IN TOP OF ROOF FALL.
#3 Punch Mine: 12 reportable incidents Coal
Gemco Energies Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Jimmy W Tackett
Sassafras,
Knott County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517653
MSHA record for #3 Punch Mine (mine ID 1517653). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1996–1999
- Latest incident
- Apr 1999
Ownership history
- Midnight Coal Corp 1995 to 1995
- Gemco Energies Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
#3 Punch Mine sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file1999 · 3 incidents
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
THE ENTRY HAD DEVELOPED WATER IN THE ROOF CAUSING THE SHALE TOP TO WEAKEN. IT WAS IN THE INTAKE #8 ENTRY, 1900 UNDERGROUND. VENTILATION IS NOT INTERUPTED.
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
THE AREA IN THE RETURN HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF FOR 1 MONTH. THE ROOF WAS WET AND TEST HOLES SHOWED A 4' CRACK. IT FELL BETWEEN THE CRIBS BETWEEN #1 & #2 RETURN. #3 VENTILATION IS NOT RESTRICTED.
1998 · 4 incidents
Gemco Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE SAID HE WAS HANGING CABLE ON MINER. WHEN HE GOT HIS FOOT UNDER MINER DECK. RIGHT FOOT.
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WATER DEVELOPED IN TOP ON FIRST RT OFF #5 BELT. FELL IN #1 ENTRY AT FACE. 80 FT LONG, 5 FT HIGH, AND #4 + #3 ENTRIES ROOM NECKS #4 + #3 ABOUT 35 FT LONG 5 FT HIGH. HAD PULLED OFF SECTION FOR WEEK AND 1/2.
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WATER DEVELOPED IN TOP.THE FALL OCCURRED OUTBY SPAD 562,ON H LEFT PANEL FROM 0 TO 80' LONG FROM O TO 20' WIDE.6' HIGH.WHILE MAKING RETURN FOUND A NADISHANLA FALL ON 4 LEFT PANEL 40' BY20' SECO ND OPEN X CUT.IN #2 ENTRY 4'4"HIGH. WATER IN TOPOF COAL SEAM.
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WATER DEVELOPED IN THE TOP OF THE FALL OCCURRED IN SECTION 4L OFF #4 MAIN IN THE RETURN. VENTILATION WAS NOT DISTURBED.
1997 · 1 incident
April 7, 1997
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Gemco Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WENT TO HIS SHUTTLE CAR AS HE STARTED TO MOUNT THE MACHINE, HIS FOOT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK THE POWER FEED, THE MACHINE ROLLED F0RWARD PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE MACHINE & RIB
1996 · 4 incidents
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SMALL COAL SEAM ABOVE FALL.
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
CROSSCUT #23 IN #4 ENTRY. HAD 1 HILLSEAMS ON AN ANGLE ACROSS INTERSECTION. TIMBER WAS USED.
January 20, 1996
KY · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gemco Energies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DOEN SOMETHING TO HIS KNEE WHLE HANGING CURTAINS.
Gemco Energies Inc · Accident type, without injuries
HORSE'S BACKS IN & NEAR WHERE ROCK FALL IS. FALLOCCURRED IN INTERSECTION #15 IN #5 ENTRY. DIDNOTRESTRICT IN AIR.