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#4: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Oakwood Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by France Kermit
Virgie, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516607

#4 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Oakwood Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1992 0
1991 16 59,711
1990 18 78,837
1989 16 49,939
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#4 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

August 20, 1991 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING TRACTOR HAULING COAL TO TAILPIECE RUN OVER A LUMP OF COAL CNA JARRED HIS BACK TO CAUSE THE INJURY.

June 10, 1991 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS HOOKING CAR TO TRACTOR ADN AS HE WAS BACK IN UP HIS SHILT SNAGED ON ROOF BOLT AND WAS CUAGHT BETWEEN TO AND THE TRACTOR

1989 · 1 incident

October 10, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

COAL WAS BEING PUSHED FROM RAM CAR TAILPIECE MAN WAS ON OTHER SIDE OF TAILPIECE PULLING HAND AGAINST THE ROOF