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#4 Punch Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Gemco Energies Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jimmy W Tackett
Sassafras, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517915

MSHA record for #4 Punch Mine (mine ID 1517915). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Ownership history
  1. Gemco Energies Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#4 Punch Mine sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
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

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

August 1, 1997 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gemco Energies Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS TAKING AROCK OUT FROM THE TAIL PIECE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ONTO THE BELT. WHEN HE JUMPED FROM THE BELT, HE FELL, BREAKING BOTH OF HIS WRIST.