Mining Incidents

#4 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Coal Power Inc · Surface
Controlled by Price Robert T
Scuddy, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514537

MSHA record for #4 Surface (mine ID 1514537). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Coal Power Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#4 Surface sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
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

3 on file

1989 · 1 incident

March 27, 1989 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Coal Power Inc · Struck against stationary object

245 BACKHOE WOULD NOT START, WAS GETTING DOWN FROM MACHINE (TO BOOST) STEPPED ON ROCK, TURNING LEFT ANKLE.

1985 · 2 incidents

July 30, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Coal Power Inc · Struck against a moving object

PUSHING IN SHOT WITH DOZER, HIT SOLID ROCK AND CAUSED SHOCK TO BACK.

July 12, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal Power Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MECHANIC WAS WASHING OUT YOKE ON 3309 BACKDUMP WITH GASOLINE. GASOLINE SPLASHED IN RIGHT EYE WHILE MECHANIC WAS WASHING PARTS.