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#5 Auger: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Trosper Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Trosper Julian
Gray, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518027

#5 Auger has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1998.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
Ownership history
  1. Trosper Mining Inc 1998 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)
1998 2 4,113
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#5 Auger sits in Knox 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

April 1, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trosper Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NOSE GUARD HYD. CYL. RETAINING PEN CAME OUT. INJURED WAS LINING PEN UP WITH HOLE. HE TOLD OPERATOR TO PULL CYL. BACK A LITTLE. WHEN OPERATOR PULLED CYL. BACK IT CAUGHT INJURED'S RIGHT HAND CUT TING HIM BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

March 6, 1998 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trosper Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING BROKEN LATCH PIN IN AUGER SECTION. WHENB HE ROLLED AUGER SECTION OVER TO REPLACE LATCH PIN HE HIT A STACK OF AUGER SECTIONS CAUSING ONE TO ROLL OFF STACK & MASH LEFT THUMB. SM ALL FRACTURE AND 4 STITCHES.