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Alamo Surface Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Field, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518054

MSHA record for Alamo Surface Mine (mine ID 1518054). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
11
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 11 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Alamo Surface Mine sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

October 12, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS REPLACING RADIATOR ON EXCAVATOR. THE TRIGGER THAT LOWERS THE WINCH MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING IT TO LOWER TO QUICKLY. HE TRIED TO GRAB THE RADIATOR AND HURT HIS LOWER BA CK. SUPERVISION WAS NOTIFIED ON 10/20/99.

September 8, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

AFTER HE LOADED THE TRUCK IT STALLED. BY THE TIME HE HAD THE TRUCK RE-STARTED, HE WAS ALREADY IN THE CURVE WHERE THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK.

1998 · 2 incidents

September 23, 1998 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.

August 26, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING PARTS RUNNER IN UNLOADING REPAIR PARTS. A LARGE PIN FELL OFF THE TRUCK AND STRUCK HIS FOOT BREAKING A TOE.