Mining Incidents

Ampak Mine #7: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Ampak Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kretzer Peggy A
Drift, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515417

MSHA record for Ampak Mine #7 (mine ID 1515417). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Southern Hills Mining Company Inc 1985 to 1987
  2. Southern Hills Mining Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  3. Ampak Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ampak Mine #7 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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

1986 · 2 incidents

October 24, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Hills Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE TRUCK WAS3BEING LOADED UNDER AUGER I.NAME WAS PICKING ROCK OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT AND HURT HIS BACK