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Atlas Mining Co Inc #3: 1 reportable incident Coal

Atlas Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Charles E Yates
Willard, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514448

MSHA record for Atlas Mining Co Inc #3 (mine ID 1514448). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Atlas Mining Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Atlas Mining Co Inc #3 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

July 10, 1984 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Atlas Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ON SCOOP GOING OUT OF MINE.PUT HAND IN FRONT OF SCOOP TO REGAIN BALANCE AFTER SCOOP JOLTED HIM A LITTLE.SCOOP DRIVER ACCIDENTLY RAISED BUCKET MASHING MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN BU CKET AND SCOOP.EMPL FINGER WAS CLEANED,SUTURED,BANDAGED ,OFF WORK 3-6 WEEKS.