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Cherokee Gap: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Addington Inc · Surface
Webbville, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515856

MSHA record for Cherokee Gap (mine ID 1515856). 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
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Addington Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cherokee Gap sits in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Lawrence County, Kentucky · Population 16,171
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,584
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

1987 · 3 incidents

August 12, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Addington Inc · Struck by flying object

STRINGING OUT C5PS FOR SHOT WHEN CAP WENT OFF IN HAND PENETRATING METAL IN THE HAND ARM AND FACE

June 26, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Addington Inc · Struck against stationary object

STARTED TO GET 3N GREASE TRUCK AND THE DOOR WASNT ROLLED ALL THE WAY UP AND HIT HEAD ON THE DOOR

May 9, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Addington Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON WATER PUMP USED TO PUMP WATGER OUT OF THE COAL PIT HE PULLED SUCTION H OSE FROM WATER PUMP BACK PRESSURE FROM HOSE KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND & HE HIT HIS ARM ON A ROCK ARM WAS CUT BRU3SED BONE & SWELLING