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Clay Co #3 Strip: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by James J Kocian
Manchester, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517494

MSHA record for Clay Co #3 Strip (mine ID 1517494). 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
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Clay Co #3 Strip sits in Clay County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Clay County, Kentucky · Population 20,105
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$39,607
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

1994 · 3 incidents

December 19, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF BUILDING AN ACCESS ROAD TO NEW DRILL BENCH AS HE MADE A PASS WITH HIS DOZER A TREE LIMB FLIPPED UP FROM THE SIDE OF THE DOZER BREAKING SIDE GLASS OF CAB SOME FRAGMEN T OF GLASS STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE & LEFT EYE ER FOR REMOVAL OF 1 PC GLASS FROM LEFT EYE RETURNED TO WORK

December 8, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DID NTO REPORT INJURY TO SUPERVISOR OR COMPLETE ACCIDENT REPORT. HE CALLEDIN THE FOLLOWING DAY AND STATED THAT HIS CONDITION WAS A REOCCURANCE OR REAGRIVATION OF PRIOR INJURY.

June 14, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS DISLODGING A TREE LIMB THAT WAS HUNG IN THE HYDRAULIC LINES AND TILT JACK NEAR THE RADIOTOR. AS HE PULLED ON THE LIMB HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.