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Crapshooter #3: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Ruby J Edwin Jr
Butler, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1511423

MSHA record for Crapshooter #3 (mine ID 1511423). 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
1987–1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
Ownership history
  1. Middle Kentucky Construction Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Crapshooter #3 sits in Butler County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Butler County, Kentucky · Population 12,373
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$52,003
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

February 6, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Middle Kentucky Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUTTING BRAKE ADJUSTER ON D-9 DOZER CABLE SLIPPED ON DRUM AND MASHED TIP OF FINGER.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 2, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Middle Kentucky Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING REPLACE A SCREEN IN THE SCREENING PLANT. SCREEN SLIPPED CUTTING TIP OFF OF EMPLOYEE S INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

July 28, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Middle Kentucky Construction Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ARING GROUND WITH BULLDOZER DOZER STRUCK TREE LIMB BREAKING HYDRAULIC HOSE AND WINDSHIELD HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM BROKEN HOSE SPRAYED INTO TURBOCHARGER CAUSING FLASH FIRE AND FLUI D CAME IN BROKE3 AREA OF WINDSHIELD BURNING EMPLOYEE ON RT ARM