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Diamond Mine: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Diamond Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Gary E Peyton
Diamond, Webster County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517444

MSHA record for Diamond Mine (mine ID 1517444). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Diamond Mining Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Diamond Mine sits in Webster County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Webster County, Kentucky · Population 12,873
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,786
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1994 · 9 incidents

December 22, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Diamond Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROCKFALL ON UNIT HEADER & MAIN LINE TAILPIECE. AT 11+81 ON N. E. MAIN TAIL & UNIT HEADER. THE FALL IS ABOUT 8' H & 40' L.

July 21, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Diamond Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROCKFALL OLD NW HEADINGS 2ND XCUT OUTBY LAST OPERN BETWEEN #6&#7 ENTRY 1/2WAY IN INTERSECTION 25FTX19FTX6FT THIS AREA WAS MINED IN JAN 94 & BOLTED WITH 5FT &6FT TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS & TIMB ERED THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY A HIDDEN SLIP

February 23, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Diamond Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WITH AN EXTENSION WRENCH WHEN WRENCH CAME LOOSE STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING 4 SUTURES.

February 21, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ON MINER CABLE & FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK

February 21, 1994 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCK OUT OF UNIT BELT TAILPIECE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 7, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Diamond Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

40' X 18' X 6'. NW ENTRIES--#6 ENTRY IN PILLAR LINE BETWEEN #18 & #19 X-CUT. THIS AREA WAS MINE IN JAN. 94 & BOLTED WITH 5' & 6' TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTS. THE FALL WAS CAUSED BY A HIDDEN SLIP.

February 3, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Diamond Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

60X18X6 ORIGNIATED AT FACE IN AN UNBOLTED AREA AND FELL OUTBY 40 ADDITION FEET THERE WAS AN UNDETECTED MUD SLIP IN THE ROOF.

January 5, 1994 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Diamond Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURED AT 14 XCUT IN THE NORTH WEST ENTER IN THE PILLAR LINE BETWEEN 3 TO 4 X CUT 19X25X7 THE CAUSE OF THE ROOF FALL WAS UNDETECTED SLIP THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 5 TO 6 GLUE BOLTS ON 4X4 CENTERS.

1993 · 4 incidents

December 11, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Diamond Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE AND OTHER TOOK THE DOUBLE BOOM BOLTER INTO THE FACE OF 4 ENTRY INBY SPAD 6 & 20 TO BOLT A 20 FT CUT. THEY PUT UP THEIR 1 ST BOLT AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING UP THEIR 2ND BOLT WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT EE IN THE RIGHT SIDE CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

November 30, 1993 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Diamond Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OF ROOF MEASURING 18X18X6 IN 4 ENTRY 5 X CUT INBY PORTAL AND 150 OUTBY THE FACE IT HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 5 & 6 TENSION REBAR ROOF BOLTERS ON 4 FT CENTRESS WATER HAD BEEN DRIPPING OUT OF ROOF AND THEIR WAS AN UNDETECTED SLIP.

November 13, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OPEN A CAN OF WELDING RODS WITH SIDE CUTTERS WHEN A PIECE OF THE CAN CAME LOOSE CUTTING HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM. THE CUT REQUIRED 18 SUTURES.

November 12, 1993 KY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND FELL APPROX. 4 1/2 FEET TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM HEAD.