Mining Incidents

Emmons Plant #1: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Bolling Vince Jr
Kodak, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1504312

MSHA record for Emmons Plant #1 (mine ID 1504312). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Kodak Mining Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Emmons Plant #1 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 12, 1984 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAIN AIR LINE ON TRUCK BURST, DRIVER JUMPED 7 POSSIBLY TRUCK RAN OVER DECEASED. WE ARE AWAITING CONFIRMATION OF OUTOPSY REPORTS

Reportable incidents

17 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 3 incidents

June 16, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING SHEET ME7AL AT THE METAL RACK USING A SLATE BAR WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF METAL WHILE PRYING WITH BAR A SEVERE PAIN CAME IN LOWER BACK AND HIPS

April 20, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHECKING ENGINE3OIL , CREELED ANKLE WHEN CLIMBING OFF TRUCK BUMPER

March 16, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

REVERSING LEADS3ON STACKER MOTOR AT SWITCH PANEL DISCONNECT WAS PULLED BUT WAS WORKING ON HOT SIDE WHEN 2 WIRES GOT TOGETHER RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO FACE AND HANDS.

1986 · 8 incidents

November 28, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPAIRING FLAT 7IRE 11 X 24 LIFTING TIRE LOWER BACK INJURY.

November 20, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

WORKING ON FRON7END LOADER WORKING ON ENGINE AND WAS GETTING OFF LOADER TO GET PARTS AND SLIPPED AND HURT BACK.

September 9, 1986 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING AWAY FR2M COAL HOPPER AFTER PUTTING ON CABLE WHEN CABLE BROKE AND WRAPPED AROUND LEGS.

June 9, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING 7ABLE IN MAINTENANCE TRUCK, TRUCK DRIVER ACCIDENTLY STARTED TRUCK PINNING I.NAME IN BETWEEN TRUCK & BACKHOE.

May 27, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ON FEED9R DOOR TO INSTALL A HYDRALIC JACK WHEN PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE

May 21, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS REMOVIN1 TIRE FROM TRUCK PULLED ON TIRES AND HURT BACK

February 1, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING O3L DRUM TO FILL LOADER WITH OIL

January 17, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS MOVING T9UCK REAR WHEEL WAS OVER BANK SET PARK BRAKE AND JUMPED OUT

1985 · 6 incidents

September 12, 1985 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS MOVING O3L DRUM-SMASHED FINGER (RIGHT INDEX.)

September 5, 1985 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PUTTING 9R CAR DOORS UP-PUSHED THEM W/HIS FOOT PULLING HIP OUT OF PLACE.

May 16, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PULLING 7ABLE-LIFTED CABLE OVER END LOADER BUCKET PULLING MUSCLES.

April 4, 1985 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator MACHINERY
Kodak Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS RIDING I3 THE BACK OF A PICK UP ACROSS TRACKS, TRUCK JARRED CAUSING HIM TO FALL OUT AND HURT RIGHT ELBOW.