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Emmylou Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Old South Mining Corp · Underground
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513133

Emmylou Mine has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. Old South Mining Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 3 19,322
1993 21 110,134
1992 6 33,219
1991 11 59,431
1990 15 129,702
1989 15 52,918
1988 0
1987 2 1,644
1986 13 52,197
1985 19 101,184
1984 16 74,630
1983 11 17,536
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Emmylou Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

July 18, 1990 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old South Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED WHEN FOREMAN FIREBOSS SECTION PRIOR TO START OF NORMAL SHIFT. THE FALL OCCURRED 12 X-CUTS OUTBY FACE OF 002 SECTION SEE ENCL. SKETCH. FALL WAS 16'-18'X 45' LONG 6' T O 8' HIGH. (FALL IN #2 ENTRY OF 8 ENTRY SECTION).

March 23, 1990 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old South Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL DIDNT REPORT FOR WORK 3-26.TOLD CO THAT PM HAD SWELLING IN LOWER ABDOMEN,DR SAID POSSIBLE RUPTURE.(TREATED FOR MASSIVE INTERNAL CANCER 1980,SAME SYMPTOMS.)

1989 · 1 incident

September 11, 1989 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old South Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL PUTTING TIRE ON BATTERY POWERED SCOOP AND STRAINE D BACK LIFTING WHEEL.

1985 · 1 incident

April 26, 1985 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Old South Mining Corp · Contact with electrical current

ELECTRICIAN FROM LOCAL ELECTRICAL MFG. CO. (CONTRACTOR) WAS CHECKING TRANSFORMER IN SURFACE SUB STATION AND NEGLECTED TO DIS-ENGAGE ALL THE POWER DISCONNECTS, LEAVING ONE ENGAGED. ICTIM CAME I N CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED TRANSFORMER. CAUSING BURNS ON ABDOMEN AND RIGHT ARM.

1984 · 1 incident

January 12, 1984 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Old South Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCKS THAT HAD FROZEN AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A REFUSE CHUTE HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE REFUSE PILE LANDING IN A VERTICAL POSITION AND CAUSING INJURY TO BOT H ANKLES