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G & Y #7: 3 reportable incidents Coal

G & Y Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Charles E Yates
Krypton, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516428

G & Y #7 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. G & Y Coal Company Inc 1988 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)
1989 14 52,329
1988 15 4,119
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

G & Y #7 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

May 10, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
G & Y Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

OUR COAL IS VERY LOW APPROXIMATELY 29" WITH A LOT OF MUD AND WATER.EMPLOYEE HAD TO CRAWL ON HANDS AND KNEES FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME THEREBY CAUSING INFLAMMATION TO HIS KNEE CAUSING FLUID TO G ATHER ON KNEE CAP,SWELLING TO THE KNEE AND SEVERE PAIN.

March 25, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
G & Y Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLTS WITH TORCH AND THE TORCH CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIS HAND CAUSING BURNS TO HIS AHND.

January 3, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
G & Y Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE CHAIN THAT WAS HOOKED ON HEAD DRIVE AND SCOOP THE SCOOP DRIVER PULLED FORWARD EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TAIL ROLLER OF HEAD DRIVE AND HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWE EN SCOOP AND ROLLER ON HEAD DRIVE BRUISING HIS FOOT