Mining Incidents

Greenwood #11 Mine: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Sunoco, Inc.
Cartwright, Clinton County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516031

MSHA record for Greenwood #11 Mine (mine ID 1516031). 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
1987–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Shamrock Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Greenwood #11 Mine sits in Clinton County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Clinton County, Kentucky · Population 9,240
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$42,168
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

1988 · 7 incidents

July 23, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BAR SLIPPED WHILE INSTALLING CONVEYOR MOTOR ON 14 CM MINER

May 20, 1988 KY · Coal supply man, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP. WAS GETTING OUT OF RAIL RUNNER TO HOOK UP FLAT CAR. THE CAR ROLLED BCK AND CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN THE CAR AND MOTOR.

April 20, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN HEAD OF BOLT MACHINE AND TOP.

January 19, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT3HIS EAR ON J HOOK HANGING FROM MINE ROOF

1987 · 6 incidents

October 26, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING LOADER. HE BACKED INTO A ROCK AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE REAR WINDOW.

September 8, 1987 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING TRAM MOTOR IN CONTINOUS MINER WHILE DOING SO HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING BAR TO STRIKE HIS HEAD CUTTING TEMPLE AND EAR

August 17, 1987 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SHUTTLE CAR HIT3HOLE OPERA TOR BOUNCED UP COMING DOWN HITTING CORNER OF DECK FRAME WITH RT HIP 083187 WAS THE EMPLOYEES FIRST DAY OFF

August 13, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SE7TING GUIDE ROLLER ON BELT AND HIS HEAD HIT THE JACK,RESULTING IN LACERATION TO THE LEFTSIDE OF HEAD.