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Horn 3a: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Edward Horn
Fedscreek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517271

MSHA record for Horn 3a (mine ID 1517271). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Looney Brothers Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1992
  2. Wellmore Coal Corp 1992 to 1993
  3. Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc 1993 to 1996
  4. Horn Construction Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Horn 3a 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

3 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

September 1, 1994 KY · Coal drill operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR GOT OUT OF DRILL, BENT OVER TO SEE IF COAL HAD BEEN DRILLED THROUGH. WHEN HE RAISED UP HE HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON THE DRILL BIT WRENCH.

August 18, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR PUT HIMSELF IN THE WRONG POSITION TO CLEAN THE HIGHWALL AND PULLED A ROCK ONTO THE LOADWER HE WAS OPERATING. DAMAGE TO LEADER--WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN, LIGHT BAR WAS BENT, FRONT FENDER WAS BENT.

1993 · 1 incident

August 24, 1993 KY · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AUGER OPERATOR STATED THAT THE SWING MAN WAS SWINGING STEEL OUT OF BELLY PAN ONTO THE GROUND TO START ANOTHER HOOK. VICTIM STATED THAT BUTTON ON HAND CONTROL STUCK AND CAUSED STEEL TO HIT HIM KNOCKING HIM ON OTHER STEEL SECTIONS LAYING ON THE GROUND AND HURT HIS BACK.