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Jerry'S Fork Deep Mine #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Leemike Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Cooper William L
Viper, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514658

MSHA record for Jerry'S Fork Deep Mine #1 (mine ID 1514658). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Leemike Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jerry'S Fork Deep Mine #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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

August 18, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING HEAD ON3ROOF BOLTING MAXHINE HEAD SLIPPED AND BROKE FINGER

1984 · 2 incidents

September 24, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING ROOF BOLTER MACHINE, EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND ON CANOPY OF MACHINE, WHILE POSITIONG MACHINE CAUGHT HIS HAND AGAINST COAL RIB.

September 5, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, CAR HIT A PIECE OF COAL-ROCK OR HOLE AND EMPLOYEE HIT THE TOP OF MINE. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN CACK.