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Job 5 Dragline: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Ary, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513132

Job 5 Dragline has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Star Fire Mining Company 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)
1987 49 240,977
1986 103 1,161,687
1985 45 893,074
1984 10 583,019
1983 10 258,228
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Job 5 Dragline 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 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Fire Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP PARKED LOAD9R IN PARKING LOT, WHILE DESCENDING LADDER ON LOADER HE PULLED MUSCLE IN R ARM

April 22, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Star Fire Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING SCRAPER MAKING TURN IN PIT THROWN FROM SCRAPER ONTO GROUND AND BROKE ANKLE

1985 · 1 incident

March 31, 1985 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Star Fire Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING TOOTH ON DRAGLINE BUCKET, HIT TOOTH WITH SLEDGE PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN CHIN.