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Marigold Docks: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Marigold Docks Inc · Facility
Controlled by Drummond Company Inc
Catlettsburg, Boyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514291

MSHA record for Marigold Docks (mine ID 1514291). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Marigold Docks Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Marigold Docks sits in Boyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Boyd County, Kentucky · Population 48,043
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,659
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 29, 1986 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Marigold Docks Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AN INDEPENDENT 7ONTRACT TRUCK DRIVER HAD DUMPED HIS LOAD OF COAL AND PULLED FORWARD A FEW FEET FROM THE PILE WHEN HE APPARENTLY STOPPED HIS TRUCK TO CHECK THE TAILGATE. THE END LOADER BACKED UP AND THE DRIV9R WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE VEHICLES

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1990 · 3 incidents

May 14, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marigold Docks Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPED ON PUSH ARM-SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 2 FOOT. PUSH ARM SLICK DUE TO RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS.

May 1, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marigold Docks Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING PUSH ARM BRACE HIT ROUGH SPOT IN BOLTS APPLIED MORE PRESSURE BOLT BROKE FREE RESULT SUDDEN JERK WHICH PULLED BACK RESULTING STRAINING MUSCLE IN BACK

March 5, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marigold Docks Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RING WAS BEING REPLACED IN CRUSHER EMPL WAS HOLDING RING IN PLACE HERE RING SHAFT WAS BEING REPLACED BY HAMMER RING IS SPENT 25 ATO SHAFT THIS WAS #78 TOTAL OF 100 RINGS IS USED IN CRUSHER.

1986 · 1 incident

July 31, 1986 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marigold Docks Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS USING U7ILITY KNIFE TO CUT RUBBER TO REPLACE THE SKIRT BOARD RUBBER ON TUNNEL BOLT THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS ARM

1985 · 1 incident

March 5, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marigold Docks Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS REMOVING TEETH FROM LOADER BUCKET AND WAS STRIKING TEETH WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS LEG.