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Marine Coal Corp Mine #3: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Marine Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by B W McDonald
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516681

MSHA record for Marine Coal Corp Mine #3 (mine ID 1516681). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Ownership history
  1. Marine Coal Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Marine Coal Corp Mine #3 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

9 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

July 25, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marine Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DESCENDING HILL JUMPED OUT TRUCK HIT SIDE OF HILL OVERTURNED

July 25, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marine Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DESCENDING HILL JUMPED OUT TRUCK HIT SIDE OF HILL OVERTURNED

1991 · 4 incidents

November 20, 1991 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Marine Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP ON LADDER & MOVED AUGER CARRIAGE FORWARD & MASHED RIGHT FOOT AGAINST SAFETY POLE.

August 24, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Marine Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER INTO HOLE ON GREASE PUMP ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN A PIECE OF PLASTIC LINER FROM INSIDE PUMP, WHEN PLUNGER INSIDE PUMP RELEASED, CAUSING PLUNGER TO CUT THE TIP OF EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

August 15, 1991 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marine Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO TIRE OF 950 ENDLOADER TO CLOSE SIDE PANEL ON ENGINE. WHEN EMPLOYEE STARTED TO RAISE UP, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

January 19, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marine Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LIFT SOMETHING TO HEAVY FOR HIM.

1990 · 3 incidents

March 28, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marine Coal Corp · Fall from machine

STEPPED OF D-7 DOZER SPRAINED ANKLE & KNEE.

March 22, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marine Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

2 EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING RIM FROM TIRE & RIM POPPED OUT & FELL ON LEFT FOOT OF EMPLOYEE HITTING HIM JUST ABOVE HARD TOE OF SHOE BREAKING BONE IN FOOT

March 14, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Marine Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED OFF DOZER AND STEPPED ON ROCK AND TURNED ANKLE.