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Mustang Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Jet Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Anthony Newsome
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517128

MSHA record for Mustang Mine (mine ID 1517128). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1992–1996
Latest incident
Feb 1996
Ownership history
  1. Jet Coal Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mustang Mine 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

10 on file

1996 · 1 incident

February 28, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jet Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR TRAMMED HIS BOLTER INTO#4 ENTRY TO BOLT IT. HE STOPPED HIS BOLTER & WASMAKING UP BOLTS & THROWING THEM TO THE SIDE WHENA PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL INBY THE LAST ROW OF R OOF BOLTS. THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS CAUSED THE ROCKTO FLIP BACK & STRIKE THE BOLTER OPERATOR WHO WAS LOCATED UNDER THE SECOND ROW OF BOLTS OUTBY.

1995 · 2 incidents

December 17, 1995 KY · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jet Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OUTSIDE - WHILE WALKING AROUND CHECKING ON PREMISES. HE STEPPED AND SLIPPED ON LUMP OF COAL TURNING AND TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

May 15, 1995 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jet Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN #4 ENTRY (BELTLINE), APPROX 200" INBY #3 HEAD DRIVE. SIZE OF FALL 20' X 35' X 4'-7'. ROCK FELL ON WEEKEND.

1994 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jet Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING ON MANTRIP HIT BAD PLACE & BOUNCED OUT OF SEAT & HIT SIDE OF MANTRIP ON TAIL BONE

1993 · 2 incidents

March 18, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Jet Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND ON BACK.

January 20, 1993 KY · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager MACHINERY
Jet Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS WATCHING ROOF BOLTER WORK WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND CAME DOWN ON VICTIM TWISTING AND BRUISING LEFT LEG AND ANKLE.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 7, 1992 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jet Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING NEXT TO RIB OPERATING MINER BY REMOTE CONTROL ROCK FELL FORM TOP & STRUCK BACK RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD.

March 25, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jet Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

DRIVING NAIL IN HEADER BOARD TO HANG ROOF BOLTER CABLE ON AND SMALL SHARP ROCK FELL & HIT LEFT WRIST CUTTING IT.