Kentucky Select Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS PUTTING MAC-8 ON CHARGE AND FEET WERE IN SOFT MUD WHEN HE TURNED HE TWISTED KNEE.
No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal
Kentucky Select Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
James B Simpkins
Oven Fork,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1505183
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1505183). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1993
- Latest incident
- Dec 1993
Ownership history
- Blue Diamond Coal Company 1950 to 1990
- Cumberland River Coal Company 1990 to 1992
- Georgetown Development Inc 1992 to 1993
- Kentucky Select Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1993 · 4 incidents
November 18, 1993
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kentucky Select Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, DRILLED HOLE &GOT STEEL HUNG-PUT HAND OVER HEAD OF DRILL & RAISED HEAD.
Kentucky Select Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PERSON WAS TRAMMING BRIDGE CONVEYOR BACK OUT OF #4 HDG AND SAID HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND CONVEYOR UNIT.
October 25, 1993
KY · Coal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky Select Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING CONVEYOR MOTOR ON HEAR B00KM OF MINER, WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED LETTING HIM FALL FORWARD. HIS HEAD HIT BOOM & HYDROLIC FITTING PUNCHED HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.