Mining Incidents

No 1: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Big Walnut Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Allen G Stump
Ransom, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511103

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1511103). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Feb 1986
Ownership history
  1. Blue Springs Coal Company 1978 to 1984
  2. Big Walnut Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 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

11 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

February 9, 1986 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Walnut Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SEC.BOSS WAS CH9CKING PLASES & A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS & HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT

January 13, 1986 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Walnut Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MINER HELP CHEC5ED WATER SPROUTS ON MINER & WAS WALKING BACK TO BACK OF MINER SO MINER COULD TRAM TO FACE TO CUT COAL WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL & CAUGHT LOWER RT LEG

1985 · 2 incidents

August 31, 1985 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Big Walnut Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

RIDERING MAN TRIP GOING TO THE SECTION TO WORK AND AT 3 BELT HEAD A CABLE TILE UP CROSS THE TRACK GOING TO THE BELT HEAD HIS HEAD HIT THE CABLE AND BENT HIM BACKWARDS IN THE MANTIP AND HURT HI S BACK.

1983 · 7 incidents

December 5, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Springs Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHANGING THE MOTOR ON THE #5 BELTHEAD. WHEN HE FINISHED, HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE HEAD-HE HIT A SLATE BAR AND IT FELL ON HIS FINGER.

September 12, 1983 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Springs Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A HOLE - HIS HEAD HIT THE CANOPY

July 12, 1983 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Springs Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS OUTSIDE ON MINE YARD HELPING MOVE CABLE. HE JUMPED FROM THE SECOND STEP OF END LOADER & WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND, HE HURT HIS RIGHT KNEE.

January 4, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Springs Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PUTTING WRECKED MANTRIP BACK ON TRACK HE HAD JACKED MANTRIP UP IN AIR AND WAS GOING TO PUSH IT BACK ON TRACK WHEN IT WENT TOWARD HIM INSTEAD OF AWAY