Denham & Lewis Corp · Struck by flying object
EMP WAS UNLOADI3G FINAL DRIVE PULLER GROUP AND THE HANDLE FLEW UP AND H IT EMP IN THE NOSE EMP SUFERED A FRACTURED NOSE
No 1: 3 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1515391). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1986–1987
- Latest incident
- Mar 1987
Ownership history
- Denham & Lewis Corp 1985 to 1989
- Allen Clay Coal Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 sits in Owsley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.Owsley County, Kentucky · Population 4,021
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$31,064
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1987 · 1 incident
1986 · 2 incidents
July 28, 1986
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Denham & Lewis Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
I.NAME WAS STEA4ING EQUIPMENT & BURNED LEFT FOOT WITH STEAM JENY
February 17, 1986
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Denham & Lewis Corp · Struck against a moving object
I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A DOZER & THE SEAT TWISTED & PULLED HIS BACK