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No 1: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Apache Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jody Samons
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517205

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1517205). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Nov 1992
Ownership history
  1. Apache Mining Company Inc 1992 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

6 on file

1992 · 6 incidents

November 19, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS RIDING A BUGGY AND THOUGHT HE WAS IN HIGH COAL AND RAISED HIS HEAD HE WAS IN LOW COAL AND THE TOP KNOCKED HIS HELEMT OFF AND CUT HIS HEAD.

November 18, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A MINE MOUSE AND IT STUCK ON POINT. IT WENT AGAINST THE RIB AND EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

November 7, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apache Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A BELT ROLLER AND FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN.

October 10, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLLYEE HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT (COAL) FLY OFF A SCOOP IN WIND & HIT HIM IN THE EYE

September 25, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apache Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

June 29, 1992 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Apache Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BITS ON CUTTER WHEN HE MADE A MISTAKE AND HIT HIS FOOT WITH A HAMMER.