Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED BECAUSE OF SMALL RIDER SEAM OF COAL ABOVE A COAL BED.
No 1 Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
Sweatbee Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Dennis Allen Ramey
Mouthcard,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512637
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1512637). 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
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Jul 1986
Ownership history
- Sweatbee Coal Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.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 file1986 · 1 incident
1985 · 6 incidents
Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF IN AREA IS FRAGILE & HAS BEEN STANDING FOR LONG TIME.
September 14, 1985
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sweatbee Coal Company · Struck by falling object
SMALL PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM TOP STRIKING VICTIMS HAND AND FINGER.
Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
HILL SEAMS AND COAL PARTING 6 FT ABOVE COAL SEAM.
Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
A ROOF FALL 40X20X6 OCCURRED ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #8 ON THE RETURN AIRWAY AREA WAS CRIBBED FALL WAS CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF WATER AND T HE AREA APPEARED TO BE A LARGE HORSEBACK
Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
WEAK ROOF CONDITIONS IN AREA
Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
WEAK ROOF CONDITIONS IN THE AREA
1984 · 2 incidents
Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
A THIN RIDER SEAM OF COAL OR PARTING BETWEEN THE IMMEDIATE ROOF AND THE MAIN ROOF
Sweatbee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
THIN SEAM OF COAL WAS FOUND ON TOP OF ROOF FALL PROBABLY CAUSING THE MAIN ROLL NOT TO BOND
1983 · 1 incident
January 11, 1983
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sweatbee Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST INTO SCOOP BUCKET TO TAKE UNDERGROUND.