Kyn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
I,NAME AND OTHE9 EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A 482 S&S SCOOP REAR END WENT I,NAME PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
No 1 Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
Kyn Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Susie A Smith; Elmer Fuller
Mouthcard,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513595
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 1513595). 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
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Dec 1987
Ownership history
- Kyn Coal Company Inc 1982 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 file1987 · 6 incidents
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HACK SAWING BOL7 INTO A BAND AROUND DRAIN PIPE BOLT BROKE AND BAND STRUCK VICTIM IN NOSE
July 16, 1987
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded
I.NAME CLEANING3BELT LINE WITH BAD PADS AND BRUISED KNEE.
March 5, 1987
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
I NAME WAS CRAW5ING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WHEN KNEE STRUCK PIECE OF COAL.
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO TURN PERSONAL CARRIER AND HAD LEFT LEG OUT OF THE CARRIER WHILE TURNING HE BACK INTO RIB AND CAUGHT FOOT.
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
I NAME WAS TRAM3NG SCOOP OUTSIDE AND WAS GOING WITH BUCKET IN FRONT. I RAN OVER PIECE OF ROCK CAUSING BUCKET TO HIT TOP AND BROKE PIECE LOOSE WHICH FELL STRIKING VICTIM IN CHEST.
1985 · 1 incident
March 21, 1985
KY · Coal
cutting machine helper, undercutter operator helper
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
WHILE CRAWLING AROUND MIND ON WARE OUT KNEE AND I NAME DAMAGED ACARTILAGE IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
1984 · 2 incidents
September 21, 1984
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
I.NAME WAS WEARING AN OLD PAIR OF KNEE PADS WITH A HOLE IN THEM WHILE CRAWLING FROM #4 HEADING TO #5 HEADING. HE STONE BRUISED HIS LEFT KNEE.
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE PICKING UP DRILL IN NO 8 ENTRY VICTIM REPORTED PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND SIDE
1983 · 1 incident
December 6, 1983
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LESTER SLONE PINNER-OPERATOR WAS PINNING IN NO 4 HEADING WHEN HE LET HEAD OF PINNER DOWN ON HIS KNEE ON JAN 101984 LESTER SLONE INFORMED PAUL W SMITH HIS LEFT KNEE WAS HURTING HIM THE EXAMINAT ION SHOWED A BLOOD CLOT ON THE KNEE