Mining Incidents

No 122 Surface Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Metec Acquisition Corp
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514003

MSHA record for No 122 Surface Mine (mine ID 1514003). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Carbon Seam Systems Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 122 Surface Mine 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

August 3, 1983 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LARGE SECTION OF ANGLE IRON SHIFTED ON THE LOADER FORKS TRIED TO RESTRAIN IT TWISTED LOWER BACK AND SPINE