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No 129 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Freedom Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Belcher Jack
Lookout, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1508210

MSHA record for No 129 Mine (mine ID 1508210). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. J H & L Coal Company 1975 to 1978
  2. J H & L Coal Company 1978 to 1982
  3. D & L Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  4. Freedom Coal Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 129 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

3 on file

1985 · 1 incident

February 15, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Freedom Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN STANDING BETWEEN TWO BATTERIES THAT WERE BEING CHANGED OUT. TRACTOR STUCK ON POINT AND TRAVELED ABOUT TWO FEET CATCHING THE MANS LEG BETWEEN THE TWO BATTERIES CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO T HE RIGHT LEG.

1984 · 2 incidents

June 9, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freedom Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAN PULLING ROCK SOMEHOW PULLED ROCK ON HIMSELF INJURIES ARE BROKEN PELIS TORN GALL BLADER AND SMALL PUNCTURE OF LOWER INTESTINES