Mining Incidents

No 14 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Lookout, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517416

MSHA record for No 14 Surface (mine ID 1517416). 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
1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 14 Surface 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

1994 · 1 incident

April 7, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER PICKED UP TRUCK ABOUT 10" OFF GROUND TO MOVE. TRUCK SLIDE OUT OF BUCKET AND FELL. THAT WHERE HE SAID IT HURT HIS BACK WHEN IT BOUNCED.