Mining Incidents

No 15: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Colonial Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by B W McDonald
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511452

MSHA record for No 15 (mine ID 1511452). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Caney Branch Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1980
  2. Mc Coy Caney Coal Company 1980 to 1986
  3. Anetta Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  4. Garath Coal Company 1983 to 1983
  5. Mill Branch Coal Company 1983 to 1984
  6. P B Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1989
  7. Colonial Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 15 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

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

April 13, 1983 KY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anetta Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS WATCHING OUTSIDE BELT HEAD WHEN HEAD BECAME BLOCKED OFF WITH COAL AND ROCK TRIED TO MOVE HEAVY ROCK AND HURT BACK