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No 19 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Sargent Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Newsom Morris
Galveston, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512547

MSHA record for No 19 Mine (mine ID 1512547). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. Sargent Coal Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 19 Mine sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 16, 1984 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sargent Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

FOREMAN I.NAME HAD FAILED TO DUE AS RECOMMENDED BY SUPT. HE FAILED TO CLEAN UP ROADWAY INTO #5 ENTRY AND SET REQUIRED TIMBERS NEEDED IN AREA, AND IT APPEARS HE HAD TAKEN TOO MUCK COAL IN AREA AND CAUSE A DANGER FOR HIMSELF AND HIS MEN, AFTER WHICH HE HIMSELF BECAME A FATALITY ON 4-16-84 BY A ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY 1ST RIGHT

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1984 · 1 incident

February 10, 1984 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sargent Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OCCURRED IN #4 FACE AREA OF 2ND RIGHT IN OFF SHIFT HOURS OF A SECTION WHICH WAS NOT BEEN WORK. MINER WERE WORKING TO THE LEFT OF 2ND RIGHT AT THIS TIME.

1983 · 3 incidents

May 6, 1983 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sargent Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WATCHING LOADING POINT FOR BELT #1 IN WHICH HE MUST BREAK SOME ROCK BY USE OF SLEDGE HAMMER MAKING SURE BELT WAS LOADED CORRECTLY.EMPL HURT HIS BACK DUE TO MOVING ROCK AT TAILPIECE WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO DUMP BY SCOOP WHICH WAS MIXED IN COAL BED.

March 1, 1983 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sargent Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FACE AREA OF #3 ENTRY FIRST NIGHT ABANDONED DUE TO BAD ROOF CONDITIONS.FALL WAS OBSERVED 30\LONG.FALL OCCURRED WHERE FACEMAN HAD DANGERED OFF ENTRY NO EMPL PERMITTED TO WORK IN AREA.NO INJURIE

February 10, 1983 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sargent Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FACE AREA OF #7 HEADING FALL OCCURRED WHERE AREA WAS DRIVEN 16-18\ WIDE.AREA BOLTED WITH 60\\ PINS AND HAD BEEN DETERMINED BY FOREMAN UNSAFE TO WORK AND HAD BEEN DANGERED OFF-FALL OCCURRED AT NIGHT -NO ONE THERE.FOREMAN AND SUPT CALLED IN STATE OFFICIALS AND NOTIFIED MSHA.