Mining Incidents

No 21: 1 reportable incident Coal

Elkhorn Crystal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Vicki Salyer
Regina, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518084

MSHA record for No 21 (mine ID 1518084). 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
1999
Latest incident
May 1999
Ownership history
  1. Bernthaler Inc 1998 to 1998
  2. Elkhorn Crystal Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 21 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.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

May 25, 1999 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elkhorn Crystal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNOCKING PIN OUT OF PIVET SHAFT ON HIGHWALL MINER. SUBJECT WAS HOLDING PIN WHEN HE WAS HIT ON THE LEFT HAND BY HELPER'S SLEDGE HAMMER BREAKING THUMB.