Mining Incidents

No 21 A-R: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Simp-A-Lex Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jerry Bentley
Ransom, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517895

MSHA record for No 21 A-R (mine ID 1517895). 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
1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Ownership history
  1. Simp-A-Lex Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 21 A-R 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

1998 · 2 incidents

August 9, 1998 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Simp-A-Lex Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FIXING WATER HOSE ON RADIATOR. SLIPPED INTO FAN BELT. CAUGHT HAND AND CUT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND OFF.

May 14, 1998 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Simp-A-Lex Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS END LOADER WHEN HE FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A ROCK.