Mining Incidents

No 3: 20 reportable incidents Coal

Indian Creek Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Coleman Clifford & Mike
Freeburn, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512811

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 1512811). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. Mc Coy Caney Coal Company 1981 to 1986
  2. Jubilee Coal Corp 1982 to 1982
  3. Brush Fork Coal Company 1982 to 1984
  4. Peter Creek Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
  5. Da Ray Mining Inc 1984 to 1984
  6. P B Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
  7. Mouthcard Development Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  8. Mouthcard Development Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  9. Hope Mining Inc 1989 to 1991
  10. Indian Creek Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 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

20 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

March 16, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

ROOF PLATE STICKING DOWN IN OPEN CROSSCUT. HE WENT TO GET ON HIS CAR. WALKED INTO THE ROOF PLATE STRICKING DOWN.

February 14, 1989 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

REPLACING LIGHT BULB IN SHUTTLE CAR GOT HIS HANDBURNED

January 26, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WENT TO MOVE SHUTTLE CAR GOT BOUNCE INTO TOP.BUMPED HEAD AGAINST TOP NO WITNESS TO THIS ACCIDENT.

January 20, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS HIT HIM ON SIDE OF HIP.

1988 · 4 incidents

July 13, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE SHOVELING RIBS #4 ENTRY A PIECE OF ROCK 2 FT X 2 FT FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE RIGHT FOOT.

June 16, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED PERSON WAS TRANSPORTING DAY SHIFT ELECTRICIAN I.NAME ON A THREE SHEELER FROM THE #7 ENTRY TO THE #2 ENTRY WHERE THE MANTRIP WAS WAIRING THEY WERE TRAVELING THE 2ND LINE OF BREAKS OUT BY THE FACE AREA THEY CAME INTO THE #4 INTERSECTION JUST AS THE SHOTFIRER SHOT THE #4 HEADING THE INJURED MAN WAS STRUCK WITH DEBRIS FROMT THE #4 HEADING

April 26, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TAKING LOADER UP IN 2 RIGHT BREAK AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND RIB.

1987 · 1 incident

December 16, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mouthcard Development Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW3ROCK FELL AND HIT CANOPY OF PINNER THEN HIT OPERATOR.

1984 · 3 incidents

September 17, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Da Ray Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE IN FACE OF COAL-PUTTING UP LAST TWO FOOF BOLTS- DRILLING INTO PIECE OF LOOSE DRAW ROCK AND DRILL SPLIT THE ROCK-BREAKING ON DRILL POT HITTING ON BACK OF NECK AND HEAD -HARD HAT.

July 13, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Da Ray Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A 2 X 3\ BY 2 X 3 INCHES THICK BROKE OFF FROM THE RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD AND MOSTLY ON THE BACK

January 6, 1984 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brush Fork Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING & CARRYING A FULL OXYGEN CYLINDER WHEN HE SUSTAINED A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1983 · 8 incidents

October 24, 1983 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brush Fork Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE AND ROCK CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE TOP

October 18, 1983 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Brush Fork Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRAG LINK CAME OUT OF COAL TRUCK CAUSING STEERING TO GO OUT TRUCK CRASHED INTO A CLIFF SMASHING FRONT OF TRUCK AND PUSHING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND PINNING DRIVER IN TRUCK POSSIBLE CHEST BACK AND LEG INJURIES

October 3, 1983 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brush Fork Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED & FELL IN SCOOP DIPPER & PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST.

September 12, 1983 KY · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brush Fork Coal Company · Fall from machine

THE VICTIM WAS PLACING A S & S SCOOP ON CHARGE. ONCE COMPLETING THIS TASK THE VICTIM GOT OFF THE EQUIPMENT BY JUMPING TO THE GROUND FROM THE BATTERIES & THUS INJURING HIS FOOT.

August 23, 1983 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brush Fork Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM WAS LISTING ROCKDUST AT 2 BELT DRIVE & SPRUNG BACK.