Mining Incidents

No #3: 14 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Prater Taylor
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514573

MSHA record for No #3 (mine ID 1514573). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
Ownership history
  1. Wind River Corp 1984 to 1984
  2. Daugherty Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  3. J & N Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1986
  4. Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No #3 sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

February 12, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STANDING UP AT END OF ONE SCOOP ANOTHER ONE HIT HIM PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE OTHER SCOOP BREAKING HIS LEG AND SMASHING HIS FOOT.

January 26, 1993 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN EJECTOR & BUCKET SMASHING FINGER TAKING 10 STICHES IN MIDDLE FINGER

1992 · 7 incidents

1990 · 3 incidents

November 22, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP RUN OVER RIGHT FOOT BRUISING IT.

1989 · 1 incident

March 3, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Prater & Baldridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

IT WAS ALLEGED THAT I,NAME WHILE PULLING A POWDER WAGON PULLED A MUSCL OR LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK OR SIDE.

1987 · 1 incident