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No 3: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Cougar Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Van Lear, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516775

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 1516775). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Ownership history
  1. Cougar Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Johnson County, Kentucky · Population 22,464
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$43,014
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

September 4, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO A ROOF BOLT WHICH CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE HEAD.

July 20, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PULING LOADER CABLE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON PIECE OF COAL IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM TO TWIST ANKLE.

1990 · 5 incidents

December 4, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE GOT ROOF BOLTER ON FOOT.

August 23, 1990 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MOVING BELT HEAD WHEN HE GOT FOOT HUNG BETWEEN SCOOP DIPPER AND ELT HEAD SMASHED FOOT.