Mining Incidents

No 3 (D): 2 reportable incidents Coal

Phelps Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Smith Kenny L
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512735

MSHA record for No 3 (D) (mine ID 1512735). 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
1983
Latest incident
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Phelps Mining Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 (D) 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

1983 · 2 incidents

April 30, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Phelps Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STANDING BY THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WATCHING WHILE HE PULLED DOWN A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL & A VERY SMALL PIECE FELL & SCRATCHED HIS NOSE.

April 27, 1983 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phelps Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CARRYING SOME SUPPLIES IN HIS ARMS & STUMBLED & TURNED HIS ANKLE.