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No 3 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Smith Stanley & Teddy
Manchester, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1513991

MSHA record for No 3 Strip (mine ID 1513991). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Smith Brothers Excavating 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Strip sits in Clay County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Clay County, Kentucky · Population 20,105
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$39,607
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 30, 1986 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Smith Brothers Excavating · Contact with hot objects or substances

A HYDRAULIC LIN9 BLENDED ON A 155. KOMASTSU DOZER, BLOWING OIL BACK ON THE MANIFOLD. THE OIL CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BLEW BACK ON THE OPERATIOR. THE OPERATOR DISMOUNTED AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE DO WN. THE DOZER D3D NOT BURN. THE OPERATOR HAD SAME BURNS ON HIM.