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No 4: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Zephyer Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James A Comyns
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510001

No 4 has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. Mc Coy Alma Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1980
  2. Mc Coy Caney Coal Company 1980 to 1986
  3. Little Deuce Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1982
  4. Little Deuce Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  5. Little Deuce Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1983
  6. Michelle Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  7. Zephyer Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 0
1987 0
1986 0
1985 0
1984 11 18,414
1983 16 29,326
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 4 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

6 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 5, 1984 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Michelle Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

BREAK WAS CUT THROUGH INTO BELT ENTRY THE S CAR WAS HAULING BY INTERSECTION A CANER RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT OPERATOR IN BACK OF HEAD, PUSHING HIS HEAD INTO S/CAR

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1983 · 5 incidents

July 26, 1983 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP TIRE FELL IN A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS BACK OVER THE SCOOP DECK WHERE OPERATOR SITS

July 21, 1983 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

VICTIM WAS PULLING ON CUTTING MACHINE CABLE & PULLED SOMETHING IN BOTTOM OF HIS STOMACH, RESULTING IN SWELLING OF HIS TESTICLES.

June 7, 1983 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EXTRACTING COAL SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT MINER CABLE CAUSING POWER FAILURE MINER POWR WAS OFF 20 MINUTES ROCK FELL ON MINER WHILE POWER WAS OFF

January 25, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Little Deuce Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC & WHEN HE LIFTED A BAG OF TOOLS HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.