Inferno Coals Inc · Accident type, without injuries
A FALL OF ROOF OCCURRED STARTING AT SPAD #143 AND EXTENDING APPROX 20 FT IN THE #1 ENTRY FALL WAS 8 FT HIGH 20 FT LONG AND 18 FT WIDE APPROX 5/ FT INBY THE #1 PORTAL
No 4: 1 reportable incident Coal
Inferno Coals Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Richard E Salyer
Varney,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512279
MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 1512279). 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
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Jul 1985
Ownership history
- Enduro Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1981
- Inferno Coals Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 4 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.