Mining Incidents

No 4 Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Yogi Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Potter Hersel E
Phyllis, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514789

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 1514789). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1985–1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Middle Creek Coal Corp 1984 to 1986
  2. Yogi Mining Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 Mine 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

10 on file

1987 · 5 incidents

May 15, 1987 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMP REPORTED HI8 KNEE WAS SWELLING AND HE WENT OTO DR 5 15 AND HAD FLUID DRAWN FRON HIS KNEE. HE RETURNED TO DR 05 22 AND HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK 5 25 87 HE ONLY MISSED ONE DAY SINCE THE MINE WAS CL2SED

May 1, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EMP REPORTED ON3MAY 14 THAT HE HA HURT HIS KNEE ON A ROCK WHILE CRAWLING ON MAY U. HE WEN TO DR ON MAY 4 HE REPORTED HE TOLD THE MINE MANAGER ON MAY 1. MINE MANAGER DID NOT TURN IN THE INFOR INFORMATION 3

April 27, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE INFORM9D THE FOREMAN THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING WHILE SHOVELING COAL. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED THAT CAUSED HIM T O HURT HIS BACK. HE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB.

February 14, 1987 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS DOIN1 MAINTENANCE WORKAND WAS PUTTING LID ON DRUM CASE IN MINE AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.

1986 · 4 incidents

December 18, 1986 KY · Coal timberman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS SETTING 4ACK FOR ROOF BOLTER AND A SLUG OF CAP COAL ABOUT 3X3 4 INCH THICK FELL AND CAUGHT LOWER CENTER OF BACK AND RIBS.

November 22, 1986 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider STRIKING OR BUMPING
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE HAD CXOMPLAI3ED HIS KNEE WAS SORE A DAY OR T WO BEFORE & REPORTED TO THE MINEF OREMAN THAT HE HAD NOT GOTTEN HURT THAT HIS KNEE WAS JUST SOR E & HE TOLD THE MINE MANAGER HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE BRIDGE 3

March 11, 1986 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Middle Creek Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS RUNNING 5 270 TRACTOR WITH A PUSH OUT CAR ON IT. THE CAR WAS HALF LOADED. HE WAS GOING TO THE TIAL PIECE & DROPPED DOWN IN A POT HOLE & HURT HIS BACK.

1985 · 1 incident