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No 4 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Horton Steve
Ashcamp, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515705

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 1515705). 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
1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Ramblin Coal 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

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

March 13, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Ramblin Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INDIVIDUAL WAS 5TTEMPTING TO BLAST A CUT IN #3 ENTRY EXTRACTING PILLARS.HE WAS APPROX. 90' AWAY FROM CUT BEING BLASTED.A BLOCK OF COAL BOUNCED OFF OF RIB OPPOSITE PLACE WHERE HE WAS LOCATED A T THE TIME OF T2E SHOT FIRED.SEVERED LIGAMENTS ON THE RING FINGER AND INDEX FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.