Mining Incidents

No 4 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Kyn Coal Company Inc · Underground
Ashcamp, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517134

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 1517134). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Mar 1993
Ownership history
  1. Kyn Coal Company Inc 1991 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

2 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

March 8, 1993 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MINING WAS STARTED IN NO. 2 ENTRY WHERE CUTTING MACHINE WAS CUTTING COAL. AN UNKNOWN MINE WAS CUT INTO RELEASING WATER.

February 1, 1993 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Kyn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE COAL RIB WHILE BLASTING WAS OCCURRING AND A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HIP.