EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING POWDER IN POWDER MAGAZINE AND SOMETHING SNAPPED IN HIS BACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO FLOOR OF MINE.
No 5: 15 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 1509727). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Mar 1988
- C C C Pompey Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1979
- D H S Enterprises 1979 to 1980
- Mc & Mining Inc 1980 to 1983
- Black Mountain Mining Corp 1983 to 1984
- Action Energies Inc 1984 to present
No 5 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
15 on file1988 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SHOVELING TWO SCOOPS FULL OF GRAVEL ONTO ROADWAY AND HAD STARTED BAC INTO THE MINE WITH SCOOP WHEN HE GOT SICK.
1987 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS WALKING AND RAN INTO A ROOF BOLT PLATE WITH HIS HEAD KNOCKING HIM DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK
HE WAS GETTING 2UT OF A SCOOP AND TWISTED HIS L KNEE
EMP WAS SHOVELI3G RIB AND WENT TO HELP PINNER MAN PULL DRAW ROCK AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
EMP WAS HANGING3CABLE AND DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND CUT EMPLOYEES FOREARM
EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING DOWN TWO LINES BACK FROM FACE OF MINE AND A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON RT WRIST
1985 · 3 incidents
WHILE SEALING LOOSE ROCK FROM TOP A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND PIERCED EMPLOYEES RT HAND
EMPLOYEE HAD DOUBLED BACK TO HELP MAKE A BELT SET UP & WAS OPERATING SCOOP TO BRING TO THE OUTSIDE AFTER GETTING TO OUTSIDE HE FELL AS HE WAS GETTING OFF SCOOP & TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG AND AN KLE
EMPL LIFTED ROOF JACK OFF OF BOLT MACHINE AND TURNED TO THROW IT ASIDE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
1984 · 4 incidents
ROOF FALL ON BELT LINE.
FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME ON 2ND OR 3RD SHIFT IN THE INTAKE AIRWAY IN THE NO 6 ENTRY SPAD LOCATION 3607 NO ONE WAS IN MINE AT THE TIME
ROOF WORKED AND FELL IN THE INTERSECTION APPROX 35 FT OUTBY THE FACE OF THE NO 5 WORKING FACE
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN NO 6 HEADING DURING THE OFF SHIFT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR IN THE AREA WHEN THE ROOF FALL OCCURED THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE FIRE BOSS APPROXIMATELY 7115
1983 · 1 incident
NO PERSONS INJURED - ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON OFF SHIFT IN CROSS CUT 70\ OUTBY WORKING FACE, NO 6 ENTRY