Mining Incidents

No 5: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Blankenship Virgus
Regina, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515552

MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 1515552). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
Ownership history
  1. Tri-Star Mining Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 5 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

7 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

March 12, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUBJECT WAS 2 BREAKS INSIDE FROM DRIFT, LIFTED HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE OVER HIS SHOULDER AND COMPLAINED WITH BACK PAIN.

1989 · 1 incident

September 21, 1989 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONTINOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP A BUCKET OF BITS WHEN HE SAID A SHARP PAIN HIT HIM IN THE BACK AREA.

1988 · 4 incidents

October 17, 1988 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 180' FT INBY SPAD #644 ON BLEEDER SYSTEM, MEASURES ABOUT 20' FT WIDE 20 FT LONG AND 5 FT THICK. THERE WERE 3 CRIBS BUILD TO HALT FURTHER ROOF FALL.

August 18, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-Star Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PERSONNEL CARRIER STUCK ON POINT AND TRAPPED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN TAILPIECE AND PERSONNEL CARRIER.