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No 5: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Oakwood Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by France Kermit
Virgie, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517121

MSHA record for No 5 (mine ID 1517121). 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
1991–1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Ownership history
  1. Oakwood Mining Company 1991 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

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

April 17, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING THE COAL DRILL OPERATOR WITH HIS CABLE AND HE STARTED TO PICK IT UP AND GOT HUNG UP WITH THE CABLE AND THE MACHINE CAN OVER HIS HAND IT WAS HIS RIGHT HAND THE GOT THE DAMAGE DON E TO IT. THE FOREMAN WHICH WAS THE ORE HURT WASBROUGHT STRAIGHT OUTSIDE BY EE.

1991 · 1 incident

November 29, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Oakwood Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING CUTTER AND STEER THE MACHINE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.