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No 5 Mine: 17 reportable incidents Coal

Topper Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Gary D Fields
Lookout, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1507253

MSHA record for No 5 Mine (mine ID 1507253). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1986–1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Pike Buchanan Coal Company Inc 1974 to 1981
  2. Omega Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1983
  3. W C S Inc 1983 to 1983
  4. Sunset Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  5. Production Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  6. Freedom Coal Company 1985 to 1987
  7. Poor Bottom Mining Inc 1987 to 1988
  8. Ike Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1989
  9. Beco Inc 1989 to 1991
  10. Topper Coal Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 5 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

17 on file

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 6 incidents

August 20, 1990 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Beco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS TRAMMING TO FACE WHEN HE WENT OVER A LITTLE ROCK IN THE FLOOR MAKING THE RIDING COMPARTMENT RAISE CLOSER TO THE ROOF. HE HAD HIS HEAD LEANDED OVER TOWARD THE MACHINE AND HIS HEAD WAS CA UGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND MACHINE. HE PULLED HIS HEAD OUT AND INJURED HIS NECK DOING SO.

May 23, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Beco Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS AT THE BACK OF ROOF BOLTER APPROXIMATELY 25' FROM FACE. HE WAS BENDING ENOUGH BOLTS TO BOLT THIS PLACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 24'X24"X1" FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING ON SIDE OF HE AD. HE SUSTAINED 3 SMALL CUTS TO LEFT EAR.

May 16, 1990 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Beco Inc · Accident type, without injuries

4' BOLTS WERE SET IN THIS HEADING. A STREAK OF COAL RAN UP INTO THE TOP TO ABOUT 44". THE ROOF BOLTS BARELY ANCHORED ABOVE THIS HAIRLINE COAL STREAK. THIS CAUSED A SEPARATION THAT LET ROOF FAL L.

April 24, 1990 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Beco Inc · Accident type, without injuries

SEVERAL FINE STREAKS OF COAL RAN UP INTO TOP TO ABOUT 40 TO 45 INCHES CAUSING THE ROOF TO BE WEAK IN THIS INTERSECTION. ROOF FELL IN THE INTERSECTION, NO EQUIPMENT OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED.

1989 · 5 incidents

July 24, 1989 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ike Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AREA OF THIS MINE IS 15 YRS OLD TOP WAS BOLTED WITH WOODEN HALF HEADER THERE WAS SEAM PRESENT THESE WAS THE CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTING FACT TO THE ROOF FALL

May 10, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ike Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL STRIKING VICTIM AND CAUSING SERIOUS FACIAL AND SCALP LACERATIONS.UNDETECTED KETTLEBOTTOM MEASURED 66" LONG,52" WIDE, FROM 0" TO 16" THICK.

February 1, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ike Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING BELT FELT MUSCLE CRAMPS IN SHOULDER.

1988 · 2 incidents

April 20, 1988 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Poor Bottom Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS PINNING TOP WHEN HE SAID TRAM LEVERF STRUCK PINNING HIM IN FACE BRUISED SIDE

January 15, 1988 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Poor Bottom Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING STRUCTU9E ON BELT HOOKED BOTTOM STRUCTURE UNDER KNEE PADS HURTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1986 · 3 incidents

October 17, 1986 KY · Coal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freedom Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WE WERE POURING3CONCRETE IN HOLE IN HOUL ROAD AND SMOOTHING IT DOWN WITH SHOVELS I NAME GOT THROUGH A HOLE IN ONE BOOTH CAUSING A RAW SPOT & SWELLING OF FOOT.

August 29, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Freedom Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME, THE ROO0 BOLTER OPERATOR, WAS DRILLING THE ROOF WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK JARRED LOOSE AND FELL AND CUT HIS LITLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES TO FIX IT

March 7, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Freedom Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE ROOF BOLT M5CHINE OPERATOR WAS PUSHING LOOSE COAL OUT OF THE WAY WITH THE HEAD OF THE BOLTING MACHINE A LUMP OF COAL GOT UNDER THE TRAM LEC LEVER AND CAUGHT THE OPERATOR BETWEEN THE RU RIB AND THE MA7HINE THE PANIC BAR SHUT THE MACHINE OFF