Mining Incidents

No 5 Strip Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

O K Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Taylor Larry
Gray, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1512082

MSHA record for No 5 Strip Mine (mine ID 1512082). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
Ownership history
  1. O K Coal Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 5 Strip Mine sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

March 30, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
O K Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DONT KNOW CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO INJURY.DR TOLD EMPL HEAVY EQUIP OPERATION CAUSED HERNIAS.

1988 · 1 incident

May 24, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON DOZER & PAN FELL ON FINGER BROKEN FINGER

1987 · 1 incident

September 22, 1987 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED3UP PIECE OF EQUIPMENT & SPRAINED BACK

1985 · 1 incident

January 15, 1985 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
O K Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP TOOLS AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO A BATSEL USED FOR HEATING AND CAUGHT HIS COVERALLS ON FIRE BUEND HIS LEGS AND REAR.