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No 5 Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

P B Dirt Movers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robin Roy Belcher
Meta, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515619

No 5 Surface has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Slater Energy Corp 1986 to 1986
  2. P B Dirt Movers Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1992 0
1991 3 3,069
1990 6 25,453
1989 9 29,629
1988 5 20,533
1987 9 20,432
1986 3 7,999
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 5 Surface 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

3 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

September 9, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
P B Dirt Movers Inc · Struck by falling object

CUTTING TREES TO DO RECLAIMING.TREE FELL AND STRUCK EMPL.

September 7, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P B Dirt Movers Inc · Fall from machine

BEGAN TO LEAVE TRUCK AND FELL

March 11, 1989 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P B Dirt Movers Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE SAID HE PULLED HIS BACK LIFTING A 50LB BAG OF POWDER.I WASN'T TOLD UNTIL 03-14-89 AND I DON'T HAVE AL;L THE DETAILS.