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No 6: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Clever Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Rice Ronnie
Jamboree, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514499

MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 1514499). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Ownership history
  1. Majestic Collieries Company 1984 to 1984
  2. Phelps Mining Inc 1984 to 1988
  3. C & W Mining Company Inc 1988 to 1990
  4. Progressive Coal Company Inc 1990 to 1990
  5. Clever Mining Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 6 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

10 on file

1991 · 5 incidents

September 13, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Clever Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GETTING SAND ROCK OUT OF FREEDER & MASHED RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER.

September 5, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clever Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ON ROLL BELT TO MAKE BELT MOVE WITH ONE MAN HELPING.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 23, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN A BIG ROCK OVER; IN DOING SO HURT HIS BACK. LARGEST ROCK IN THIS AREA WOULD WEIGH NO MORE THAN 15 LBS.

July 9, 1990 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Progressive Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AFTER ADVANCING INBY THIS AREA, IT HIS MY OPINION THAT A CRACK DEVELOPED AROUND THE ANCHORING POINT OF THE BOLTS LETTING SOME BOLTS PULL AND OTHER BOLTS BREAKING. THIS AREA IS ALSO WET AND ON A HILL. AN ADDITIONAL CAUSE TO ROOF FALL WAS GOING FROM SLATE TOP TO SANDSTONE.

1989 · 1 incident

March 10, 1989 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
C & W Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR WAS CUTTING A PLACE, AND HAD REAR OF CUTTER AGAINST RIB AND VIBRATION CAUSED LOOSE RIB COAL TO HIT HIM ON SIDE.

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

May 18, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phelps Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID H9 WAS PULLING ROCK IN THE #1 HEADING AND STRAINED HIS BACK.