Griffith Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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No 609 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Griffith Brothers Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
James L Griffith
Robinson Creek,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514496
MSHA record for No 609 Mine (mine ID 1514496). 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
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- Jun 1985
Ownership history
- Griffith Brothers Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 609 Mine sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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 file1985 · 1 incident
1984 · 1 incident
Griffith Brothers Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WATER BROKE THROUGH AT THE ANCHOR POINT OF THE 42 IN BOLTS AND LET THE ROF FALL THE ROCK WAS IN LAYERS THAT COULD NOT BE DETECTED WHEN IT W AS DRILL AND WE STARTED USING 60 IN BOLTS